HB1308 was voted
Inexpedient to Legislate by the House on 2/22/06.
From the February
17, 2006 House Calendar 16, p 867:
HB 1308, establishing a commission to study revising
the
Rep. Nancy F. Stiles for Education: Several bills
before the committee this session dealt with concerns and issues relative to
special education. An ad hoc committee that could gather information from
all the parties identified in HB 1308 as well as other interested parties could
begin the discussion earlier with possible legislation to be ready for the 2007
session. Vote 16-0.
HB 1308 establishing
a commission to study revising the NH special education statutes
Sponsor: Rep. Prichard, Rep. Houde-Quimby, Sen.
Burling, Sen Hassan
Status: inexpedient
to legislature
Summary: Members of commission are to be 2
Senators (appointed by President of
Senate),
2 Representatives (appointed by Speaker of House), Special Asst.
to
Commissioner of DOE, Director of Division of educational improvement,
DOE
or designee, 2 represenatives of Parent Information Center (appointed
by
organization), 1 member of advisory committee on education of
children/students
with disabilities (as established in RSA 186-C:3-b)
(appointed
by chairperson of committee), 2 representatives of NH Assoc.
of
Sp. Education Administrators, 2 members of public (on appointed by
House,
1 appointed by Senate)
Goal
is to study interface between state and federal sp ed statutes and how
school
districts implement such statutes and study RSA196-C and recommend
changes
deemed necessary - quorum to be 7 members with report of findings
and
recommendations by 7/1/07
QUESTIONS: Under members - it lists
2 members of public - with no designation of it being
parents
of SN children (who would best serve) - should homeschoolers push
to
be a member of this committee also - if PIC is there
This
bill sounds similar to our objections of Ad Hoc committee, although this
is
not bill submitted by Rep. L'Heureux (his is HB 1532 to actually revise the
special
education statutes)