HB606 was voted Inexpedient to Legislate on January 4, 2006.
From the December 22, 2005 NH House Journal 2, p 128
HB 606-FN-A-LOCAL, revising the calculation and distribution of education funding and special education funding. INEXPEDIENT TO LEGISLATE
Rep. David W. Hess for Education: The committee retained six of the seven education funding bills introduced in 2005 in order to have vehicles available to correct and/or modify HB 616 as enacted into law. One of these bills, HB 100, is being used to make technical corrections to the law as enacted in June, 2005. Only one other proposal regarding educational funding was brought forth. Consequently, this bill is not necessary. Vote 19-0.
Pertinent items in this bill::
Beginning 7/1/06 municipality shall annually vote on apportion
ments
of the per pupil adequate education grant as established
by
legislature for each pupil who does not attend public school:
60
% is to be distributed to parent or guardian for each pupil not
attending
public school by check to institution designated by
parent
Development
of IEP for each educationally disabled (in another
bill,
"educationally disabled" will be stricken from all RSA's and
"child
with a disability" will be replacement "term") shall be
responsibility
of school district child resides in
Based
on the IEP's, after submission of same to division of
educational
improvement and each district will receive annual
state
funding at different levels for IEP
Parent or legal
guardian has final decision-making authority
regarding
which special education programs or services best
meet
needs of his/her child
186-C:10 changes that "a school district shall
establish an
approved
program" to "a school district may establish an
approved
program .... or enter into a cooperative agreement
with
other districts to provide approved programs
stricken
from clause: "or shall pay
tuition to such an approved
program
maintained by another school district or by a private
organization.
Also included in this proposed bill is for commissioner to
levy an additional amount per
$1,000 of taxable property in order to fund the SPED trust
fund and pay for additional programs
QUESTIONS: Do
municipalities and/or districts get the apportionment for a home-
schooled
SN child who has received an IEP (even if that IEP
implementation
is refused by parents
"new
and innovative methods of providing educational services" -
what
would this cover?