Rep Stiles wished to bring the attention of the committee the fact that a bill affecting 186:C was progressing through the legislature. HB1113 as passed by the House is being amended by the Senate (see below) to include language from HB1532 . Instead of rewriting 186-C:3-b , the statute defining the advisory committee on the education of children/students with disabilities, two new members are added to the committee in 186-C:3-b, II.
From the April 22,
2006 NH Senate Calendar 16, p 5
HB 1113, (New
Title) adding a definition of “public academy” to the definition of “high
school”.
Ought to
pass with amendment, Vote 5-0
Senator
Eaton for the committee.
From the
April 22, 2006 NH Senate Calendar 16, p
8
Senate
Education
April 18,
2006
2006-1858s
04/01
Amend the
title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT adding a definition of “public academy” to the
definition of “high school”; relative to the membership of the state advisory
committee on the education of children/students
with disabilities; and amending the definition of “limited English proficient
pupil.”
Amend the
bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original
section 2 to read as 4, respectively:
2 New Subparagraphs; State Advisory
Committee on the Education of Children/Students with Disabilities.
Amend RSA
186-C:3-b, II by inserting after subparagraph (q) the following new
subparagraphs:
(r) An official who carries out activities
under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, 42
U.S.C. section 11431, et seq.
(s) A representative from the department
of health and human services responsible for foster care.
3 School Money; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38,
VII to read as follows:
VII. “Limited English proficient
pupil” means an annual count of pupils in kindergarten through grade 12
receiving instruction in English for speakers of other languages for 5 or more
[hours] sessions
per
week. A
session is defined as not less than 40 minutes. Pupils
shall be counted and attributed to the municipality
or
municipalities operating the school attended by the pupils.
2006-1858s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Adds a definition of “public academy” to
the definition of “high school.”
II. Adds members to the state advisory
committee on the education of children/students with disabilities.
III. Changes the definition of “limited
English proficient pupil.”