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NH Rev Stat § 186-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:3 - Division of Learner Support; Special Education; Programs and Services.

    186-C:3 Division of Learner Support;  Special Education;  Programs and Services. –||The department shall hire and assign such personnel or contract for services to perform responsibilities required under state or federal special education law, including, but not limited to, monitoring, compliance, and technical assistance and support to school districts. Special education services of the division of learner support shall be fully coordinated and integrated with the department's general curriculum and instruction activities.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1985, 269:3. 1994, 379:13. 2008, 302:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. 2018, 315:7, eff. Aug. 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:3-c - Supported Decision-Making.

    186-C:3-c Supported Decision-Making. –||If adult guardianship is being discussed by the IEP team with a student or the student's family, the team shall inform the student and family of the availability of supported decision-making pursuant to RSA 464-D as an alternative to guardianship. This shall be done promptly when guardianship is first discussed. The IEP team shall make available resources to assist in establishing a supported decision-making agreement. If a supported decision-making agreement is executed, the IEP team shall abide by decisions made by the student pursuant to the supported decision-making agreement.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:3-d - Alternatives to Guardianship; Information Resources.

    186-C:3-d Alternatives to Guardianship;  Information Resources. –||The commissioner of the department of education shall develop information resources regarding alternatives to guardianship, including supported decision-making agreements pursuant to RSA 464-D, for children with disabilities who are approaching the age of 18. These resources shall be developed in consultation with New Hampshire disability advocacy organizations and other stakeholders and made available to local education agencies to facilitate their responsibility to provide information to students and families regarding alternatives to guardianship under RSA 186-C:3-c.|||Source. 2021, 206:2, Pt. VI, Sec. 14, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:4 - Repealed by 1994, 379:24, VI, eff. June 9, 1994.

    186-C:4 Repealed by 1994, 379:24, VI, eff. June 9, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:6 - Repealed by 1994, 134:2, eff. July 22, 1994.

    186-C:6 Repealed by 1994, 134:2, eff. July 22, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:7 - Individualized Education Programs.

    186-C:7 Individualized Education Programs. –||I. The development of an individualized education program for each child with a disability shall be the responsibility of the school district in which the child resides or of the school district which bears financial responsibility for the child's education.||II. The parents of a child with a disability have the right to participate in the development of the individualized education program for the child and to appeal decisions of the school district regarding such child's individualized education program as provided in rules adopted in accordance with RSA 541-A by the state board of education.||III. Each child's individualized education program shall include short-term objectives or benchmarks unless the parent agrees that they are not necessary for one or more of the child's annual goals.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1985, 269:5. 1987, 345:1, 4. 1990, 140:2, X; 162:4. 1992, 238:2. 1994, 379:20. 1998, 177:6. 2008, 274:29-32, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:40, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:7-b - Braille Instruction for Functionally Blind Pupils.

    186-C:7-b Braille Instruction for Functionally Blind Pupils. –||In developing the individualized education program for a functionally blind pupil, there shall be:||I. A presumption that proficiency in Braille reading and writing is essential for the pupil's satisfactory educational progress. Every functionally blind pupil shall be entitled to Braille reading and writing instruction unless all members of the pupil's special education team concur that instruction in Braille or the use of Braille is not appropriate for the pupil.||II. Instruction in Braille shall be provided by a teacher certified by the state department of education to teach pupils with visual impairment.||III. An initial learning media assessment by a teacher certified in the education of pupils with visual impairment shall be conducted. This assessment shall be conducted every 3 years and reviewed annually.|||Source. 1997, 114:2, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:7-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:7-c - Rate Setting.

    186-C:7-c Rate Setting. –||I. The division of learner support of the department of education shall ensure that each school district develops approved programs for children with disabilities in the school district.||II. The division of learner support of the department of education shall set an approved rate for private providers of special education services pursuant to RSA 21-N:6, II.||III. Such rates shall be sufficient to reflect costs and expenses of comparable or similar programs in the region or state and sufficient to provide children with disabilities with a free appropriate public education.||IV. No provider shall charge the department of education or any school district in this state an amount in excess of the rate established by the division of learner support of the department of education.|||Source. 2008, 302:8, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. 2018, 315:3, eff. Aug. 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:8 - Collaborative Programs.

    186-C:8 Collaborative Programs. –||I. School districts or school administrative units, or both, may enter into cooperative agreements in order to provide approved programs for educating children with disabilities. The state board of education, when appropriate because of a low incidence of a disabling condition, high cost of services, or scarcity of trained personnel, shall encourage such cooperative agreements and shall serve as a source of information, advice and guidance to school districts, school administrative units, or both.||II. The state board of education, together with representatives of neighboring states, shall study the feasibility of interstate agreements for the provision of services to children with disabilities.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1985, 269:6. 1990, 140:2, X, XII. 2008, 274:31, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:42, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:9 - Education Required.

    186-C:9 Education Required. –||Each child who is determined by the local school district, or special school district established under RSA 194:60, as having a disability in accordance with RSA 186-C:2 and in need of special education or special education and related services shall be entitled to attend an approved program which can implement the child's individualized education program. Such child shall be entitled to continue in an approved program until such time as the child has acquired a regular high school diploma or has attained the age of 21, whichever occurs first, or until the child's individualized education program team determines that the child no longer requires special education in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1990, 140:2, X. 1998, 270:3. 2008, 302:42, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:9-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:9-a - Repealed by 2008, 302:33, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

    186-C:9-a Repealed by 2008, 302:33, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:10 - Responsibility of School District.

    186-C:10 Responsibility of School District. –||A school district shall establish an approved program or programs for children with disabilities, or shall enter into cooperative agreements with other districts to provide approved programs for children with disabilities, or shall pay tuition to such an approved program maintained by another school district or by a private organization.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1990, 140:2, X. 2008, 274:31, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:43, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:10-a - Retention of Individualized Education Programs.

    186-C:10-a Retention of Individualized Education Programs. –||I. Upon a student's graduation from high school, his or her parents may request the local education agency in writing to have the student's records and final individualized education program destroyed at that time or request that the records be retained until the student's twenty-sixth birthday. The parents may, at any time prior to the student's twenty-sixth birthday, request, in writing, that the records be retained until the student's thirtieth birthday.||II. Absent any request by a student's parents at the time of graduation, the local education agency shall destroy a student's records and final individualized education program within a reasonable time after the student's twenty-sixth birthday, provided that all such records be destroyed by the student's thirtieth birthday.|||Source. 2018, 76:1, eff. July 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:11 - Repealed by 2008, 302:33, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

    186-C:11 Repealed by 2008, 302:33, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:12 - Federal Assistance.

    186-C:12 Federal Assistance. –||The state board of education is authorized to cooperate with the federal government or any agency of the federal government in the development of any plan for the education of children with disabilities and to receive and expend, in accordance with such plan, all funds made available to the state board of education from the federal government or any of its agencies, from the state, or from other sources. The school districts of the state are authorized to receive, incorporate in their budgets, and expend for the purposes of this chapter such funds as may be made available to them through the state board of education from the federal government or any of its agencies.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1990, 140:2, X. 2008, 274:31, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:44, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:13 - Liability for Expenses.

    186-C:13 Liability for Expenses. –||I. All expenses incurred by a school district in administering the law in relation to education for children with disabilities in need of special education and related services shall be paid by the school district where the child resides, except as follows:||(a) When a child with a disability in need of special education and related services is placed in a home for children or health care facility as defined in RSA 193:27, the liability for expenses for such child shall be determined in accordance with RSA 193:29.||(b) When a child with a disability in need of special education and related services is placed in a state facility, the liability for expenses for such child shall be determined in accordance with RSA 186-C:19.||II. For the purposes of meeting the financial obligation for expenses incurred under this chapter, a school district may exceed its annual budget to the extent of additional special education aid which the district has actually received from the state after the annual school district budget was approved.||III. No school district shall be required to pay the expenses of the education program of a child adjudicated under RSA 169-B, 169-C, or 169-D except as provided by RSA 186-C. The sending district shall be notified of a court ordered placement of a child adjudicated under the provisions of RSA 169-B, 169-C, or 169-D, and may submit recommendations to the court concerning the financial impact of the placement on the sending district and the appropriateness of the placement.||IV. When a child is enrolled pursuant to 193:3, IV, the district in which the child resides shall retain the liability for expenses as set forth in this section.|||Source. 1981, 352:2; 568:142; 574:6. 1982, 39:1. 1985, 313:2; 368:3. 1990, 140:2, X. 1998, 177:3. 2008, 274:30, 31; 302:45. 2010, 316:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:14-a - Foster Parent Representation of Foster Children With Disabilities.

    186-C:14-a Foster Parent Representation of Foster Children With Disabilities. –||I. A foster parent or parents may be appointed by the commissioner of the department of education that he or she has the knowledge and skills to represent the child adequately in services or designee, or by the director of a child placing agency licensed under RSA 170-E that has placed the child with the foster parent or parents, to make educational decisions on behalf of a foster child for the duration of the foster placement, provided that:||(a) The birth parents' parental rights have been terminated by a court of law or by death; and||(b) Each such foster parent:||(1) Is in an ongoing, long-term parental relationship with the child, as determined by the commissioner of the department of education or the child placing agency;||(2) Is willing to make the educational decisions required of parents under state and federal law;||(3) Has no interest that would conflict with the interests of the child; and||(4) Has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the department of education that he or she has the knowledge and skills to represent the child adequately in educational decision-making.||II. A foster parent appointment pursuant to this section shall supersede the appointment of a surrogate parent under RSA 186-C:14.||III. A foster parent acting as a parent shall have the same right of access as the birth parents or guardians to all records concerning the child. These records shall include, but are not limited to, educational, medical, psychological, and health and human service records.||IV. No foster parent appointed to act in the capacity of a parent under this section shall be liable to the child entrusted to the foster parent or the parents or guardian of such child for any civil damages which result from acts or omissions of such foster parent which may arise out of ordinary negligence. This immunity shall not apply to acts or omissions constituting gross, willful, or wanton negligence.||V. The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary for the implementation of this section.|||Source. 2002, 205:2. 2004, 99:3. 2008, 302:14-16, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:15 - Length of School Year.

    186-C:15 Length of School Year. –||I. The length of the school year and school day for a child with a disability shall be the same as that provided by the local school district for a child without a disability of the same age or grade, except that the local school district shall provide an approved program for an extended period when the child's individualized education program team determines that such services are necessary to provide the child with a free appropriate public education.||II. The length of the school year and school day for a preschool child with a disability shall be determined by the child's individualized education program team and shall not be governed by the school district's school calendar. A free appropriate public education shall be provided to a preschool child with a disability as of the child's third birthday and when the child's individualized education program team determines that services are necessary to provide a free appropriate public education to the child.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1990, 140:2, X. 2008, 274:30, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:47, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:16 - Rulemaking.

    186-C:16 Rulemaking. –||The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, and consistent with the provision of a free appropriate public education, relative to:||I. Developing individualized education programs;||II. Approving and monitoring special education programs;||III. Reporting the number of children with disabilities in a school district;||IV. Requesting administrative due process hearings and appealing a final administrative decision;||V. Determining eligibility for participation in approved programs;||VI. Appointing surrogate parents;||VII. Determining the length of the school year for children with disabilities; and||VIII. Other matters related to complying with provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1981, 352:2. 1990, 140:2, X. 1992, 114:1. 2008, 274:31, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:48, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:16-a - Special Education Hearing Officers.

    186-C:16-a Special Education Hearing Officers. –||Hearing officers appointed by the department of education to hear special education impartial due process appeals shall have the authority to compel the attendance of witnesses in accordance with RSA 516:1 including issuing subpoenas for parents who are representing themselves. Any costs incurred in issuing a subpoena shall be the responsibility of the party requesting the subpoena, unless otherwise determined by the hearing officer. The state board of education may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to implement the provisions of this section, including guidelines to be used for consideration by the hearing officers in determining the responsibility of costs of the subpoena. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any justice from issuing a subpoena for such hearing in accordance with RSA 516:3.|||Source. 1991, 325:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:16-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:16-c - Rules Exceeding State or Federal Minimum Requirements.

    186-C:16-c Rules Exceeding State or Federal Minimum Requirements. –||I. Whenever the state board of education proposes to adopt or amend any special education rule which exceeds the minimum requirements of state or federal law, the state board shall, in addition to the provisions of RSA 541-A, issue a report of all such proposed rules which meets the following requirements:||(a) For each rule or proposed rule contained in the report, the state board shall include the rule number, the nature of the rule, any state minimum requirement exceeded, any federal minimum requirement exceeded, and the reasons for exceeding those minimum requirements.||(b) The report shall be issued to the chairpersons of the house and senate education committees.||(c) A copy of the report shall be distributed to the superintendent of each school district in the state.||II. By December 1 of each year, the commissioner of the department of education shall issue a report of all special education rules, proposed or adopted, which exceed the minimum requirements of state or federal law. This report shall meet the requirements of paragraph I.|||Source. 2012, 210:1, eff. June 13, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:17 - Limitation of Provisions.

    186-C:17 Limitation of Provisions. –||Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing any public official, agent, or representative, in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter to take charge of any child over the objection of either of the parents of such child, or of the person standing in loco parentis to such child except pursuant to a proper court order.|||Source. 1981, 352:2, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 186-C:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 186-C - Special Education|Section 186-C:19 - Children With Disabilities in Certain State Facilities.

    186-C:19 Children With Disabilities in Certain State Facilities. –||I. For a child with a disability in a state facility, the school district responsible for selecting and funding the child's special education or special education and related services shall be as follows:||(a) If such child is in the legal custody of the parent, the school district in which the child's parent resides shall be the liable school district.||(b) If such child is not in the legal custody of the parent, or if the parent resides outside the state, the school district in which the child most recently resided other than in a state facility, home for children or health care facility as defined in RSA 193:27 shall be the liable school district.||(c) For the purposes of this section a parent shall not have legal custody if legal custody has been awarded to some other individual or agency, even if that parent retains residual parental rights. An award of legal custody by a court of competent jurisdiction, in this state or any other state, shall determine legal custody under this section.||II. For a child with a disability in a state facility, the responsible school district shall be liable for all expenses incurred in administering the law in relation to children with disabilities.||III. Nothing in paragraphs I or II of this section shall diminish the responsibility of the financially liable school district as defined in paragraphs I and II to develop and implement an individualized education program or to fulfill its obligations under other sections of this chapter for a child with a disability in a state facility, regardless of whether such child was initially placed by a school district, the parent or some other agent.||IV. "State facility" as used in this section means any state operated facility for children and youth with disabilities.|||Source. 1982, 39:2. 1985, 195:7; 241:3; 355:1, 2. 1988, 107:5. 1990, 140:2, X. 2008, 274:30 to 33, eff. July 1, 2008; 302:49, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|