New Hampshire HB 1221: directing the commission to study costs of special education to consider establishing centralized locations throughout the state for certain special education-related services.

Bill Text

HB 1221 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2715

 07/08

HOUSE BILL 1221

AN ACT directing the commission to study costs of special education to consider establishing centralized locations throughout the state for certain special education-related services. 

SPONSORS: Rep. Morse, Merr. 3

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

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ANALYSIS

 This bill directs the commission to study costs of special education to consider establishing centralized locations throughout the state for certain special education-related services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2715

 07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT directing the commission to study costs of special education to consider establishing centralized locations throughout the state for certain special education-related services. 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Subparagraph; Education; Special Education; Commission to Study Costs of Special Education Established. Amend RSA 186-C:1-a, III by inserting after subparagraph (m) the following new subparagraph: 

 (n) Whether creating centralized school administrative unit locations for students throughout the state could help offset the costs for paying for excess full-time special education staff while maintaining classroom integration.

 2 Repeals. The following are repealed: 

 I. 2025, 220:7, relative to the repeal of the commission to study special education.

 II. 2025, 220:8, I, relative to the effective date of the repeal of the commission to study special education.

 3 Prospective Repeal. RSA 186-C:1-a, relative to the commission to study special education, is repealed.

 4 Effective Date.

 I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect June 30, 2026. 

 II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2027.

 III. The remainder of this act shall take effect on its passage.