New Hampshire HB 222: repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services.

Bill Text

HB 222 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

01/07/2026 3113s

2025 SESSION

 25-0206

 02/09

HOUSE BILL 222

AN ACT repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections.

SPONSORS: Rep. Balboni, Rock. 38; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 9

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill repeals the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services.

 This bill also updates the organizational structure of the department of corrections.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/07/2026 3113s 25-0206

 02/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT repealing the requirement for a memorandum of understanding between a chartered public school and school district regarding how students with disabilities will receive special education services and updating the organizational structure of the department of corrections.

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

 1 Repeal. RSA 194-B:5, VIII, relative to memorandums of understanding between chartered public schools and resident districts of students with disabilities, is repealed.

 2 Internal Organizational Units; Department of Corrections. Amend RSA 21-H:4 to read as follows: 

 21-H:4 Internal Organizational Units. 

 The department shall include the following internal organizational units performing the following major functions: 

 I. The [division of administration, under the supervision of an] unclassified [director of administration,] chief financial and operating officer [who] shall, in accordance with applicable laws, be responsible for: 

 (a) Accounting, purchasing, and budget control. 

 (b) Property, contracts, and grant management. 

 (c) Assistance to the commissioner with short and long range department-wide planning activities. 

 (d) Logistics, facilities management, and food service. 

 (e) Business information and technology.

 (f) Other duties assigned by the commissioner.

 I-a. The unclassified director of personnel and information shall be renamed the director of operations and project management and shall report directly to the chief financial and operating officer. 

 II. The division of field services, under the supervision of an unclassified director of field services, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws, be responsible for: 

 (a) Supervising adults placed on probation and [residents] inmates placed on parole. 

 (b) Collection of restitution from individuals under the department's supervision. 

 [(c) The victim-offender dialogue program, which shall be a victim-initiated, voluntary program to assist crime victims who seek access to restorative justice programs as provided under RSA 21-M:8-k, II(u), under the direction of the victim services coordinator, who shall: 

 (1) Implement and oversee the program. 

 (2) Advocate for the rights of crime victims. 

 (3) Provide corrections-based victim services including but not limited to: 

 (A) Notification of offender status changes. 

 (B) Victim-initiated victim-offender dialogue. 

 (C) Advocacy, safety, and support for victims during reduced custody, offender re-entry, and hearings of the adult parole board. Participation in the program shall not affect the court's decision relative to sentencing, parole, or other types of supervised or unsupervised release programs.] 

 III. The division of medical and [psychiatric] forensic services, under the joint supervision of a medical director and an unclassified non-medical director, who shall respectively have the duties and responsibilities provided in RSA 622:43, and who shall act in an advisory and coordinative capacity in assisting other agencies and activities in the provision of mental health and psychiatric services to persons involved in the criminal justice system. 

 IV. The [division] bureau of investigations and professional standards, under the supervision of [an unclassified director] an unclassified bureau chief of investigations of professional standards, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws: 

 (a) Conduct and supervise investigations and audits relating to all aspects of the operations and programs of the department, including but not limited to