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HB1221 • 2026

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

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

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bryan Morse (R)
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

  • directing 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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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 02/05/2026 HJ 3 P. 8

  2. 2026-01-27 H

    Executive Session: 01/12/2026 01:00 pm GP 232

  3. 2026-01-27 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 01/12/2026 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 5 P. 4

  4. 2026-01-08 H

    Public Hearing: 01/12/2026 01:00 pm GP 232

  5. 2025-12-01 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 1 P. 11

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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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
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Matter removed from current law appears [
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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.