House Bill 661: Executive Planning Commission on Special Education
Project Description:
New Hampshire House Bill 661 established an Executive Planning Commission on Special Education charged with developing a joint, coordinated, comprehensive, and systematic approach among responsible state agencies, working with state institutions of higher education, to address human resource issues and assist schools in improving their capacity to educate children with highly challenging needs or low-incidence disabilities including, but not limited to, children with emotional disabilities, autism, multiple disabilities, traumatic or acquired brain injury, deafness, deaf-blindness, and blindness.
On December 1, 2008, a status report was delivered to the Governor and Legislature, with a request for an extension of the EPC's work until June 1, 2010. A final report will be delivered then, recommending the creation of a statewide system of:
 Pools of specialists and methods for delivering student-specific and general technical assistance to local schools and other service provider agencies
 Pre-service and in-service education and personnel shortages
 Methods of research and development and dissemination of best practices
Keyword(s):
Special Education Commission - HB 661
Core Function(s):
Performing Research or Evaluation
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, Legislators/Policy Makers, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Specific Groups
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
