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Committee backs technical fix clarifying foster parents’ authority in special education
Summary
The House Children and Family Law Committee voted to recommend passage of HB 178, a bill that removes redundant language from New Hampshire special education statute to clarify appointment of foster parents for educational decisions; sponsors said the change is clerical and not substantive.
The House Children and Family Law Committee recommended passage of House Bill 178, which removes redundant wording from New Hampshire’s special education statute to clarify language about appointing foster parents to make educational decisions for children in their care.
Representative Nancy Murphy, the bill sponsor, told the committee she filed HB 178 at the request of a Merrimack constituent with special-education expertise. Murphy said the change "removes confusing redundant language to…
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