October 22, 2009June 18th, 2012
FiledJune 18th, 2012In reviewing the recent revisions to the Interagency Agreement between your two agencies, I noticed several inconsistencies with the statute requiring the revisions. The revisions to the agreement which were signed by Commissioners Toumpas and former Commissioner Tracy on December 31, 2009, were required by HB 766 (2008). HB 766 amended a number of sections of RSA 186-C, the state special education statute. RSA 186- C:7-a was and is the interagency agreement section. An effective interagency agreement is also required by IDEA. The legislation was carefully crafted over many months, however the changes to the agreement fall short of and violate the legislation. The following are several of the major problems with the agreement.