Tag: IDEA
Medicaid Steps Up in Schools Where Federal Disability Funds Fall Short
Medicaid contributes $4 billion to school-based programs nationwide. New Hampshire receives over $29 million from the provider to cover education-related services such as speech,...
Concord Monitor: Advocates say special ed rights lost in school choice bill
The Concord Monitor highlighted Reaching Higher NH's new analysis on the statewide voucher bill's impact on students with disabilities, underscoring the potential impacts to...
Analysis finds that SB 193 may disadvantage students with disabilities
Reaching Higher New Hampshire, a nonpartisan education policy nonprofit, released an analysis of SB 193, a bill to create a statewide education savings account...
Understood.org webinar on school vouchers
Understood.org hosted a webinar with Lindsey Jones, the Vice President, and Chief Policy & Advocacy Officer at NCLD (National Center for Learning Disabilities), to explain...
Supreme Court rules in favor of higher standards for students with disabilities
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that students with disabilities have the right to advance to their fullest potential and that "the minimum" was...
HB 620 and its impact on special education services in New Hampshire
On Thursday, March 8th, or Friday, March 9, New Hampshire's House of Representatives will vote on a bill that could swiftly and negatively impact...