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Twomey Commissioner of Education State Department of Education 101 Pleasant Street Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Dear Commissioner Twomey: During the week of April 11 15, 1994, the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), United States Department of Education, conducted an onsite review of the New Hampshire State Department of Education's (NHSDE) implementation of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (Part B). The purpose of the review was to determine whether NHSDE was meeting its responsibility to ensure that the State's public educational agency programs for children with disabilities are being administered in a manner consistent with the requirements of (1) Part B and its implementing regulations, and (2) the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). We are sending you and your special education staff this report, entitled "Office of Special Education Programs Monitoring Report: 1994 Review of the New Hampshire State Department of Education" (Report). The Report describes OSEP's findings with respect to the policies and procedures that NHSDE has implemented in fulfilling its general supervisory responsibilities, in accordance with the legal requirements established by Part B and EDGAR. The findings are organized into eight areas of responsibility, as shown in the Table of Contents. The actions that NHSDE must take to address OSEP's findings regarding those eight areas of responsibility, and to ensure compliance with the requirements of Part B and EDGAR through the exercise of its system of general supervision, are described in Appendix B of the Report. Although the Report does not discuss the numerous aspects of the State's special education system that were consistent with Federal requirements, several commendations are noted in the introduction to the Report. #d  @@#400 MARYLAND AVE., S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C.#x  @;X@#у9Page  Honorable Twomey9=9Page  Honorable Twomey9= #8<  @,@#Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation.#x  @;X@#ă Page 2 Honorable Elizabeth M. Twomey Please let me know if we can be of any assistance. Thank you for your continued efforts toward the goal of improving education programs for children and youth with disabilities in New Hampshire. ` `  hh#(Sincerely, ` `  hh#(- ` `  hh#(Thomas Hehir ` `  hh#(Director ` `  hh#(Office of Special Education ` `  hh#( Programs cc: Mr. Robert Kennedy  | OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS  FINAL MONITORING REPORT:  1994 REVIEW OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S IMPLEMENTATION OF PART B OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT    DECEMBER 1994  X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:16 years." The Federal regulation requires that "the IEP for each student, beginning no later than age 16 (and at a younger age, if determined appropriate) must contain a statement of needed transition services..." 300.506(a) Due process hearings While NHSDE's monitoring procedures include a method at 1127.02(a) to determine if districts have procedures to ensure that parents and public agencies have the opportunity to initiate due process hearings, there is no procedure to monitor the district's procedures regarding the matters about which a hearing may be initiated, as set forth in this regulation. 300.512(a) and (c) Due process hearing timelines and extensions Copies of all hearing decisions and information about the status of hearings are provided to NHSDE from hearing officers appointed by NHSDE. NHSDE administrators responsible for monitoring due process hearing timelines informed OSEP that based upon this information, NHSDE maintains a log that includes the date each hearing request was received, the date of prehearing, the date of the hearing, the status of the hearing and the date the status was determined. From OSEP's review of NHSDE's hearing log, the status appears to indicate the resolution for each hearing by noting the term "Withdrawn", "Dismissed", "Settled," "Mediated" or "Decision." Each hearing is entered into the log, and assigned a consecutive file number, when the file is received by the NHSDE central administration office. There is no information in the log pertaining to extensions of hearing timelines, and therefore, no way to determine whether extensions are granted as required in cases that do not meet the timeline in 300.512(a). 300.530(b) Student evaluation ĩ NHSDE's monitoring procedures contain the requirement that testing and evaluation materials and procedures used for the evaluation of children with disabilities are selected and administered so as to not to be culturally discriminatory, but do not specify that they must also be selected and administered so as not to be racially discriminatory. 300.550(b)(1) Least restrictive environment NHSDE's monitoring documents are inconsistent with regard to this regulation, that requires that "each public agency, to the maximum extent appropriate, educates children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities..." While NHSDE's Application Materials document (on which the school district is required to indicate compliance with regulation) accurately reflects the requirements set forth in this regulation, Section 1115 of the Teacher Interview Form utilized by monitors to determine compliance with LRE requirements states, "if the district ensures that handicapped students participate with nonhandicapped peers to the maximum extent possible," rather than to the maximum extent appropriate, as required by this regulation. 300.551(b)(1) Continuum of alternative placements NHSDE's monitoring procedures contain a method to determine whether districts have available a continuum of alternative placements as required by this regulation. OSEP has determined that this list of the alternative placements is incomplete, as it does not include "instruction in hospitals and institutions." p INEFFECTIVE METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DEFICIENCIES ă 3. NHSDE conducted compliance reviews in each of the agencies visited by OSEP within the previous three school years. Table IIA sets forth the date that each agency visited by OSEP was last monitored by NHSDE: #H|@;@#4& Table IIA ă  Agencies in New Hampshire Monitored by OSEP and Date Last Monitored by NHSDE ă ^ ddx ddx ^ w  w   Agency Date Monitored0Agency=Date MonitoredW  W   7Agency A1 11/93c/Agency DA2/93W  W  7Agency B] 1/92c/Agency E}A11/91w  w  7Agency C1 11/91#x  @;X@# OSEP interviewed many of the same staff, and collected data on some of the same requirements that NHSDE did during its most recent monitoring of each agency. OSEP identified several areas of noncompliance in these agencies that were not identified by NHSDE through implementation of its monitoring procedures. The information following in Table IIB sets forth the areas of noncompliance in each agency visited by OSEP which were not identified by NHSDE in their most recent monitoring of the agency, but were so identified by OSEP. Where NHSDE's monitoring procedures contain an incomplete or incorrect method (as indicated in part two of this Section), the table indicates an "I." Where NHSDE's Master Guide contains a method to determine compliance with a particular requirement, but NHSDE was ineffective in identifying the noncompliance, an "X" is indicated on the table. 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