September 2, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued a Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) report for New Hampshire. OSEP identified six areas of noncompliance with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C requirements.
What OSEP Found
August 2025, OSEP interviewed representatives from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to interviews with staff members, OSEP reviewed “publicly available information, policies, procedures, and other related documents the State submitted to OSEP” and “solicited feedback from interested parties and local-level staff to gather a broad range of perspectives on the State’s implementation of IDEA Part C.”
In previous DMS reports, OSEP stated that it hadn’t examined IDEA implementation by every local educational agency or early intervention service (EIS) program or provider. It said it couldn’t determine whether state systems were fully effective without reviewing local-level data. That disclaimer is absent from New Hampshire’s September 2026 report, which describes reviewing a sample of individualized family service plans (IFSPs) and case notes.
The following are OSEP’s findings:
