Ashland School District v. New Hampshire Division for Children, Yuth, & Families

The defendant, the New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) appeals the decision of the Superior Court (Lynn, J.) that it was solely liable for the costs of the special educational component of a student’s placement at the Spaulding Youth Center (Spaulding). We reverse and remand.

On May 6, 1992, the Plymouth District Court (Kelly, J.) ordered Shawn R, an “educationally disabled” fifth-grade student in the *47Ashland Elementary School, placed at Spaulding under the State’s delinquency statute, RSA chapter 169-B (1994) (amended 1995). At the time of Shawn’s court-ordered…