SB 386-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
04/03
SENATE BILL 386-FN
AN ACT extending the pilot program for chartered public schools approved by the state board of education.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. Stiles, Rock 15
This bill extends the repeal date of the pilot program for chartered public schools approved by the state board of education to July 1, 2023 and removes the limit on the number of chartered public schools that may be approved during that time.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2747
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT extending the pilot program for chartered public schools approved by the state board of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Chartered Public Schools; Pilot Program. Amend RSA 194-B:3-a, I to read as follows:
I. There is established a [10-year] pilot program which authorizes the state board of education to grant charter status under this section. Beginning July 1, 2003, the state board of education [shall be authorized to] may grant [no more than 20 state] chartered public school applications during the [10-year] pilot program.
2 Chartered Public Schools; Pilot Program Repeal Date Extended. Amend 2003, 273:9, I to read as follows:
I. Section 7 of this act shall take effect July 1, [2013] 2023.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
10-2747
01/04/10
SB 386-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT extending the pilot program for chartered public schools approved by the state board of education.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill may increase state education trust fund expenditures by $2,725,000 in FY 2012, $2,725,000 in FY 2013, and $2,725,000 in FY 2014. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states this bill removes the limit on the State Board of Education’s authority to grant charter status to chartered public schools. The Department estimates that 500 additional students would enroll in charter schools beginning in FY 2012 if limitations on establishing new charter schools are removed. The Department indicates the state would pay charter schools $5,450 for each child (see RSA 194-B:11, I, RSA 198:40-a, RSA 198:40-c, I(d)), increasing state education trust fund expenditures for charter schools by $2,725,000.
The 500 students leaving schools operated by school districts to attend charter schools beginning in FY 2012 will reduce the calculation of the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education for local school districts beginning in FY 2016.