HB 208-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0726

04/10

HOUSE BILL 208-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT providing additional per pupil funding for pupils in certain public schools.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weber, Ches 2

COMMITTEE: Special Committee on Education Funding Reform

ANALYSIS

This bill provides an additional $1,000 per pupil in a public school with 150 or fewer pupils.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0726

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT providing additional per pupil funding for pupils in certain public schools.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 School Money; Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 198:40-a, IV and V to read as follows:

IV. In addition to the amounts in paragraphs I-III, an additional $1,000 per pupil for each public school with an ADMA of 150 or fewer pupils in the determination year.

V.(a) The sum total calculated under paragraphs I-[III] IV of this section shall be used to determine the cost of an adequate education which shall be used in each year of the biennium.

(b) The department shall allocate the cost of an adequate education for each municipality by totaling the cost of an adequate education as determined in RSA 198:40-a, I-[III] IV for all children who reside in that municipality.

(c) Prior to or coinciding with the first disbursement of each fiscal year under RSA 198:42, the department shall notify a school district of the cost of an adequate education for the pupils in each school within its jurisdiction sorted by the pupil's municipality of residence. In addition, the department shall furnish to each school district a report showing the cost of an adequate education for pupils who are residents of that school district sorted by a pupil's school of attendance.

[V] VI. The department shall notify school districts of the estimated amounts of grants by the November 15 preceding the fiscal year for which aid is determined. The commissioner shall provide to the general court all data or reports requested by the general court in a form which the general court determines will facilitate the calculations required in this section.

2 School Money; Use of Differentiated Aid. Amend RSA 198:40-b, III to read as follows:

III. A school district which receives differentiated aid for schools within its jurisdiction pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, I-[III] IV shall direct such aid to the schools for which such aid was calculated. A school district which receives differentiated aid for pupils that attend schools in another school district, shall direct such aid to the school district where its pupils are being educated. Any differentiated aid directed from one school district to another pursuant to this paragraph shall be a credit against any existing financial liability between the school districts.

3 School Money; Determination of Grants and Excess Tax. Amend RSA 198:41, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) Add the per pupil cost of providing the opportunity for an adequate education for which each pupil is eligible pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, I-[III] IV, and from such amount;

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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11-0726

01/07/11

HB 208-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT providing additional per pupil funding for pupils in certain public schools.

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