HB 1393-FN-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1393-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to tuition payments for students attending a chartered public school in the student’s district of residence.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 13; Rep. Boehm, Hills 20; Rep. Shaw, Hills 16; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
This bill allows districts to enter into tuition agreements with chartered public schools in the same district.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2365
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to tuition payments for students attending a chartered public school in the student’s district of residence.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Chartered Public Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, I to read as follows:
I.(a) There shall be no tuition charge for any pupil attending a charter conversion school located in that pupil’s resident district. Funding limitations in this chapter shall not be applicable to charter conversion schools located in a pupil’s resident district. For a chartered public school authorized by the school district, the pupil’s resident district shall pay to such school an amount equal to not less than 80 percent of that district’s average cost per pupil as determined by the department of education using the most recent available data as reported by the district to the department. For pupils resident in this state who attend full-time a chartered public school authorized by a school district other than the pupil’s resident school district, the state shall pay tuition pursuant to RSA 198:40-a directly to the chartered public school for such pupil. Nothing in this subparagraph shall alter or modify the funding of the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School.
(b)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), for a chartered public school authorized by the state board of education pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a, the state shall pay tuition pursuant to RSA 198:40-a plus an additional grant of $2,000 directly to the chartered public school for each pupil who is a resident of this state in attendance at such chartered public school.
(2) For an online chartered public school which receives its initial authorization to operate from the state board of education pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a on or after July 1, 2013, the state shall pay tuition pursuant to RSA 198:40-a directly to the online chartered public school for each pupil who is a resident of this state in attendance at such chartered public school. In this subparagraph, “online chartered public school” means a chartered public school which provides the majority of its classes and instruction on the Internet.
(c) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (a) and (b), if a district does not operate a full time elementary or secondary school within the district then for each pupil who attends a chartered public school within the district, the district shall pay to the charter school an amount not less than the amount of tuition which would have been paid to another district for the pupil, minus the amount of funds received by the chartered public school from the state for that student. When an agreement between a school district and a chartered public school provides for funding equal to or more than the amount provided in this subparagraph, that agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
[(c)] (d) The commissioner of the department of education shall calculate and distribute chartered public school tuition payments as set forth herein. The first payment shall be 30 percent of the per pupil amount multiplied by the number of eligible pupils present on the first day of the current school year. Such payment shall be made no later than 15 days after the department of education receives the attendance report. The December 1 payment shall be 30 percent of the per pupil amount multiplied by the membership on November 1, and the March 1 payment shall be 30 percent of the per pupil amount multiplied by the membership on February 1. To calculate the final payment, the commissioner of the department of education shall multiply the per pupil amount by the average daily membership in attendance for the full school year, and subtract the total amount of the first 3 payments made. The remaining balance shall be the final payment. Eligible chartered public schools shall report membership in accordance with RSA 189:1-d. In this subparagraph, “membership” shall be as defined in RSA 189:1-d, II. Tuition amounts shall be prorated on a per diem basis for pupils attending a school for less than a full school year.
[(d)] (e) The source of funds for payments under this section shall be moneys from the education trust fund established in RSA 198:39.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
14-2365
11/18/13
HB 1393-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to tuition payments for students attending a chartered public school in the student’s district of residence.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as introduced, may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2014 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on state, county and local revenue, or state and county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education stats this bill requires local school districts that do not operate a full-time elementary or secondary school to pay to a charter public school an amount not less than the amount of tuition it would have paid to another district for the pupil, minus the amount of funds received by the charter public school from the state. The Department states it cannot estimate the impact of this bill as it cannot neither estimate how many students will attend charter public schools in lieu of attending a receiving school in another district nor the tuition costs as they vary from district to district.