HB 1265  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2011

02/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1265

 

AN ACT relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, and relative to certain adequacy grants.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Fellows, Graf. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that public academies file financial reports with the department of education.  The bill also inserts a provision for adequacy grants for school districts that tuition their students.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2011

02/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, and relative to certain adequacy grants.

 

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

 

1  School District Taxes; Failure to File Report.  Amend RSA 198:4-f, II-III to read as follows:

II. For just cause, the commissioner of the department of education may grant a school district, city, or chartered public school [, or public academy] up to a 30-day extension to such reporting deadline. The commissioner may further extend the deadline when unusual or unforeseen circumstances prevent a school district, city, or chartered public school [, or public academy] from submitting the required reports under paragraph I before the expiration of such extension.

III. The commissioner shall notify the governing body of the school district, city, or chartered public school[, or public academy] that all state aid to education shall be withheld until complete and accurate information is submitted. In the case of a chartered public school which fails to comply with the reporting requirements by the established deadlines for 2 consecutive years, the commissioner may request the state board of education to revoke the enabling charter.

2  New Paragraph; Determination of Education Grants.  Amend RSA 198:41 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a.  For municipalities where all school districts therein provide education to all of their pupils by paying tuition to other institutions, the department of education shall determine the total education grant for each municipality as the lesser of the 2 following calculations:

(a)  The amount calculated in accordance with paragraph I of this section; or

(b)  The total amount paid for items of current education expense as determined by the department of education minus the amount of the education tax warrant to be issued by the commissioner of revenue administration for such municipality reported pursuant to RSA 76:8 for the next tax year.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.