The New Hampshire House of Representatives

HB112-FN

Title: (New TItle) requiring students in the university and community college systems of New Hampshire to pass the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics naturalization test, take a course that covers fundamental American documents as part of the general education curriculum, or pass a civics course competency test.

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01/21/2025 01:00 PM

HB295

Title: making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.

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01/24/2025 09:30 AM

HB366-FN-A

Title: (New Title) modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.

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01/21/2025 09:30 AM

HB443

Title: relative to terms of appointed members on the higher education commission.

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02/07/2025 11:00 AM

HB491

Title: establishing a committee to study alternative funding methods for public education and how to reduce its reliance on local real estate property taxes.

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02/07/2025 02:30 PM

HB510-FN

Title: (New Title) establishing a commission to study due process in higher education disciplinary proceedings.

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01/21/2025 11:15 AM

HB563-FN

Title: (New Title) relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.

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01/30/2025 09:30 AM

HB651-FN

Title: modifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.

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01/28/2025 10:00 AM

HB656

Title: relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.

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01/28/2025 02:15 PM

HB665-FN-A

Title: relative to eligibility for free school meals.

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02/07/2025 01:45 PM

HB675-FN-A-L

Title: (Second New Title) limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.

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01/30/2025 01:15 PM

HB716-FN

Title: making an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program.

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01/28/2025 03:00 PM

HB729-FN-A

Title: making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.

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02/11/2025 11:20 AM

HB734-FN

Title: relative to the state education property tax and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program.

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01/30/2025 02:45 PM

HB742-FN-A

Title: requiring catastrophic special education state aid funding to be drawn from the education trust fund.

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01/30/2025 11:30 AM

HB772-FN

Title: establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.

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02/04/2025 02:15 PM

HB773-FN

Title: relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.

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02/04/2025 11:30 AM

HB1099

Title: establishing a committee to study private businesses providing special education services and issues relative to local school district reimbursement.

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02/13/2026 11:15 AM

HB1104

Title: modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.

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01/20/2026 11:45 AM

HB1121

Title: defining the cost of an adequate education.

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02/10/2026 10:00 AM

HB1202

Title: relative to dual and concurrent enrollment requirements for courses at institutions within the community college system of New Hampshire.

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01/22/2026 11:00 AM

HB1288

Title: relative to enabling school administrative units to adopt budget caps.

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01/29/2026 10:45 AM

HB1495

Title: allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.

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01/27/2026 10:00 AM

HB1503

Title: allowing the department of education to allocate funds to create a database of maps of public schools for emergency use cases.

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01/22/2026 11:30 AM

HB1514

Title: requiring the department of education and the department of revenue administration to send school compliance and financial reports to school and school board authorities.

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01/27/2026 10:30 AM

HB1557-FN

Title: modifying the state average expenditure per pupil relative to students in special education.

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01/15/2026 11:00 AM

HB1561-FN

Title: prohibiting nationals of the People's Republic of China from attending state institutions of higher education.

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02/13/2026 10:00 AM

HB1563-FN-L

Title: relative to the special education aid formula.

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01/15/2026 01:00 PM

HB1574-FN

Title: (New Title) relative to the extension of free and reduced price breakfast and lunch for students under the age of 22 and making an appropriation therefor.

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01/15/2026 09:30 AM

HB1578

Title: adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.

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01/29/2026 01:45 PM

HB1579

Title: establishing a committee to study methods for increasing revenues to enable additional spending on education.

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01/29/2026 02:30 PM

HB1586-FN

Title: allowing the commissioner of the department of education to withhold funds from public schools if such schools are not providing special education services in compliance with state law.

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01/15/2026 10:15 AM

HB1610

Title: allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.

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01/29/2026 11:30 AM

HB1623-FN

Title: requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

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01/29/2026 01:00 PM

HB1672-FN

Title: requiring schools to present line-item expenses as part of the school budget process.

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01/27/2026 09:30 AM

HB1701-FN

Title: reestablishing the New Hampshire college graduate retention incentive partnership program and making an appropriation therefor.

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01/22/2026 09:30 AM

HB1714-FN

Title: authorizing the state to issue bonds to fund public school expenses.

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01/20/2026 10:00 AM

HB1729-FN-A

Title: relative to the creation of a centralized enterprise resource planning service, and making an appropriation therefor.

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01/22/2026 12:45 PM

HB1776-FN

Title: requiring higher educational institutions to report the reception of foreign grants, donations, and contracts to the department of education and the general court.

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02/03/2026 10:00 AM

HB1781-FN

Title: relative to child support obligations during postsecondary education.

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02/03/2026 11:30 AM

HB1791-FN-A

Title: directing the department of education to establish a grant program at the post-secondary educational level for individuals with developmental disabilities, and making an appropriation therefor.

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01/22/2026 10:00 AM

HB1799-FN

Title: relative to required state funding for providing an opportunity for an adequate education.

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01/20/2026 01:30 PM

HB1803-FN

Title: rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.

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01/15/2026 02:00 PM

HB1807-FN

Title: relative to information on tax rates and tax impact information on warrant articles.

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02/13/2026 10:30 AM

HB1815-FN

Title: relative to education financing.

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02/13/2026 01:00 PM

HB1816-FN

Title: relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.

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01/27/2026 11:00 AM

HB1818-FN

Title: (New Title) requiring the department of education to use its 10-year school facilities plans to plan and project out building consolidation projects.

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PASSED/ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
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01/29/2026 10:00 AM

HB1824-FN

Title: relative to school district financial distress.

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01/27/2026 11:30 AM

HB1826-FN

Title: relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.

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01/20/2026 10:30 AM

HB1827-FN-A

Title: (New Title) requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel.

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02/03/2026 10:45 AM

HB1831-FN

Title: repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.

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01/20/2026 11:00 AM

HB1835-FN

Title: relative to the formula for distribution of aid to school districts.

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01/22/2026 10:30 AM

HR19

Title: encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.

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02/13/2026 02:30 PM

HR40

Title: urging the legislature to adequately fund public education.

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02/13/2026 01:45 PM

SB204-FN-A

Title: relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.

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04/15/2025 12:45 PM

SB513-FN

Title: requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.

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SB531-FN

Title: establishing a task force to study the feasibility of the creation of cosmetology related programming in Coos County.

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Education Funding

There are 57 bills originally referred to this committee

Title: making school building aid program funds nonlapsing.

Title: (New Title) modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.

Title: relative to terms of appointed members on the higher education commission.

Title: establishing a committee to study alternative funding methods for public education and how to reduce its reliance on local real estate property taxes.

Title: (New Title) establishing a commission to study due process in higher education disciplinary proceedings.

Title: (New Title) relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.

Title: modifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.

Title: relative to the authority of local school districts to accept federal grants.

Title: relative to eligibility for free school meals.

Title: (Second New Title) limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.

Title: making an appropriation for the dual and concurrent enrollment program.

Title: making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.

Title: relative to the state education property tax and the low- and moderate-income homeowners property tax relief program.

Title: requiring catastrophic special education state aid funding to be drawn from the education trust fund.

Title: establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education.

Title: relative to aid to school districts for the cost of special education.

Title: establishing a committee to study private businesses providing special education services and issues relative to local school district reimbursement.

Title: modifying the priority of applications for school building aid grants.

Title: defining the cost of an adequate education.

Title: relative to dual and concurrent enrollment requirements for courses at institutions within the community college system of New Hampshire.

Title: relative to enabling school administrative units to adopt budget caps.

Title: allowing a reimbursement anticipation note to be used as collateral in certain circumstances.

Title: allowing the department of education to allocate funds to create a database of maps of public schools for emergency use cases.

Title: requiring the department of education and the department of revenue administration to send school compliance and financial reports to school and school board authorities.

Title: modifying the state average expenditure per pupil relative to students in special education.

Title: prohibiting nationals of the People's Republic of China from attending state institutions of higher education.

Title: relative to the special education aid formula.

Title: (New Title) relative to the extension of free and reduced price breakfast and lunch for students under the age of 22 and making an appropriation therefor.

Title: adds definitions and reporting requirements relative to education freedom accounts.

Title: establishing a committee to study methods for increasing revenues to enable additional spending on education.

Title: allowing the commissioner of the department of education to withhold funds from public schools if such schools are not providing special education services in compliance with state law.

Title: allowing school districts to annually retain year-end unassigned general funds.

Title: requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

Title: requiring schools to present line-item expenses as part of the school budget process.

Title: reestablishing the New Hampshire college graduate retention incentive partnership program and making an appropriation therefor.

Title: authorizing the state to issue bonds to fund public school expenses.

Title: relative to the creation of a centralized enterprise resource planning service, and making an appropriation therefor.

Title: requiring higher educational institutions to report the reception of foreign grants, donations, and contracts to the department of education and the general court.

Title: relative to child support obligations during postsecondary education.

Title: directing the department of education to establish a grant program at the post-secondary educational level for individuals with developmental disabilities, and making an appropriation therefor.

Title: relative to required state funding for providing an opportunity for an adequate education.

Title: rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.

Title: relative to information on tax rates and tax impact information on warrant articles.

Title: relative to education financing.

Title: relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency.

Title: (New Title) requiring the department of education to use its 10-year school facilities plans to plan and project out building consolidation projects.

Title: relative to school district financial distress.

Title: relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.

Title: (New Title) requiring the department of education to conduct a confidential criminal history record check on all prospective educational personnel.

Title: repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.

Title: relative to the formula for distribution of aid to school districts.

Title: encouraging state colleges and universities to invite more conservative speakers to campus for the purpose of increasing diversity of viewpoints.

Title: urging the legislature to adequately fund public education.

Title: relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide meals to students during school hours, reimbursing schools for meals provided to students at no cost, and making an appropriation therefor.

Title: requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.

Title: establishing a task force to study the feasibility of the creation of cosmetology related programming in Coos County.