CHAPTER 244
SB 397-FN-A-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 397-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT making an appropriation from the education trust fund for public kindergarten programs and relative to the adequate education grant amount and property tax warrant for the town of Orange.
SPONSORS: Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Rep. Heon, Hills 1
This bill makes an appropriation of $950,000, for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, from the education trust fund to the department of education for the funding of public kindergarten programs pursuant to 1999, 65:9 as amended by 1999, 281:16. This bill also adjusts the adequate education grant amount for the town of Orange for fiscal year 2000, and adjusts the property tax warrant in the town of Orange for the tax year beginning April 1, 2000.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT making an appropriation from the education trust fund for public kindergarten programs and relative to the adequate education grant amount and property tax warrant for the town of Orange.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
244:1 Appropriation from Education Trust Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 198:39, the sum of $950,000 is hereby appropriated, for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, from the education trust fund to the department of education for the purpose of funding public kindergarten programs pursuant to 1999, 65:9 as amended by 1999, 281:16. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum from any moneys available in the education trust fund.
244:2 Town of Orange; Adequate Education Grant Calculations Revised.
I. Notwithstanding RSA 198:40 through RSA 198:42, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, the total adequate education grant for the town of Orange shall be $127,287. In addition to the provisions of 1999, 17:52, I, an additional payment of $11,398 shall be distributed to the town of Orange by June 30, 2000 from the education trust fund for an adequate education grant total of $127,287.
II. Notwithstanding RSA 198:40 through RSA 198:42, for the tax year beginning April 1, 2000, the state education property tax warrant for the town of Orange shall be $90,694.
244:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 8, 2000)
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Amended 4/6/00
SB 397 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT making an appropriation from the education trust fund for public kindergarten programs and relative to the adequate education grant amount and property tax warrant for the town of Orange.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education indicates this bill, as amended by the Senate, will increase state Education Trust Fund expenditures and local revenue by $1,081,455 in FY 2001 and by $11,398 in FY 2002. There will be no fiscal impact on state and county revenue or county and local expenditures.
The bill appropriates $925,000 from the state Education Trust Fund in FY 2001 to the Department of Education for the purpose of funding public kindergarten programs.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department indicates state expenditures and local revenue will increase due to payments for kindergarten in FY 2001 and payments to increase the adequate education grants for the town of Orange in FY 2000 and FY 2001.
The Department states, pursuant to Chapters 65:9 and 281:16, Laws 1999, the appropriation will fund the kindergarten reimbursement for FY 2001 at $750 per pupil for school districts that implemented kindergarten in school years 1998/1999, 1999/2000 and 2000/2001. In addition, the appropriation will fund kindergarten reimbursement for the town of Springfield for FY 2001 at the rate of $1,600.50 per pupil.
The Department estimates that 1,399 pupils will be eligible for the $750 reimbursement and 13 pupils will be eligible for the $1,600.50 reimbursement, for a total of $1,070,057.
1,399 x $750 = $1,049,250
13 x $1600.50 = 20,807
$1,070,057
The Department notes there is an available balance in the kindergarten class line in the amount of approximately $125,000. An available balance in the kindergarten line will carry forward for use in the second year of the biennium.
Under the terms of this bill, the town of Orange will receive $11,398 in additional adequate education grants in FY 2001 and FY 2002.