HB 286-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

2001 SESSION

01-0047

04/09

HOUSE BILL 286-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the calculation of the adequate education grant amount.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sapareto, Rock 13; Rep. D. White, Hills 25

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the average daily membership in residence component of the adequate education grant amount be calculated on an annual basis.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0047

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to the calculation of the adequate education grant amount.

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

1 School Money; Calculation of Adequate Education Grant. Amend RSA 198:40, II to read as follows:

II. The weighted average daily membership in residence for each municipality shall be calculated annually by combining the elementary average daily membership in residence with the weighted high school average daily membership in residence, the average daily membership in residence resulting from educationally disabled children, and the additional average daily membership in residence resulting from elementary pupils eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal. The statewide weighted average daily membership in residence of pupils shall be calculated annually by combining the weighted average daily membership in residence of each municipality in the state.

2 New Paragraph; School Money; Determination of Adequate Education Grants

Amended. Amend RSA 198:41 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. In this section, the weighted average daily membership in residence shall be calculated in each fiscal year, using the most recent available data, in determining the adequate education grant amount for each municipality.

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

LBAO

01-0047

1/23/01

HB 286-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to the calculation of the adequate education grant amount.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.