SB 217-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 217-FN
AN ACT relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education.
SPONSORS: Sen. Below, Dist 5; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24
This bill authorizes school districts to count preschool age educationally disabled children in the average daily membership in residence and requires that such children be counted as weighted pupils for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-1196
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Aid for Educational Adequacy; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38, VII(c) to read as follows:
(c) An educationally disabled child, including a preschool educationally disabled child receiving services from a school district, an additional weight of 1.0.
2 State Aid for Educational Adequacy; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:39, X to read as follows:
X.(a) "Average daily membership in residence," and "resident pupils" mean the average daily membership in residence as defined in RSA 189:1-d, IV except that no kindergarten pupil shall count as more than 1/2 day attendance per calendar day and provided that no preschool educationally disabled child receiving up to 2 hours of special education services from a school district shall count as more than ¼ day attendance per calendar day, and provided that no preschool educationally disabled child receiving more than 2 hours of special education services from a school district shall count as more than ½ day attendance per calendar day.
(b) A school district which seeks to include preschool educationally disabled children receiving services from the school district in its average daily membership in residence count under subparagraph (a) shall collect and maintain attendance data on such children separate from other preschool children receiving services from the school district, and shall list such data by ½ day attendance and ¼ day attendance.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
03-1196
Revised 2/7/03
SB 217 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the calculation of average daily membership in residence for the purpose of calculating the cost of an adequate education.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education indicates this bill will increase state education trust fund expenditures and local revenue by $7,026,656 in FY 2005, $8,472,750 in FY 2006 and $8,811,000 in FY 2007. There will be no fiscal impact to state and county revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department indicates the inclusion of educationally disabled preschool children in average daily membership in residence, ADM-R, will increase the amount of adequate education grants starting in FY 2005. Components of weighted pupils, elementary ADM-R, special education pupils and free and reduced lunch pupils, will increase as a result of this bill, and the Department has assumed a 4% annual growth rate as shown below.
FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007
Elementary Pupils 934 971 1,010
Special Education Pupils 934 971 1,010
Free & Reduced Pupils 108 112 116
Total Pupils 1,976 2,054 2,136
Base Cost $ 3,556 $ 4,125 $ 4,125
Education Grant Increases $7,026,656 $8,472,750 $8,811,000