SB 61 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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5May2004... 1249h
2003 SESSION
04/10
SENATE BILL 61
AN ACT relative to per pupil funding for charter schools authorized by the state board of education.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides that for each of its pupils, a charter school authorized by the state board of education shall receive the targeted per pupil aid amount established in RSA 198:40-a, I.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/29/04 0209s
5May2004... 1249h
03-0278
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to per pupil funding for charter schools authorized by the state board of education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Charter Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, I to read as follows:
I. (a) There shall be no tuition charge for any pupil attending an open enrollment or charter conversion school located in that pupil's resident district. Funding limitations in this chapter shall not be applicable to charter conversion or open enrollment schools located in a pupil's resident district.
(b) For any other charter or open enrollment school authorized by the school district, the pupil's resident district shall pay to such school an amount equal to not less than 80 percent of that district's average cost per pupil as determined by the department of education using the most recent available data as reported by the district to the department.
(c) For any charter school authorized by the state board of education, the pupil's resident district shall pay tuition beginning July 1, 2004 and every fiscal year thereafter, in an amount per pupil equal to the amount determined in RSA [198:40, I] 198:40-a, I excluding the calculations set forth in subparagraphs (a)-(d).
(d) Tuition amounts shall be prorated on a per diem basis for pupils attending a school for less than a full school year. To the extent permitted by law, tuition payments shall coincide with the distribution of adequacy grants under RSA 198:42 or on such other terms as are mutually acceptable.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.