HB 140-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
18Feb2009… 0165h
2009 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 140-FN
AN ACT making charter schools eligible for grants for leased space.
SPONSORS: Rep. Casey, Rock 11; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
This bill authorizes chartered public schools to receive school building aid grants for leased space.
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18Feb2009… 0165h
09-0569
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT making charter schools eligible for grants for leased space.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Building Aid; Annual Grant for Leased Space. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 198:15-hh, I and subparagraphs I(a)-(b) of RSA 198:15-hh to read as follows:
I. The amount of the annual grant for a lease to any school district duly organized, any city maintaining a school department within its corporate organization, any cooperative school district as defined in RSA 195:1, or any receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, shall be a sum equal to 30 percent of the amount of the annual payment of the lease incurred, for the cost of leasing permanent space in a building or buildings not owned by the school district or school administrative unit which is used for the operation of a high school vocational technical education program, to the extent approved by the state board of education, provided that the amount of the annual grant in the case of a cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, or a receiving district operating an area school, shall be 40 percent plus 5 percent for each pre-existing district in excess of 2 and each sending district, in excess of one, and provided further that no cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, or receiving district operating an area school, shall receive an annual grant in excess of 55 percent. For the purposes of this section, the amount of the annual grant for a lease to a vocational technical education center shall be calculated in the same manner as a cooperative school district. The amount of the annual grant for a chartered public school authorized under RSA 194-B:3-a shall be a sum equal to 30 percent of the annual lease payment incurred for the cost of leasing space. Such lease agreements shall be eligible for grants under this section, provided all of the following conditions apply:
(a) A school district, city, cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, [or] receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, or chartered public school authorized under RSA 194-B:3-a, which receives grants under this section shall remain eligible to apply for, receive, and expend moneys from other state or federal sources made available for the purpose of purchasing new equipment, materials, or supplies necessary for the operation of the program. Moneys received from such other state or federal sources shall not be used to make permanent upgrades or renovations to the leased space.
(b) A lease agreement for permanent space shall be adopted in the same manner as required by law for the passage of construction bonds in the school district, city, cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, or receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1. A lease agreement for a chartered public school shall be approved by the chartered public school board of trustees pursuant to RSA 194-B:5, III(c).
2 School Building Aid; Annual Grant for Leased Space. Amend RSA 198:15-hh, III to read as follows:
III. A school district, city, cooperative school district, joint maintenance agreement, [or] receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, or chartered public school authorized under RSA 194-B:3-a shall submit details of the lease arrangement, including a copy of the proposed lease agreement, in writing to the state board of education on such forms as the state board may prescribe. Grant applications for leased space shall be submitted before January 1 of each year in order to be eligible for grants in the fiscal year following the year of submittal. The state board of education shall, no later than March 1, 2004, adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to procedures for grant applications for leased space.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
09-0569
Amended 03/02/09
HB 140 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT making charter schools eligible for grants for leased space.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2009-0165h), will increase state general fund expenditures by $81,149 in FY 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states that this bill authorizes chartered public schools to receive school building aid grants for leased space. The bill states the amount of annual grant for a chartered public school authorized under RSA 194-B:3-a shall be a sum equal to 30% of the annual lease payment incurred for the cost of leasing space. The Department states FY 2008 total lease costs for all eligible charter schools was $270,497. The Department assumes lease costs for charter schools will sustain at the FY 2008 level, making the annual grant expenditure for the state general fund $81,149 (30%) in FY 2010 and each year there after. This bill will have no effect on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.