Revision: March 28, 2012, midnight
SB 401 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 401
AN ACT relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools.
SPONSORS: Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Hill, Merr 6; Rep. Fleck, Carr 5; Rep. Boehm, Hills 27
This bill requires the use of current fiscal year data for average daily membership in attendance and average daily membership in residence for the calculation of adequate education grants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-3061
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to reporting the average daily membership of pupils in the public schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Adequate Education; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38, I to read as follows:
I. “Average daily membership in attendance” or “ADMA” means the average daily membership in attendance of pupils in kindergarten through grade 12, as defined in RSA 189:1-d, III of the [second school year preceding the] school year in which the calculation is made, provided that no kindergarten pupil shall count as more than 1/2 day attendance per calendar year.
2 Adequate Education; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38, IV to read as follows:
IV. “Determination year” means the [fiscal year that was 3 years prior to the fiscal year for which aid is to be determined] in the fiscal year in which aid is determined. Unless otherwise indicated, determination year data shall be used to calculate aid.
3 Statistical Reports. Amend RSA 189:28, IV to read as follows:
IV. The commissioner of the department of education may grant a school district, city, or public academy up to a [30-day] 10-day extension of the reporting deadline set forth in paragraph I. The commissioner of the department of education shall notify the governing body of the school district, city, or public academy that all state aid to education and all federal aid, if the report is required by federal law, shall be withheld until such time as complete and accurate information is submitted.
4 Distribution Schedule for Adequate Education Grants. Amend RSA 198:42, I to read as follows:
I. The adequate education grant determined in RSA 198:41 shall be distributed to each municipality's school district or districts legally responsible for the education of the pupils who attend approved public schools within the district or in other districts or who attend approved programs for children with disabilities, as the case may be, from the education trust fund in 4 payments of 20 percent on September 1, 20 percent on November 1, 30 percent on January 1, and 30 percent on April 1 of each school year; provided that for a dependent school district, the grant determined in RSA 198:41 shall be distributed to the municipality, which shall appropriate and transfer the grant funds to its dependent school department. During the course of the school year, the commissioner may make adjustments in grant payments necessitated by variations in the ADMA data for a school district for any fiscal year in which the ADMA calculation is made.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.