Bill Text - HB570 (2013)

Relative to school building aid grant eligibility for the White Mountain Regional school district.


Revision: Jan. 28, 2013, midnight

HB 570-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0180

04/10

HOUSE BILL 570-FN

AN ACT relative to school building aid grant eligibility for the White Mountain Regional school district.

SPONSORS: Rep. H. Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Major, Rock 14; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts the White Mountain Regional school district from the moratorium on school building aid 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0180

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to school building aid grant eligibility for the White Mountain Regional school district.

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

1 School Building Aid Grant Eligibility; White Mountain Regional School District. The provisions of 2011, 224:4, shall not apply to the White Mountain Regional school district for any project approved at the 2013 White Mountain Regional school district meeting. A school building project approved at the 2013 White Mountain regional school district meeting shall be eligible for school building aid grants in accordance with the version of RSA 198 in effect on June 30, 2009.

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

LBAO

13-0180

Revised 01/15/13

HB 570-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to school building aid grant eligibility for the White Mountain Regional school district.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Department of Education states this bill, as introduced, will increase state general fund expenditures and local revenue by $334,071 in FY 2013 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on state and county revenue, or county and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Education states this bill exempts the White Mountain Regional School District (WMRSD) from the moratorium, currently in place through June 30, 2013, on new projects eligible for school building aid funding from the state. The Department states WMRSD is eligible for 56% aid to renovate the high school and career technical education (CTE) center, and 40% for the school administrative unit (SAU) office:

 

High School

CTE Center

SAU Office

Total

Eligible Cost

$6,584,318

$4,470,920

$1,226,233

$12,281,471

Eligible Aid (%)

56%

56%

40%

 

Eligible Aid ($)

$3,687,218

$2,503,715

$490,493

$6,681,426

    The department states the bond note would be level debt for 20 years: $6,681,426 ÷ 20 years = $334,071 per year.

    This bill does not appropriate any funds.