Bill Text - HB1563 (2016)

Relative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight

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HB 1563-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL\t1563-FN-LOCAL

 

AN ACT\trelative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Verschueren, Straf. 13; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

 

COMMITTEE:\tEducation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill increases funding for pupils attending full-day kindergarten programs.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils.

 

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

 

\t1  Adequate Education; Definitions.  Amend RSA 198:38, I(a) to read as follows:

\t\t\t(a)  “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 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].

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.

 

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HB 1563-FN-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE

 

AN ACT\trelative to funding for full-day kindergarten pupils.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Education states this bill, as introduced, will increase state education trust fund expenditures and local revenues by $3,206,244 in FY 2017 and by an indeterminable amount in FY 2018 and each year thereafter.  There will be no impact on state and county revenues or county and local expenditures.

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Education states this bill increases funding from half-day to full-day for pupils attending full-day kindergarten programs.  The Department states based on FY 2017 preliminary data (2015-2016 school year), this bill would increase state education trust fund expenditures and local revenues as follows:

 

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FY 2017 Preliminary Data

 

Current Law

Proposed

Increase

Adequate Education Grants

$563,924,066

$567,130,310

$3,206,244

Statewide Education Property Tax

$363,431,572

$363,431,572

$0

Total Cost

$927,355,638

$930,561,882

$3,206,244

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The Department of Education is unable to provide estimates for FY 2018 and each year thereafter.