HB177 (2020) Detail

Relative to the calculation of stabilization grants.


HB 177-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

27Feb2019... 0258h

2019 SESSION

19-0126

06/10

 

HOUSE BILL 177-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the calculation of stabilization grants.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Horn, Merr. 2; Rep. Wolf, Merr. 5; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Hennessey, Graf. 1; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill limits the education grant to each municipality for fiscal year 2020 and thereafter to an amount equal to the total education grant to that municipality for the fiscal year in which the grant is calculated plus the amount of the fiscal year 2016 stabilization grant to that municipality.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

27Feb2019... 0258h 19-0126

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the calculation of stabilization grants.

 

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

 

1  Determination of Education Grants.  Amend RSA 198:41, IV(d) to read as follows:

(d)  For fiscal year 2017 [and each fiscal year thereafter] through fiscal year 2019, the department of education shall distribute a total education grant to each municipality in an amount equal to the total education grant for the fiscal year in which the grant is calculated plus a percentage of the municipality's fiscal year 2012 stabilization grant, if any, distributed to the municipality; the percentage shall be 96 percent for fiscal year 2017, and shall be reduced by 4 percent of the amount of the 2012 education grant for each fiscal year [thereafter] through fiscal year 2019.

(e)  For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the department of education shall distribute a total education grant to each municipality in an amount equal to the total education grant to that municipality for the fiscal year in which the grant is calculated plus the amount of the fiscal year 2016 stabilization grant, if any, distributed to the municipality.  No stabilization grant shall be distributed to any municipality for any fiscal year in which the municipality's education property tax revenue collected pursuant to RSA 76 exceeds the total cost of an adequate education or to any municipality for any fiscal year in which the municipality's ADMA is zero.

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

 

LBAO

19-0126

Amended 2/28/19

 

HB 177-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2019-0258h)

 

AN ACT relative to the calculation of stabilization grants.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$25,356,071

$31,695,089

$38,034,107

$44,373,125

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [ X ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

 

 

 

 

LOCAL:

 

 

 

 

   Revenue

$25,356,071

$31,695,089

$38,034,107

$44,373,125

   Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill, beginning in FY 2020, sets the amount of the stabilization grant portion of the total education grant to municipalities at the FY 2016 level.  Under current law, each year the stabilization grant amount decreases by four percent of the original amount, or approximately $6.3 million statewide.  This bill eliminates the annual reduction and sets the stabilization grant at the level it was in FY 2016.  The impact of this bill on state Education Trust Fund expenditures and local revenue is as follows:

STABILIZATION GRANT

Year

Current Law

Proposed

Increase

FY 2020

$133,119,374

$158,475,445

$25,356,071

FY 2021

$126,780,356

$158,475,445

$31,695,089

FY 2022

$120,441,338

$158,475,445

$38,034,107

FY 2023

$114,102,320

$158,475,445

$44,373,125

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education

 

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 17, 2019 House Hearing
Feb. 5, 2019 House Exec Session
Feb. 27, 2019 House Floor Vote
March 27, 2019 House Exec Session
Nov. 12, 2019 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB177 Revision: 7329 Date: March 4, 2019, 11:19 a.m.
HB177 Revision: 7330 Date: Dec. 27, 2018, 10:12 a.m.

Docket


Jan. 8, 2020: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/08/2020 HJ 1 P. 45


: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 50 P. 9


Nov. 12, 2019: Executive Session: 11/12/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211


Oct. 29, 2019: Division II Work Session: 10/29/2019 10:00 am LOB 209


: Retained in Committee


March 27, 2019: Executive Session: 03/27/2019 10:00 am LOB 210-211


March 13, 2019: Finance Division II Work Session: 03/13/2019 01:00 pm LOB 209


March 4, 2019: Finance Division II Work Session: 03/04/2019 11:30 am LOB 209


Feb. 27, 2019: Referred to Finance 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 47


Feb. 27, 2019: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0258h: MA RC 268-90 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 45


Feb. 27, 2019: Amendment # 2019-0258h: AA DV 260-96 02/27/2019 HJ 6 P. 45


: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate


Feb. 27, 2019: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0258h for 02/27/2019 (Vote 17-3; RC) HC 13 P. 17


Feb. 5, 2019: Executive Session: 02/05/2019 10:00 am LOB 207


Jan. 17, 2019: Public Hearing: 01/17/2019 11:00 am LOB 207


Jan. 2, 2019: Introduced 01/02/2019 and referred to Education HJ 2 P. 40