HB 435 14 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0638
09/10
HOUSE BILL 435
A BILL relative to relief aid calculation in determining grants for adequate education.
SPONSORS: Rep. Luneau, Merr. 9
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the amount for relief aid grants based on eligibility for free or reduced priced school meals and adjusts the grants by changes in the consumer price index.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0638
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to relief aid calculation in determining grants for adequate education.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Determination of Adequacy Grants; Relief Funding. Amend RSA 198:40-e to read as follows:
198:40-e Relief Funding.
I. In a school district in which 48 percent or more of the ADMR is eligible to receive a free or reduced-priced meal, an additional $[600] 672 for each pupil in the ADMR who is eligible for a free or reduced-priced meal.
II. In a school district in which at least 12 percent but less than 48 percent of the ADMR is eligible to receive a free or reduced-priced meal, an amount equal to $[150] 168 plus $0.[1250] 140 for each 0.01 percent that its free or reduced-priced meal eligibility rate exceeds 12 percent, for each pupil in the ADMR who is eligible for a free or reduced-priced meal.
III. A school district in which less than 12 percent of the ADMR is eligible to receive a free or reduced-priced meal shall receive no additional aid under this section.
IV. [The department of education shall adjust aid to each district calculated under this section to the statewide total of $17,500,000. Adjustments under this paragraph shall be made on a pro-rata basis.] After the relief funding grant is calculated pursuant to RSA 198:40-e, I – III, the department of education shall apply the biennial consumer price index adjustment determined pursuant to RSA 198:40-d to the total relief funding grant as calculated for each municipality.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 25, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 6, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 6, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 6, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 28, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
| Senate | Floor Vote | |
| June 1, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 1, 2023: Inexpedient to Legislate, MA, VV === BILL KILLED ===; 06/01/2023; SJ 16
May 23, 2023: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 06/01/2023; SC 24
April 13, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 04/13/2023; SJ 13
March 30, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/13/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 17
March 22, 2023: Hearing: 03/28/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:45 am; SC 15
March 7, 2023: Introduced 02/22/2023 and Referred to Education; SJ 9
Feb. 14, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/14/2023 HJ 5
Feb. 8, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/06/2023 (Vote 20-0; CC) HC 11 P. 5
Jan. 31, 2023: Executive Session: 02/06/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 25, 2023: Executive Session: 02/06/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 25, 2023: Full Committee Work Session: 02/01/2023 09:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 18, 2023: Public Hearing: 01/25/2023 03:00 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 10, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 01/05/2023 and referred to Education HJ 3 P. 15