Revision: June 7, 2024, 9:56 a.m.
June 6, 2024
2024-2274-CofC
02/05
Committee of Conference Report on HB 1265, relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, and relative to certain adequacy grants.
Recommendation:
That the House recede from its position of nonconcurrence with the Senate amendment, and concur with the Senate amendment, and
That the Senate and House adopt the following new amendment to the bill as amended by the Senate, and pass the bill as so amended:
Amend RSA 189:75, I(a) as inserted by section 3 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
(a) The current expenditures associated with the daily operation of the school district divided by the daily membership in attendance with expenditures associated with tuition, transportation, and food operations not supported with public funds being excluded.
Amend RSA 189:76, IV-V as inserted by section 3 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
IV. The third line graph shall be titled “Administrator Salaries” and shall display annual totals of all salaries paid to administrators employed or contracted by the district and corresponding school administrative unit over the previous 10 years. Administrators serving multiple districts may have annotation showing how their salary is apportioned among the multiple districts. A good faith effort shall be made to adjust each annual statistic for inflation using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator or an equivalent resource. Each yearly total shall be clearly labeled. The upper and lower boundaries of the y-axis must be capped at the nearest hundred thousand dollars.
V. The table shall be titled “Top Administrator Salaries” and shall list the titles and current salaries of the 4 highest-paid administrators employed or contracted by the district or corresponding school administrative unit. If less than 4 administrators are so employed, all administrators shall be so listed.
Amend paragraph I as inserted by section 4 of the bill by replacing it with the following:
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
The signatures below attest to the authenticity of this Report on HB 1265, relative to the penalty for failure to file school expenditure reports, and relative to certain adequacy grants.
Conferees on the Part of the Senate Conferees on the Part of the House
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Sen. Lang, Dist. 2 Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5
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Sen. Murphy, Dist. 16 Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7
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Sen. Bradley, Dist. 3 Rep. Drye, Sull. 7
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Rep. Osborne, Rock. 2
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Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22
2024-2274-CofC
This bill:
I. Removes the requirement that public academies file financial reports with the department of education.
II. Inserts a provision for adequacy grants for school districts that tuition their students.
III. Requires school districts to post mandatory reports of school expenses, including average cost per pupil, average teacher salaries, and top administrator salaries. It also creates a civil remedy for the enforcement of this requirement.