Revision: May 6, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
HB 1656-FN-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
22Feb2024... 0603h
11Apr2024... 1211h
2024 SESSION
24-2623
12/05
HOUSE BILL 1656-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kenney, Straf. 10; Rep. Morse, Graf. 9; Rep. Selig, Straf. 10; Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 10; Rep. A. Nutting-Wong, Hills. 9; Rep. Wheeler, Hills. 33; Rep. H. Howard, Straf. 4; Rep. Toll, Ches. 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill provides for categories of special education services for application to the calculation of differentiated aid in adequate education grant amounts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2024... 0603h
11Apr2024... 1211h 24-2623
12/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education; Differentiated Aid; Special Education. RSA 198:40-a, II(d) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(d)(1) An additional $2,642 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category A disability, $5,285 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category B disability, and $7,927 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services with a category C disability.
(2) For this subparagraph, "category A disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services inside regular class 80 percent or more of the day; "category B disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services inside regular class less than 40 percent of the day and inside regular class 40 percent through 79 percent of the day; and “category C disability” applies to pupils receiving special education services in separate schools, residential facilities, or homebound/hospital placements. Categories A, B, and C apply to pupils ages 5 in kindergarten through 21, inclusive. Any pupil receiving special education services identified by the department that was not identified in the department’s data collection efforts to determine categories A, B, and C, shall default to category A.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
24-2623
Amended 5/2/24
HB 1656-FN-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2024-1211h)
AN ACT relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures | $0 | District Public Schools FY 2025 - Increase of Approximately $17,700,000 FY 2026 and Beyond - Indeterminable Increase
Charter Public Schools / Education Freedom Accounts Indeterminable Increase | ||||
Funding Source(s) | Education Trust Fund | |||||
Appropriations | $0 | Statutory Open Warrant Exists for Adequacy Payments | ||||
Funding Source(s) | Education Trust Fund | |||||
• Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] N/A • Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A | ||||||
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | ||
Local Revenue | $0 | FY 2025 - Increase of Approximately $17,700,000 FY 2026 and Beyond - Indeterminable Increase | ||||
Local Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill, effective FY 2025, replaces the current special education differentiated aid flat rate of $2,079.89 for each pupil in the ADMR (average daily membership – residence) who is receiving special education services with three categories of differential aid as follows:
Any pupil receiving special education services not identified in the Department’s data collection efforts to determine categories A, B, and C, shall default to category A.
Category | ADMR |
A | 20,639.34 |
B | 5,363.56 |
C | 330.87 |
Catch All (Category A) | 4,630.93 |
Total | 30,964.70 |
When incorporating this method to the FY 2025 adequacy formula, and using the ADMR data above, a final state grant was determined to be $1,072,401,133, an increase of $17,727,172 when compared to the current law Final State Grant amount of $1,054,673,961.
It should be noted that this estimate does not consider chartered public schools nor education freedom accounts, which would have an indeterminable impact.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education