Bill Text - HB1656 (2024)

(New Title) relative to adequate education grant amounts for pupils receiving special education services.


Revision: Oct. 30, 2023, 10:08 a.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2623.0

12/05

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to increasing the adequacy grant for pupils receiving special education services.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill increases the annual cost of an adequate eduction for each pupil in ADMR receiving special education services.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2623.0

12/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to increasing the adequacy grant 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.  Amend RSA 198:40-a to read as follows:

198:40-a Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education.

I. For the biennium beginning July 1, [2023,] 2025, the annual cost of providing the opportunity for an adequate education as defined in RSA 193-E:2-a shall be as specified in paragraph II. The department shall adjust the rates specified in this paragraph in accordance with RSA 198:40-d.

II.(a) A cost of $4,100 per pupil in the ADMR, plus differentiated aid as follows:

(b) An additional $2,300 for each pupil in the ADMR who is eligible for a free or reduced price meal anytime during the determination year; plus

(c) An additional $800 for each pupil in the ADMR who is an English language learner anytime during the determination year; plus

(d) An additional [$2,100] $27,000 for each pupil in the ADMR who is receiving special education services anytime during the determination year.

III. The sum total calculated under paragraph II shall be the cost of an adequate education. The department shall determine the cost of an adequate education for each municipality based on the ADMR of pupils who reside in that municipality.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.