Revision: Dec. 12, 2023, 2:37 p.m.
SB 447-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3062
02/08
SENATE BILL 447-FN
AN ACT relative to funding for school transportation services under default budgets.
SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. LeClerc, Hills. 34; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 37; Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill includes student transportation services in the calculation of default budgets for school districts.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3062
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to funding for school transportation services under default budgets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Use of Official Ballot; Default Budget Defined. Amend RSA 40:13, IX(b) to read as follows:
(b) "Default budget" as used in this subdivision means the amount of the same appropriations as contained in the operating budget authorized for the previous year, reduced and increased, as the case may be, by debt service, contracts, and other obligations previously incurred or mandated by law, and reduced by one-time expenditures contained in the operating budget and by salaries and benefits of positions that have been eliminated in the proposed budget. For the purposes of this paragraph, one-time expenditures shall be appropriations not likely to recur in the succeeding budget, and eliminated positions shall not include vacant positions under recruitment or positions redefined in the proposed operating budget, as determined by the governing body, unless the provisions of RSA 40:14-b are adopted, of the local political subdivision. For school districts, student transportation services shall be funded at an amount adequate to meet the requirements of RSA 189:6 or to maintain the existing level of service, except when circumstances would otherwise necessitate a reduction in the level of service. Amounts appropriated for student transportation under a default budget shall not be considered in the calculation of unexpended fund balance or transferred to any other line item. In calculating the default budget amount, the governing body shall follow the statutory formula which may result in a higher or lower amount than the proposed operating budget.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-3062
11/30/23
SB 447-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to funding for school transportation services under default budgets.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 |
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Local Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | ||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill modifies the definition of default budget for school districts regarding costs for transportation services. The Department of Education states any potential impact to local school district expenditures is indeterminable and would vary from district to district.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education