HB319 (2025) Detail

(New Title) relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten.


HB 319-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

13Mar2025... 0345h

2025 SESSION

25-0517

02/08

 

HOUSE BILL 319-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Ammon, Hills. 42; Rep. Post, Hills. 42

 

COMMITTEE: Education Funding

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that school districts provide transportation to half-day kindergarten students.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Mar2025... 0345h 25-0517

02/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Transportation of Pupils.  Amend RSA 189:6 to read as follows:

189:6 Transportation of Pupils.  The local school district shall furnish transportation to full-day pupils in kindergarten through grade 8 who live more than 2 miles from the school to which they are assigned. The local school district may furnish transportation to pupils in half-day kindergarten programs, full-day kindergarten through grade 8 who live 2 miles or less from the school to which they are assigned, and to pupils in grades 9 through 12, when it finds that this is appropriate, and shall furnish it when so directed by the commissioner of education.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

25-0517

12/29/24

 

HB 319-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation and meals for pupils in kindergarten.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      

 

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

 

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

Local Revenue

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$0

$0

$0

Local Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill removes the requirement that school districts provide transportation and meals to half-day kindergarten students. Any impact this bill may have on local school districts is indeterminable and would vary from district to district.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
Feb. 12, 2025 2025-0345h

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 24, 2025 House Hearing
Feb. 11, 2025 House Exec Session
Feb. 11, 2025 House Floor Vote
April 1, 2025 Senate Hearing

Bill Text Revisions

HB319 Revision: 47421 Date: March 13, 2025, 1:35 p.m.
HB319 Revision: 47021 Date: Feb. 12, 2025, 4:11 p.m.
HB319 Revision: 46208 Date: Jan. 7, 2025, 11:40 a.m.

Docket


March 26, 2025: Hearing: 04/01/2025, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 15


March 19, 2025: Introduced 03/13/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 8


March 13, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0345h: MA RC 204-171 03/13/2025


March 13, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0345h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8


Feb. 14, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate


Feb. 14, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0345h (NT) 02/11/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC)


Feb. 5, 2025: Executive Session: 02/11/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207


Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/24/2025 11:30 am LOB 205-207


Jan. 8, 2025: Introduced 01/08/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 2 P. 14