HB 718 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
05/15/2025 1880s
06/05/2025 2080s
26Jun2025... 2741CofC
2025 SESSION
25-0653
02/06
HOUSE BILL 718
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5
COMMITTEE: Education Funding
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to report the out-of-pocket costs that local districts must incur to comply with rules that exceed state or federal special education standards and if certain federal or state requirements may have an indeterminable fiscal impact on 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/15/2025 1880s
06/05/2025 2080s
26Jun2025... 2741CofC 25-0653
02/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Special Education; Rules Exceeding State or Federal Minimum Requirements. Amend RSA 186-C:16-c, I(a) to read as follows:
(a) For each rule or proposed rule contained in the report, [the state board shall include] the department of education shall identify: the rule number, the nature of the rule, any state minimum requirement exceeded, any federal minimum requirement exceeded, the unfunded financial impact on local school districts for rules exceeding state or federal minimum requirements, if the rule exceeding state or federal requirements may have an indeterminable fiscal impact on school districts, and the reasons for exceeding those minimum requirements.
2 New Paragraphs; Session Law 2023, Chapter 109. Amend RSA 2023, 109 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraphs:
XI. Session law 2023, Chapter 190, authorized the creation of the Bridgewater-Hebron Groton Special Purpose School District. The district was created by vote of the 3 towns at their 2024 annual meetings and the first operating budget for the new school district was adopted at the March 2025 annual meeting for the district, which is now known as the Pasquaney School District.
XII. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 76:15-a and any other provision of law, the Pasquaney School District and its member towns are hereby granted an exception to the requirement that the July 1, 2025 taxes by the member towns be limited to the prior year's tax assessed valuation times 1/2 of the previous year's tax rate in setting the tax assessment for the Pasquaney School District. Instead, for the 2025 partial payment tax bill, each of the member towns may apply to the commissioner of revenue administration to adjust the 1/2 of the previous year's local school tax rate by an amount sufficient to collect 1/2 of their individual responsibility of the net assessment as calculated on the school district’s 2025 MS-26. The department of revenue administration shall expedite the certified adjusted rate applications.
XIII. The member towns and the Pasquaney School District are hereby granted such relief from the limitations and deadlines set forth in RSA 76:15-a as is necessary to effectuate paragraph XII.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | 2025-1880s |
| May 16, 2025 | 2025-2080s |
| June 12, 2025 | 2025-2741CofC |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 18, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
| April 25, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 17, 2025 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 8, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| May 15, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| June 5, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| June 26, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| June 26, 2025 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| June 26, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
June 26, 2025: Conference Committee Report 2025-2741c: Adopted, VV 06/26/2025 HJ 18
June 26, 2025: Conference Committee Report # 2025-2741c, Adopted, VV; 06/26/2025; SJ 17
June 18, 2025: Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2025-2741c; 06/26/2025
June 12, 2025: Conferee Change; Senator Innis Replaces Senator Altschiller; SJ 17
June 12, 2025: Conference Committee Meeting: 06/12/2025 02:00 pm LOB 205-207
June 11, 2025: President Appoints: Senators Ward, Sullivan, Altschiller; (In Recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 11, 2025: Sen. Murphy Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 06/05/2025); SJ 16
June 10, 2025: Speaker Appoints: Reps. Ladd, Spilsbury, Erf, D. McGuire 06/05/2025 HJ 16
June 10, 2025: House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2025-1880s and 2025-2080s and Requests CofC (Rep. Kofalt): MA VV 06/05/2025 HJ 16
June 5, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-1880s and #2025-2080s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
June 5, 2025: Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-2080s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
June 6, 2025: Without Objection, Rule 3-17 is Suspended to Allow Non-Germane Amendment # 2025-2080s; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
June 5, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendments #2025-1880s and #2025-2080s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
June 5, 2025: Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-2080s, AA, VV; 06/05/2025; SJ 15
June 6, 2025: Chair Ruled Sections of Amendment # 2025-2080s Non-Germane, 06/05/2025; SJ 15
May 28, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1880s, 06/05/2025, Vote 4-2; SC 24
May 15, 2025: Special Order to 06/05/2025, Without Objection, MA; 05/15/2025 SJ 13
May 15, 2025: Sen. Innis Floor Amendment # 2025-2080s; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
May 15, 2025: Committee Amendment # 2025-1880s, AA, VV; 05/15/2025; SJ 13
May 2, 2025: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-1880s, 05/15/2025, Vote 4-2; SC 21
April 9, 2025: Hearing: 04/17/2025, Room 103, SH, 01:10 pm; SC 17
April 9, 2025: ==CANCELLED== Hearing: 04/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:10 am; SC 17
April 4, 2025: Hearing: 04/25/2025, Room 100, SH, 09:10 am; SC 17
March 24, 2025: Introduced 03/20/2025 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 9
March 20, 2025: Ought to Pass: MA RC 211-163 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 33
Feb. 25, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
Feb. 25, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass 02/18/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC)
Feb. 12, 2025: Executive Session: 02/18/2025 10:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 29, 2025: Public Hearing: 02/07/2025 11:30 am LOB 205-207
Jan. 22, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 3 P. 24