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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 rule number, the nature of the rule, any state minimum requirement exceeded, any federal minimum requirement exceeded, 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.
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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 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.