Revision: Jan. 30, 2025, 6:27 p.m.
SB 293-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-1130
07/09
SENATE BILL 293-FN
AN ACT relative to using enrollment in Medicaid as a measure of eligibility for school lunches.
SPONSORS: Sen. Long, Dist 20; Rep. Telerski, Hills. 11
COMMITTEE: Education Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Expands the meaning of pupil as it pertains to school funding.
II. Increases funding for schools who have pupils enrolled in Medicaid.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-1130
07/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to using enrollment in Medicaid as a measure of eligibility for school lunches.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education; School Money; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38, VII to read as follows:
VII. ["Pupils eligible for a free or reduced-price meal"] "Economically disadvantaged pupil" means pupils in kindergarten through grade 12 who are eligible for the federal free or reduced-price meal program or enrolled in Medicaid and whose household income would qualify them for the federal free or reduced-price meal program. No pupil or school shall be required to participate in the federal free or reduced price meal program. No pupil or family shall be required to participate in Medicaid.
2 Education; School Money; Cost of an Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 198:40-a, II(b) to read 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 or enrolled in Medicaid and whose household income would qualify them for the federal free or reduced-price meal program; plus
3 Education; School Money; Extraordinary Need Grants. Amend RSA 198:40-f, I to read as follows:
I. In addition to aid for the cost of the opportunity for an adequate education provided under RSA 198:40-a, each year the commissioner shall calculate an extraordinary need grant for schools and provide that amount of aid to a municipality's school districts as follows:
(a) A municipality with an equalized valuation per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-priced meal] of $1,664,640 or less shall receive $11,500 per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal] in the municipality's ADMR.
(b) A municipality with an equalized valuation per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal] between $1,664,641 and $6,866,639 shall receive a grant equal to $0.00221 for each dollar of difference between its equalized valuation per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal] and $6,866,640, per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal] in the municipality's ADMR.
(c) A municipality with an equalized valuation per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal] of $6,866,640 or more shall not receive an extraordinary need grant.
4 Education; School Money; Extraordinary Need Grants. Amend RSA 198:40-f, IV to read as follows:
IV. In this section, "equalized valuation per economically disadvantaged pupil [eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal]" means a municipality's equalized valuation as determined by the department of revenue administration, that was the basis for the local tax assessment in the determination year, divided by the school district's kindergarten through grade 12 ADMR [in the determination year eligible to receive a free or reduced-price meal].
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
25-1130
1/19/25
SB 293-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to using enrollment in Medicaid as a measure of eligibility for school lunches.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from the Department of Education. The Department was contacted on 1/14/25 for a fiscal note worksheet. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education