HB 1831-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2399
07/05
HOUSE BILL 1831-FN
AN ACT repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.
SPONSORS: Rep. Chretien, Hills. 19; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Kerwin, Hills. 40; Sen. Long, Dist 20
COMMITTEE: Education Funding
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the funding cap on targeted aid for purposes of determining education adequacy grants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2399
07/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education; Adequate Education; Education Trust Fund. Amend RSA 198:41, I to read as follows:
I. Except for municipalities where all school districts therein provide education to all of their pupils by paying tuition to other institutions, the department of education shall determine the total education grant for the municipality as follows:
(a) Add the per pupil cost of providing the opportunity for an adequate education for which each pupil is eligible pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, I-III, and from such amount;
(b) Subtract the amount of the education tax warrant to be issued by the commissioner of revenue administration for such municipality reported pursuant to RSA 76:8 for the next tax year;
(c) Add the municipality's extraordinary need grant pursuant to RSA 198:40-f; and
(d) Add the municipality's fiscal capacity disparity aid grant pursuant to RSA 198:40-g[; and
(e) For municipalities with a total ADMR of 5,000 or more, subtract the amount necessary to limit the total additional targeted aid to $3,750 per pupil in the municipality's ADMR. For the purpose of this paragraph, additional targeted aid shall be the sum of a municipality's extraordinary needs grant and fiscal capacity disparity aid grant].
2 Repeal. 2025, 142:3, relative to the determination of education grants effective July 2027, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, at 12:01 a.m.
26-2399
12/17/25
HB 1831-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT repealing the education trust fund targeted aid cap.
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 initially contacted on 10/22/25 for a fiscal note worksheet, with follow-up contact made on 12/5/25. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
Dec. 18, 2025: Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1