HB 1836-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2602
07/09
HOUSE BILL 1836-FN
AN ACT relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17; Rep. Peeples, Hills. 14; Rep. Kofalt, Hills. 32; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Sullivan, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of education to withhold grant funds from a public school or district until such time as the input-based school accountability system report is submitted to the department.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2602
07/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education; Adequate Public Education; Accountability for the Opportunity for an Adequate Education. Amend RSA 193-E:3-b, I(d) to read as follows:
(d) The input-based school accountability system shall be completed by January 15 of every even numbered year. The school principal and school district superintendent shall certify in writing that the responses submitted are accurate. The commissioner, or designee, shall review the input-based school accountability system responses to each school's self-assessment required under this section and shall verify that the responses comply with the standards under subparagraph (a). The commissioner shall withhold grant funds from a public school or district until such time as the input-based school accountability system report is submitted to the department in accordance with this subparagraph.
2 Repeal. RSA 193-E:3-b, I(c), relative to reports filed from New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) certified schools, is repealed.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
26-2602
12/17/25
HB 1836-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.
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 11/12/25 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 Policy and Administration HJ 1