HB1188: (New Title) relative to indoor air quality and indoor environmental standards in public schools and requiring public schools to develop a written building maintenance plan.

HB 1188 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

17Mar2004… 0572h

04/22/04 1213s

05/06/04 1532s

2003 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1188

AN ACT relative to the formula for determining education grants and establishing education grant amounts for the 2005 fiscal year.

SPONSORS: Rep. Pilliod, Belk 31; Rep. Drisko, Hills 46; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 4; Rep. Alger, Graf 14; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. O’Hearn, Dist 12

COMMITTEE: Education

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill deletes a provision in the formula for determining education aid grants and establishes education aid grant amounts for the 2005 fiscal year.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17Mar2004… 0572h

04/22/04 1213s

05/06/04 1532s

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to the formula for determining education grants and establishing education grant amounts for the 2005 fiscal year.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Statement of Intent. It is the intent of the general court to clarify the law relating to education funding as enacted under 2003, 241 and to specify education aid grant amounts to municipalities for the 2005 fiscal year.

2 Education Aid Grant Amounts for Fiscal Year 2005. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, total education aid grant amounts for the 2005 fiscal year shall be as follows:

CITY/TOWN TOTAL AID GRANT

ACWORTH 411,533

ALBANY 507,613

ALEXANDRIA 658,056

ALLENSTOWN 3,712,569

ALSTEAD 1,110,916

ALTON -

AMHERST 2,607,904

ANDOVER 684,420

ANTRIM 2,194,411

ASHLAND 639,785

ATK. & GILMANTON ACAD -

ATKINSON 746,123

AUBURN 1,269,276

BARNSTEAD 2,037,165

BARRINGTON 2,811,681

BARTLETT -

BATH 376,992

BEAN'S GRANT -

BEAN'S PURCHASE -

BEDFORD 2,347,213

BELMONT 3,287,869

BENNINGTON 901,482

BENTON 96,783

BERLIN 7,669,119

BETHLEHEM 1,003,254

BOSCAWEN 1,797,803

BOW 2,928,167

BRADFORD 517,552

BRENTWOOD 705,245

BRIDGEWATER -

BRISTOL 748,384

BROOKFIELD 223,210

BROOKLINE 2,397,114

CAMBRIDGE -

CAMPTON 1,591,169

CANAAN 1,705,166

CANDIA 1,053,164

CANTERBURY 207,986

CARROLL -

CENTER HARBOR -

CHANDLER'S PURCHASE -

CHARLESTOWN 4,274,490

CHATHAM 62,446

CHESTER 1,450,221

CHESTERFIELD 923,270

CHICHESTER 543,661

CLAREMONT 8,516,045

CLARKSVILLE 56,061

COLEBROOK 1,604,897

COLUMBIA 318,302

CONCORD 13,645,863

CONWAY 2,184,641

CORNISH 762,306

CRAWFORD'S PURCH. -

CROYDON 194,958

CUTT'S GRANT -

DALTON 555,961

DANBURY 622,396

DANVILLE 2,053,805

DEERFIELD 1,601,209

DEERING 824,505

DERRY 22,885,507

DIX GRANT -

DIXVILLE -

DORCHESTER 289,251

DOVER 4,463,601

DUBLIN 165,965

DUMMER 129,267

DUNBARTON 306,840

DURHAM 1,073,662

EAST KINGSTON 348,601

EASTON -

EATON 40,611

EFFINGHAM 714,883

ELLSWORTH 10,048

ENFIELD 726,978

EPPING 2,125,758

EPSOM 1,404,169

ERROL -

ERVING'S GRANT -

EXETER 2,891,486

FARMINGTON 4,766,697

FITZWILLIAM 671,124

FRANCESTOWN 469,336

FRANCONIA -

FRANKLIN 6,068,956

FREEDOM -

FREMONT 1,328,505

GILFORD 1,090,812

GILMANTON 823,190

GILSUM 425,781

GOFFSTOWN 4,002,444

GORHAM 1,554,086

GOSHEN 434,744

GRAFTON 579,960

GRANTHAM -

GREENFIELD 684,584

GREENLAND 367,203

GREEN'S GRANT -

GREENVILLE 1,991,176

GROTON 274,745

HADLEY'S PURCH. -

HALES LOCATION -

HAMPSTEAD 2,442,211

HAMPTON -

HAMPTON FALLS 241,643

HANCOCK 270,360

HANOVER -

HARRISVILLE 154,985

HART'S LOCATION -

HAVERHILL 2,796,426

HEBRON -

HENNIKER 2,414,773

HILL 388,690

HILLSBORO 3,700,646

HINSDALE 3,565,805

HOLDERNESS -

HOLLIS 956,210

HOOKSETT 1,598,121

HOPKINTON 1,077,105

HUDSON 5,018,161

JACKSON -

JAFFREY 2,457,836

JEFFERSON 446,827

KEENE 9,430,457

KENSINGTON 295,312

KILKENNY -

KINGSTON 1,083,765

LACONIA 4,465,848

LANCASTER 2,783,263

LANDAFF 59,636

LANGDON 295,656

LEBANON 2,230,536

LEE 2,428,890

LEMPSTER 545,915

LINCOLN -

LISBON 1,415,796

LITCHFIELD 4,040,946

LITTLETON 2,749,246

LIVERMORE -

LONDONDERRY 11,326,768

LOUDON 1,663,063

LOW & BURBANK GR. -

LYMAN 120,279

LYME 238,652

LYNDEBOROUGH 436,161

MADBURY 994,779

MADISON 378,905

MANCHESTER 45,121,313

MARLBOROUGH 864,687

MARLOW 434,759

MARTIN'S LOCATION -

MASON 168,412

MEREDITH 1,428,832

MERRIMACK 6,811,530

MIDDLETON 1,069,618

MILAN 993,883

MILFORD 6,038,760

MILLSFIELD -

MILTON 2,457,711

MONROE 174,298

MONT VERNON 988,763

MOULTONBOROUGH -

NASHUA 22,025,758

NELSON 162,098

NEW BOSTON 1,370,540

NEW CASTLE -

NEW DURHAM 491,169

NEW HAMPTON 432,070

NEW IPSWICH 2,690,379

NEW LONDON -

NEWBURY -

NEWFIELDS 185,532

NEWINGTON -

NEWMARKET 1,753,655

NEWPORT 5,484,148

NEWTON 1,708,243

NORTH HAMPTON -

NORTHFIELD 3,653,253

NORTHUMBERLAND 2,010,436

NORTHWOOD 1,940,604

NOTTINGHAM 859,695

ODELL -

ORANGE 180,653

ORFORD 131,200

OSSIPEE 1,511,754

PELHAM 1,807,725

PEMBROKE 3,945,432

PETERBOROUGH 1,843,909

PIERMONT 329,893

PINKHAM'S GRANT -

PITTSBURG 159,120

PITTSFIELD 3,927,011

PLAINFIELD 709,396

PLAISTOW 1,216,914

PLYMOUTH 3,020,941

PORTSMOUTH -

RANDOLPH 51,724

RAYMOND 5,521,064

RICHMOND 697,548

RINDGE 1,050,985

ROCHESTER 15,901,242

ROLLINSFORD 316,025

ROXBURY 40,222

RUMNEY 574,512

RYE -

SALEM 3,814,013

SALISBURY 434,949

SANBORNTON 442,959

SANDOWN 3,176,622

SANDWICH -

SARGENT'S PURCHASE -

SEABROOK -

SECOND COLLEGE GR. -

SHARON 52,878

SHELBURNE 65,057

SOMERSWORTH 5,570,859

SOUTH HAMPTON 97,355

SPRINGFIELD 243,762

STARK 344,322

STEWARTSTOWN 450,205

STODDARD -

STRAFFORD 1,978,685

STRATFORD 728,736

STRATHAM 858,722

SUCCESS -

SUGAR HILL -

SULLIVAN 392,424

SUNAPEE -

SURRY 293,105

SUTTON 262,887

SWANZEY 4,550,345

TAMWORTH 445,503

TEMPLE 466,007

THOM. & MES. PURCH -

THORNTON 393,226

TILTON 933,866

TROY 1,728,674

TUFTONBORO -

UNITY 569,242

WAKEFIELD 1,405,686

WALPOLE 1,084,286

WARNER 986,234

WARREN 548,805

WASHINGTON 220,871

WATERVILLE VALLEY -

WEARE 5,676,558

WEBSTER 349,792

WENTWORTH 644,210

WENTWORTH LOC -

WESTMORELAND 622,085

WHITEFIELD 1,385,808

WILMOT 269,969

WILTON 596,644

WINCHESTER 3,562,257

WINDHAM 1,610,178

WINDSOR 48,871

WOLFEBORO -

WOODSTOCK 222,015

TOTAL 428,553,890

3 School Money; Distribution of Education Grants. Amend RSA 198:42, II to read as follows:

II. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and every fiscal year thereafter the amount necessary to fund the grants under RSA [198:40-c] 198:41 is hereby appropriated from the education trust fund created under RSA 198:39 to the department of education [according to the following formula: from the amount calculated in accordance with RSA 198:40-c, subtract the aggregate amount of the statewide enhanced education tax warrants to be issued by the commissioner of revenue administration for municipalities reported pursuant to RSA 76:9 for the next tax year]. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant from the education trust fund to satisfy the state’s obligation under this section. Such warrant for payment shall be issued regardless of the balance of funds available in the education trust fund. If the balance in the education trust fund, after the issuance of any such warrant, is less than zero, the commissioner of the department of administrative services shall inform the fiscal committee and the governor and council of such balance. This reporting shall not in any way prohibit or delay the distribution of education grants.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004 at 12:01 a.m.

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HB 1188 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to indoor air quality and indoor environmental standards in public schools and requiring public schools to develop a written building maintenance plan.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Education indicates this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2004-0572h), will increase state general fund expenditures, local revenue and local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2007 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state and county revenue or county expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

This bill provides for additional building aid to be paid by the state to local school districts in an amount equal to 1.5% of the total construction costs. The aid will be paid over the life of the bonds used to finance construction. In order for the school districts to be eligible for the aid, the construction projects must comply with indoor air quality and environmental standards outlined in this bill. This bill also limits the amount of additional building aid that can be awarded in any fiscal year to $100,000. The additional building aid program will be repealed effective July 1, 2011. The Department made the following assumptions when attempting to determine the fiscal impact of this bill:

• This bill will not affect the number of construction projects approved each year.

• This bill will not affect the manner in which building aid is distributed.

• The earliest that a project can qualify for the additional aid is FY 2007.

• The cost to comply with the standards addressed in this bill is an additional 2.5% of total construction costs.

• The cost to the local school districts to comply with the standards will equal the amount of aid received under the terms of this bill.

• The Department will pay the additional grant equally over the life of the bonds used to finance the project. The maximum amount that can be awarded each year, $100,000, is assumed to be the amount that can be paid in any one year, and not the amount to be paid over the life of the loan. Thus, the amount paid out in FY 2011 could be a maximum of $500,000. That amount, or a lesser one, would continue to be paid by the state to the school districts until the end of the term of all the bonds.

The Department states it cannot predict the number and cost of projects that will comply with the standards contained in this bill.