HB425: making an appropriation for the special education catastrophic aid program for the 2011 fiscal year.

HB 425-FN-A-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0804

04/10

HOUSE BILL 425-FN-A-LOCAL

AN ACT making an appropriation for the special education catastrophic aid program for the 2011 fiscal year.

SPONSORS: Rep. K. Hutchinson, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of education for the special education catastrophic aid program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0804

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT making an appropriation for the special education catastrophic aid program for the 2011 fiscal year.

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

1 Appropriation; Special Education; Catastrophic Aid. There is hereby appropriated to the department of education the sum of $7,892,809 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011 for the purpose of funding the catastrophic aid program in accounting unit 06-56-56-5610-6019, class 078. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2 Catastrophic Aid for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2011. The commissioner of the department of education shall determine the amount to be distributed to school districts which requested catastrophic aid for the 2011 fiscal year and shall use the appropriation in section 1 of this act to make such distributions.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2011.

LBAO

11-0804

01/07/11

HB 425-FN-A-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT making an appropriation for the special education catastrophic aid program for the 2011 fiscal year.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Education states this bill will increase state expenditures and local revenues by $7,892,809 in FY 2011. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state and county revenues.

This bill appropriates $7,892,809 from the state general fund in FY 2011 for the purposes of this bill.

METHODOLOGY:

This bill makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the special education catastrophic aid program. The Department of Education states the proposed legislation will appropriate an additional $7,892,809 to the Department for the purpose of funding the catastrophic aid program. Accordingly, the Department notes the proposed legislation will increase state expenditures and revenues to local education agencies by the amount of the appropriation.