HB155: relative to funding for kindergarten programs.

HB 155-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2017 SESSION

17-0058

04/08

HOUSE BILL 155-FN

AN ACT relative to funding for kindergarten programs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Heath, Hills. 14; Rep. Gile, Merr. 27; Rep. Elliott, Rock. 8; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Murotake, Hills. 32; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill increases funding for pupils attending full-day kindergarten programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0058

04/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to funding for kindergarten programs.

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

1 School Money; Definitions. Amend RSA 198:38, I(a) to read as follows:

(a) "Average daily membership in attendance'' or "ADMA'' means the average daily membership in attendance, as defined in RSA 189:1-d, III, of pupils in kindergarten through grade 12, in the determination year[, provided that no kindergarten pupil shall count as more than 1/2 day attendance per school year]. ADMA shall only include pupils who are legal residents of New Hampshire pursuant to RSA 193:12 and educated at school district expense which may include public academies or out-of-district placements. For the purpose of calculating funding for municipalities, the ADMA shall not include pupils attending chartered public schools, but shall include pupils attending a charter conversion school approved by the school district in which the pupil resides.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.

LBAO 17-0058

12/21/16

HB 155-FN- FISCAL NOTE

as introduced

AN ACT relative to funding for kindergarten programs.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

[ ] General [ X ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other

LOCAL:

Revenue

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

METHODOLOGY:

This bill amends the definition of average daily membership in attendance (ADMA), for the purpose of calculating adequate education grants, by eliminating that kindergarten pupils shall count as no more than half day attendance, effective July 1, 2017 (FY 2018). The per pupil base adequacy cost for FY 2018 is $3,636.06, with the kindergarten maximum of $1,818.03. Based on preliminary data, which does not include new full-day programs that may have started in September of 2016, traditional public schools will see a total increase of $14,537,978 in adequate education grants in FY 2018 under this bill:

FY 2018 Preliminary Data*

Current

Proposed

Increase

Adequate Education Grants

$562,488,820

$577,026,798

$14,537,978

Statewide Education Property Tax

$363,148,601

$363,148,601

$0

Total

$925,637,421

$940,175,399

$14,537,978

*Data is not available to provide estimates beyond FY 2018.

In addition, public charter schools would receive additional funding to the extent they offer full-day kindergarten. The Department of Education estimates 193 full-day kindergarten students for a total increase in aid of $350,880 (193 X $1,808.03).

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education