SB426: relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.

SB 426-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2901

10/11

SENATE BILL 426-FN

AN ACT relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Rep. Ames, Ches. 9; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Heath, Hills. 14; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the commissioner of education to use highest of the average daily membership in residence for school years 2020, 2021, and 2022 in calculating adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2901

10/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.

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

1 Purpose.

I. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in fall of 2019 totaled 167,284. When enrollment, referenced in RSA 198:38 as average daily membership of residence (ADMR), dropped unexpectedly in fall of 2020 to 160,715 at the same time that COVID-19 transmission rates rose and vaccines for children were unavailable, the legislature established in 2021, 91 (HB 2-FN-A-L) an enrollment (ADMR) floor for computing the fiscal year 2022 cost of an opportunity for an adequate education adequacy aid by town. The floor uses the higher enrollment (ADMR) for fall of 2019 or the fall of 2020 by town.

II. Enrollment (ADMR) for the fall of 2021, at 159,331, did not rebound as expected while COVID-19 transmission continues to escalate, affecting school enrollment and parental caution. This continuing enrollment drop can’t be explained by students previously enrolled in public schools switching to education freedom accounts under RSA 194-F.

III. This act provides the same mitigation for fiscal year 2023 public school funding as was provided in 2021, 91 for fiscal year 2022. Section 2 of this act adds to the state’s fiscal year 2023 requirements to calculate the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education by town using the higher of fall 2019 enrollment (ADMR), fall 2020 enrollment (ADMR), or fall 21 enrollment (ADMR).

2 Commissioner of Education; Calculation of Adequate Education Grant Payments; Fiscal Year 2023.

I. When determining average daily membership in residence (ADMR) for base adequate education grants under RSA 198:40-a, II(a), for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner of the department of education shall compare the ADMR in school year 2019-2020, school year 2020-2021, and school year 2021-2022. The greatest ADMR shall be used to calculate the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education and relief aid under RSA 198:40-e, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

II. When determining average daily membership in residence (ADMR) for English language learner pupils as required by RSA 198:40-a, II(c) and pupils receiving special education services as required by RSA 198:40-a, II(d) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner of the department of education shall compare the ADMR for these categories of differentiated aid in school year 2019-2020, school year 2020-2021, and school year 2021-2022. The greatest ADMR shall be used to calculate the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

III. When determining average daily membership in residence (ADMR) for third grade pupils scoring below proficiency on the reading component of the state assessment as required by RSA 198:40-a, II(e) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the commissioner of the department of education shall compare the ADMR for this category of differentiated aid in school year 2018-2019, school year 2019-2020, school year 2020-2021, and school year 2021-2022. The greatest ADMR shall be used to calculate the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

LBA

22-2901

Redraft 12/28/21

SB 426-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023.

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

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

$30,398,776

$0

$0

Funding Source:

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

LOCAL:

Revenue

$0

$30,398,776

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

METHODOLOGY:

This bill adjusts the average daily membership in residence (ADMR) data used for the FY 2023 education funding adequacy formula. The greater of the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years would be used for base adequacy and the differentiated aid categories of English language learners and special education, and the greater of the 2018-19, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022 school years would be used for the third-grade reading differentiated aid component. This bill does not change ADMR relative to differentiated aid for free or reduced-price meal eligible students. The Department of Education has provided the following estimates to state education trust fund expenditures and local revenue relative to these adjustments:

Preliminary Estimates Only

TOTAL FINAL STATE GRANT* (State Total – See Town-By-Town Below)

FY 2023

Current Law

$954,654,750

Proposed

$985,053,526

Increase

$30,398,776

* Includes Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) raised and retained locally

State Total

30,398,776

Acworth

48,940

Albany

58,207

Alexandria

133,644

Allenstown

172,419

Alstead

50,564

Alton

0

Amherst

2,454

Andover

31,832

Antrim

18,177

Ashland

29,201

Atkinson

193,434

Auburn

169,986

Barnstead

56,090

Barrington

969

Bartlett

0

Bath

46,153

Bedford

638,047

Belmont

178,307

Bennington

800

Benton

8,939

Berlin

148,598

Bethlehem

7,732

Boscawen

139,426

Bow

21,518

Bradford

698

Brentwood

351,611

Bridgewater

0

Bristol

18,797

Brookfield

57,419

Brookline

504

Cambridge

0

Campton

28,017

Canaan

85,857

Candia

54,889

Canterbury

51,372

Carroll

0

Center Harbor

0

Charlestown

17,004

Chatham

5,498

Chester

338,684

Chesterfield

109,124

Chichester

124,188

Claremont

141,768

Clarksville

5,457

Colebrook

45,231

Columbia

23,230

Concord

829,972

Conway

374,238

Cornish

2,477

Croydon

50,889

Dalton

69,619

Danbury

36,024

Danville

41,007

Deerfield

23,300

Deering

41,257

Derry

624,346

Dix's Grant

0

Dixville

0

Dorchester

10,889

Dover

783,540

Dublin

15,870

Dummer

12,351

Dunbarton

6,739

Durham

51,651

East Kingston

133,127

Easton

0

Eaton

0

Effingham

20,944

Ellsworth

7,675

Enfield

120,769

Epping

196,616

Epsom

14,521

Errol

0

Exeter

541,475

Farmington

124,151

Fitzwilliam

2,164

Francestown

51,883

Franconia

0

Franklin

119,427

Freedom

0

Fremont

119,000

Gilford

280,868

Gilmanton

93,899

Gilsum

1,482

Goffstown

259,970

Gorham

83,565

Goshen

468

Grafton

19,657

Grantham

28,997

Greenfield

9,996

Greenland

183,965

Greenville

75,026

Groton

7,767

Hale's Location

0

Hampstead

507,413

Hampton

0

Hampton Falls

93,631

Hancock

82,286

Hanover

99,809

Harrisville

0

Hart's Location

0

Haverhill

39,565

Hebron

0

Henniker

39,501

Hill

311

Hillsboro

252,677

Hinsdale

30,632

Holderness

0

Hollis

149,941

Hooksett

206,781

Hopkinton

254,842

Hudson

212,234

Jackson

0

Jaffrey

133,337

Jefferson

63,392

Keene

652,588

Kensington

159,231

Kingston

293,670

Laconia

480,722

Lancaster

52,870

Landaff

38,373

Langdon

14,627

Lebanon

93,202

Lee

140,706

Lempster

18,400

Lincoln

0

Lisbon

112,991

Litchfield

298,040

Littleton

36,799

Londonderry

55,119

Loudon

270,397

Lyman

19,323

Lyme

0

Lyndeborough

31,985

Madbury

146,803

Madison

83,183

Manchester

2,321,789

Marlborough

85,263

Marlow

38,678

Martin's Location

0

Mason

1,482

Meredith

0

Merrimack

660,022

Middleton

23,523

Milan

121,327

Milford

502,487

Millsfield

2,104

Milton

4,285

Monroe

4,877

Mont Vernon

107,841

Moultonborough

0

Nashua

3,273,584

Nelson

44,640

New Boston

262,378

New Castle

0

New Durham

48,774

New Hampton

51,172

New Ipswich

255,640

New London

0

Newbury

0

Newfields

16,786

Newington

0

Newmarket

405,481

Newport

212,532

Newton

159,702

North Hampton

0

Northfield

112,677

Northumberland

87,697

Northwood

240,798

Nottingham

154,685

Odell

0

Orange

0

Orford

863

Ossipee

160,032

Pelham

561,959

Pembroke

27,345

Penacook

143,024

Peterborough

168,987

Piermont

32,889

Pinkham's Grant

0

Pittsburg

0

Pittsfield

69,472

Plainfield

34,003

Plaistow

181,917

Plymouth

210,848

Portsmouth

0

Randolph

1,120

Raymond

3,381

Richmond

77,689

Rindge

452,793

Rochester

1,206,146

Rollinsford

130,680

Roxbury

2,954

Rumney

53,573

Rye

0

Salem

126,542

Salisbury

41,064

Sanbornton

42,253

Sandown

308,110

Sandwich

0

Seabrook

42,533

Sharon

15,216

Shelburne

6,003

Somersworth

519,992

South Hampton

20,815

Springfield

34,507

Stark

247

Stewartstown

24,849

Stoddard

26,466

Strafford

68,243

Stratford

1,138

Stratham

413,512

Success

0

Sugar Hill

2,528

Sullivan

24,732

Sunapee

0

Surry

41,229

Sutton

79,484

Swanzey

23,285

Tamworth

36,359

Temple

67,995

Thornton

79,723

Tilton

109,673

Troy

100,996

Tuftonboro

0

Unity

18,710

Wakefield

91,262

Walpole

37,979

Warner

805

Warren

19,112

Washington

3,939

Waterville Valley

0

Weare

358,480

Webster

89,223

Wentworth

559

Wentworth's Location

0

Westmoreland

161,003

Whitefield

10,821

Wilmot

622

Wilton

65,659

Winchester

249,287

Windham

5,633

Windsor

20,368

Wolfeboro

0

Woodstock

36,171

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education