HB272: increasing chartered public school per pupil funding.

HB 272-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

22Feb2023... 0223h

2023 SESSION

23-0015

10/07

HOUSE BILL 272-FN

AN ACT increasing chartered public school per pupil funding.

SPONSORS: Rep. Mooney, Hills. 12; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Rep. Lynn, Rock. 17; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Griffin, Hills. 42; Rep. Healey, Hills. 12; Rep. Notter, Hills. 12; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Ward, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the amount of the additional grant for tuition of chartered public school students paid by the state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2023... 0223h 23-0015

10/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT increasing chartered public school per pupil funding.

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

1 Chartered Public Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, I(b)(1)(A) to read as follows:

(b)(1)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), for a chartered public school authorized by the state board of education pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a, the state shall pay tuition amounts pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(a)-(c) and (e) plus an additional grant of $3,286 to all chartered public schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, [and] $3,411 to all chartered public schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, and $4,627 to all chartered public schools for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, except for the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School, directly to the chartered public school for each pupil who is a resident of this state in the chartered public school's ADMA. Beginning July 1, 2017 and every biennium thereafter, the department of education shall adjust the per pupil amount of the additional grant based on the average annual change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Northeast Region, using the "services less medical care services" special aggregate index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor. The state shall pay amounts required pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(d) directly to the resident district.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.

LBA

23-0015

Amended 3/3/23

HB 272-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2023-0223h)

AN ACT increasing chartered public school per pupil funding.

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

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$0

Approximately

$4,900,000

Approximately $4,900,000

Approximately $4,900,000

Funding Source:

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

METHODOLOGY:

This bill, beginning in FY 2024, increases the additional grant charter public schools (not including the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School) receive from $3,626.88 to $4,627.00, an increase of $1,000.12. Based on opening day student counts for school year 2022-2023 of 4,912 students, beginning in FY 2024, this bill would increase education trust fund (ETF) expenditures by approximately $7.5 million per year ($1,000.12 per student increase X 4,912 students = $4,912,600 increase in ETF expenditures).

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Education