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Legislative Agenda 2022
Listed below are the bills that NHSFFP is tracking for the 2022 legislative session. Check back periodically for more information!
House Bills
HB 1393
Title
Relative to the adoption of school district budget caps
Description
This bill would permit local school districts to adopt severe restrictions upon the size of the budget a school board or budget committee recommends each year, restrictions that could dramatically impair schools’ ability to deliver a quality education.
Sponsor(s)
Representatives Dianne Pauer (R-Brookline, Hillsborough 26), Keith Ammon (R-New Boston, Hillsborough 40), Bob Greene (R-Hudson, Hillsborough 37), Gregory Hill (R-Northfield, Merrimack 3), Deborah Hobson (R-East Kingston, Rockingham 35), Lisa Post (R-Lyndeborough, Hillsborough 4), Norman Silber (R-Gilford, Belknap 2); Louise Andrus (R-Salisbury, Merrimack 1); Senator Bill Gannon (R-Sandown, 23)
Status
The House Committee on Municipal and County Government will consider this bill in executive session on Tuesday, March 1.
HB 1680
Title
Establishing a foundation opportunity budget program for funding public education
Description
This bill would replace New Hampshire’s existing adequacy aid formula with a new system of foundation opportunity grants, would mandate minimum contributions by local taxpayers equal, in most cases, to $5 per $1,000 of equalized value, and would significantly expand the current Low- and Moderate-Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief Program.
Sponsor(s)
Representatives David Luneau (D-Hopkinton, Merrimack 10), Mel Myler (D-Contoocook, Merrimack 10), Richard Ames (D-Jaffrey, Cheshire 9), Mary Heath (D-Manchester, Hillsborough 14), Marjorie Smith (D-Durham, Strafford 6); Senators Jay Kahn (D-Keene, 10), Rebecca Whitley (D-Concord, 15)
Status
The House Education Committee voted to recommend this bill to interim study on Wednesday, February 9.
Senate Bills
SB 420
Title
Description
This bill would add a new element to New Hampshire’s adequacy aid formula, creating extraordinary need grants of up to $650 per eligible student for communities with particularly low property values and comparatively high numbers of low-income students.
Sponsor(s)
Senators Erin Hennessey (R-Littleton, 1), Regina Birdsell (R-Hampstead, 19), Jeb Bradley (R-Wolfeboro, 3), David Watters (D-Dover, 4), Bob Giuda (R-Warren, 2), Denise Ricciardi (R-Bedford, 9), Kevin Avard (R-Nashua, 12), Sharon Carson (R-Londonderry, 14), Chuck Morse (R-Salem, 22)
Status
The Senate approved the bill by voice vote on Thursday, February 3, and referred the bill to the Senate Finance Committee for further consideration.
SB 426
Title
Relative to the adequate education grants for fiscal year 2023
Description
This bill would modify New Hampshire’s adequacy aid formula for FY 2023 to prevent enrollment declines in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from reducing state education aid.
Sponsor(s)
Senators Jay Kahn (D-Keene, 10), Tom Sherman (D-Rye, 24), David Watters (D-Dover, 4), Rebecca Perkins Kwoka (D-Portsmouth, 21), Rebecca Whitley (D-Concord, 15), Suzanne Prentiss (D-West Lebanon, 5), Cindy Rosenwald (D-Nashua, 13); Representatives Richard Ames (D-Jaffrey, Cheshire 9), Mel Myler (D-Contoocook, Merrimack 10), Mary Heath (D-Manchester, Hillsborough 14), Peter Leishman (D-Peterborough, Hillsborough 24)
Status
The Senate Education Committee has recommended this bill as inexpedient to legislate; it will be considered by the full Senate on Thursday, February 24.