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2023 Legislative Agenda
Below is a list of the school funding bills that NHSFFP is tracking during the 2023 legislative session. Check back periodically for more information!
House Bills
HB 332 – Relative to school building aid for eligible projects.
This bill increases the amount to be appropriated by the legislature for school building aid construction and renovation projects of school districts. The bill also allocates a portion of funds to be paid for school building projects approved in prior years but which were not funded. We SUPPORT this bill because the current limit of $50 million per year for school building aid greatly limits the number of communities that can receive funding.
Status – The House Finance Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 24 at 10am
HB 334 – Relative to determination and cost of state adequate education.
This bill changes the calculation for the per pupil amount for grants for the opportunity for an adequate education to be 1/2 of the statewide average cost per pupil. We SUPPORT increasing the amount of adequacy aid paid by the State.
Status – The House Education Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 24 at 12:45pm
HB 435 – Relative to relief aid calculation in determining grants for adequate education.
This bill increases the amount for relief aid grants based on eligibility for free or reduced priced school meals and adjusts the grants by changes in the consumer price index. We SUPPORT this bill and its equitable approach of targeting aid to the communities that need it most.
Status – The House Education Committee had a public hearing on this bill Wednesday, January 25 at 3pm
HB 529 – Relative to additional aid grants for schools based on free and reduced price meals and fiscal capacity disparity.
This bill establishes 2 additional aid grants for schools based on the percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals and municipal fiscal capacity disparity. We SUPPORT this bill and its equitable approach of targeting aid to the communities that need it most.
Status – The House Education Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 24 at 2:30pm
HB 541 – Relative to school building aid grants and making an appropriation therefor.
This bill increases the amount of school building aid grants that may be approved by the department of education per fiscal year. The bill also makes appropriations of $100 million in fiscal years 2024 and 2025 for approved school building aid projects. We SUPPORT this bill because the current limit of $50 million per year for school building aid greatly limits the number of communities that can receive funding.
Status – The House Finance Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 24 at 10:30am
HB 546 – Relative to the school building aid program.
This bill requires a minimum of $50,000,000 per fiscal year to be transferred to the school building aid fund, in addition to any debt service payments, for school building aid grants. We SUPPORT this bill because the current limit of $50 million per year for school building aid greatly limits the number of communities that can receive funding.
Status – The House Finance Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 24 at 11am
HB 569 – Relative to the state education property tax and the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program.
This bill requires the department of revenue administration to receive the revenues from the state education property tax and deposit them in the education trust fund, and revises the procedures for calculating state education grants. The bill modifies the criteria for relief under the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program, and establishes a committee to study the low and moderate income homeowners property tax relief program. We SUPPORT this bill because it addresses the inequalities created by communities being able to retain excess SWEPT, while providing for property tax relief for low income people living in high property value communities where property taxes would rise as a result of this bill.
Status – The House Ways and Means Committee had a public hearing on this bill Tuesday, January 31 at 2pm
HB 572 – Relative to eligibility for free school meals.
This bill increases the eligibility for free school meals to household incomes up to 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines.
Status – The House Education Committee had a public hearing on this bill Friday, January 27 at 9:15am
HB 601 – Relative to state participation in the Medicaid direct certification program for free and reduced price school meals.
The bill requires the department of education to seek participation in the Medicaid direct certification methodology for school meals program for free and reduced price meals for students in public kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools.
Status – The House Education Committee had a public hearing on this bill Wednesday, January 25 at 2pm