School Funding

School Funding has been a heated Granite State debate for over two decades. Legislators have devoted much effort to deciding what constitutes an adequate education, what it reasonably costs, and how to pay for it fairly.

Critical Bills

HB 1120 (2022) Add requirements for providers who receive Education Freedom Account scholarship funds

HB 1135 (2022) Audit Education Freedom Account program

HB 1152 (2022) Require Education Freedom Accounts students to verify eligibility for reduced lunch

HB 1276 (2022) Allow cost per student information on budget and warrant articles

HB 1298 (2022) Raise income threshold for Education Tax Credit scholarship

HB 1393 (2022) Regulate school district budget caps

HB 1499 (2022) Add charter schools to building aid grants program

HB 1516 (2022) Exclude local school tax collection from Education Freedom Account grants

HB 1588 (2022) Require schools with mask mandates to pay to transfer a student to another district

HB 1627 (2022) Establish Education Freedom Account administrator in Dept. of Education

HB 1669 (2022) Require state, rather than contracted organization, to administer Education Freedom Accounts

HB 1670 (2022) Require cut-off of scholarship funding if student enrolls in public school, require audit and investigation of Education Freedom Account fund misuse

HB 1672 (2022) Require cut-off of scholarship funding if student enrolls in public school, require investigation of Education Freedom Account fund misuse

HB 1680 (2022) New school funding formula and related laws

HB 1683 (2022) Repeal Education Freedom Account program

HB 1684 (2022) Limit Education Freedom Account scholarships to budget

SB 252 (2022) Show Education Freedom Account financial changes on property tax bills

SB 351 (2022) Require state to publish annual reports on Education Freedom Account students, schools

SB 386 (2022) Revise calculation of per-pupil funding for charter and other public schools

SB 420 (2022) Add funding for schools with low property values, high number of low income students

SB 426 (2022) Use pre-COVID-19 attendance numbers to calculate school funding

SB 432 (2022) Repeal Education Freedom Account program

SB 453 (2022) Establish statewide pre-K education

HB 607 (2021) Let parents receive state and local school funding for private/home school, with local approval

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