Bill Text: NH HB1634 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Reconsider HB1634 (Rep. Weber): Motion Failed Regular Calendar 188-193 02/08/2024 House Journal 4 P. 26 [HB1634 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1634-Introduced.html
HB 1634-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
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12/10
HOUSE BILL 1634-FN
AN ACT relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.
SPONSORS: Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the education freedom account program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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12/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education Freedom Accounts Program; Eligibility; Income Removed. Amend RSA 194-F:1, VI to read as follows:
VI. "Eligible student" means a resident of this state who is eligible to enroll in a public elementary or secondary school [and whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as updated annually in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. section 9902(2). No income threshold need be met in subsequent years, provided the student otherwise qualifies]. Students in the special school district within the department of corrections established in RSA 194:60 shall not be eligible students.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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12/11/23
HB 1634-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to universal eligibility for the education freedom account program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Department of Education. The Department of Education was initially contacted on 11/21/23 for a fiscal note worksheet, with follow-up contact made on 11/30/23. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
