Bill Text: NH SB442 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts and the scholarship organization's costs of administering the program, extending phase-out grants for education freedom accounts, and revising the definitions of average daily membership in attendance and average daily membership in residence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-02 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/02/2024 House Journal 12 P. 9 [SB442 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB442-Introduced.html
SB 442-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3061
02/05
SENATE BILL 442-FN
AN ACT relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Gendreau, Dist 1; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Hill, Merr. 2
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the definition of "eligible student" for the education freedom account program to include students whose enrollment transfer request was denied.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3061
02/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Education Freedom Accounts; Definitions. 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 who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) A student whose annual household income at the time the student applies for the program is less than or equal to 350 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.
(b) A student whose enrollment transfer request was denied pursuant to RSA 193:3.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-3061
12/5/23
SB 442-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to student eligibility for education freedom accounts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
