2001 SESSION

01-0512

04/10

HOUSE BILL 322-FN-LOCAL

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that for the purposes of accepting out-of-district high school pupils under high school tuition contracts, the maximum tuition under such contract shall be equal to the statewide average per pupil cost for a high school pupil plus 20 percent.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0512

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 School Districts; High Schools; Tuition; Maximum Tuition Amount Established. Amend RSA 194:27 to read as follows:

194:27 Tuition.

I. Any district not maintaining a high school or school of corresponding grade shall pay for the tuition of any pupil who with parents or guardian resides in said district or who, as a resident of said district, after full investigation by the state board of education is determined to be entitled to have his or her tuition paid by the district where the pupil resides, and who attends an approved public high school or public school of corresponding grade in another district or an approved public academy.

II. Except under contract as provided in RSA 194:22, the liability of any school district hereunder for the tuition of any pupil shall be [the current expenses of operation of the receiving district for its high school, as estimated by the state board of education for the preceding school year. This current expense of operation shall include all costs except costs of transportation of pupils] the statewide average per pupil cost of an adequate education for a high school pupil, plus 20 percent of such cost. The receiving school district shall use the most recent data available from the department of education in calculating the tuition amount. The provisions of RSA 198:41, II shall not apply to tuition contracts executed under this section..

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

LBAO

01-0512

1/23/00

HB 322-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE

FISCAL IMPACT: