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This bill directs the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Education to prepare a comprehensive report by October 1, 2025, examining the potential consequences of dissolving the United States Department of Education. The report, titled "The Protecting Our Neighborhood Schools Act", must analyze impacts on several key areas, including property taxpayers, workforce recruitment, educational performance, federal funding, and special education services. The bill highlights significant potential risks of such a dissolution, including the potential loss of critical educational services for approximately 26 million students, disruption of special education support for 7.5 million students with disabilities, potential elimination of Pell Grants and career technical education programs, and the potential redirection of federal funding to block grants. The report must detail how the dissolution could affect New Hampshire specifically, such as potential property tax increases, changes in grant funding, educational outcomes like test scores and graduation rates, and the availability of alternative funding mechanisms. Notably, the bill explicitly states that dissolving the Department of Education through a presidential executive order would be unconstitutional. The report is to be presented to state leadership and made publicly available online, with the act taking effect immediately upon passage.

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https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=1162&sy=2025&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2025&txtbillnumber=SB303