Bill > HB1104

This bill modifies the process for prioritizing school building aid grant applications in New Hampshire. Currently, the Department of Education accepts and ranks school construction project proposals based on various criteria such as safety, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, overcrowding, enrollment projections, fiscal capacity, school security, operational efficiencies, and energy efficiency. The bill removes previous provisions that automatically prioritized applications from the previous fiscal year that did not receive funding or had critical needs. Instead, the bill establishes that applications will be funded to the extent of available appropriations in the fiscal year, and school districts or chartered public schools with projects that cannot be fully funded may resubmit them for consideration in the next biennial budget cycle. The bill requires the Department of Education to create rules to implement this new process and maintains the existing administrative review process for project ratings. The changes aim to provide a more flexible approach to allocating school building aid grants, allowing for more equitable consideration of new and ongoing school construction projects. The bill will take effect 60 days after its passage.

Education

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