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Edwards said the House did not change core adequacy funding for FY2026, but added just over $1,000 per pupil for special education in FY2027 — a change he estimated would cost about $28 million in the second year of the biennium. He also said the House set a proration floor for catastrophic/special-education aid at 80% to avoid the unusually low 68% proration in the current year.

On the new formula components, Edwards said the prior biennium introduced an \"Extraordinary Needs Grant\" that combined equalized property valuation per pupil and counts of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch; that change produced large increases for several big districts (he cited Manchester receiving more than $30 million in one year). To address perceived skewing toward larger districts, the House capped the extraordinary-needs grant increase and added a new \"fiscal-capacity aid\" component tied strictly to equalized property valuation, directed toward lower-valuation towns.

Separately, the House allocated new or higher video-lottery-terminal (VLT) and lottery receipts into a restricted account specifically for public education rather than letting those sums flow fungibly into the overall Education Trust Fund. Representative Dan McGuire told senators the House moved all lottery money, including the additional VLT receipts, \"straight to adequate education.\" McGuire said this accounting move removes constitutional concerns raised in some quarters about how lottery receipts are used.

Edwards said the net effect of the changes to the formula was broadly budget-neutral across the biennium but redistributed roughly $12 million away from Manchester and toward lower-valuation towns; he said Manchester would still remain well above its pre-reform funding baseline. The Senate Finance Committee said it would review the adjustments and ask the Department of Education for technical estimates as it hears testimony during its markup.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Senate Finance (04/14/2025)","oneSentenceSummary","Representative Jess Edwards said the House left FY2026 adequacy funding unchanged, increased per-pupil special education funding in FY2027 and created a new fiscal-capacity aid to direct money toward low-property-value towns while capping a recent extraordinary-needs grant that had heavily favored large districts.","taxTitle","Judiciary, Senate , Committees\t, Legislative, New Hampshire","taxId",29511,"location","New Hampshire","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":46,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6605564,"House applies 5% administrative assessment to many dedicated funds; regulated agencies and LBA flagged small and uneven impacts",7739,7739000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19&start=7739&end=0","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19/thumbnail_7739000.jpg","/articles/6605564/New-Hampshire/House-applies-5-administrative-assessment-to-many-dedicated-funds-regulated-agencies-and-LBA-flagged-small-and-uneven-impacts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6605564-6eeeb15b73f65839cc27f5f7a10db5c7/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437973&Signature=DFbV-G6tQFKGpf64lQ9LuhvaaA82HXvOVem60Q5fByMegCk5tnMIvAG21IPU8MKvo7F~0Oy2Yga9fUjt66UK3zBlHVqlT6jzN4UWNIltn1ZJLqaNBbl3bziBlcOsstVzI4SKJR87A1K~butv11QJrkcq5IdLkQNIt641Lk5Thx1eQqX6NG7GVS5A17Y-TFmTVLTgMddjd6IG1pFSZYc4W1aZQHbWCxkLhmAg6IWoVqNrGL3Dz~W82ir59pD~SMWquVUHOpLuIIJWOb0oQUuOvojUUIRAcwSzcRcDwwmIUFHq6gbIVzlayE2gmJNbvDbppfbtAoHxhq57TLofa0zxZQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House put a 5% administrative assessment on certain dedicated funds into its version of HB 2 to generate additional general-fund revenue. The Legislative Budget Assistant's office provided the committee with a long list of dedicated funds and a \"negative list\" of accounts that would be exempt.

Several agency witnesses said the measure's impact varies by fund. Amelia Galderi, the state banking commissioner, told the committee that the Consumer Credit Division's dedicated fund historically recorded very small surpluses and that applying a 5% charge to the historical inflows would have generated only a few thousand dollars annually in many years. \"If you look at our Dedicated Funds Report, last year there was no revenue coming into that fund,\" Galderi said; \"over the course of five years, you would have only recouped $160,000.\" She said her office uses surpluses in that fund to reduce per‑diem regulatory fees for small consumer-credit entities and that automatic sweeps could reduce that flexibility.

Committee members and the Legislative Budget Assistant said they expect to field public comments during hearings and to ask legal counsel and DAS for implementation details (for example, how the 5% assessment would apply to funds that include federal dollars or funds with statutory restrictions). In several cases House members exempted funds by statute or listed them on a negative list; committee staff said the House exempted many accounts from the sweep but that a few hundred dedicated funds remain subject to the assessment.

Senators asked LBA and DAS to prepare legal and operational clarifications about which accounts are subject to the sweep and how the charge would be assessed and collected before the Senate takes action.","The House included a 5% administrative assessment on certain dedicated funds in HB 2; agency witnesses told the Senate Finance Committee the charge would produce only small amounts in some dedicated accounts and raised legal and implementation questions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":46,"_47":92,"_49":93,"_51":94,"_53":95,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":96,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":97,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6605569,"House cuts force Division 3 priorities; House leaders warn 3% Medicaid rate reduction could harm provider capacity",5295,5295000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19&start=5295&end=0","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19/thumbnail_5295000.jpg","/articles/6605569/New-Hampshire/House-cuts-force-Division-3-priorities-House-leaders-warn-3-Medicaid-rate-reduction-could-harm-provider-capacity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6605569-178cc6c7d0847b0f39ada694539b0499/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437973&Signature=ZgcqWE00b2Cv0MPA2x5uNGCD-B232lYwFxKp4PMHiKQ3YNUNclrFESPksydfO5rQYyXmkk0rmp6kJXZBqmQMxiu0ntC9Jknz7W78xnpYqe353j3TTboHv4dv5OzYTf4bJG8lG6R372VN-GPKMA3PeS77PeMv-gviPMWiHecWc3qOAy0JHz42citWO-g499jXdKQEWtPZjfupuNi32W3ao9CLYEPbJnpDGnK3NxljWGIxToFZwsrzyiwcVloFpawtuv9XCgcxFZ~RRThJqrbDSInBknK~~dk0f1FAW5D8r-7m96PlNhTg2RvL5Xtt0BSQ0MX~RBgShSaSyEuXSNaZGQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Jess Edwards, chairing Division 3, told senators that Division 3 faced significant pressure from an approximately $290 million reduction target from the governor's original Division 3 request and that the House applied a combination of back-of-the-budget reductions and program prioritization.

Edwards said the House tried to protect direct care in developmental-disability services and to preserve the most vulnerable residential services, but that some reductions were unavoidable. He said the House included a 3% Medicaid rate reduction across certain provider payments — an item he recommended the Senate consider restoring first if additional revenues are found. \"The number one thing I would tell you to do ... is restore the 3% Medicaid rate reduction. That is $57,500,000 over the two years,\" Edwards said, citing concerns that the reduction could reverberate through provider capacity and workforce stability.

Division 3 members also called attention to personnel and contracting shortfalls at Glencliff and staffing needs at the New Hampshire Hospital; Edwards said his division added modest personnel funding to Glencliff relative to the governor's budget but urged the Senate to re-examine staffing levels. The House also eliminated certain family-planning funding in some areas but left a path open to reconsider funding for Coös County after testimony that cross-border services had closed in the region.

Edwards described attempts to reduce duplication across substance-use funding streams: the House moved some opioid-abatement funding and changes to a governor's commission on alcohol and other drug misuse with the stated intent of reducing parallel programs and improving legislative oversight of large grants. He said part of the change was to bring greater legislative oversight to money that had previously flowed automatically from the liquor fund to the governor's commission.

Edwards told the Senate he thought Division 3's choices were defensible given the fiscal constraints but that lawmakers should prioritize Medicaid rate restoration, stability of Glencliff and New Hampshire Hospital personnel, and targeted family-planning funding if additional resources become available.","Representative Jess Edwards said Division 3 faced a sizable reduction mandate and that the House's top recommendation to the Senate is that any additional funds be used first to reverse a 3% Medicaid rate reduction that was included in the House package.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":102,"_47":103,"_49":104,"_51":105,"_53":106,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":107,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":108,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6605579,"Legislators wrestle with size, timing of YDC settlement funding; attorneys and outreach cited as complicating factors",0,2370000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19&start=2370&end=2370","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19/thumbnail_2370000.jpg","/articles/6605579/New-Hampshire/Legislators-wrestle-with-size-timing-of-YDC-settlement-funding-attorneys-and-outreach-cited-as-complicating-factors","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6605579-a552965234c40a780b5b9276fd3d0b0f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437973&Signature=U2tirMLbqKYwL-q136k~zf5jMBqI04~tv7Zt-iu7t5RmdadledHQJ4SCImKTTQIsNlixA1Mvm-DhQdVDC6jQJfNkD-776dXza-z3vQBpwqgZ0gjeOGZYOwUPGbLDoR0Cz-h9vISxOQa3RivLmRcMn3IcEYy1UJhdDcgt7lBoCWsnT3SFgOHkRrED8wCJP1AT8wgVwo4NR0bHNPfBiI0NyUmKaimLmQJsXL67be3ymCWMMVsjKVjFukx6Y9RlJWNK6Q0WEvq1SNmcBADkAx37sP7yQe8tZ4mlm2I2gTDRw7MB047y11yU47q8C~wKdDN5EANYg4MlbjV-sdZwXSvq5g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Dan McGuire, chair of Division 1 for the House Finance Committee, described the YDC settlement fund the committee added to the budget and said the administration of historic abuse claims at the Sununu Youth Development Center remains an active and uncertain issue.

\"We first of all, the AG's office asked us to fund one particular settlement at the amount of $10,000,000 that's for a victim named Gilpatrick. And we did so. And then we put in $10,000,000 per year for the next two years,\" McGuire said when summarizing how the House set aside money for YDC claims.

Committee members and presenters noted that a wider set of claims remains in process. McGuire said roughly $160 million has already been placed into a settlement fund, but some House members and staff offered higher estimates of potential exposure: McGuire described rough modeling that a pool of about 1,500 eligible claims at an average award near $500,000 would imply aggregate exposure in the range of $750 million. He also said the proposed annual funding level in the House falls short of the $75 million-per-year assumption embedded in earlier settlement plans.

Several House members warned that large, early appropriations can attract litigation advertising and create pressure for larger settlements. McGuire described concerns that contingency-fee arrangements can reduce funds available to claimants and urged caution on how much lump-sum money to deposit at once. \"If you put too much money in there again it becomes a target,\" he said.

The House package provides a $10 million appropriation tied to a named settlement and adds $10 million in each of the next two years to the claims administration fund; McGuire and other members said the AG's office and settlement coordinator continue to negotiate claims and that additional legislative action could be required depending on application and award filings.

The Senate Finance Committee will review the House approach and hear further testimony from the attorney general's office and claims administrators about expected claims counts, average awards and administrative costs.","House Finance included $10 million for a named YDC settlement and $10 million per year for two subsequent years for the Sununu Youth Development Center settlement fund, but committee members said the full anticipated liability could be far larger and noted legal and administrative complications.",{"_33":110,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":111,"_41":112,"_43":113,"_45":114,"_47":115,"_49":116,"_51":117,"_53":118,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":119,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":120,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6605582,"House Finance outlines package of fee increases and cuts to close $770 million gap",613,367000,980000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19&start=367&end=980","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2985714-37af8e7e567e5bcf1a0b52d03ba02c19/thumbnail_367000.jpg","/articles/6605582/New-Hampshire/House-Finance-outlines-package-of-fee-increases-and-cuts-to-close-770-million-gap","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6605582-dfb567ef37e63b22d090c163a002acae/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437973&Signature=ckDPyAb2jXyvPeUmYFuTwgqfB3Yb1Kou~YCJ-mDkyhpJM~VgeQ-CyAU2cZ8NTjG8APYCqk9B7LUL24EY9P-~tsIdeZ2ImiH7M7HKhcOgcviH-DWNnUvLs3lvf9zDVBtZhaONzK2zQMBmloKFx8j2DNkjnv4q8e6uC-R2zKd8mtKJY0rch74ePvPsm1yxVBgTWBKYQktgtkWkZRoYRw0f~afDt2FLLhGnJ2O~6bsPQ2ELD09ucYakRMAfj-wsRYsJKir6FelSkyB0~gd3XS8cpD6GTHw5s~AnrmAXDjbQ0DCQvsNBH4yB23VUDfm8L0VBIa-10xrPu1LPZzoZT1OOIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Representative Ken Weiler, chairman of the House Finance Committee, told the Senate Finance Committee that the House confronted an estimated $770 million gap between the governor's budget and the House ways-and-means revenue estimate.

\"We were handed the governor's proposal. We put HB 1 and our other bill. We put HB 2 on it and filed them and then took a look at them and waited for the ways and means committee to come back with revenue estimates,\" Weiler said. He and other House members described a mix of revenue adjustments, program cuts and transfers intended to close the difference while moderating impacts on core services.

House leaders said they relied heavily on a set of fee increases and targeted dedicated-fund adjustments rather than broad new taxes. Representative Dan McGuire, chair of Division 1 on the House Finance Committee, said increases included vehicle-registration and vanity-plate fees, several fee increases in fish-and-game and department-of-agriculture fee changes, and an assessed 5% administrative charge on some dedicated funds. McGuire said Judicial Branch fee increases were expected to add roughly $5.4 million to the biennium.

To reduce spending, House Finance applied back-of-the-budget reductions across many agencies, froze certain positions and deferred some capital and contract outlays. The House also moved some lottery and video-lottery-terminal (VLT) receipts into a restricted account earmarked for public education, and changed the split of several business-type taxes so more receipts flow to the general fund (a 70/30 general-to-education split rather than the governor's proposal).

The House plan assumes a draw from the state's rainy-day fund in the 2025 fiscal year and then a partial replenishment: Representative McGuire said the House projects reducing the rainy-day fund in 2025 and adding back $85 million by the end of the 2026–27 biennium. \"On day one of this budget, the rainy day fund is being decreased to $143,700,000,\" McGuire said when summarizing the House surplus statement.

House members repeatedly said they tried to target fee increases at places where impacts would be small for most residents — for example, raising the vanity-plate fee to $60 was listed as a modest revenue source — and prioritized maintaining education adequacy funding and core human-services obligations.

The Senate Finance Committee will now review the House package, reexamine revenue estimates for FY2025 and consider amendments during its markup. Michael Kane, legislative budget assistant, briefed the committee on the surplus statement and emphasized that the Senate's revenue estimate for FY2025 will determine the single largest variable in any final package.","House Finance leaders told the Senate Finance Committee they closed an estimated $770 million shortfall versus the governor's proposals largely through fee increases, targeted cuts and use of the rainy-day fund; the plan keeps most education adequacy funding intact while moving some lottery revenue and changing several dedicated-fund flows.","actionData","errors"]

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