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Bill to form joint study committee on alternatives to property‑tax financing for schools wins cautious interest
Summary
HB 491 would create a joint legislative study committee to examine how New Hampshire funds public education and how to reduce reliance on local property taxes; sponsors said the panel would model options while lawmakers asked for a narrower, more defined charge and clarified appointment authority.
The committee heard HB 491, a proposal to create a joint House‑Senate committee to study alternative revenue sources and how to rebalance the state’s public‑education financing away from heavy local reliance on real‑property taxes.
Representative Spilsbury, prime sponsor for the bill, told the panel the idea is to place options on the table — including revenue sources, revenue allocation and policy tradeoffs — so the legislature can make more…
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