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Bill would add contextual school‑budget metrics to ballots; school boards and associations oppose as redundant
Summary
Rep. Joe Alexander proposed HB 557 to display average cost per pupil, five‑year average enrollment, and teacher:administrator ratios on school district ballots to inform voters. School boards and associations cited recent statutes and web reporting requirements and warned of redundancy, legal risks and unclear definitions for 'administrator.'
Representative Joe Alexander (filling in for Rep. Barry) introduced House Bill 557, which would add contextual fiscal information — average cost per pupil (prior year average daily membership), five‑year average daily enrollment, and average full‑time teacher‑to‑administrator ratio — to the information presented with a school district budget on the ballot.
Alexander said his experience in Gosstown (Goffstown) informed the proposal: many voters don’t attend deliberative sessions and would benefit from seeing compact contextual…
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