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Gould, Ewing and district superintendents press panel to raise base adequacy in HB 769
Summary
House Bill 769 would raise the statutory base cost per pupil to $7,356.01 and increase the statewide education property tax to generate revenue; sponsors and Conval trial counsel told the committee the figure tracks the superior court's minimum baseline from Conval litigation and that true costs are likely higher.
Representative Linda Gould (Bedford) introduced HB 769 in the Education Funding Committee, asking the legislature to act to set the base adequacy amount at $7,356.01 per pupil, a figure cited by the superior court in Conval v. State as an absolute minimum for a hypothetically efficient district. Gould cited expert testimony from the trial record that more realistic base-cost estimates are nearer $9,900-$10,000 per pupil, excluding transportation.
Elizabeth Ewing, who represented the 18 school districts in Conval, testified she supports HB 769…
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