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Large Funding Bill Seeks to Update State’s K–12 Adequacy Standard to Court‑Recommended Minimum
Summary
HB 550 would raise the state's base adequacy amount for K–12 funding to the conservative minimum established in the ConVal superior court decision and amend statutory guidance to explicitly include personnel, operations, maintenance and other 'necessary specific resource elements' when calculating the cost of an adequate education.
House Bill 550 would amend New Hampshire’s school‑funding statutes to set the base cost for an adequate education at the conservative minimum figure cited in the ConVal (ConVal Cooperative School District v. State) superior court decision and to require periodic recalculation. The bill also inserts a detailed list of “necessary specific resource elements” — including teacher salaries and benefits, student‑teacher ratios, principals and administrative staff, counselors, nurse services, instructional materials, facility operation and maintenance, technology, transportation and special education support — that the general court must…
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