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Committee of Conference backs Senate method for ‘average cost per pupil,’ adds ‘preceding year’ clarification
Summary
Lawmakers at a Committee of Conference meeting on House Bill 557 agreed to use the Senate’s method for reporting average cost per pupil on school budget ballots, and added language specifying the figure refer to the preceding year.
The Committee of Conference on House Bill 557 agreed to keep the Senate’s method for calculating the average cost per pupil to appear on school budget ballots and to add a clarification that the figure will reflect the preceding year.
Members said the change keeps a single, uniform definition across RSA citations and avoids creating two competing calculations for the same ballot item. "This amendment came about as a result of testimony the senate received at its hearing," Senator Murphy said. "Essentially, the senate position is that it makes sense to calculate this number across the RSAs in a similar method as opposed to having…
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