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Representative Proposes Joint Study of Alternatives to Heavy Reliance on Property Tax for Education Funding
Summary
HB 491 would create a joint House‑Senate study committee to evaluate how New Hampshire funds public general education and whether the state should rebalance revenues away from local property taxes. Sponsor said the goal is to model options, costs and distributional effects and recommend reforms for the second year of the biennial session.
Representative Peter Spilsbury introduced HB 491, a late‑filed bill to form a joint legislative study committee to analyze alternative state revenue sources and options to reduce New Hampshire’s reliance on local real property taxes for funding public general education.
Spilsbury said the committee would be staffed by legislators from both chambers, including members of Ways and Means, Education…
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