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Senate committee hears case to raise New Hampshire special‑education aid from $2,100 to $16,000 per student
Summary
Supporters told the Education Finance Committee that New Hampshire underfunds special education and shifts the cost onto local property taxpayers; sponsors say SB 584 would raise differentiated aid from $2,100 to $16,000 per student and narrow the funding gap, with preliminary fiscal estimates near $450 million to the Education Trust Fund.
Pete Mulvey, director of policy and communications for the Senate minority office, introduced Senate Bill 584 on behalf of absent sponsor Senator Prentiss, saying the bill “increases state funding for students receiving special education services in New Hampshire by substantially raising the per pupil differentiated aid amount” and explicitly raises the per‑pupil differentiated aid from $2,100 to $16,000.
Supporters from small towns and school boards said the current $2,100 state contribution bears little resemblance to actual costs and forces local property taxpayers to absorb large, unpredictable expenses. Marjorie Porter of Hillsborough told the committee that special education can…
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