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Sponsor says gutted building‑aid bill fails to address retroactive needs for small towns

Senate Education Finance Committee · February 12, 2026
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Representative Michael Cahill urged rejection of the current HB 366, saying it was gutted and no longer implements his plan to set a $60 million minimum and allocate funds to retroactive needs for towns that missed earlier funding, citing Newmarket and Claremont as examples.

Representative Michael Cahill told the committee that HB 366, as presented, had been stripped of its substance. He said the original idea would have created a $60 million minimum annual spend on building aid and directed half of that toward new projects and half toward retroactive payments to communities that previously received inadequate assistance. “All it does is sort of…

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