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Committee hears HB1495 to limit how districts use short-term RAN borrowings

Education Finance Committee · April 1, 2026
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Summary

Rep. Rick Lad said HB1495 would require reimbursement-anticipation note (RAN) proceeds tied to adequacy or special-education aid to be spent only on the substantive elements for which those funds were intended, citing Claremont as the motivating example; lawmakers asked about duration, liability recognition, and oversight.

Representative Rick Lad, acting as vice sponsor, told the committee HB1495 clarifies and narrows permissible uses of reimbursement anticipation note proceeds when districts borrow against anticipated adequacy or special-education payments. He said the bill would require that RAN proceeds "only be used toward criterion elements that contribute to the substantive criteria and content of adequacy," and…

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