HB563 Relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.
Relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, fiscal capacity disparity aid, and determination of education grants.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Modest increases to education funding formulas ($4,100 to $4,351 base per pupil, plus annual 2% adjustments) may require higher property taxes in some municipalities, but the new disparity aid targets lower-wealth districts, partially offsetting costs for some families.
Your Community
Lower-wealth municipalities receive new fiscal disparity aid and higher per-pupil allocations for economically disadvantaged and special education students, while a $3,750 cap on combined targeted aid limits support for larger districts.
Your Freedom
This bill is administrative and procedural—it modifies funding formulas and grant calculations without changing education access rights, curriculum, or local governance authority.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 72
Sponsor
Roderick Ladd (R)
The Short Version
This bill restructures NH's education funding formulas beginning July 2026, increasing the per-pupil cost of adequate education from $4,100 to $4,351 and establishing a new fiscal capacity disparity aid program to help lower-wealth districts. It also adds a $3,750 cap on combined targeted aid for larger districts. The full fiscal impact is unknown because the Department of Education has not yet provided required budget projections.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ School districts in municipalities with equalized valuations under $1.6 million per pupil (fiscal disparity aid recipients)
- ▲ School districts serving students eligible for free or reduced-price meals in lower-wealth municipalities (extraordinary need grant recipients)
- ▲ Students receiving special education services and English language learners (higher per-pupil allocations)
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Taxpayers in higher-wealth municipalities that lose targeted aid eligibility or face property tax increases
- ▼ School districts in municipalities with 5,000+ students in average daily membership (subject to $3,750 per-pupil cap on combined targeted aid)
Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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