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HB675 Limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.

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Limiting total central office administrative expenses by school districts and requiring reporting of central office administrative expenses to the department of education.

Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?

4

Overall Impact Score

Concerning

Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)

6
💰

Your Wallet

Taxpayers may see modestly lower school budgets if districts are forced to reduce administrative overhead rather than cut classroom services, though the 6% threshold may prove achievable without painful cuts.

4
🏘️

Your Community

School districts lose budgetary flexibility and may face pressure to reduce administrative services (HR, legal, IT support, curriculum development) that support educational operations, with unclear impact on educational quality or inequality across districts.

3
⚖️

Your Freedom

Local school boards have reduced authority to set budgets and must use supermajority votes to exceed the state-imposed cap, restricting local control over district priorities.

Status

Reconsider Inexpedient to Legislate (Rep. Weber): Motion Failed DV 170-185 01/08/2026 House Journal 2 P. 29

Voted Yes

9 R

Voted No

185 R + 160 D

R Yes D Yes R No D No

Sponsor

Joe Sweeney (R)

The Short Version

This bill caps central office administrative expenses at 6% of school district budgets (effective July 1, 2026) and requires districts to report these expenses to the state. School districts seeking to exceed this cap must pass appropriations by a 2/3 vote rather than a simple majority.

Who's Behind This Bill?

Who Benefits

  • ▲ Taxpayers seeking lower school spending or reduced administrative overhead
  • ▲ Residents in districts already operating below the 6% threshold

Who Pays the Price

  • ▼ School districts with legitimate administrative costs above 6% (no fiscal note data provided on how many districts this affects)
  • ▼ School boards and local voters whose budget authority is constrained
  • ▼ Districts serving multiple municipalities, which must allocate costs across districts
  • ▼ Administrative staff in superintendent offices, business administration, HR, and curriculum roles

Roll Call Detail (4 votes)

Every recorded floor vote on this bill, with each legislator's individual vote. Click a name to see that rep's full record.

Who actually supports this bill?

Across the 4 recorded votes on this bill — counting each legislator's net direction and treating kill motions as opposing the bill — Republicans opposed it ( 9 for , 185 against ) , Democrats opposed it ( 160 against ) , and Independents opposed it ( 1 against ) .

"Supporting" means voting for passage OR voting against a kill motion. "Opposing" is the inverse. Concurs and amendment-only votes don't count.

Adopt Amendment 2026-01-08
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

182R + 2D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (184)
10R + 157D + 1I
Voted Against Amendment (168)
29
Absent
14
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (184)

Republicans (182)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (168)

Republicans (10)
Democrats (157)
Independents (1)
Absent (29)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denis Murphy (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-01-08
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

175R + 2D
Voted to Adopt Amendment (177)
18R + 157D + 1I
Voted Against Amendment (176)
29
Absent
13
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (177)

Republicans (175)
Democrats (2)

Voted Nay (176)

Republicans (18)
Democrats (157)
Independents (1)
Absent (29)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denis Murphy (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

Adopt Floor Amendment 2026-01-08
Passed

YES = Adopt this amendment. NO = Reject this amendment.

22R + 159D + 1I
Voted to Adopt Amendment (182)
172R + 1D
Voted Against Amendment (173)
28
Absent
12
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Yea (182)

Republicans (22)
Democrats (159)
Independents (1)

Voted Nay (173)

Republicans (172)
Democrats (1)
Absent (28)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-01-08
Failed

YES = Pass the bill with the attached amendment. NO = Reject the bill (as amended).

9R
Voted to Pass (9)
185R + 160D + 1I
Voted Against (346)
28
Absent
12
Not voting
Show all 395 individual votes

Voted Nay (346)

Republicans (185)
Democrats (160)
Independents (1)
Absent (28)

Allison Knab (D) , Amy Malone (D) , Barbara Comtois (R) , Carrie Sorensen (D) , Charles Foote (R) , David Luneau (D) , Deborah Aylward (R) , Denise DeDe-Poulin (R) , Douglas Trottier (R) , Ellen Read (D) , Gaby Grossman (D) , Glen Aldrich (R) , Jeffrey Tenczar (R) , Jeremy Slottje (R) , Jim Creighton (R) , Laurence Miner (R) , Mary Murphy (R) , Merryl Gibbs (D) , Michael Harrington (R) , Michael Murphy (R) , Myles England (D) , Nicole Leapley (D) , Peter Morency (R) , Peter Schmidt (D) , Sandra Panek (R) , Sanjeev Manohar (D) , Terry Roy (R) , Toni Weinstein (D)

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Bill statuses as of October 7, 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.

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