SB 351 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-3116
10/05
SENATE BILL 351
SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to annually make available on its website performance measures and financial accounting reports for all private and religious schools receiving public funds from the state or through education freedom accounts (EFA) under RSA 194-F.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-3116
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Department of Education; Annual Performance and Financial Accounting Reporting; Private and Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds. Amend RSA 21-N by inserting after section 12 the following new section:
21-N:13 Annual Performance and Financial Accounting Reporting; Private and Religious Schools Receiving Public Funds.
I. The department of education shall annually collect and make available for public viewing on its website performance measures and financial accounting reports for all private and religious schools receiving public funds from the state or through education freedom accounts (EFA) under RSA 194-F. Such reporting shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) The number of applicants, number of enrolled pupils, and number of enrolled pupils paid from EFAs.
(b) The number of enrollees and number of enrollees whose tuition was paid in whole or in part from EFAs by grade level.
(c) The number of pupils annually completing elementary school, middle school, or junior high school and graduating from high school.
(d) The number of special education students enrolled, measured by number of students having an approved individualized education program (IEP).
(e) The number of students receiving free or reduced price lunch.
(f) The number of students enrolled in work-based learning, extended learning program, and sponsored internship.
(g) The number of students concurrently enrolled in a public school.
(h) Prior year financial balance sheet and statement of revenue and expenses.
(i) The total of expenditures per student.
(j) The prior 3 years of tuition rate.
(k) Teaching staff by educational degree: total, less than a bachelor’s degree, baccalaureate, masters, doctorate.
II. The department of education shall audit the annual reports of private and religious schools at least every 10 years, beginning with an audit of 15 schools subsequent to the 2022-2023 school year, and every 10 years thereafter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.