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NH Rev Stat § 198:4-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:4-d - Reports Required; Cities and School Districts.

    198:4-d Reports Required;  Cities and School Districts. –||The governing body of each city, school district, and chartered public school shall submit to the commissioner of the department of education the following reports pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A by the commissioner of revenue administration which establish the form and content of such reports:||I. A report filed by the governing body of each city, school district, and chartered public school shall certify the appropriations voted by the meeting of the appropriate legislative body, whether city council, mayor and council, or mayor and board of aldermen, or by each annual or special school district meeting, along with estimated revenues. This report shall be filed within 20 days of the close of the meeting.||II. A report filed by the governing body of each city, school district, and chartered public school shall revise all the estimated revenues for the year. This report shall be filed by September 1 of each year. The revised estimates by school districts for the adequate education grants calculated under RSA 198:41 shall be considered the most accurate within 5 percent of the amount estimated pursuant to RSA 198:40-a.||III. A financial report for each city, school district, and chartered public school shall be filed showing the summary of receipts and expenditures, according to uniform classifications, during the preceding fiscal year, and a balance sheet showing assets and liabilities at the close of the year. This report shall be submitted on or before September 1 of each year. Each statistical report submitted under this section shall include a certification signed by the chairperson of the school district's governing body or the chairperson of the board of trustees of approved public academies that states: "I certify, under the pains and penalties of perjury, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that all of the information contained in this document is true, accurate and complete."||III-a. The department of education and the department of revenue administration together shall develop and recommend school accounting standards. The departments shall report to the speaker of the house, the senate president, and the governor concerning such accounting standards on or before December 1, 1999.||IV. The budget committee in school districts operating under the municipal budget law shall file the budget within 20 days of the close of the annual or special meeting.||V. If a city or school district or chartered public school is audited by an independent public accountant, it shall submit a copy of the audited financial statements in accordance with RSA 21-J:19, III.||VI. If a city or school district is audited under RSA 671:5, the procedures in RSA 41:31-a through 41:31-d shall be followed.|||Source. 1989, 357:4. 1998, 389:3, 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1998. 2010, 262:3, eff. Sept. 4, 2010. 2012, 198:7, eff. July 1, 2012. 2016, 8:12, eff. Mar. 16, 2016. 2021, 44:5, eff. May 17, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:4-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:4-e - Annual Report Required; Towns.

    198:4-e Annual Report Required;  Towns. –||The governing body of each town shall submit to the commissioner of the department of education, within 20 days of the close of the annual town meeting, a copy of the annual town report.|||Source. 1989, 357:4, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:4-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:4-f - Penalty for Failure to File Report.

    198:4-f Penalty for Failure to File Report. –||I. A school district, city, chartered public school, or public academy shall file the reports due under RSA 198:4-d, III no later than September 1 of each year.||II. For just cause, the commissioner of the department of education may grant a school district, city, chartered public school, or public academy up to a 30-day extension to such reporting deadline. The commissioner may further extend the deadline when unusual or unforeseen circumstances prevent a school district, city, chartered public school, or public academy from submitting the required reports under paragraph I before the expiration of such extension.||III. The commissioner shall notify the governing body of the school district, city, chartered public school, or public academy that all state aid to education shall be withheld until complete and accurate information is submitted. In the case of a chartered public school which fails to comply with the reporting requirements by the established deadlines for 2 consecutive years, the commissioner may request the state board of education to revoke the enabling charter.|||Source. 1989, 357:4. 2003, 314:4, eff. July 22, 2003. 2021, 44:1, eff. May 17, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:5 - Assessment.

    198:5 Assessment. –||The selectmen of the town, in their next annual assessment, shall assess upon the taxable property of the district a sum sufficient to meet the obligations above enumerated, with such alterations thereof as may be voted by the district, and shall pay the same over to the district treasurer as the school board shall require for the maintenance of schools.|||Source. RS 72:2. CS 76:2. GS 77:2. GL 85:2. PS 88:2. 1909, 52:1. 1915, 68:1. 1919, 106:21. 1921, 85, VI:4. PL 121:5. 1927, 20:1. RL 140:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:6 - Assessment on Ward's Property.

    198:6 Assessment on Ward's Property. –||When a guardian and ward reside in the same town the selectmen shall assign the tax assessed upon the ward's personal property to the school district in which the ward lives and has a home.|||Source. 1852, 1308:1. CS 76:5. GS 77:5. GL 85:5. PS 88:5. 1921, 85, VI:8. PL 121:6. RL 140:6. 1996, 195:4, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:7 - Neglect to Assess, Etc.

    198:7 Neglect to Assess, Etc. –||If the selectmen neglect to assess, assign or pay over the school money as aforesaid they shall pay for each neglect a sum equal to that so neglected to be assessed, assigned or paid over, to be recovered by action of debt, in the name and for the use of the district by the school board.|||Source. RS 72:5. CS 76:6. GS 77:6. GL 85:6. PS 88:6. 1921, 85, VI:8. PL 121:7. RL 140:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:8 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, I, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:8 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, I, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:9 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, II, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:9 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, II, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:10 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, III, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:10 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, III, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:10-a - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, IV, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:10-a Repealed by 1985, 244:15, IV, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:10-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:10-b - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, V, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:10-b Repealed by 1985, 244:15, V, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:11 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VI, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:11 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VI, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:12 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VII, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:12 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VII, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:13 - Repealed by 1955, 331:1, eff. July 1, 1955.

    198:13 Repealed by 1955, 331:1, eff. July 1, 1955. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:14 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VIII, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:14 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, VIII, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:14-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:14-a - Repealed by 1967, 362:3, eff. July 3, 1967.

    198:14-a Repealed by 1967, 362:3, eff. July 3, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15 - Repealed by 1985, 244:15, IX, eff. July 1, 1985.

    198:15 Repealed by 1985, 244:15, IX, eff. July 1, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-a - Grant for School Construction.

    198:15-a Grant for School Construction. –||I. To aid local school districts in meeting the costs of school buildings, the department of education shall, from funds appropriated by the general court to carry out the provisions of this subdivision, pay to the school districts of the state, sums in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision or the alternative school building aid provisions under RSA 198:15-u through RSA 198:15-w.||II. Beginning with construction authorized by a local school district on or after July 1, 2013, office facilities for school administrative units and the purchase or lease-purchase of temporary space for any purpose, including but not limited to modulars, trailers, or other similar structures to be used as classroom, office, or storage space shall not be eligible for school building aid grants.||III. Facilities constructed using school building aid grants shall be used as instructional facilities for kindergarten through grade 12 for at least 20 years. A school district that discontinues the use of the facilities within 20 years shall be required to repay the state 100 percent of the state grant received. Upon a showing of good cause by the school district, the commissioner of the department of education may waive this penalty in whole or part on a case by case basis.||IV. Beginning July 1, 2013, and every fiscal year thereafter, school building aid grants for construction or renovation projects approved by the department of education shall not exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year less any debt service payments owed in the fiscal year, unless otherwise provided by an act of the general court. School building aid grants shall be funded from appropriations in the state operating budget and no state bonds shall be authorized or issued for the purpose of funding such school building aid grants.||V. The department of education shall develop and maintain a 10-year school facilities plan of potential school building grant projects. Potential projects shall include, but not be limited to, criteria pursuant to RSA 198:15-c, II(b). The 10-year plan is intended to create a method to identify and enhance school facilities in a safe, healthy, and efficient manner while providing adequate learning environments for New Hampshire's students. The 10-year plan shall be updated every biennium to provide the department a summary of projects and school facility capital expenditures that are anticipated for the next 10 years. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to this paragraph. The plan shall identify new construction, renovation, and emergency projects, and describe the overall condition of projects contained in the plan.|||Source. 1955, 335:9, par. 14-a. 1967, 449:2. 2003, 296:1; 306:1. 2005, 180:1, eff. Aug. 29, 2005. 2009, 144:12, eff. July 1, 2009. 2012, 275:1, eff. Aug. 18, 2012. 2021, 91:314, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-d - Time of Computation of Grant.

    198:15-d Time of Computation of Grant. –||As of January 1 in each year, the department of education shall cause to be computed the amount of the annual grants for school building aid to be paid to eligible school districts in the succeeding fiscal year. The computation shall be based upon the total of eligible costs of construction of school buildings approved by the legislative body of the school district and the department of education for which loans are outstanding in each school district for the fiscal year in which the computations are made.|||Source. 1955, 335:9, par. 14-d. 1957, 301:2. 1991, 169:4. 2003, 306:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003. 2008, 289:3, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-e - Proration and Unexpended Funds.

    198:15-e Proration and Unexpended Funds. –||In any fiscal year, the amount appropriated for distribution as school building grants in accordance with the version of RSA 198:15-b in effect prior to July 1, 2012 shall first be awarded to a school district for an eligible project funded before July 1, 2012. If the amount appropriated is insufficient the appropriation shall be prorated proportionally among the districts entitled to a grant. If the amount appropriated exceeds the amount necessary to fully fund grants to a school district for eligible construction projects funded before July 1, 2012, the remaining amount of the appropriation shall be awarded to a school district for an eligible new proposal in the ranked order developed pursuant to RSA 198:15-c, II(a) and II(b). Such a district shall receive a grant equal to 100 percent of the eligible amount of the request until the amount appropriated has been exhausted. A partial grant may be awarded to the extent that funds are available. If a school district declines a full or partial grant, a grant shall be made to the next ranked school district until the amount appropriated has been exhausted. Any amounts not distributed in the first year of any biennium may be distributed in the second year if required to distribute the maximum amount permissible under RSA 198:15-a.|||Source. 1955, 335:9, par. 14-e. 2008, 289:4, eff. Aug. 26, 2008. 2012, 275:4, eff. Aug. 18, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-f - Repealed by 1963, 277:4, eff. July 1, 1964.

    198:15-f Repealed by 1963, 277:4, eff. July 1, 1964. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-g - Federal School Building Aid.

    198:15-g Federal School Building Aid. –||The department of education is hereby designated as the agency of the state of New Hampshire for the receipt and distribution of federal funds in aid of school building construction and is hereby given such authority in connection therewith as it may be required to possess by any federal act relating thereto in order to receive and distribute such funds, and it is hereby authorized to cooperate with the federal government or any agency thereof in the development of plans for the distribution of federal funds in aid of the construction of school buildings and to receive and expend in accordance with such plans all funds made available to it or the state of New Hampshire by the federal government or any of its agencies; provided, however, to the extent permitted by any federal act relating thereto, the department of education, in formulating plans for the distribution of federal funds, may give consideration to the effort made by any local school district in providing school buildings, its financial ability to pay for school buildings, the encouragement of cooperative school districts and the amounts received or to be received by school districts as state aid to school buildings under the provisions of this chapter as now or hereafter amended.|||Source. 1957, 301:3. 1986, 41:23, eff. April 3, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-h (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-h - Use of Existing Buildings.

    198:15-h Use of Existing Buildings. –||The building aid provided in RSA 198:15-b for a receiving district operating an area school as defined in RSA 195-A:1, or some proportionate part of that building aid, may be made available to assist in defraying the cost of construction of a new school building or an addition to existing buildings of the receiving district which is not to be used as an area school, but which is to be constructed so that the receiving district may make available as an area school building the full or partial capacity of an existing school building. The department of education may extend the building aid in the circumstances set forth in this section when it finds that (a) such arrangement will result in savings in overall building cost to the state, and that (b) the existing building thus made available by the receiving district as an area school is satisfactory for the purpose. In all other respects the provisions of RSA 198:15-b apply to the alternate building aid, as if the new building were an area school for the number of sending districts in the area plan.|||Source. 1965, 150:1. 2003, 306:1, eff. Sept. 16, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-i (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-i - to 198:15-k Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VIII, eff. April 29, 1999.

    198:15-i to 198:15-k Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VIII, eff. April 29, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-l (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-l - to 198:15-q Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VIII, eff. April 29, 1999.

    198:15-l to 198:15-q Repealed by 1999, 17:58, VIII, eff. April 29, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-s (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-s - Eligibility; Administration.

    198:15-s Eligibility;  Administration. –||I. [Repealed.]||II. [Repealed.]||III. A kindergarten construction grant request shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:||(a) A set of educational specifications, prepared by district staff.||(b) Construction plans and cost estimates, prepared by a licensed architect. Construction plans and cost estimates shall comply with the following:||(1) To be eligible for reimbursement pursuant to RSA 198:15-r, kindergarten construction shall be approved by the school district's legislative body on or before June 30, 2013.||(2) The number of classrooms shall be based upon the largest projected kindergarten enrollment in the first 5 years following construction, based on a minimum of 20 students per half-day kindergarten class.||(3) Classrooms shall be no larger than 1,000 square feet in size including restrooms and storage space.||(4) Costs shall be limited to the annual maximum eligible cost standards in accordance with RSA 198:15-b, unless waived by the commissioner of the department of education for good cause.||(5) Classroom furniture and equipment purchased for temporary classrooms pursuant to RSA 198:15-r, IV shall be relocated to permanent classrooms or replaced at district expense.||(c) An assurance signed by the superintendent and the chair of the school board that facilities constructed under this subdivision will be used for a public kindergarten program.||IV. The department of education shall administer the kindergarten construction program and shall be responsible for the following:||(a) Providing technical assistance relative to kindergarten construction to school districts.||(b) Developing and maintaining a kindergarten construction guide, including a list of recommended furnishings and equipment for kindergarten classrooms.||(c) Establishing forms and procedures for school districts to use for the development and submission to the department of education of kindergarten construction grant requests.||(d) Reviewing grant requests, including educational specifications, kindergarten construction plans, and cost estimates, and forwarding them to the commissioner of education with recommendations relative to their adequacy, educational appropriateness, and cost effectiveness.||(e) Distributing kindergarten construction grant payments to eligible districts in accordance with the payment schedule specified by the commissioner of education in the district's grant approval notification.||(f) Assuring that the facilities are used as specified in the grant request.|||Source. 1997, 348:5. 2001, 287:6, I, eff. July 1, 2001. 2008, 384:6, III, eff. July 11, 2008. 2011, 224:331, eff. July 1, 2011. 2012, 275:5, eff. Aug. 18, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-t (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-t - Penalty.

    198:15-t Penalty. –||If, within 20 years of the completion of kindergarten facilities constructed under this subdivision, a school district or city maintaining a school department discontinues the kindergarten program or uses these classrooms for other than kindergarten, it shall be required to pay back to the state 100 percent of the kindergarten construction grant payments received under RSA 198:15-s, IV(e). Upon a showing of good cause by the school district, the commissioner of education may waive this penalty in whole or part on a case by case basis.|||Source. 1997, 348:5, eff. July 1, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-u (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-u - Definitions.

    198:15-u Definitions. –||As used in this subdivision:||I. "Median family income" means that income for each municipality using the most recent data available from the United States Bureau of the Census.||II. "Equalized valuation per pupil" means the average equalized valuation within the school district over the most recent 5 years divided by the current number of pupils within the school district expressed as an average from the most recent 5 years of available data collected by the department of education.|||Source. 2003, 296:2, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-w (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-w - Alternative School Building Aid Grants; Procedures.

    198:15-w Alternative School Building Aid Grants;  Procedures. –||The provisions of RSA 198:15-c through 198:15-h shall apply to any grant made under this subdivision.|||Source. 2003, 296:2, eff. July 1, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 198:15-x (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XV - Education|Title 198 - School Money|Section 198:15-x - Repealed by 2012, 47:2, eff. Dec. 2, 2012.

    198:15-x Repealed by 2012, 47:2, eff. Dec. 2, 2012. –|