SB 582 · 2026 · Senate · Education Finance Committee
Adequate education base cost increase
AI-generatedmodifying the base cost of an adequate education.
Increases the base cost of an adequate education and expands the definition of an adequate education.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the Senate — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 5, 2026- ✓Introduced
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Analysis
This bill increases the base cost of an adequate education and expands the definition of an adequate education.
From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.
In the bill's words
Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site
“For the biennium beginning July 1, [2023] 2027, the annual cost of providing the opportunity for an adequate education as defined in RSA 193-E:2-a shall be as specified in paragraph II.”
“The general court shall use the definition of the opportunity for an adequate education in RSA 193-E:2-a to determine the resources necessary to provide essential programs, considering educational needs.”
“The department shall adjust the rates specified in this paragraph in accordance with RSA 198:40-d.”
“The general court shall make an initial determination of the necessary specific resource elements to be included in the opportunity for an adequate education.”
Official record
gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source
Sponsors
- Sen. Cindy RosenwaldDDeputy Democratic Leader
- Sen. Rebecca Perkins KwokaDMinority Leader
- Sen. Suzanne PrentissDAssistant Democratic Leader
Also: Sen. David WattersD, Sen. Donovan FentonD, Sen. Pat LongD, Rep. Peggy BalboniD, Rep. Zoe ManosD
Public testimony
No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record
Votes
yeanay- Feb 5, 2026SenateCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate4–2Overall67% yea
- Overall67% yeaParty-line voteRepublicans16–0100% yeaDemocrats0–80% yea
Hearings and debates
- Jan 22, 2026Public hearingSenate Education Finance1:25:28–1:38:1012m 42slocated in the stream transcriptHearing
- Feb 5, 2026Floor debateSenate floor3:13:56–3:16:172m 21slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Inexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 16-8; Special Order to After the Senate's Lunch Break, Without Objection — adopted
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 7, 2026SenIntroduced 01/07/2026 and Referred to Education Finance; SJ 1
- Jan 22, 2026SenHearing: 01/22/2026, Room 103, SH, 10:40 am; SC 47A
- Feb 5, 2026Sen: Inexpedient to Legislate, 02/05/2026, Vote 4-2; SC 4
- Feb 5, 2026SenSpecial Order to After the Senate's Lunch Break, Without Objection, MA; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
- Feb 5, 2026SenInexpedient to Legislate, RC 16Y-8N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 02/05/2026; SJ 3
Coverage
No reporting linked yet.
Background reading
Evergreen reading on the policy area — spanning perspectives — not coverage of this specific bill.
- New Hampshire’s effort to overturn the Claremont school funding rulings, explainedExplainer — NH context
New Hampshire Bulletin — How Claremont, ConVal and Rand fit together, and what overturning them would require.AI-generated
NH School Funding Fairness Project — The ConVal holding as the districts that sued read it, including the $7,356 base figure.AI-generated
- New Hampshire Supreme Court rules state violated constitution by underfunding public schoolsLegal analysis
Education Law Center — A national school-finance litigation group's summary of the decision.AI-generated
- Formella’s school funding fix: kill ClaremontConservative
NH Journal — The argument for returning funding decisions to the legislature.AI-generated
- Reaction mixed on ConVal education rulingReaction round-up
InDepthNH — Both sides on the day of the ruling, before the legislative response took shape.AI-generated
Documents (PDF)
Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.