Education adequacy funding formula changes

Analysis

This bill changes the calculation of costs of an opportunity for an adequate education, extraordinary need grants, and determination of education grants. It also establishes fiscal capacity disparity aid grants.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as amended by the House. Passages chosen from the operative text.Auto-selectedComputed by this site

Sponsors

• Rep. Margaret DryeRClerk· Education Policy and Administration
• Rep. Walter SpilsburyR▸Vice Chair· Education Funding
• Rep. Steven SmithRVice Chair· Rules
• Rep. Patricia CornellDRanking Member· Education Policy
• Sen. Ruth WardR▸Chair· Education

Also: Rep. Glenn CordelliR, Rep. Peter LeishmanD

Public testimony

No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record

• Mar 4, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendarCommittee report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0650h (NT)18–0
  Overall

  100% yea
• Mar 13, 2025HouseVoice voteAmendment 2025-0650hadopted
• Mar 13, 2025HouseVoice voteOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-0650hadopted
  Resulting text: Bill as amended by the House
• Oct 30, 2025HouseCommittee report· consent calendarCommittee report: Inexpedient to Legislate25–0
  Overall

  100% yea
• Jan 7, 2026HouseVoice voteInexpedient to Legislateadopted

Hearings and debates

• Jan 30, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding4:52–7:272m 35slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
• Jan 31, 2025Public hearingHouse Education FundingWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamFull Committee Work Session
• Feb 11, 2025Public hearingHouse Education FundingWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full stream
• Feb 12, 2025Public hearingHouse Education FundingWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamFull Committee Work Session
• Feb 25, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding4:01:38–4:02:461m 8slocated in the stream transcriptFull Committee Work Session
• Mar 4, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding31:47–34:062m 19slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0650h (NT) — roll call; Executive Session
• Mar 13, 2025Floor debateHouse floor3:29:09–3:30:171m 8slocated in the stream transcriptOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-0650h — adopted, voice vote; Amendment # 2025-0650h (NT) — adopted, voice vote; Referred to Finance
• Mar 18, 2025Public hearingHouse Finance - Division II21:27–28:016m 34slocated in the stream transcriptDivision II Work Session
• Apr 1, 2025Public hearingHouse Finance1:20:45–1:23:162m 31slocated in the stream transcriptExecutive Session
• Oct 16, 2025Public hearingHouse Finance - Division II55:50–58:002m 10slocated in the stream transcriptDivision II Work Session
• Oct 30, 2025Public hearingHouse Finance1:42:21–1:44:422m 21slocated in the stream transcriptCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate; Executive Session
• Jan 7, 2026Floor debateHouse floorWatchnot located in the transcript — opens the full streamInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, voice vote

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 3 P. 16
2. Jan 30, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/30/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
3. Jan 31, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 01/31/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207
4. Feb 12, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 02/12/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
5. Feb 25, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 02/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207
6. Mar 4, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 03/04/2025 11:00 am LOB 205-207
7. Mar 4, 2025HouseCommittee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0650h (NT) 03/04/2025 (Vote 18-0; RC)
8. Mar 13, 2025HouseAmendment # 2025-0650h (NT): AA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 51
9. Mar 13, 2025HouseOught to Pass with Amendment 2025-0650h: MA VV 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 52
10. Mar 13, 2025HouseReferred to Finance 03/13/2025 HJ 8 P. 52
11. Mar 18, 2025HouseDivision II Work Session: 03/18/2025 10:00 am LOB 209
12. Apr 1, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 04/01/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
13. Apr 2, 2025HouseRetained in Committee
14. Oct 16, 2025HouseDivision II Work Session: 10/16/2025 10:00 am GP 230
15. Oct 30, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 10/30/2025 10:00 am GP 230
16. Oct 30, 2025HouseCommittee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 10/30/2025 (Vote 25-0; CC) HC 51 P. 11
17. Jan 7, 2026HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 72

Coverage

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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 noteAI-generated

• NH Supreme Court upholds ruling finding base adequacy unconstitutionally lowPlaintiff side

  NH School Funding Fairness Project — The ConVal holding as the districts that sued read it, including the $7,356 base figure.AI noteAI-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 noteAI-generated

• Formella’s school funding fix: kill ClaremontConservative

  NH Journal — The argument for returning funding decisions to the legislature.AI noteAI-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 noteAI-generated

Documents (PDF)

• Introducedversion
• As Amended by the Houseversion
• Amendment 2025-0650hamendment
• House Committee Report · 2025-03-05report
• House Committee Report · 2025-11-04report

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.