HB 651 · 2026 · House · Education Funding Committee
Increasing adequate education funding costs
AI-generatedmodifying the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education.
Increases the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education and expands the definition of the cost of an adequate education.AI-generated
Status
Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · January 7, 2026- ✓Introduced
- ✕House
- Senate
- Governor
- Law
Analysis
This bill increases the base cost and differential aid costs of an adequate education and expands the definition of the cost 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] 2025, 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
Public testimony
No one submitted online testimony on this bill. See the record
Votes
yeanay- Nov 13, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate10–8Overall56% yea
- Overall55% yeaParty-line voteRepublicans190–199% yeaDemocrats0–1540% yea
Hearings and debates
- Jan 28, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding2:22–25:4723m 25slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
- 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 Funding3:52:38–3:59:296m 51slocated in the stream transcriptFull Committee Work Session
- Sep 16, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding3:26–7:183m 52slocated in the stream transcriptSubcommittee Work Session
- Sep 30, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding1:45:18–1:47:512m 33slocated in the stream transcriptSubcommittee Work Session
- Nov 13, 2025Public hearingHouse Education Funding2:57:58–2:59:281m 30slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate — roll call; Executive Session
- Jan 7, 2026Floor debateHouse floor3:59:55–4:01:021m 7slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 190-155
Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.
Legislative history
- Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Funding HJ 3 P. 21
- Jan 28, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/28/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- Feb 12, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 02/12/2025 10:00 am LOB 210-211
- Feb 25, 2025HouseFull Committee Work Session: 02/25/2025 10:00 am LOB 205-207
- Feb 26, 2025HouseRetained in Committee
- Sep 16, 2025HouseSubcommittee Work Session: 09/16/2025 10:00 am GP 232
- Sep 30, 2025HouseSubcommittee Work Session: 09/30/2025 10:00 am GP 232
- Nov 4, 2025House==RESCHEDULED== Executive Session: 11/04/2025 02:00 pm GP 232
- Nov 13, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 11/13/2025 02:00 pm GP 232
- Nov 13, 2025HouseMajority : Inexpedient to Legislate 11/13/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 51 P. 25
- Nov 20, 2025HouseMinority : Ought to Pass
- Jan 7, 2026HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 190-155 01/07/2026 HJ 1 P. 115
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.