New Hampshire HB 1803: relative to payroll deductions for government employees.

Bill Text

HB 1803-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2834

 07/06

HOUSE BILL 1803-FN

AN ACT rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fellows, Graf. 8; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 9; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 37; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 22; Rep. Hakken-Phillips, Graf. 12; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10

COMMITTEE: Education Funding

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ANALYSIS

 This bill prohibits students from receiving funds under the education freedom account program and the education tax scholarship program in the same program year.

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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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2834

 07/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 New Paragraph; Taxation; Education Tax Credit; Scholarships. Amend RSA 77-G:2 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph: 

 III. No student shall be eligible for a scholarship under this chapter during any program year in which the student is also eligible for or receiving funds under the education freedom account program established RSA 194-F:2, or has a remaining fund balance from a prior education freedom account program year. 

 2 Education; Education Freedom Accounts; Program. Amend RSA 194-F:2, II(d) to read as follows:

 (d) Services contracted for and provided by a district public school, chartered public school, including the virtual learning academy charter school authorized pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a, public academy, or independent school, including, but not limited to, individual classes and curricular activities and programs.

 3 New Paragraph; Education; Education Freedom Accounts; Program. Amend RSA 194-F:2 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

 X. No student shall be eligible for funds under this chapter during any program year in which the student is also eligible for or receiving a scholarship pursuant to the education tax credit scholarship program established RSA 77-G:2, or has a remaining fund balance from a prior education tax credit scholarship program year.

 4 Education; Chartered Public Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, I(b)(1)(B) to read as follows:

 (B) For the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School authorized pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a, the state shall pay tuition amounts pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(a)-(c) and (e), plus an additional grant of $2,036 directly to the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School for each eligible full-time enrolled pupil in the chartered public school's ADMA. The state shall pay amounts required pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(d) directly to the resident district. The state shall also pay tuition amounts pursuant to RSA 198:40-a, II(a) plus an additional grant of $2,036 directly to the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School for [each full-time equivalent pupil] the full-time equivalent of each part-time student, provided the student was not a participant in the education freedom account program under RSA 194:1, VII, or the business tax credit scholarship program under RSA 77-G during the determination year. Beginning July 1, 2017 and every July 1 thereafter, the department of education shall adjust the per pupil amount of the additional grant pursuant to RSA 198:40-d.

 5 Education; Chartered Public Schools; Funding. Amend RSA 194-B:11, I(b)(2) to read as follows: 

 (2) For an online chartered public school which receives its initial authorization to operate from the state board of education pursuant to RSA 194-B:3-a on or after July 1, 2013, the state shall pay tuition amounts pursuant to RSA 198:40-a directly to the online chartered public school for each full-time pupil who is a resident of this state in the chartered public school's ADMA. In this subparagraph, "online chartered public school" means a chartered public school which provides the majority of its classes and instruction on the Internet.

 6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

 LBA

 26-2834

 Revised 1/12/26

HB 1803-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT rendering a recipient of an education tax credit scholarship ineligible to receive education freedom account funds in the same program year.

FISCAL IMPACT: 

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

FY 2029

 Revenue

$0

Indeterminable

 Revenue Fund(s)

General