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Special Committee on Education Funding Reform

The House Special Committee on Education Funding Reform.

Bills Referred, 2011-2012

  • HB 208-FN-LOCAL: providing additional per pupil funding for pupils in certain public schools. (Killed)
  • HB 216: relative to the instructional authority of school boards. (Signed into law)
  • HB 233: restricting judicial review of state education trust fund distributions. (Killed)
  • HB 238-FN-A: relative to the assessment of the education tax by towns and cities. (Killed)
  • HB 337-FN-LOCAL: amending the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants, repealing fiscal capacity disparity aid, and providing stabilization grants to certain municipalities. (Signed into law)
  • HB 533-FN-LOCAL: establishing a cap on the amount of school building aid grants distributed in each fiscal year. (Signed into law)
  • HB 650-FN-LOCAL: authorizing a school district to call a special meeting in the event of changes in the amount of state education funding. (Signed into law)
  • HB 1321: establishing a committee to study the relationship between public funding of postsecondary education and workforce development. (Killed)
  • HB 1473-FN-LOCAL: relative to the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants. (Referred for interim study)
  • HB 1564: establishing a committee to study and recommend solutions for simplifying the calculation of the cost of public education through the combination of adequate education, school building aid, and catastrophic aid funding. (Killed)
  • HB 1649-FN-A-LOCAL: relative to collection of the education property tax and establishing a program to rebate certain excessive property tax payments of eligible taxpayers. (Killed)
  • HCR 26: declaring that the Claremont case's mandates that the legislative and executive branches define an adequate education, determine its cost, fund its entire cost with state taxes, and ensure its delivery through accountability, are not binding on the legislative and executive branches. (Referred for interim study)
  • CACR 7: relating to education funding. Providing that the general court shall distribute funds in the manner that it determines will best promote an equal opportunity for an adequate education. (Referred for interim study)
  • CACR 12: relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall have the authority to define standards for public education, establish standards of accountability, mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, and have full discretion to determine the amount of state funding for education. (Died when the conference report was rejected)
  • CACR 14: Relating to public education. Providing that the general court shall have the authority to define standards for public education, establish standards of accountability, mitigate local disparities in educational opportunity and fiscal capacity, and shall have full discretion to determine the amount of state funding for education. (Killed)
  • SB 183-FN-LOCAL: amending the calculation and distribution of adequate education grants, repealing fiscal capacity disparity aid, and providing stabilization grants to certain municipalities. (Died: the chambers did not agree on a version)

Recent Meetings

  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on June 27, 2012 for full committee work sessions on CACR 7, HB 1473-FN-LOCAL and HCR 26.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on March 15, 2012 for an executive session on HB 1225. It also held a full committee work session on HB 1225.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on March 5, 2012 for a full committee work session on HB 1225.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on February 13, 2012 for public hearings on HB 1649-FN-A-LOCAL and HB 1225. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 1321 and HB 1564.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on February 3, 2012 for public hearings on HB 1321, HB 1564 and HB 1649-FN-A-LOCAL. It also held a full committee work session on HB 1473-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on January 6, 2012 for public hearings on HB 1321 and HB 1473-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on October 25, 2011 for an executive session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL. It also held a full committee work session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on October 18, 2011 for an executive session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL. It also held a full committee work session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on October 11, 2011 for a full committee work session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on September 27, 2011 for executive sessions on CACR 7, HB 233 and HCR 26. It also held full committee work sessions on CACR 7, HB 233 and HCR 26.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on September 13, 2011 for a full committee work session on HB 533-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on May 19, 2011 for an executive session on SB 183-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on May 16, 2011 for a full committee work session on SB 183-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on May 12, 2011 for a full committee work session on SB 183-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on May 9, 2011 for a public hearing on SB 183-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on April 20, 2011 for a full committee work session on SB 183-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on April 14, 2011 for an executive session on CACR 14. It also held a full committee work session on CACR 14.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on April 11, 2011 for a public hearing on CACR 14.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on March 9, 2011 for public hearings on CACR 12 and HB 650-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on March 4, 2011 for public hearings on HCR 26 and HB 650-FN-LOCAL. It also held executive sessions on CACR 7, HB 337-FN-LOCAL, HB 533-FN-LOCAL and HCR 26. It also held full committee work sessions on CACR 12 and CACR 7. On HB 337-FN-LOCAL it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 12–3.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on February 18, 2011 for public hearings on CACR 12 and CACR 7. It also held full committee work sessions on HB 337-FN-LOCAL and HB 533-FN-LOCAL.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on February 11, 2011 for public hearings on HB 533-FN-LOCAL and HB 337-FN-LOCAL. It also held executive sessions on HB 208-FN-LOCAL, HB 216, HB 233 and HB 238-FN-A. On HB 208-FN-LOCAL it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 11–2. On HB 216 it recommended ought to pass with amendment, 13–0. On HB 238-FN-A it recommended that the House find it inexpedient to legislate, 10–3, with a minority recommending ought to pass.
  • The Special Committee on Education Funding Reform met on February 4, 2011 for public hearings on HB 216, HB 233, HB 238-FN-A and HB 208-FN-LOCAL.

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