New Hampshire Revised Statutes 198:48-c – Kindergarten Grants
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I. (a) For fiscal year 2019, in addition to any funds received pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:40-a, in the first year that a school district or chartered public school that operates an approved full-day kindergarten program, the commissioner of the department of education shall calculate and distribute a grant of $1,100 per kindergarten pupil based on the enrollment number of eligible full-day kindergarten pupils on the first day of the school year. The superintendent, or designee, shall certify the enrollment number of kindergarten pupils to the commissioner.
(b) For fiscal year 2019, once pupils enrolled in an approved full-day kindergarten program have been counted in the school district’s average daily membership in attendance as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:38, I, a school district, or a chartered public school based on its kindergarten average daily membership enrollment number, shall receive, in addition to any funds received pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:40-a, an additional grant of $1,100 per kindergarten pupil attending a full-day kindergarten program. The commissioner shall certify the amount of the grant to the state treasurer and direct the payment thereof from the education trust fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:39 to the school district or chartered public school.
(c) Grants shall be disbursed to a school district pursuant to the distribution schedule in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:42 and to a chartered public school pursuant to the distribution schedule in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194-B:11, I(c).
(d) The amount necessary to fund the grants under this section is hereby appropriated to the department from the education trust fund. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant from the education trust fund to satisfy the state’s obligation under this section.
II. A school district or chartered public school that operates an approved full-day kindergarten program for which it receives funding under this section shall permit a pupil to attend kindergarten for a half-day.
III. [Repealed.]
(b) For fiscal year 2019, once pupils enrolled in an approved full-day kindergarten program have been counted in the school district’s average daily membership in attendance as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:38, I, a school district, or a chartered public school based on its kindergarten average daily membership enrollment number, shall receive, in addition to any funds received pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:40-a, an additional grant of $1,100 per kindergarten pupil attending a full-day kindergarten program. The commissioner shall certify the amount of the grant to the state treasurer and direct the payment thereof from the education trust fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:39 to the school district or chartered public school.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 198:48-c
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(c) Grants shall be disbursed to a school district pursuant to the distribution schedule in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:42 and to a chartered public school pursuant to the distribution schedule in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194-B:11, I(c).
(d) The amount necessary to fund the grants under this section is hereby appropriated to the department from the education trust fund. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant from the education trust fund to satisfy the state’s obligation under this section.
II. A school district or chartered public school that operates an approved full-day kindergarten program for which it receives funding under this section shall permit a pupil to attend kindergarten for a half-day.
III. [Repealed.]