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HB1623 • 2026

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Melissa Litchfield (R), Laurence Miner (R), Bill Gannon (R), Brian Nadeau (R), Sayra DeVito (R), Ruth Ward (R), Bryan Morse (R), Susan Porcelli (R), Tim McGough (R), James Thibault (R)
Last action
2026-03-05
Official status
HOUSE
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

What This Bill Does

  • requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-05 H

    Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/05/2026 HJ 6 P. 10

  2. 2026-02-24 H

    Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/18/2026 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 9

  3. 2026-02-11 H

    Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 234

  4. 2026-01-21 H

    Public Hearing: 01/29/2026 01:00 pm GP 232

  5. 2025-12-10 H

    Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1 P. 28

Official Summary Text

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1623-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2776
07/08

HOUSE BILL
1623-FN

AN ACT
requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

SPONSORS: Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Nadeau, Rock. 4; Rep. Morse, Merr. 3; Rep. Thibault, Merr. 25; Rep. L. Miner, Rock. 7; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Porcelli, Rock. 19; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. McGough, Dist 11

COMMITTEE: Education Funding

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires that all chartered public schools and school districts have a uniform, transparent billing practice for special education services.

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26-2776
07/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

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

1 New Section; Education; Chartered Public Schools; Uniform Special Education Billing. Amend RSA 194-B by inserting after section 22 the following new section:
194-B:23 Uniform Special Education Billing. Chartered public schools and school districts shall have uniform, transparent billing practices for special education services. No chartered public school or school district shall charge a non-uniform rate for the same special education service.

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

LBA
26-2776
12/5/25

HB 1623-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT
requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.

Estimated State Impact

FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
FY 2029

Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

Revenue Fund(s)
None

Expenditures*
$0
Indeterminable

Funding Source(s)
General Fund

Appropriations*
$0
$0
$0
$0

Funding Source(s)
None

*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
FY 2029

Local Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0

Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable

METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires that all chartered public schools and school districts have a uniform, transparent billing practice for special education services. As the Department of Education is not clear how the uniform rates would be set, it is unclear how this will impact the different entities that are involved. If districts are to develop and maintain these uniform rates, they could incur additional costs for bookkeeping and/or accounting of these costs. Costs for each district could be between $5,000 and $20,000 per school depending on the number of districts with students enrolled in each charter school. If the Department is to develop and maintain these uniform rates it states it will need additional staff to do so. If the Department is also expected to enforce these uniform rates this would call for additional staffing. Cost for the Department could be up to $100,000 depending on the staffing required. The Department has not provided any details as to the position(s) it may need. This bill provides neither authorization nor appropriation for new personnel.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education