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Declining revenues particularly business taxes is a considerable problem and coupled with the loss of federal COVID aid with its secondary boost to revenues, and potential changes coming from the Washington D.C. in some key state programs like Medicaid, as well as slashing higher education grants and the picture is pretty bleak.
The Education Freedom Account program would increase about 50 percent in the second year of the next biennium if the parent salary cap is eliminated according to the person administering the program.
By a single vote, the House voted to stop paying for poor children’s circumcisions under the state Medicaid program.
The House voted to repeal the New Hampshire Vaccine Association, a nonprofit that the Legislature established more than 20 years ago to provide discounted childhood vaccines to providers.
The Republican-led House on Thursday approved revenue estimates for the next two-year budget cycle.
Rep. Gregory Hill, R-Northfield, testified in favor of his resolution to declare the Supreme Court’s Claremont education funding decisions are not binding on the legislature Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee.
Resolution Would Make Claremont Education Funding Decisions Moot for Legislature
Several lawmakers seek to have the Superior Court judge in the ConVal School District education funding lawsuit impeached for his decision. House Resolution 7 would establish a committee to investigate whether there are grounds to impeach Judge David Ruoff and have it report back to the House in November.
The House Education Funding Committee voted down party lines in favor of a state-imposed local school district budget cap, and for a universal voucher program without the restrictions proposed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte.
In the next week or two, the fate of the expansion of the Education Freedom Account program will come into focus.