New HampshireSchool districts must show voters spending and salary information
New Hampshire school districts must post spending and salary reports before budget hearings, including a list of top administrators and employees earning over $100,000.
What it does
School reports must show 10-year spending and pay trends, using available years if fewer exist. They must list the 10 highest-paid administrators and any employee earning over $100,000 in wages.
Districts must post reports in at least three places and on their website, if they have one, at least seven days before the first budget hearing, excluding Sundays and legal holidays.
School districts must print information required by a referenced state law immediately before the budget question in their annual meeting notice.
Argument forPosting spending reports before the first budget hearing could help voters prepare questions while they can still discuss the budget.
Argument againstDollar comparisons without required inflation adjustments could make it harder for voters to separate rising prices from changes in school spending.
More detail
School districts must publish one graph with four spending and pay measures and a table of highly paid staff. The graph covers cost per student, average teacher pay, average administrator pay, and total wages for employees and contractors of the shared school administration office plus district administrators outside that office. Districts with fewer than 10 years of records must use all available years. The table lists all administrators if fewer than 10 are employed or contracted. The law does not require inflation adjustments. These reporting requirements took effect September 8, 2026, under either outcome of the HB 564 condition.
School districts must post their reports before the first budget hearing. These requirements cover school districts holding a meeting to adopt a school budget. At least two posting locations must be businesses or other public places. A local newspaper may serve as one posting location. Public copies must use two pages, each at least 8.5 by 11 inches. The deadline is measured from the scheduled first budget hearing. These rules took effect September 8, 2026, under either outcome of the HB 564 condition.
School districts must print the information required by RSA 671:20, II(a)–(c) before the budget question in their annual meeting notice. The requirement applies to the annual warrant, the formal notice listing questions for a school district meeting. The information must appear immediately below the article number and title, before the question about adopting a school budget. This requirement took effect September 8, 2026.
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History
- 2026
- Jul 16Signed by Governor Kelly Ayotte Ayotte 07/10/2026; Chapter 312; eff. I. Secs 1&3 eff prov sec 4 II. Rem eff 9/8/2026Became Law
- Jul 1Enrolled (in recess of) 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 56To Governor
- Jun 30Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/04/2026); SJ 15Minor
- Jun 19Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2175e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/04/2026); SJ 14Major
- Jun 4Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2026-2175e: AA VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 51
- Jun 4Conference Committee Report 2026-2014c: Adopted, VV 06/04/2026 HJ 15 P. 13
- Jun 4Conference Committee Report # 2026-2014c, Adopted, VV; 06/04/2026; SJ 14
- May 27Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2026-2014c; 06/04/2026
- May 20Conference Committee Meeting: 05/20/2026 11:00 am GP 234
- May 18Conferee Change; Senator Long Replaces Senator Perkins Kwoka; SJ 13
- May 13President Appoints: Senators Gray, Lang, Perkins Kwoka; (In Recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12
- May 13Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; (In recess 05/07/2026); SJ 12
- May 7Speaker Appoints: Reps. Ladd, Erf, Spilsbury, D. McGuire 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 39
- May 7House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2026-1508s and Requests CofC (Rep. Ladd): MF VV 05/07/2026 HJ 12 P. 39
- Apr 23Committee Amendment # 2026-1508s, AA, VV; 04/23/2026; SJ 10
- Apr 23Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1508s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/23/2026; SJ 10Passed Senate
- Apr 15Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1508s, 04/23/2026; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 15Minor
- Mar 25Hearing: 03/31/2026, Room 122-123, SH, 09:45 am; SC 12
- Mar 17Introduced 03/12/2026 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7Minor
- Mar 11Ought to Pass with Amendment 2026-1004h: MA RC 185-150 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 108Passed House
- Vote recorded OTPA. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt Floor Amendment. Result: fail.Lower
- Mar 11FLAM # 2026-1110h(NT) (Rep. Luneau): AF RC 153-181 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 105
- Mar 11Amendment # 2026-1004h (NT): AA VV 03/11/2026 HJ 7 P. 104
- Mar 4Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
- Mar 4Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2026-1004h (NT) 03/03/2026 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 10 P. 35Minor
- Feb 18==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/03/2026 01:00 pm GP 232
- Feb 11==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/18/2026 10:00 am GP 234
- Feb 5Public Hearing: 02/13/2026 10:30 am GP 232
- 2025
- Dec 18Introduced 01/07/2026 and referred to Education Funding HJ 1 P. 37Introduced
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