Londonderry School District board meeting, Sep 15, 2026
45 min
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What happened
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Londonderry school board hears staff overview of House Bill 1300 tax cap provisions 0:00
- A district staff member presented an overview of House Bill 1300, saying it would limit growth of the local property tax levy to the prior year's amount adjusted for inflation and new construction and limit SAU central office spending to 6% of total school district appropriations. 0:07
- The staff member said the legality of the bill is under review in state court. 3:03
- Using a CPI adjustment of 3.6%, the staff member said the district could not increase the budget more than about $2.7 million and, based on last year's trends, would already be $2 million over the tax cap. 8:33
- Discussion and comments from speakers at public comment followed, and no action was stated. ~18:06
Item by item (4)
- State property tax levy cap bill 0:00
- A staff member read the bill's prescribed language and said that the cap would apply to the tax levy rather than the budget, and that the state Department of Revenue Administration has said it is not sure how it would calculate the new construction multiplier. 0:28
- The staff member said appropriations were approximately $96 million, estimated revenues were about $21.5 million and the tax levy was $73,811,898. 7:04
- The staff member said the adequacy estimate received last October was $150,000 less than the district thought it would get. 7:35
- Central office spending limit and program impacts 12:21
- A staff member said the district's average SAU central office spending has been about 3 to 4% of the budget, below the 6% limit. 14:01
- A staff member said two House bills, this one and 564, do not define the SAU budget the same way. 15:16
- A staff member said finding $2 million in cuts would mean looking at personnel and at offerings beyond the minimum standards for an adequate education, such as Lancer Academy. 16:12
- Discussion of the bill 19:05
- One speaker said they did not know how the bill's language could state that it will not affect classroom learning, citing the district's fixed costs and existing contracts. 19:08
- Another speaker said basing the next year's growth on the year before almost penalizes a district for delivering a lean budget. 21:07
- Public comment on the bill 22:17
- A speaker at public comment said they believed there is an ulterior motive behind the bill to break down the public schools. 23:09
- Another speaker at public comment called it a revenue-depressing bill and said the state reduced career tech support and the district was backbilled about $160,000. 29:56
- The same speaker said base adequacy per pupil is $4,351. 31:48
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Video: posted by the district as “School Board Tax Cap Discussion on 9-15-26”