Video & Transcript Research : 'data disaggregation'

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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:12 am

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're trying to improve our data collection in New Mexico. That's one of the points of this bill.
  • But we don't have any data for New Mexico specifically.
  • Madam Chair, Representative Chavez, we have some data, but we know for sure that it's inaccurate.
  • So the data reporting is not accurate, which is one of the reasons we're bringing this forward.
  • So this data is not accurate, to be clear. Thank you. Those are all the questions I have.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (03/31/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need the data.
  • We need need the data. If information. We need need the data.
  • We've tried to take this data increase.
  • So we're going to get the data on one class. Yeah. So represent peoples and then Yeah.
  • So this kind of disaggregation of data has historically been a disadvantage.
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Summary: The subcommittee met to begin work on HB 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and more broadly to study special education aid/differentiated aid and related costing issues. The chair said the group was starting early because the issue has been debated for years without resolution, local districts are being forced to absorb prorated costs, and the committee wants to send the Department of Education and HHS Medicaid a clear request for data and recommendations before retained bills return in the fall. A committee clerk was also selected, with Representative Reverend volunteering to take notes for the meeting. Members reviewed background materials on special education enrollment, high-cost students, and possible funding formulas, including data on students in high-cost brackets and prior ideas such as category-based funding and caseload-based approaches. The chair also referenced research on other states, including Arkansas, which uses a different special education funding structure and audits IEPs. The committee emphasized that it was focused on the funding mechanics and costs, not on questioning whether services should be provided. Henry Lipman of HHS explained how Medicaid-to-schools currently works in New Hampshire. He said 172 school districts participate, but utilization dropped during the pandemic and remains below historical levels, in part because districts need the capacity to bill Medicaid. Under the current system, schools receive reimbursement based on half of the Medicaid fee schedule, with the school district effectively providing the state share. He said the federal government is requiring a shift by July 1, 2026, to a true certified public expenditure model based on actual costs, which should allow schools to recover 50% of their true costs and some administrative overhead. The department has received a roughly $2.5 million grant to hire a vendor and support districts through the transition, and an RFP and stakeholder meetings are underway. Committee members asked about how costs would be determined, whether the new system would use actual district-specific costs rather than averages, and how the department would support districts that do not currently participate. Lipman said the cost model would be based on each district’s own reasonable costs, subject to audit standards, and that the department expects to provide templates and technical assistance through the vendor because its staff is limited. He also said about one in four New Hampshire children are enrolled in Medicaid, that child enrollment has been relatively stable, and that continuous coverage rules should reduce churn. No votes or formal actions on HB 742 were taken during the meeting beyond organizing the subcommittee and beginning testimony and discussion.