{"id":12979,"date":"2026-09-29T17:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12979"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T21:51:04","slug":"general-election-ballot-question-2-hb-1300-school-tax-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12979","title":{"rendered":"General Election Ballot Question 2, HB 1300 School Tax Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two questions on this year general election ballot. The second question is below<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">STATUTORY QUESTION REQUIRED BY <a href=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/bill_status\/results.aspx?adv=2&amp;txtbillno=hb%201300\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/bill_status\/results.aspx?adv=2&amp;txtbillno=hb%201300\">HB 1300<\/a>, CHAPTER 324, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Shall the Town of LONDONDERRY limit property tax growth for LONDONDERRY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SAU #12) under <a href=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/rsa\/html\/III\/32\/32-5.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gc.nh.gov\/\/rsa\/html\/III\/32\/32-5.htm\">RSA 32:5<\/a>-i? If adopted for a two-year period: (1) the local property tax levy may not grow beyond the prior year&#8217;s amount, adjusted for inflation and new construction; (2) SAU central office spending may not exceed 6 percent of total school district appropriations; and (3) bonded capital costs are excluded from both limits. These caps apply only to administrative operations of the SAU central office and do not affect classroom instruction, school-based services, or other municipal expenditures. These limits may be overridden as provided in RSA 32:5- i. Adoption requires a three-fifths (3\/5) majority vote.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-1024x241.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-1024x241.png 1024w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-764x180.png 764w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-297x70.png 297w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4-849x200.png 849w, https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-4.png 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Posts:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12784\">New Hampshire House Bill 1300 and School Tax Cap Impacts<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=12975\">General Election Ballot Question 1, Register of Probate<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?page_id=12418\">2026 State\/Federal Election Information Page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two questions on this year general election ballot. The second question is below STATUTORY QUESTION REQUIRED BY HB 1300, CHAPTER 324, 2026 &#8220;Shall the Town of LONDONDERRY limit property tax growth for LONDONDERRY SCHOOL DISTRICT (SAU #12) under RSA 32:5-i? If adopted for a two-year period: (1) the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12981,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12979\/revisions\/12981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}