Learn Everywhere– pathway to privatization?
A proposal from the Department of Education (DOE) Commissioner Frank Edelblut, known as the “Learn Everywhere” program, would require public high schools to award...
North Country bands together to urge lawmakers to reform school funding...
On Friday, March 29, eleven North Country school districts called for “a better way to fund public education” in a joint statement featured in...
How the courts have shaped education funding, and what comes next
In the 1990’s, the Claremont School District challenged the way the state of New Hampshire pays for public school in what are known as...
Policy Brief: New Hampshire Education Tax Credit
New Hampshire started its Education Tax Credit Program in 2012. In the 2019 legislative session, there are three bills related to the program. In this...
PART FOUR: State Education Property Tax – Locally raised, locally kept
On every New Hampshire property tax bill, there are two line items that fund the local school district: the statewide education property tax (SWEPT),...
Policy Brief: NH Charter Schools
In this brief, we discuss the current authorization process, funding, student selection, and critical questions for consideration to inform the debate around charter schools...
PART THREE: Stabilization Grants – A vital part of the formula...
Stabilization grants are a substantial source of state aid to many New Hampshire communities. In the third segment on our state’s education funding formula,...
PART TWO: Is an “adequate education” adequate for our students?
When talking about the cost of education in New Hampshire, the term “adequate education” usually comes up. But what does it mean, and how...
School funding crisis “a math problem” that needs a statewide solution,...
The state's dependence on local property taxes to fund education is reaching a tipping point that requires a statewide solution, attorneys John Tobin and...
Delay in Medicaid to Schools rulemaking means loss in available federal...
A delay in the rulemaking process by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) means school districts in New Hampshire will...
