About half of NH students would qualify for proposed voucher program

According to Representative Glenn Cordelli (Tuftonboro), a House Education Committee member and school choice advocate, about half of New Hampshire students would qualify for...

Looming questions about voucher bill and its effects on students and...

On January 16, the House Finance Committee held a public hearing on SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher program. After...

Voucher advocates say SB 193 “is a great start”

Some advocates of SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, are voicing both concerns and optimism about limitations to the program. One supporter called it...

School Choice event at Radisson, as board splits on opposition to...

Manchester's Mayor, School Board, and Superintendent opposed the statewide voucher bill, SB 193, in a letter to the House Finance Committee. According to Manchester...

Somersworth School Board Chair wants board to be thinking about how...

Somersworth School Board Chairman Don Austin added a discussion of SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, to the board's first agenda of the year,...

State LBA says, “School voucher bill could cost N.H. $36M over...

The state's nonpartisan Legislative Budget Assistant told a House Finance subcommittee that SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher program, could...

N.H. Attorney General: School Gun Bans Unlawful

Lebanon and other communities that have adopted firearm bans on school grounds will have to revise them to comply with a state law passed...

House considers changes to Manifest Educational Hardship provision

The House Education Committee held a public hearing on January 30, 2018 on HB 1492, a bill that would change the law around Manifest...

Amendment to statewide voucher bill increases financial burden on districts, according...

The House Finance subcommittee has released an amendment to SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher bill, on Wednesday. According to...

Reliance on property taxes for funding means large differences in experiences...

Schools in New Hampshire rely on local property taxes for their funding. That means that some wealthier towns, like Bow, have more resources to pay...