Raising questions about the funding formula
Steve Norton and Greg Bird, from the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies, questioned the state's education funding formula in Business New Hampshire...
Trading Kindergarten for Votes: UL Editorial Board
The Union Leader Editorial Board featured an editorial on the budget negotiations, including debates over funding for full-day kindergarten. Here's an excerpt:
Legislative leadership should use...
Rep. Tamara Le: SB 8 is fundamentally flawed and unconstitutional
Representative Tamara Le (Rock-31), a member of the House Education Committee, submitted this piece to Seacoast Online about Senate Bill 8, also known as...
Kate Baker: A scholarship offers hope and a new path
Children's Scholarship Fund Executive Director Kate Baker wrote a piece for the Union Leader about the Fund. Here's an excerpt:
In a recent Children's Scholarship...
State budget increases charter & CTE funding, kills amendment to halt cuts to education...
The Senate approved a $11.8 billion, two-year budget on Thursday, reported the Union Leader. Included in the budget were increases in charter school funding, career...
Berlin Superintendent: Minimum loss of $100k in Medicaid funding
According to Berlin Superintendent Corinne Cascadden, Berlin could lose a minimum of $100,000 in Medicaid funding as a result of the proposed health care...
Full-day kindergarten a good investment
The Seacoast Online Editorial Board featured a piece supporting full-day kindergarten funding in their Sunday edition. It “has true educational value and deserves the...
Senate Finance removes full-day kindergarten funding from budget, increases charter funding and funds DOE...
The Senate Finance Committee voted 4-2 to remove full-day kindergarten funding from the budget on Wednesday, according to the Concord Monitor. In addition, the...
House Education Committee recommends passing amended “Croydon bill”
The House Education Committee recommended passing SB 8, the "Croydon bill," as amended, by a vote of 13-6. “This is Frank’s bill,” House Education...
Letter: Full-day kindergarten is an investment in the future
In a letter to the Concord Monitor, Newport resident Jaclyn Goddette writes that early childhood education programs, like full-day kindergarten, are one way to help...