Kindergarten & Keno: How it works
Towns across New Hampshire are considering whether to authorize the online lottery game Keno, which was passed in 2017 to offset the costs of...
House Education recommends an overhaul of the funding formula, bringing back...
On February 19, the House Education Committee introduced its proposal to address the way we pay for our public schools. Four funding-related bills were...
While the building aid program is in moratorium, schools have to...
Since 1955, the state of New Hampshire has supported local school districts with building and maintaining their public schools. It was one vital part...
Weekly Legislative Update: Amendment fully restores stabilization, House Ed works on...
The legislative session started strong, and both chambers are quickly moving through over 100 education-related bills. The Reaching Higher NH team has been live-streaming...
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...
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),...
Stabilization Grants: A vital part of the formula for NH’s most...
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,...
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...
The big question for 2019: How will we pay for our...
The way New Hampshire pays for its schools has been a hot topic for decades. With recent tweaks to the education funding formula and...
Schools receive additional $11 million in state funding for full-day kindergarten
Districts across the state will receive an additional $11 million in additional state funding for full-day kindergarten as a result of the 2017 "Keno-garten"...
