Education funding formula could lead to lawsuit
The New Hampshire Legislature has taken a year to study the state's education funding formula, which some say creates challenging budgetary issues for the...
Medicaid steps up in schools where federal disability funds fall short
Medicaid contributes $4 billion to school-based programs nationwide. New Hampshire receives over $29 million from the provider to cover education-related services such as speech,...
Keno-garten funding hasn’t moved the needle for full-day programs in these...
Last year, the state legalized Keno to increase funding for full-day kindergarten programs in a bill referred to as "Keno-garten." In previous years, districts would...
Senate approves $10 million in additional funding for school security
According to the Union Leader, the Senate approved an additional $10 million in funding to "harden" security in public schools:
The action came when senators...
School funding lawsuit “urgently needed,” says Claremont attorney
Attorney John Tobin, one of the lawyers who argued the landmark Claremont case, is urging others to join in a school funding lawsuit. That...
Senate version of voucher bill significantly increases financial impact on local...
Late last Thursday in the State Legislature, after the House killed SB 193, the statewide voucher bill by sending it to interim study, the...
ConVal superintendent urges legislature to fund public education
ConVal Superintendent Kimberly Saunders spoke against HB 1636, the statewide voucher bill, and urged the legislature, Governor, and Commissioner to "properly" fund public education...
Reliance on property taxes for school funding creates an inequitable system,...
Attorney John Tobin highlighted worsening inequities in New Hampshire's schools in an article reposted by InDepthNH. Tobin, who argued the landmark Claremont case in...
Franklin proposes programming & teacher cuts to make up for budget...
Franklin, a small town just north of Concord, eliminated seven positions to make up from a budget shortfall resulting in part from the reduction...
NH ranks 46th in school funding equity, according to national study
According to a Quality Counts study, New Hampshire ranked in the bottom five for equity in education, partly due to the over-reliance on local...
