Temporary rules allow schools to get additional Medicaid funding
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS) announced temporary rules to expand the Medicaid to Schools program, which allows school...
Keene forum underscores growing frustration with funding inequities
Amid growing frustration over funding inequities in they way New Hampshire funds its education system, attorney John Tobin and Executive Councilor Andru Volinksy are...
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"...
PART ONE: The big question for 2019 – How will we...
The way New Hampshire pays for its schools has been a hot topic for decades. With recent tweaks to the education funding formula and...
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...
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 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),...
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...
PART FIVE: While the building aid program is in moratorium, schools...
Since 1955, the state of New Hampshire has supported local school districts with building and maintaining their public schools. It was one vital part...
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...
