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,...

By the Numbers: Support and Opposition for SB 193 at House...

We have received a lot of inquiries about the landscape of support and opposition for SB 193, the statewide voucher bill. With that in...

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...

Voucher bill amendment removes stabilization grants, caps enrollment, and changes eligibility

The House Finance subcommittee released an amendment to SB 193, the bill that creates a statewide voucher program, on Monday. The new version of...

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...

Legislative Budget Assistant’s model of voucher bill predicts sharp losses to...

According to a Legislative Budget Assistant (LBA) staffer's report, the impact of the statewide voucher bill (SB 193) goes far beyond the first-year impacts...

Concerns around cost of voucher bill are overstated, according to leadership...

The House Finance subcommittee released an amended version of SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, which tightened the eligibility requirements, eliminated the stabilization grants...

Some Districts Lose, Others May Gain Under Recent SB 193 Amendment

SB 193, a bill that would create a statewide education savings account (ESA or voucher) program, is now in its third iteration since being...