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ConVal School District sues state over education funding
The ConVal School District filed a suit against the State of New Hampshire, claiming that the $3,636 per student in adequate education grants that state provides is not sufficient to offer children the opportunity for an adequate education.
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Reaching Higher NH releases series on how New Hampshire funds our public schools
Reaching Higher NH releases a five-part series on how our state funds our public schools, from current components of the formula to proposals in 2019. The series includes breakdowns on the adequacy formula that the state uses to calculate the amount of state funding each district receives, stabilization grants, school building aid, and the Statewide […]
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Lawmakers introduce bills that would change the way we pay for our public schools
Both the House and Senate put forward proposals on changing the education funding formula, with ideas ranging from increasing the base adequacy amount that the state pays per student, to instating additional funding streams.
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US Department of Education approves application to continue PACE
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced that New Hampshire received approval to continue with its innovative assessment program, the Performance Assessment of Competency Education (PACE), as part of a pilot program authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
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State Board reverses local school board decision to award hardship case
The State Board of Education overturned a school board’s decision to allow a student who moved to Litchfield following her father’s death to continue to attend Pinkerton Academy in Derry. The State Board said that the case qualified as a manifest educational hardship, a rule that allows districts to send students to out-of-district public schools.
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House kills Senate proposal to add voucher amendment to teacher prep bill
After the Senate attached the original version of SB 193, creating a universal and statewide voucher program, to an unrelated bill that created a teacher preparation program and established a death benefit for teachers killed in the line of duty, the House removed the voucher amendment and killed the program for the 2018 session.
