Tag: Federal Government
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...
Delay in Medicaid to Schools rulemaking means loss in available federal funding for NH...
A delay in the rulemaking process by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) means school districts in New Hampshire will...
Education dollars: $3m in jeopardy after audit
New Hampshire may have to repay more than $3 million to the federal government, reported the Union Leader. An audit found that the state...
Education as a Civic Question
A column in Education Week underscored the importance of citizenship in society and in our schools, and the importance of our local public schools as...
Audit Raises Concerns About Education Funding Oversight
A federal fiscal audit has found that New Hampshire needs improvement in five areas, reported the Associated Press:
The U.S. Department of Education reviewed 19...
Americans Have Given Up on Public Schools. That’s a Mistake.
Early childhood educator and author Erika Christakis defended public schools and their role in American society in a recent article for The Atlantic. Here's an...
NH floats ambitious education plan to secure federal dollars
New Hampshire's Department of Education has been working on the state plan to comply with the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds...
Sununu presses Trump officials for continued funding of NH programs
Governor Chris Sununu met with Trump Administration officials earlier in the week, including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, according to the Union Leader. During his...
Gov. Sununu addresses education concerns during DC trip
At a meeting in Washington, DC, Governor Chris Sununu met with Federal Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. There, he talked about charter schools and workforce...
PODCAST: Breaking down NH’s draft plan for the ESSA with the DOE and Center...
At the end of May, the New Hampshire Department of Education (Department) published its draft plan to comply with federal requirements under the Every...