Tag: State Budget
Surplus provides building aid to local school districts for the first time in nearly...
According to the Union Leader, an estimated $19 million of state funds will be available for school building aid projects:
School districts throughout the state...
Kindergarten funding decision delayed until Thursday
According to the Concord Monitor, the House and Senate are working on a compromise for SB 191, funding full-day kindergarten. The Committee of Conference...
Trading Kindergarten for Votes: UL Editorial Board
The Union Leader Editorial Board featured an editorial on the budget negotiations, including debates over funding for full-day kindergarten. Here's an excerpt:
Legislative leadership should use...
State budget increases charter & CTE funding, kills amendment to halt cuts to education...
The Senate approved a $11.8 billion, two-year budget on Thursday, reported the Union Leader. Included in the budget were increases in charter school funding, career...
Webinar Recording: NH Public Education Funding A-Z
Education is one of the largest line items in the New Hampshire state budget. It's often a large line item in local town budgets...
Mark Shriver: Working together toward full-day kindergarten
Save the Children Action Network's president, Mark Shriver, supported Governor Sununu's commitment to funding full-day kindergarten programs in a letter to the Union Leader:
In today's...
UL: Targeting kindergarten: Sununu offers sound compromise
The Union Leader Editorial Board ran an oped about Governor Sununu's proposal to target funding for full-day kindergarten programs. Read the full text:
If we had...
Governor Sununu’s budget draws praise, raises questions about the future of education
First-term Governor Chris Sununu delivered his budget address last week, highlighting top issues like the opiod crisis and infrastructure needs. One topic that drew...
Dr. Ladd in Union Leader: Sununu budget a good start for NH schools
Dr. Carl Ladd, Executive Director and Treasurer of the New Hampshire School Administrator's Association, submitted this letter to the Union Leader:
AFTER LISTENING to Gov. Chris...