Tag: State Budget
Weekly Legislative Update: House passes anti-discrimination bill; has stalemate over school nurse certification; schedules...
This week, the House passed a bill that would prohibit discrimination in private schools that contract with school districts and is holding onto a...
Weekly Legislative Update: Governor Sununu delivers budget address, Senate holds public hearing on bill...
Last week, Governor Sununu delivered his budget address to the joint House and Senate, the House Education subcommittee wrapped up their work on key...
Lead school funding attorney to host workshop on June 13 at 6 p.m. in...
The Pittsfield School Board recently reached out to Executive Councilor Andru Volinsky, a lead attorney in the Claremont cases, to learn more about the...
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...