New Hampshire's Education Funding Impasse

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By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, May 15, 2007.
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For more than fifteen years debate over the state’s obligation to schools has been the unsolvable problem. Despite multiple Supreme Court rulings and now, a proposed amendment by a popular governor – so far, no one’s been able to come up with an acceptable plan. We’ll explore what it would take to finally end this endless debate.

Guests

  • Chuck Douglas, Concord attorney, former New Hampshire Congressman and former State Supreme Court Justice
  • Scott Johnson, project director for The New Hampshire Citizens Voice Project, professor of law at Concord University School of Law, visiting professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center and co-counsel for the Claremont Coalition
  • Andy Smith
  • , Director of the UNH Survey Center and Professor of Political Science at UNH

We'll Also Hear From

  • Eugene Sonn, State House Reporter for WBGO in Newark, NJ and WHYY in Philadelphia, PA

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