An Update on Educational Adequacy

A joint legislative committee charged with costing out an adequate education has finally arrived at a set of principles for funding education in New Hampshire. The group agrees money be sent to the school level instead of the district and that all schools should receive a universal amount of funding - $3,500 per pupil. Where they don’t agree is on how much money beyond the base amount should go towards those students on free and reduced lunch. We’ll take a look at how we got here, what the specifics of the legislative plan are and what happens next.

Guests

• Iris Estabrook, Democratic Senator from Durham, Vice-President for Policy, Chair of the Education Committee and member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Adequacy
• David Hess, Republican Representative from Hooksett, member of the Education Committee and and member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Adequacy