Story Archives of 'Education Funding'

Governor Permits Costing Plan to Pass

By Dan Gorenstein on Monday, June 9, 2008.

Governor John Lynch has allowed the state’s latest education plan to become law without his signature.

He let it pass so the state could meet a court-imposed deadline to determine the cost an adequate education.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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Another Ed Funding Amendment Rejected

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 15, 2008.

The Governor, the Speaker, and Republican leaders all supported the amendment, but a backbench revolt from both sides of the aisle left it dead in the water. We’ll do the autopsy, find out where we go from here, and ask whether lawmakers can ever solve education funding.

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House To Vote On School Funding Amendment

By Josh Rogers on Wednesday, May 14, 2008.

Amendment has the backing of Governor Lynch and legislative leaders in both parties, but it also has many opponents, including the teachers union, many house conservatives, and the Democratic chairs of a half-dozen House committees.

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Top House Dems Endorse Funding Amendment

By Josh Rogers on Friday, May 2, 2008.

New Hampshire house speaker Terie Norelli throws her weight behind a school funding constitutional amendment – but not the one backed by Governor Lynch.

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A Plan, An Amendment, A Deadline and Lots of Opinions on Education Funding

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

When it comes to ed funding, the legislature has arrived at where poet Robert Frost did - with “two roads diverging in the woods.” One path involves a Supreme Court deadline and reworking the current funding system; the other, a constitutional change backed by the Governor. We’ll talk about which path lawmakers may choose and why we still haven't found a way to fund education in the state.

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  • David Hess, Republican State Representative from Hooksett
  • Joe Foster, New Hampshire Senate Majority Leader
  • Randy Foose, Democratic State Representative from New London
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House Finance Committee Adopts Ed. Funding Plan

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

The House Finance Committee has endorsed an education funding plan that spends less than the Senate version.

The plan would also eliminate so-called donor towns.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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Retooled Education Plan Aired In Senate

By Josh Rogers on Tuesday, March 4, 2008.

State Senate Democrats want to add more money to the 914 million dollar school funding plan they unveiled last week. Their revised proposal, which earmarks millions more for poorer towns, mostly drew praise at its first public hearing.

But as New Hampshire Public Radio's Josh Rogers reports, some questions persist. Prime among them is: where will the money come from?

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Senate Warmly Receives Amendment

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, February 21, 2008.

By an overwhelming 19-4 vote the Senate has passed a constitutional amendment to better target education aid.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

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An Update on Educational Adequacy

By Laura Knoy on Friday, February 15, 2008.

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.

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  • 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
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Senate Committee Supports Constitutional Amendment

By Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, February 12, 2008.

A constitutional amendment backed by Governor Lynch has cleared a senate committee on a party line vote.

The amendment would give the state greater flexibility in targeting education aid.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein has more.

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