Education Funding

In recent years, two lawsuits have emerged challenging the way New Hampshire funds its schools. The outcome of each is still far from clear.

New Hampshire se organiza para enviar una declaración de desastre. Organizador comunitario de Vermont propone soluciones. Ex-legisladora Laughton enfrenta cargos federales de explotación infantil.

During more than an hour of questioning in Rockingham County Superior Court, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut declined to outline which education services he believes the state is required to uphold in order to meet the adequacy standard.

The trial resumes this week with testimony by New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut. He is scheduled to testify Tuesday afternoon.

Families who received state money through the Education Freedom Accounts program spent about $800,000 on purchases at Amazon.com and over $2 million on local parochial schools last year.

Lawmakers are considering over 100 bills this session that could have far-reaching consequences for K-12 education.

The lawsuit alleges that the state is unlawfully using funds earmarked for public schools to pay for its newest school choice program.

NHPR’s Julia Furukawa sits down with New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut to talk about his vision for public education as students and teachers return to class this fall.

Launched in 2021, the program allows income-eligible parents to take state funds that would ordinarily follow their child to public school and use them for private school or home-schooling expenses.

Over half of Croydon’s registered voters attended a redo vote on Saturday to restore the town’s school budget