school funding

The state is facing two major legal challenges to its education funding model.

Pressure has mounted on lawmakers for years to update New Hampshire’s “adequacy formula,” the structure that determines how much the state pays each public school district.

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.

The Con-Val school district in southwestern New Hampshire, which first brought this case in 2019, spends nearly $11,000 per student.

Parents' effort to reverse deep cuts to the school budget attracted the attention of the New York Times and other national outlets. A year later, many say the lessons for civic engagement are there to stay.

What began as a plan for a new legislative parking garage has turned into a 34-page omnibus bill addressing dozens of other issues.

The Grantham and Oyster River School Districts are joining a lawsuit against the state of New Hampshire over education funding. The lawsuit began over two…

New Hampshire spends more money per pupil on public schools than most states, but is average when it comes to teacher salaries.That's according to annual…