Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a bill this week that amends the state’s parental rights law to allow schools to record students for academic assessments, sports, and public events without written permission from parents.

Diana Fenton’s husband, a judge, tried to use his position to expedite the couple’s guardianship case, according to a Judicial Conduct Committee reprimand.

The Attorney General’s Office plans to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn its two landmark Claremont school funding rulings from the 1990s, arguing they are an improper reading of New Hampshire's constitution.

As Gov. Kelly Ayotte tasks the New Hampshire Department of Education with examining the factors driving successful literacy education at the highest-performing schools, the Concord Monitor’s analysis could offer some hints as to what the department will find.

The bill would outlaw school-based vaccine clinics during the school day. Health officials say those clinics already ended this year after the state withdrew funding.

In Claremont, NH, a petition article asks voters to implement a budget cap by requiring the School Board to submit a budget (for 2027-28) that is not higher than the 2025-26 per pupil cost times the average daily enrollment plus the annual inflation increase for the Boston region.

The school budget in Concord, New Hampshire, is expected to increase by about $10 million, while revenue is projected to drop $7 million, according to a draft of the school financial plan.

Under the bill, families would no longer need to notify their child’s school district, public school or the Department of Education upon commencing a home education program, unless they intend to continue using public school resources.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on diversity and equity programs in schools after the federal government agreed not to enforce it in New Hampshire and the rest of the country.

Republicans are fast-tracking open enrollment legislation opposed by school district leaders that would allow New Hampshire students to attend any public school in the state – and take their community’s tax dollars with them. School districts would have to enroll them.