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In court, the state has vowed to appeal a judge's school funding orders to the state Supreme Court, setting up a legal fight that could take years. But in the State House, lawmakers are considering their own funding bills.
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Monday's decision is the latest in a decades-long fight over who should pay for public schools and how much that should cost.
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The judge says the state should fund at least $7,356 per pupil – not the current $4,100. He also found the statewide education property tax unconstitutional.
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The program provides eligible families with the same amount the state pays per pupil to public school districts — about $4,500 — to pay for private school tuition or home school expenses.
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More than 4,200 New Hampshire students are participating in the Education Freedom Account program this school year – a 158 percent jump from the first year’s enrollment.
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In recent years, two lawsuits have emerged challenging the way New Hampshire funds its schools. The outcome of each is still far from clear.
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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.
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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.
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The trial resumes this week with testimony by New Hampshire Department of Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut. He is scheduled to testify Tuesday afternoon.
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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.