As long as New Hampshire continues to rely upon disparate property tax rates as the chief means of funding public education, meaningful local control will remain out of reach for many school districts.
For Granite Staters struggling in the face of inequitable educational opportunities and disparate property tax rates, the work of the Commission to Study School Funding to date offers reason for hope, but also cause for concern.
In partnership with a number of educational and civic organizations from across New Hampshire, NHSFFP has developed a set of principles to inform the deliberations of the Commission to Study School Funding and to provide a framework for evaluating the recommendations that it offers.
NHSFFP offers its perspective on the critical questions still before the Commission to Study School Funding as its December 1 deadline approaches.
With a Supreme Court decision and a final commission report coming soon, the public debate about school funding and the next Legislature’s responsibilities will likely become clearer and more intense. In the meantime, as the election nears, voters will have the opportunity to ask legislative and gubernatorial candidates where they stand on this issue and to urge them to finally resolve this problem fairly and comprehensively.
On behalf of hundreds of Granite State residents, the NH School Funding Fairness Project (NHSFFP) on Monday, September 21, presented a petition of support to the Commission to Study School Funding, conveying both widespread concern about the problems plaguing the state’s existing system for funding public schools and strong backing for efforts to address them.
Late last week, the State of New Hampshire filed its final brief in the ConVal lawsuit now before the New Hampshire Supreme Court, clearing the way for the Court to […]
People showed up from all across the state to give legislators the message that NH kids can’t wait for fair educational opportunities.
Today’s Union Leader school funding editorial opens with, The latest court decision regarding education funding in New Hampshire presents either a great opportunity or a further slide in New Hampshire’s […]
The Union Leader delves further into the Ruoff decision on today’s front page. Read the whole thing but here are some highlights: If there’s one message that comes through loud […]