Learn more about New Hampshire’s responsibility to fund an adequate education, the inequities arising from its reliance on local property taxes, and the tremendous gap between state aid and actual district costs in this 30-minute video.
Members of the public and legislative candidates from Cheshire and Sullivan Counties joined NHSFFP for an online discussion of school funding and property taxes on Thursday, October 8.
On Tuesday, October 6, NHSFFP brought together members of the public and aspiring legislators from Belknap, Merrimack, and Strafford Counties for an online discussion of school funding and property taxes.
Legislative candidates and voters from across Carroll, Coos, and Grafton Counties joined NHSFFP for an online discussion of school funding and property taxes on Wednesday, September 30.
On Thursday, October 1, the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project brought together concerned citizens and legislative candidates from across Hillsborough County for an online dialogue on school funding and property taxes.
On Tuesday, September 29, the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project hosted Rockingham County residents and area candidates for the NH House of Representatives and Senate for an online conversation about school funding and property taxes.
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.
The work of the Commission to Study School Funding has now entered a critical new phase. The American Institutes for Research (AIR), the national consulting firm that the Commission hired […]
Now that the State of New Hampshire has filed its final brief in the ConVal education funding lawsuit, the path is clear for the New Hampshire Supreme Court to begin to decide what could be a landmark case for students, homeowners, and local businesses.