The State of New Hampshire has a fundamental responsibility to ensure that every Granite State child has the opportunity to receive a high quality public education. Yet, for years, the resources the state provides to local communities has fallen far short of what schools need to help children learn and thrive.

The State’s failure to fulfill that responsibility creates tremendous hardships for property-poor towns who must rely on high local property tax rates to make up the difference and to fund school budgets often already cut to the bone.

Here you can learn about New Hampshire’s current approach to school funding, the constitutional principles that are meant to guide school funding in the Granite State, and much more.

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