The New Hampshire 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 the state constitution.  In a filing to the court Tuesday, the Department of Justice appears to be setting the groundwork to argue that […]

As legislation to create an “open enrollment” system for public schools awaits a final vote in the House, the state’s school superintendents association is speaking against the idea. In a statement Monday, the New Hampshire School Administrators Association said the bill, House Bill 751, would “risk overriding local decision-making.” The Republican bill, which passed the […]

It took months, but state lawmakers appear close to offering the beleaguered Claremont School District a financial lifeline.  But now, Claremont might not want the money after all.  “I’m not sure I would want to ask the school board to accept those funds,” said Matt Angell, the interim business administrator of the district, speaking at […]

Gov. Kelly Ayotte nominated Associate Justice of the Superior Court Daniel Will to serve on the state Supreme Court Tuesday, her second nomination to the high court since taking office last year. Will has served on the superior court since 2021, and as the associate justice of that court has presided over superior court cases […]

Ever since two state courts directed the Legislature to increase state spending on public schools, Republicans have made clear they disagree. In its July decision in Contoocook Valley v. State of New Hampshire, known as the ConVal case, the New Hampshire Supreme Court found that the amount of money the state sends to support public […]

New Hampshire’s education freedom account, or EFA, program has 10,510 students participating this year, nearly double the number last year, according to figures released by the Department of Education last month. The state is expected to spend $51.6 million in total this school year, compared with $30.3 million last year.  But in the months since […]