SWEPT funding gets mixed reception in House, offered as amendment to HB1583
Plan would raise SWEPT rate and increase its share of state education aid from $363m to $773m
Education
Franklin Pierce releases latest economic impact report
Report notes that Monadnock Region’s Franklin Pierce University is strong moneymaker, jobs creator for New Hampshire
School funding litigation heads to Supreme Court; attorneys push for two justices' recusal
Judges' impartiality 'reasonably questioned' as litigation moves forward surrounding SWEPT allocations, adequate education funding
ConVal’s attorney determines that towns would get first crack at closed schools
State law grants charter schools the right of first refusal on unused school district buildings
Defense attorney in Dartmouth trespassing case known for representing activists
Attorney Kira Kelley, who works on behalf of 'underdog' clients, is seen as one 'not to be messed with'
State Board of Education produces document on updates of minimum standards for public schools
After spending $75,000 to have expert consultants draft a revision to the state’s minimum standards for public schools, the Department of Education moved forward last week with its own set of revisions.
Judge maintains decision on adequate school funding despite state motion to reconsider
Unless the NH Supreme Court stays Judge Ruoff’s order, the state must comply with the decision to increase base adequacy payments per pupil
Homelessness, hot business and healthy schools
Whether some call it “Manch-vegas” or others “Manch-ghanistan,” Jay Ruais wants to counter the tongue-in-cheek nicknames his city has acquired with compassionate but decisive action.
House lawmakers deadlock on EFAs, bid to increase school funding
Republican lawmakers seek to expand Education Freedom Account program, with a number of house bills going to the floor this week to expand the program
Exeter charter school closing amid investigation into alleged fraud, embezzlement
Board of trustees learned of the 'financial discrepancies' last week, deciding to close the charter school
