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Dartmouth students’ trespassing trial concludes without verdict

Clare Shanahan/Valley News,

After several days of nonviolent pro-Palestinian protests last October, a tent erected on the lawn outside Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock’s office was the “red line” that led to the arrests of two students, Beilock testified in Lebanon District Court on Monday. After hearing more than five hours of testimony and lawyers’ closing arguments, Judge Michael C. Mace didn’t immediately issue a verdict on the trespassing charge in the joint trial of Dartmouth students Kevin Engel and Roan Wade.

RSU 21's Kirstin Shapiro is already facing a recall. Could she face censure, too?

Shawn P. Sullivan-Portsmouth Herald,

RSU 21 School Board member Kirstin Shapiro could be facing censure in addition to a recall election for allegedly violating board policies in recent months

Rethinking Rundlett: Teachers say current building is ‘falling down around us’ in expressing support for Broken Ground site

Jeremy Margolis-Concord Monitor,

Reversing course on the new middle school’s location and rebuilding it next to the current school would likely delay the project’s completion until 2030

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Percentage of low-income families receiving school vouchers dropped since start of EFA program

Susan Geier-Granite State News Collaborative,

More New Hampshire families that don’t qualify as low-income are receiving publicly funded school vouchers to pay for private, religious and homeschooling expenses through the state’s Education Freedom Account program.

Parental notification law sparks uncertainty with New Hampshire educators

Scott Merrill-NH Bar News,

HB 1313 requires schools to give parents a two-week notice and opt-out provisions of any curriculum being taught dealing with sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and gender expression

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State education property tax on trial again

Michael Kitch,

The stage is set for the three-cornered litigation over the legitimacy of the Statewide Education Property Tax (SWEPT) before the New Hampshire Supreme Court, which will weigh the state’s appeal of the ruling by Judge David Ruoff of Rockingham County Superior Court that the administration of the tax is unconstitutional.

NH Supreme Court rules in favor of Keene teachers in early-retirement case

James Rinker/Keene Sentinel,

The teachers argue the NH Retirement System board was wrong to deny their requests since they did not consent to a 120-day delay in the payment of their early retirement stipends

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Superintendents speak to funding challenges facing public schools

Michael Kitch,

Jessica Wheeler Russell of Penacook, who sits on the board of Merrimack County School District, spoke briefly to begin the testimony when the Rand trial opened last week. She told the court she regularly took calls or had conversations with her constituents asking what could be done to stem the ever-rising rate of the school property tax.

Rand trial tests Claremont orders

Michael Kitch,

The opening of the Rand trial before Judge David Ruoff in Rockingham County Superior Court last week marked the beginning of an effort to persuade the court to reaffirm and enforce the rulings of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the Claremont cases by ordering the state to rescind and replace its unconstitutional system of financing public schools.