Forum, Feb. 15: Is coalition a real solution to NH’s unjust system?
Published: 2/14/2021 10:00:04 PM
Modified: 2/14/2021 10:00:04 PM
Is coalition a real solution to NH’s unjust system?
I am disappointed to learn that Lebanon’s City Council voted to join the Coalition Communities 2.0 lobbying effort against the donor town school funding model (“Lebanon opposes funding scheme,” Feb. 5).
I believe that residents of “donor” and “receiver” towns alike largely support public education. Our state places outsized weight on one tax, the property tax, to provide the resources required to support public education. Some towns can work within this system they generally have high property wealth. Other towns have income wealth but relatively less property wealth. They, with effort, manage their budgets. More towns have neither income nor property wealth. They suffer. I don’t know many people, including, I believe, the organizers of the coalition, who think that the curr
Lebanon buys into lobbying effort against ‘donor town’ school funding model
Modified: 2/5/2021 6:45:27 PM
LEBANON Lebanon will join the fight against efforts to return New Hampshire to a “donor town” system of education funding that saw property-rich communities send tax dollars to those struggling to pay for schools.
The City Council voted 8-0 Wednesday night to join the Coalition Communities 2.0, a group of towns and cities that plan to hire a lobbyist to advocate for its interests in Concord.
The coalition, led by the Seacoast city of Portsmouth, hopes to solicit 50 members to help pay for an estimated $120,000-a-year lobbying effort. Lebanon’s share is estimated at nearly $4,200.