HAVERHILL — Michael Galli is “cautiously optimistic” that the Legislature will pass laws that both increase the base-adequacy rate per public-school student and address the constitutionality of the statewide education
As school districts and New Hampshire duke it out in the courtroom over education funding, a new study is showing opposite long-term trends about that funding at the state and local levels.
Complaining about a problem without proposing a solution is whining. There is a lot of whining in the recent Monitor opinion piece “Adequate school funding in Allenstown?” (1/29) Any discussion about the state paying more towards public education has.
When Town Meeting season rolls around each year in New Hampshire, much of voters’ attention is drawn to school budgets. In many communities, school taxes make up the largest share of property tax bills, often far outpacing municipal expenses.School.
A large downward shift in the burden of paying for the cost of running governments and funding public education is underway. Market forces, good old supply and demand, have driven up housing prices. Homes on the lower rungs of the price ladder have.