Education
Senate Finance Committee Trims Higher Education Program in Budget
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The Senate Finance Committee reduced the University System of New Hampshire’s appropriation for the next biennium by $6.4 million in its meeting Tuesday.
Education
Shaheen Meets With Bedford Students About Youth Mental Health
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Earlier in the day, Shaheen delivered remarks at the 2023 Keeping History Above Water Conference in Portsmouth.
Education
DOE, Board of Ed Fail To Publicize Listening Sessions on School Standards
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As New Hampshire’s State Board of Education reviews the 306 Administrative Rules, which set the minimum standards for public school approval, public education advocates have taken to spreading the word about public listening sessions in the absence of any publicly available information from the Department of Education and the State Board of Education.
Education
Two Sides to Education Freedom Account Story
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Supporters of bills expanding the state’s new Education Freedom Account program say it serves as an escape valve for students who do not fit or thrive in the public school environment.
Education
Controversial Parental Rights Bill Heads to House Without Recommendation
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The so-called “parental bill of rights,” which opponents say targets LGBTQ youth by compelling schools to tell parents when asked about their child’s sexual identity at school, will go to the House floor, likely next Thursday without a recommendation.
Courts & Corrections
Parsing an Adequate Education in NH and Its Cost in Funding Lawsuit
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What constitutes a constitutionally adequate education does not have a simple or exact answer, nor does agreeing on the true cost of paying for it if you listened to the latest education funding case before the courts on Tuesday.
Education
Updated: Parental Bill of Rights in Education Bill Packs Representatives Hall
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In a packed Representatives Hall, opponents and supporters of the Parental Bill of Rights in Education testified on whether Senate Bill 272 would harm or help children and their parents.
Business & Economy
Dartmouth Grad Students Win Union Vote
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Voting sessions were held Tuesday and Wednesday at Anonymous Hall on the main campus and in the Williamson Traditional Research Building at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
Courts & Corrections
Oral Arguments Set for Gerrymandering Challenge at NH Supreme Court
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New Hampshire voters claiming the Executive Council and State Senate districts were unconstitutionally and unlawfully gerrymandered will have their day before the Supreme Court May 11.