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The New Hampshire Department of Education on Wednesday launched a new dashboard that uses GIS mapping to identify locally available high-wage, high-demand occupations throughout every region of the state, as well as its Career and Technical Education programming associated with those occupations.
In an attempt to provide more funding for needy communities, the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday decided to add about $11.5 million to its new education funding program.
CONCORD — The Senate Finance Committee hopes to finish 99 percent of its work by the end of the week but has many outstanding issues to navigate before a final vote.
Expanding access to the state’s Education Freedom Accounts by income and disability was approved in bills passed by the Senate Thursday.
The motion to indefinitely postpone, which prevents a similar or identical bill from coming up again before the current term ends in December 2024, was approved on a 196-190 vote.
The Senate Education Committee Tuesday voted to recommend a bill that would expand the Education Freedom Account program by increasing the income threshold.
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.
Earlier in the day, Shaheen delivered remarks at the 2023 Keeping History Above Water Conference in Portsmouth.
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.