Concord, Rochester struggle with school adequacy aid reductions

Concord, Rochester struggle with school adequacy aid reductions

School districts across the state are struggling to make ends meet in what is shaping up to be a challenging year in public education. The most extreme example is perhaps in Claremont, but other districts are also looking for ways…

Adequacy aid declines – Journal Opinion

WOODSVILLE—The Haverhill Cooperative School District will need to raise $214,000 more in property tax revenue than was anticipated to support the current year’s expenses. The shortfall is a direct result of declining state adequacy aid.

Concord school district faces $5m budget shortfall

A pair of unanticipated expenses contributed to a roughly $5 million gap between the Concord school district’s anticipated revenue and expenses this school year, prompting officials to consider raising the tax rate higher than previously anticipated. School board members decided Oct. 8 to consider a 6% hike in the local education tax over last year, which is 1.5 percentage points more than was anticipated when the board initially approved its bu…