State Plans to Help 'Underserved' Public School Students

State plans to help 'underserved' public school students

Response to court ruling follows landmark decision on schools' failure

Underwood: Make the Courts Co-Equal Again

This little gem made it into the budget bill, HB2, which was passed by both houses and signed by the governor. Legislative Declaration of Authority Regarding Public Education.  In its 1993 and 1997 decisions, in the so-called Claremont series of public school funding cases, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the New Hampshire Constitution imposes upon ... Read more Source

NH Supreme Court Sides with School Districts on Adequate Funding

In a 3-2 decision, the state Supreme Court has again found the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to provide its students with an adequate education and to pay for it as it did in the Claremont ruling.

State Supreme Court holds New Hampshire school spending unconstitutionally low • New Hampshire Bulletin

Students at Griffin Memorial elementary school in Litchfield School District are shown in this image from 2022. A 3-2 majority of the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, that the state’s adequacy formula, which provides a base amount of $4,266 per student to public schools, does not pay an “adequate education” and violates constitutional obligations. (Courtesy Litchfield School District)New Hampshire does not provide cons…

NH Supreme Court Rules Ed Funding Inadequate, But Won't Order State to Pay

New Hampshire - NH Supreme Court Rules Ed Funding Inadequate, But Won't Order State to Pay - NH Journal

NH Supreme Court issues ruling in ConVal case, calls for increase in education funding

The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a Superior Court's ruling that the state must drastically increase education "base adequacy aid" by more than $500 million per year.