CONCORD — On a near unanimous vote, the Commission to Study School Funding approved its final report Monday containing a series of findings and recommendations to fundamentally change the state’s education funding system.
Future legislatures will ultimately determine if the education funding system is overhauled or changed in less fundamental ways.
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