Op-Ed: Put N.H. Students First

CONCORD — For more than 30 years, New Hampshire has struggled to resolve one of its most important public policy challenges: how to provide every child with the opportunity for a good public education.

Despite decades of litigation, legislative debates and changes in funding formulas, a fundamental problem remains. New Hampshire continues to have the lowest state aid in the nation. When that inadequate state support is coupled with poorly designed distribution methods, children living in communities facing the greatest educational and financial challenges are left with fewer resources to support their education than children living in more affluent communities.