House Republican lawmakers are reviving legislation to make it easier to challenge books in schools deemed obscene after Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s decision to veto similar legislation earlier this year. The House Education Policy and Administration Committee voted, 10-8, Wednesday to recommend an amended version of Senate Bill 33, which would require school boards to adopt […]

Earlier this year, New Hampshire lawmakers installed a new process to oversee struggling charter schools. The law, House Bill 752, allows the State Board of Education to put a charter school facing major problems on probation, and allows the board to revoke the school’s charter if those problems are not subsequently fixed.  Today, as the […]

New Hampshire’s system of public schools could look dramatically different in the next five years under a Republican proposal moving forward to reduce the number of school administrative units.  The idea, presented last week in a report by a key study committee, would dramatically alter the structure of public schools in the state, after years […]