New Hampshire schools could eventually receive millions of dollars more in state aid for costly special education services, under a new state law. But for districts, the assistance comes with a catch: a mountain of new paperwork. House Bill 1563, which Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed this month, broadens eligibility for New Hampshire’s special education aid […]
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A bill that takes the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services off the hook for providing funding to a childcare workforce grant became law this week. The state’s budget bill, signed last June, included funding toward early education-related programming. The appropriation of $15 million over two years is for a childcare workforce grant […]
It’s been a reality evident to homeowners for decades: New Hampshire public services are overwhelmingly driven by property taxes. Now, a new analysis by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute has quantified that dependency. In 2022, New Hampshire cities and towns relied on property taxes for 61% of their total revenues, the highest proportion of […]
The House Committee on Science, Technology, and Energy voted on Monday to recommend a bill that would make the depletion of New Hampshire’s Renewable Energy Fund official for the second time in a year. That’s despite some uncertainty over the constitutionality of the original move to gut the fund and other disagreements on the committee, […]