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Open‑enrollment expansion draws pushback from school boards and towns over tuition, budget lines and pending court case
Summary
Lawmakers debated HB 771, changes to New Hampshire’s open‑enrollment statute, after school‑board representatives warned the draft could obligate sending districts to budget and pay tuition even if they have not adopted open enrollment and urged pausing until a pending state Supreme Court case is resolved.
The committee considered HB 771, a bill clarifying and modifying New Hampshire’s open‑enrollment statute, which allows students to enroll in schools outside their home district with tuition charged to the sending district.
Representative Ladd, speaking as a cosponsor, described existing open‑enrollment rules and said the bill updates the language governing how districts show open‑enrollment tuition in operating budgets and clarifies selection, lotteries and preferences. He said open‑enrollment can improve efficiency by allowing students to access specialized programs…
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