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Senate committee debates sweeping open‑enrollment proposal that would let any NH student attend any public school
Summary
Sen. Lang’s SB101 would allow any New Hampshire public‑school student to enroll in any public school in the state, shift transportation responsibility to parents, and set tuition transfer rules based on district average cost; testimony ranged from strong support to sharp opposition over equity, budgeting, and special‑education implications.
Senate Bill 101, introduced by Sen. Louie Lang, would create a statewide open‑enrollment system allowing any public‑school pupil to attend any public school in New Hampshire subject to receiving‑school capacity rules. Lang told the Senate Education Committee that parents would be responsible for transportation and that state aid calculations would continue to count students in their resident districts while district tuition transfers would be based on the resident district’s average cost per pupil.
“Let's do what's best for the child,” Lang said in presenting the measure, which he described as a way to allow parents to seek programs…
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