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Senate committee hears debate over state-directed study on consolidating school administrative units
Summary
House Bill 292 would create a commission to study consolidating School Administrative Units (SAUs), including a provision to consider a one-SAU-per-county model with exceptions for high-population counties. Sponsors said the commission could study alternatives; opponents said the bill prejudges the outcome and undermines local control.
House Bill 292 would create a study commission to examine whether consolidating New Hampshire’s School Administrative Units (SAUs) would yield savings or efficiencies and to recommend an implementation plan. Representative Glenn Cordelli introduced the bill on behalf of Representative Ladd and described it as a study to bring stakeholders together and analyze potential savings and efficiencies from SAU consolidation.
Senators and witnesses debated the scope and framing of the commission’s charge. Some senators said language in the…
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