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Proposal would study consolidating New Hampshire school administrative units at the county level
Summary
Sen. Keith Murphy asked the committee to create a study to examine consolidating roughly 200 separate school administrative units into county-wide districts to evaluate potential savings and efficiency; members raised concerns about local control, administrative structures and the scope of the committee.
Senator Keith Murphy introduced Senate Bill 57 to create a study committee to analyze whether New Hampshire should move from its current town- and multi-town-based system of school administrative units (SAUs) toward county-based school districts. "In most of The United States, schools are run at the county level," Murphy said, while emphasizing he was not trying to "overturn" town-based control but wanted a study to "do the math" on potential savings from consolidating HR, legal, IT and other administrative functions.
Why it matters: The sponsor said the state faces persistent education funding pressures, wide…
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