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Local elected leaders, educators press finance committee to boost school funding and oppose voucher expansion
Summary
More than 240 local elected officials and dozens of educators testified that New Hampshire underfunds public education, warned that expanding Education Freedom Accounts (vouchers) would divert funds and asked the committee to increase adequacy and special‑education aid.
Representatives of 88 municipalities, 67 school districts and hundreds of parents and educators asked the House Finance Committee to increase state funding for public schools and to resist expanding the Education Freedom Account program.
School board chairs, superintendents, mayors and local elected leaders testified that New Hampshire pays one of the lowest shares of education costs in the nation and that state aid remains insufficient for special‑education services, causing local property‑tax pressure and cuts to programs.
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