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House Republicans file resolutions challenging Claremont school-funding decisions; Democrats and advocates urge funding action instead
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee heard sharply divided testimony on two resolutions, HCR 11 and HCR 7, which would publicly challenge New Hampshire courts school-funding rulings and call for legislative investigations into judicial directives.
House Judiciary Committee members heard testimony on two resolutions that take a public stance about the states judicial school-funding decisions and the separation of powers. House Concurrent Resolution 11 (sponsored by Representative Greg Hill) and House Concurrent Resolution 7 (sponsored by Representative Mike Belcher) both urge the Legislature to assert that the judiciary has exceeded its constitutional role in the Claremont and later funding cases.
Sponsors described HCR 11 as a statement that the courts have "crossed the lines of the separation of powers" by repeatedly directing legislative action on education funding since the 1993 Claremont decisions. Representative Hill told the committee the resolution is not a repeal of…
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