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New Hampshire May Pay Half of Education Costs NewsMax.com Wires NEW YORK -- New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and lawmakers proposed a constitutional amendment that would require the state to provide at least 50 percent of the statewide cost of an adequate education. The amendment calls on lawmakers to define an adequate education, estimate how much it costs and allows the state to target aid to the neediest communities. "It is time for New Hampshire to move forward and put in place a sustainable, sensible, education funding policy for our state. This amendment will allow us to do just that," Lynch said. Last September, the state supreme court ruled that the existing education funding system is unconstitutional and ordered the Democrat-dominated Legislature to define adequate education by June 30 or face a court-mandated solution. Like many states, new Hampshire has been struggling to find a way to help educate students in poor districts without sticking wealthier areas with too much of the bill. The problem arises partly because funding depends on property taxes that vary from district to district. The state was first sued over school funding 1993. The constitutional amendment is sponsored by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers but would need to be approved by three-fifths of the Legislature and two-thirds of the voters to become law. Story Continues Below
Lynch's spokesman Colin Manning said current law does not set a minimum level for state education aid. © Reuters 2007. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Editor's note: Read more on this subject in related Hot Topics:
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