The Meredith News
Editorial
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
It’s true that there are quite a few school districts in New Hampshire that could use a boost of the financial variety. We’re lucky to have so many well funded schools in our coverage area, by comparison. But how to give those school districts a helping hand without amputating our own hands? SB 539 seeks to redistribute funding based on a complicated formula - $3.450 per student, plus “An additional $431 per pupil in kindergarten through grade 12 eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meal program who attends a public school in which less than 12 percent of the pupils reported in the school’s ADMA in the determination year are eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meal program,” et cetera, et cetera. The point is that this potential law has a price tag .....
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