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Article: State school board might abandon neutrality Panel could endorse definition of adequate education
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- November 17, 2004
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The state Board of Education has been the Switzerland of the
state's school funding wars over the last seven years, remaining
neutral and silent throughout the combat at the State House. But that
may begin to change, starting today, said its chairman, Fred
Bramante.
The Coalition for an Adequate Education, representing 85 school
and municipal boards, has been working quietly for months to reach
agreement on a new definition of the state's role in public
education. The definition, which hasn't been released yet, is the
first step toward the 2-year-old group's ambitious goal - to force
the state to pay for an "adequate" education for every student, as
the constitution requires.
This morning, ...