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Article: Is it finally time for a school-funding amendment?; Yes! 'New Hampshire advantage' is at stake
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- Concord Monitor
- Article date:
- September 18, 2006
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The judicial shoe dropped Sept. 8, when the Supreme Court handed
down its decision on educational funding. The court threatened to
define what an adequate education is in New Hampshire if the
Legislature fails to do so by June 30, 2007, just more than nine
months away.
The day has come for legislators and the governor to stand tall
and work together for the citizens of New Hampshire and do the right
thing. Senate President Ted Gatsas is absolutely right in calling on
the governor and lawmakers to work on a bipartisan constitutional
amendment in a special session and to have it appear on the Nov. 7
ballot to let our citizens make the decision rather than our Supreme
Court justices.
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