N.H. Weighs Education Adequacy; Shaheen Unveils Funding Proposal

By Linda Jacobson

What's adequate for one state might not be adequate for another.

At least that's what the members of a New Hampshire group, handpicked by the governor, have learned during their quest to define "educational adequacy."

The panel, which is expected to wrap up its work this week, is responding to the state supreme court's decision in December in Claremont School District v. Governor . In that case, the high court ruled that the state's heavy reliance on local property taxes for funding public education violated the state constitution's guarantee of an adequate education...