Republicans push to require school districts to file timely audits or face denial of funding

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: April 22, 2026

Words: 1,410

Last Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago


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It was an audit that alerted the Claremont School Board to a $5 million financial hole last August, kicking off an all-hands scramble to save the district from possible closure.

And it will be an audit that helps prevent Claremont — and every other New Hampshire public school administrative unit — from making those kinds of accounting mistakes in the future, Republicans say.

Claremont has since made vigorous moves to cut funding and …

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