State to ask Supreme Court to overturn Claremont school funding rulings

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 720

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office plans to ask the state Supreme Court to overturn its two landmark Claremont school funding rulings from the 1990s, arguing they are an improper reading of the state constitution.

In a filing to the court Tuesday, the Department of Justice appears to be setting the groundwork to argue that the amount the state funds its public schools is a political question for the Legislature and not one …

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