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PragerU Flunks First Test But Gets A Makeup Date
Settlement Offered In Education Funding Lawsuit
Tamworth Woman Dies In Lincoln Car Crash
Former Senate President Chuck Morse told those attending the August 9 meeting of the Belknap County Republican Committee that what they need is unity. “I can get us thinking together and working together and solving problems,” he said.
Morse pledged to continue providing financial support to protect the state’s northern border; to make education freedom accounts accessible to all students, regardless of income; and to sign a parental rights bill “tomorrow” if the New Hampshire should pass it.
Since Governor Chris Sununu announced his intention not to seek a fifth term, only Morse and Kelly Ayotte have entered a race to succeed him. Education Secretary Frank Edelblut has hinted at a run.
Ayotte, a former New Hampshire attorney-general and United States senator, served in the Justice Department at the time Financial Resources Mortgage of Meredith bilked investors out of $33 million with the promise of high yields on their investments. State regulators failed to take seriously the warning signs of a Ponzi scheme , with the result that the New Hampshire Legislature decided to make the state’s taxpayers cover $10 million of the investors’ losses.
PragerU Flunks First Test But Gets A Makeup Date
The New Hampshire Board of Education has tabled an application by PragerU Kids to offer an online course on financial literacy, asking for information on the “whole package” after critics complained that the organization’s website contains other videos with misleading information on climate change, slavery, racism, immigration, fascism, and LGBTQ matters.
Brandon Ewing of the nonprofit PragerU said the company is planning a stand-alone website for the state’s financial literacy course so students would not have direct access to the material on its current website, which he acknowledged would be hard to navigate for students looking for the literacy course.
PragerU is not an academic institution, it does not confer degrees, and it is not accredited. Some of its videos have been removed from YouTube and Google because of their “hateful content.” Education Secretary Frank Edelblut nonetheless recommended that the state enter into a contract with the nonprofit to supplement the state’s educational offerings.
Settlement Offered In Education Funding Lawsuit
Attorney Natalie Laflamme, who represents the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the statewide education property tax as not being fair and proportional, as required by the New Hampshire Constitution, has offered a proposed settlement that sets an April 1, 2024, deadline for the state to reach compliance.
The state has argued that the tax rate is the same for all communities, but the New Hampshire Legislature has allowed affluent communities to retain the excess money collected instead of sending it to the Education Trust Fund as originally required in the education funding plan that was developed to conform to the State Supreme Court’s Claremont decisions.
The settlement proposal would require the state to stop using negative rates that allow communities with excess funds avoid sending that money to the Education Trust Fund where it can be redistributed to school districts across the state. Accepting the settlement would need legislative approval to rescind its previous action relating to the distribution of funds.
Tamworth Woman Dies In Lincoln Car Crash
Janet E. Carroll, 74, of Tamworth was pronounced dead at the scene of a single-car accident in Lincoln on August 10. The car crashed around 6:39 a.m. on Interstate 93, landing on its roof in a ditch.
The 2011 Nissan Rogue was northbound when it drifted off the east side of I-93, continuing on the soft shoulder until it struck the ditch, causing it to roll over onto the roof, according to police.
Although responders attempted to provide medical attention, Carroll died at the scene of the accident.
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