New Hampshire’s effort to overturn the Claremont school funding rulings, explained

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: August 21, 2026

Words: 2,195

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago


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The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office entered new territory last Friday in its defense of the state’s school funding formula, arguing that two landmark school funding decisions were wrongly decided and should be overturned.

In August 2025, Judge David Ruoff of Rockingham County Superior Court ruled in favor of a group of taxpayers in the case of Rand v. State of New Hampshire, finding that the state’s underfunding of schools had led …

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