Over the past couple of years, New Hampshire lawmakers have taken a few stabs at regulating artificial intelligence. The National Conference of State Legislatures, which has created a database to track AI-related legislation, lists seven bills filed by New Hampshire lawmakers during the most recent session. Those proposals run the gamut from the narrow, such […]
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s education commissioner said a 5% spending cut Gov. Jim Pillen requested from all state agencies won’t apply to the state’s school funding formula. Commissioner Brian Maher provided an update on the Nebraska Department of Education’s response to the governor’s spending memo at a State Board of Education meeting Thursday. While portions of […]
Six candidates for Alaska governor from across the political spectrum appeared side-by-side in a room full of superintendents and school officials in Juneau and promised that boosting education funding would be a priority of their administration, if elected. Six candidates participated in the debate, out of 17 running for governor this year. Randy Hoffbeck, a […]
New restrictions on when school boards can ask voters to raise or renew property tax levies led a record 38 Indiana public school districts to place referendums totaling around $500 million on the November ballot. Public school advocates anticipated anywhere from 45 to 100 districts would pursue referendums to pay for construction, safety or operating […]
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order Tuesday to redirect $168 million from the administrative spending section of the public-school funding formula to pay for $2,000 teacher stipends for the 2026-27 academic year.
