Claremont School District v. Governor

The State has requested that this court “extend the validity of the current education funding system through the 2000 property tax year.” In turn, the plaintiffs have asked that we (1) lift the stay entered in this matter on December 17, 1997; (2) develop a contingent plan for temporary receivership to ensure that State funding of New Hampshire’s public schools will continue; (3) order the parties to participate in supervised mediation; (4) declare the State’s definition of adequacy unconstitutional; and (5) award plaintiffs attorney’s fees and costs. For the reasons explained below, we deny…