Legal Opinion

Appeal of Dunbarton School District

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided May 13, 2016No. 2015-0030PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtDalianis, C.J.

The Dunbarton School District (Dunbarton) appeals a decision of the New Hampshire State Board of Education (Board) which determined that Dunbarton is liable to the Goffstown School District (Goffstown) for its proportional share of Goffstown’s obligation on a 20-year construction bond approved in 2001 for renovations to the Goffstown High School. We reverse.

I. Background

The pertinent facts follow. Enacted in 1963, RSA chapter 195-A allows the establishment of Authorized Regional Enrollment Area (AREA) schools. See Laws 1963, ch. 277. The purpose of the statute is “to increase educational…

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