Contoocook Valley School District v. New Hampshire
New Hampshire Supreme Court affirmed the state’s existing education funding law is constitutionally inadequate and $7,356.01 per pupil as a minimum constitutional guidepost for the legislature, but said the lower court insufficiently accounted for separation of powers concerns when it ordered the state to pay that increased amount immediately.
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