SDGANH Blog

On October 2, SDGA President Eric Pauer, former Hollis Brookline Co-Op School Board member, provided the 7-member legislative "Committee to Study Reducing Number of SAUs" at Granite Place in Concord, NH, with detailed data and a conceptual plan to improve school...

(Sept. 22, 2025) –  The SDGA (School District Governance Association of NH) has posted on our website the statewide student achievement results from spring 2025. The data was gathered from the results publicly posted on the NH Department of Education site, but...

(August 19, 2025) –  Governor Kelly Ayotte has signed the following three local tax cap and budget cap bills from the 2025 session into law:  HB200, HB374, and SB105. HB200 "relative to the procedure for overriding a local tax cap" strengthens local tax caps...

(August 10, 2025) -  The School District Governance Association of New Hampshire (SGDA-NH) has now completed the 2025 SDGA Legislator Score Cards, based on 119 bills that were tracked.  Bills were selected based on their effect (positive or negative)...

NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut (left) receives the 2025 Dan Richards’ SDGA Education Champion of the Year Award from SDGA President Eric Pauer. (May 31, 2025) – The School District Governance Association of New Hampshire (SGDA-NH) proudly announces that...

An important bill for school district governance, SB383 " Relative to local tax caps ", was signed into law by Governor Sununu on 2 Aug 2024. SB383 is a prime example of Republicans in the House and Senate coordinating together with the Governor to deliver a big win...