CONCORD, N.H. --House and Senate negotiators [recently] agreed on legislation to define an adequate education.
The bill specifies the subject areas in grades K-12 that all New Hampshire children are entitled to as part of their constitutional right to a public education. These standards are based on existing school approval standards and curriculum frameworks...
...The committee will develop and propose criteria for identifying schools with enhanced needs, and identify and propose any resources those schools may need. It will also review transition assistance for school districts that do not provide public kindergarten in order to enable those school districts to do so.
"The definition clearly identifies the substantive educational programs that constitute an adequate education, including: history, algebra, chemistry, world languages, music, visual arts and literature," Gov. John Lynch said in a statement. "The definition incorporates the high standards for education programs in these areas as set forth in our existing school approval standards. And for the first time, New Hampshire makes clear that all children should have the opportunity to attend kindergarten.
This from the Boston Globe.
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