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Welcome

In November, 2002, a group of community and educational leaders came together to form the New Hampshire Citizens' Voice Project (NHCVP) in order to increase the role of citizens in shaping educational policy. In 2003 and 2004, we conducted community forums to engage New Hampshire Citizens in discussions about successful schools.

On November 30, 2004, we started the Fund the Gap Campaign which examines the difference between the costs of some very basic state educational mandates and what the Sate provides to fund education. NHCVP has performed a study that shows that there is a big Gap between the costs of implementing these very basic state educational requirements and what the State provides to local communities for education funding. View the details of the study in our Fund the Gap Report. This Gap is currently funded by local property taxpayers with their local property taxes. We want the State to Fund the Gap and pay for state educational mandates with state funds. Find out more.

In 2005 we started " Gap Day" which is the day that state funding for basic educational services runs out and communities must fund educational services with their local property taxes. Learn more about Gap Day.

In 2005 we also analyzed education funding plans that claimed to provide sufficient funding to property poor communities by targeting state funding to these communities and not providing funding to "property rich" communities. Do these plans live up to their claims? Read our report "Targeted Aid Plans Don't Fund the Gap, Who Will?" to find out. In our report, we analyze the impact of proposed targeted aid plans on the twelve poorest communities in New Hampshire and the impact on every community in the state.

In 2006 we analyzed the five school districts involved in the Claremont Lawsuit and compared how those schools were doing 10 years after the trial in that case in June 1996. Our study shows that these districts have made improvements over the years, but when compared to their "property-wealthy" counter-parts, they are still left behind by the State. View the report 10 Years Later: Property Poor Districts are Still Left Behind. View our press statement about the report.