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This bill amends New Hampshire's education laws to redefine what constitutes an "adequate education" by focusing on the substantive educational content that must be provided. Specifically, it removes language that previously set a starting school year for these definitions and instead directly states that an adequate education is defined by school approval standards in eleven learning areas: English/language arts and reading, mathematics, science, social studies (including civics, government, economics, geography, history, and Holocaust and genocide education), arts education (music and visual arts), world languages, health and wellness education, physical education, engineering and technologies, personal finance literacy, and computer science. The bill also clarifies that the cost of an adequate education, as defined by these learning areas, will be computed, including all differentiated aid, and the department will determine this cost for each municipality based on the number of pupils residing there.

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