New Hampshire policy, followed through to the outcome.
Issue
Whether a programme or an official can be evaluated against a measurable result rather than a stated intention.
Two things can happen when the state subsidises something: it causes a choice that would not otherwise have happened, or it pays for one that was happening anyway. New Hampshire does not publish the data to tell them apart.
HB 1300 limits growth in the local school tax levy and caps SAU central-office spending. Neither provision identifies a cost the district stops owing.
A public dashboard now shows Education Freedom Account participation by municipality. It does not show what the accounts changed — and the statewide reporting that would answer that question does not exist.
A comparison of two decisions by the representative for Sullivan County District 7: a bill that would have moved $28 million of pension cost off local property taxes, and an expansion of state education spending to $51.6 million.
