NH SB659

Redefines New Hampshire's policy on adequate public education to provide students opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills for participation in social, economic, scientific, technological, and political systems of a free government

Establishes education as an integrated system of shared responsibility between state and local government, with flexibility for diverse educational approaches tailored to student needs

Specifies that adequate education shall be defined through school approval standards in 11 learning areas: English/language arts, mathematics, science, social studies (including Holocaust and genocide education), arts, world languages, health and wellness, physical education, engineering and technologies, personal finance literacy, and computer science

Declares that decisions on raising, allocating, and spending educational financial resources are political policy matters reserved to legislative and executive judgment rather than judicial determination

Takes effect 60 days after passage