Events

School boards and superintendents play a pivotal role in the success of any school district. Research shows that districts with effective governance and a positive relationship between the school board and the superintendent routinely have better student outcomes. Indeed, the dynamic of that relationship can either hinder or help a district achieve its mission. This webinar will provide both school boards and superintendents positive recommendations, strategies and approaches as they consider how to foster positive and effective relationships with each other.

During this webinar, we will highlight some of the most important bills NHSBA will be tracking for the 2025 Legislative Session. Additionally, this webinar will provide information for school boards on how to effectively advocate with your local representatives on behalf of your local school board. Legislative influence and effectiveness are always more impactful when done at the local level. This webinar aims to explain opportunities for legislative participation for the 2025 session, and make this process easier to manage for our members.

Over the next biennium, the current way New Hampshire districts receive reimbursment through the Medicaid to Schools Program (MTS) is changing. These changes to the MTS program will substantially change the process, requirements and reimbursements to local public school districts and will have an impact on school district budgets and budgeting processes. Please join NHSBA staff, along with Dan Courter, General Counsel, Boothby Therapy Services, as we provide a brief history of NH's participation in the Medicaid to Schools Program, a description of changes to come, and the opportunity to ask questions about potential impacts on local school board budgeting.

As we close in on the midpoint of the 2025 legislative session, this webinar will review the status of bills which are moving forward to…