Opponents of School Budget Tax Caps Take Concerns to Court

Lawsuit seeks to strike down tax-cap ballot question before November

Republican lawmakers hope a new statewide ballot question will give voters a say this November in whether to impose a cap over their local school district property taxes. But two challengers argue it will give voters something else: a grammar test. In a lawsuit filed Monday seeking to stop the tax-cap ballot question, two plaintiffs, […]

Opponents of school budget tax caps take concerns to court

Opponents of a ballot measure that would let voters decide whether to put a cap on how much tax revenue goes to schools are taking their concerns to court.

Would N.H.’s school tax caps ballot question ‘mislead’ voters? Parents are suing to block it from the November ballot. - The Boston Globe

The lawsuit takes particular issue with a sentence in the ballot question that claims the tax caps “do not affect classroom instruction.”

NH Dems Go to Court to Block New Property Tax Cap Law

Democrats are asking a judge to block a new GOP-backed law that lets voters cap local school property tax growth. Republicans are asking voters to render their verdict in November. “Democrats are fine with voters paying the bill,” said Rep. Ross Berry (R-Weare). “They just don’t want them deciding how big that bill should be.” At issue is House Bill 1300, which requires a local school property tax cap question to appear before voters in every Ne…

Lawsuit filed to block ballot question on school property tax spending caps

A lawsuit was filed Monday that seeks to prohibit the state from asking voters in the next two general elections whether they want to cap the amount their local school district can raise through property taxes.

Lawsuit challenges school tax cap as confusing and misleading

Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed legislation in July that requires the tax cap question to appear on the November ballot, saying it would “protect local taxpayers.”