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1) Take everything you don't want to pay for now, wrap the "Constitution" around deleting it, and watch New Hampshire's economy suffer in the future:
[Education Chairman Michael] Balboni, a Nashua Republican, said the state Constitution does not allow for policies of compulsory attendance.
2) During a severe economic recession, with double-digit unemployment for those without a high school diploma, work to reduce the dropout rate, ease suffering and strengthen the long-term economic future of New Hampshire (via press release):
Gov. John Lynch today announced a 44 percent reduction in the state's annual dropout rate.
A report released today by the State Department of Education shows that for school year 2009-2010 the annual dropout rate decreased to .97 percent, down from 1.7 percent in 2008-2009.
This continues a significant decline in the number of young people dropping out of school. Since the 2007-2008 school year, the dropout rate has declined 61 percent from 2.51 percent.
...Gov. Lynch has made increasing New Hampshire's high school graduation rate a priority in order to ensure that New Hampshire workers have the skills they need to compete and that New Hampshire businesses have the educated workforce they need to grow. Gov. Lynch and the State Board of Education have set a goal of reducing New Hampshire's dropout rate to zero by the 2012-2013 school year.
"I am proud that at a time when dropout rates are of epidemic proportions in other states, we in New Hampshire have worked together to drastically reduce the number of young people dropping out of high school," Gov. Lynch said.
"We have changed a century-old way of thinking and sent a strong message to our young people about the importance of earning a high school diploma. As a result, more and more of them are recognizing that a high school diploma is absolutely necessary if they want to enter today's workforce," Gov. Lynch said.
