CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The New Hampshire House has approved a plan to fund full-day kindergarten with revenue from the Keno lottery game, though its fate is uncertain in the Senate.
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu has made full-day kindergarten one of his top initiatives. Nearly 75 percent of New Hampshire communities already offer full-day kindergarten, but the state only pays half the standard per-student amount for those pupils.
The bill approved by the House on Thursday would provide an additional $1,100 per student in districts that adopt full-day programs paid for via lottery revenues. It now goes back to the Senate, which has frequently opposed that funding mechanism.
Sununu praised the House for moving the bill forward.
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