May 19, 2009
Union Leader
PEMBROKE – Several New Hampshire school districts have sent out a bill that they say is way past due.
The five districts of SAU 53 recently submitted invoices totaling more than $23 million to the U.S. Department of Education for unfunded special education expenses stretching back to 1999.
Superintendent of schools Peter Warburton said the bills to the federal government went out April 28. Copies of the cover letters and bills have also been sent to New Hampshire Commissioner of Education Dr. Lyonel Tracy, Gov. John Lynch and the New Hampshire congressional delegation.
The five districts in SAU 53 are Allenstown, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom and Pembroke.