Under the new law, the state would chip in $1,100 more per student beginning in 2019, with the possibility of ticking up even more in the future depending on how much money is generated from keno. The state currently pays districts about $1,800 per kindergarten student. Chris Sununu signed a bill last summer that incentivize districts to implement kindergarten by providing more funding. Taxpayers in the Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District and Mason School District will decide whether or not they want full-day kindergarten this budget cycle.

If passed, businesses would receive 8 percent of the profits made off the game while the remainder of the revenue would be directed at helping fund full-day kindergarten programs. The game, called “Keno 603”, must be approved by taxpayers in Rindge, Jaffrey, and Wilton, who will decide if businesses with valid pouring licenses, like taverns and restaurants, can install the game for patrons to play. A few towns in the Monadnock region are leaving it up to voters to decide whether or not it will allow businesses to install a lottery game in their establishments.

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