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Edelblut noted the state is doing better than the nation as a whole returning kids to academic levels before the pandemic hit and set learning back considerably as remote learning replaced in-person learning and family members became each other’s only social interaction for months.
Appearing before the House Education Funding Committee, Rep. Joe Sweeney, R-Salem, said House bill 675 would be transparent and allow for responsibly funding education.
A bill that would establish open enrollment in all public schools in the state would be a boom to students and parents, supporters say.
After a five-hour public hearing with the vast majority opposed to the bill that has been before the legislature many times only to fail, the committee Republicans all favored the bill and the Democrats all opposed it.
A report by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute indicates potential changes to Medicaid — the state-federal health insurance program — could cost the state about half a billion dollars in federal money and likely end the Granite Advantage Program, for the state’s working poor.
The 2025 session of the New Hampshire legislature began with a number of hot button issues that have garnered headlines from universal Education Freedom Accounts to restricting abortion rights.
Public tax dollars should not fund a religious education, the House Education Funding Committee was told Friday.
During the hearing on SB 13, committee member state Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, noted the Federation for American Immigration Reform has been declared a hate group after Shari Rendall of the organization testified in favor of the legislation.
Opponents of the latest “right-to-work” bill said it was Ground Hog Day again with the unpopular provision that failed time and time again to become law in New Hampshire.