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New Hampshire cannot afford two school systems the Senate Education Committee was told at a public hearing on a bill that would remove any salary cap from the Education Freedom Account program Tuesday.
The reasons for the current predicament are multiple and varied, but the end result is the majority of lawmakers in the hallowed halls of the State House do not vote in the best interest of the state’s people.
Instituting a new work requirement for able-bodied people on the state’s Granite Advantage Medicaid program was opposed by medical providers, advocates for the disabled, mentally ill, greater healthcare access, and substance abuse treatment and recovery Wednesday.
Little support was shown for the Senate’s proposal for expanding the Education Freedom Account program to eliminate any income requirement Tuesday.
Adding that educators have a responsibility to parents as well as their students to the educators’ codes of conduct and ethics is not needed and could lead to potential problems, the Senate Education Committee was told Tuesday.
“Elections have consequences,” is an old adage and the last general election may be one of the most consequential in many years, both in New Hampshire and nationally.
The House wants to prohibit sanctuary cities or towns in the state to shelter undocumented immigrants, but Democrats argued now is not the time with the Trump administration deporting immigrants without due process or any evidence they committed a crime.
By a slim margin, the House Thursday approved expanding the Education Freedom Account program to every child in the state in the second year of the next biennium.
A bill mandating teachers answer parents’ questions about their child “completely and honestly” came under fire at a public hearing Wednesday.