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Distant Dome: Education Freedom Account Expansion May Be Determined This Week
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This week may tell what the fate of expanding the Education Freedom Account program will be.
COVID
State Seeks to Expand Services at Community Mental Health Centers
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The state Department of Health and Human Services hopes to help transform the community mental health centers through a federal demonstration program.
Business & Economy
Amendment Would Nullify Any Squatters’ Rights in NH
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Unlike California, New York and many other states, New Hampshire would prohibit any squatters’ rights allowing someone to remain in a building they occupied without an agreement with the owner.
Education
House Committee Seeks to Kill Senate Education Freedom Account Bill
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Rep. Alicia Lekas, R-Hudson, introduced House Bill 1665 to increase the income threshold for Education Freedom Accounts to 500 percent of the federal poverty level Tuesday before the Senate Education Committee.
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Distant Dome: Education Priorities Upside Down in Legislature
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From the new proposed rules for education minimum standards to alternative education opportunities, the state legislature and the executive branch appear to have their priorities upside down.
Education
NH House Increases Education Aid, Backs Legalizing Pot and PFA Ban
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Rep. Karen Ebel, D-New London, speaks in favor of her bill to ban products that have had PFAs intentionally added to them at Thursday’s House session.
Education
NH House Kills Bills to Help Homeless and Hungry Youth
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By the slimmest of margins, the House defeated two bills that would address homelessness and hunger among students and young people Thursday.
Education
House Members Question Key Elements of Proposed Education Rules
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A House Education subcommittee on administrative rules raised some fundamental concerns about the new proposal for the state’s minimum standards for public school approval.
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Distant Dome: Lawmakers May Need to Face the Budget Music
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Or they may ignore the quagmire of picking winners and losers with an election looming and leave the mess to the next legislature to clean up.