Charter schools
House Rejects School Voucher Program Repeal, Public School Breakfast For All
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Efforts by Democrats in the House of Representatives to repeal the state’s new school voucher program lost on a 189-166 vote, Wednesday.
Uncategorized
Sununu Vetoes Bill Requiring College Students Pass U.S. Naturalization Test
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House Bill 319 would also represent the first time the legislature has imposed a universal graduation requirement for students at our public colleges and universities. I am concerned that this would create a precedent for future legislatures to mandate extreme requirements.
Ben Chan
Sununu Says Schools Must End Mask Mandates
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The state is no longer recommending people wear face masks indoors in buildings and schools as the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations are on the decline.
Education
Education Freedom Account Rule Approved Despite Concerns It’s Too Vague
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Education Freedom Accounts and lack of constraints on eligible expenses under the program were the subjects of a rules discussion by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules Friday.
Black History Month
Senate Votes on School Vouchers, Redistricting and Bail Reform in Busy Session
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The Senate voted on a number of bills related to Education Freedom Accounts, Redistricting, bail reform and others at a busy session on Wednesday.
COVID
Op-Ed: New ‘Red Scare’ in N.H. Has Roots a Century Old
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HB 1255, still in the hands of the House Education Committee 4 weeks after it was discussed at a public hearing, would prohibit teachers from advocating “subversive doctrines” by expanding a 1949 description of banned doctrines.
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Retired Manchester Firefighter Brings Black History To Light
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Samantha Plantin, the daughter of slaves, who may be the first African American woman to own property in the City of Manchester, is about to get the recognition she is due.
Divisive Concepts
Many Seek Repeal of Divisive Concepts Law
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The House Education Committee Tuesday heard the good, the bad, and the ugly about the state’s new divisive concepts law.
COVID
Bill To Require School Boards Offer Regular Public Comment
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CONCORD – A bill was heard Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee that would require a thirty-minute public comment period at the beginning of all school board meetings.