Education
Unanimous Support for Repealing Divisive Concepts Law
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The prime sponsor of HB 1162, Rep. Peter Petrigno, D-Milford, said the law on the books is an insult to public school teachers.
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The prime sponsor of HB 1162, Rep. Peter Petrigno, D-Milford, said the law on the books is an insult to public school teachers.
A bill banning public school educators and staff from using students’ names or pronouns different from those given at birth without parental permission is disrespectful and harmful, a House committee was told Tuesday.
There have been allegations against two men in unrelated assaults against three separate 7-year-old children at Parker Varney Elementary School in Manchester, according to Manchester police.
Three bills seeking to enhance parental rights had public hearings Tuesday as House Republicans seek to sidestep a prohibition on bringing forward similar content to a bill killed last year on parental rights.
A bill defining the biological sex of students in school athletics and one which relates to setting up an appeal process for school libraries, books seen by some parents as harmful to minors, were heard in the Senate Education Committee with testimony overwhelmingly opposed to both measures.
On Monday, the House Education Committee heard polarized testimony regarding a bill that would put strict gender guidelines in place for school athletics, prohibiting what the legislators classified as “biological males” from participating in female athletics.
Brian Hawkins of NEA-NH speaks to the House Finance Committee Monday in opposition to House Bill 1690, which would transfer its nearly $200 million surplus to the state’s General Fund at the end of the biennium.
Pinkerton Academy has recently become a registered apprenticeship program, supporting potential educators.
Portsmouth Police Lt. Eric Kinsman, the commander of the NH Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, speaks to the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Wednesday about House Bill 1344, about enticing minors into sexual activity.