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Testimony Mostly Favors Repeal of ‘Banned Concepts Law’ in Committee

A bill to repeal the 2021 state law relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces that has come to be known as the “banned concepts law,” had a public hearing on Thursday with the majority testifying in favor of repeal.

Bills To Assess Need Or Eliminate School Vouchers Meet Opposition

By THOMAS P. CALDWELL, InDepthNH.org | February 1, 2022

One might expect that a bill to eliminate a new state voucher program that just launched in the fall would meet with opposition, but a separate bill, seeking to ensure that the Education Freedom Accounts go only to families in need of financial help also met with strong opposition during a hearing before the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.