Critical Legislative Decisions Ahead on State Budget

The extremist majorities in the NH House and Senate showed their total disregard for public school students, educators and local property taxpayers as they wrapped up work on bills week. The Senate passed a budget that prioritizes expanding the state’s school voucher program instead of improving funding for students with special education needs in our public schools. The House passed two different bills that focused entirely on parental rights and ignored the best interests of the student and student safety.

The House has now dealt with all

Senate Passed State Budget Expands Vouchers, Raises Property Taxes

AFT-NH President Deb Howes

CONCORD, N.H.— Today, the New Hampshire Senate passed their version of the state budget which mandates universal school vouchers, lowering educational outcomes and raising property taxes. AFT-NH President Deb Howes released the following statement:

“Expanding the school voucher program to the ultra-wealthy is a disservice to every Granite State property taxpayer. Educational outcomes from the voucher program are at best unproven, and all the data we have from other states shows that students who take

Universal School Voucher Bills in House and Senate Finance Committees

Take Action on Book Ban

We are in our last month of the legislative session in Concord. While there are still a lot of key votes to be taken and then the Governor will have to act on all of the bills the legislature passes, the legislature still has some key votes we are monitoring closely.

Next Week the House and Senate Finance Committees will have to take action on their irresponsible, unreasonable and unproven school voucher program. House Finance needs to approve the Senate version of universal school vouchers. Senate

Book Ban Passes in Senate and Heads to Governor Ayotte

Please Take Action Now

The extremist majority in Concord was at it again this week, undermining students’ ability to get the robust public education they have a right to in our public schools.  This week the Senate passed HB 324, a bill that would make it easier to remove books and classroom materials from public schools by categorizing them as obscene, age-inappropriate or harmful to minors. The terms in the bill are vague and entirely subjective. Similar bills in other states have led to the removal of dictionaries from school libraries