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FIGHTING FOR A BETTER FUTURE

AFT-NH members across the state are fighting for a better future during this legislative session.

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (January 23, 2026) Urgent Action Needed

Red Alert – Stop the Attack on Public Employees’ Collective Bargaining

Defeat House Bill 1704

Attack on Public Employees – Action Needed

HB 1704, a bill which would erode public employees’ bargaining rights (except police, fire, and corrections officers) and effectively bust most public sector unions is scheduled for hearing this Tuesday, January 27^th at 3:15 pm before the House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services Committee.

The bill would allow individual employees to bargain individually even when a union contract is in place. This is intended to weaken the union and the rights of the

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (January 16, 2026)

Up Next - Spending Cap Resurfaces, Open Enrollment, Firearms and Schools, and Vouchers

Next week the legislature will continue to work through the countless scores of bills ahead of them and start to take votes on the bills heard this week.

There will be significant bills heard next week. A complete tracker is provided at the end of this bulletin with the AFT-NH position for each of the bills. We wanted to highlight a few of these bills which will be heard so you can register your opinion directly to the committee hearing the bill.

Spending Cap Resurfaces in Another Form

HB 1300 was originally

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (January 9, 2026)

Legislature Convenes

HB 675 State-Mandated School Budget Caps Defeated

Huge Victory

The legislative session began on January 7^th and scores of retained bills from the 2025 session were addressed. The BIG news of the week is that HB 675 which would have established mandatory budget caps for public schools was defeated this week. The defeat of this harmful legislation only happened because you answered the call to contact your state representative. A big thank you for all your work. It was a great victory to start the session and we know we can count on you all to step up as we see the continued attacks on public education and workers’ rights.

AFT-NH Legislative Alert: Stop State Mandated School Budget Caps - Protect Local Control!

On January 7^th, the NH House will vote on HB 675 which would establish state-mandated budget caps for local school districts despite the will of the voters. This bill would strip away local control from voters and limit school district budgets to an unreasonable state formula that does not reflect what NH students really need. We need to preserve local control and protect public schools.

From Chalkboards to AI: A Teacher’s 65-Year Journey

On her very first day of student teaching at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, N.Y., Martha Strever pushed, pulled and pounded on the school’s door, which was locked. No one came. Where was everybody? It was, after all, the first day of school.

It turned out everybody was exactly where they were supposed to be: inside, having entered through the school’s front entrance. Strever had been knocking on a side door. Flustered but undeterred, she not only found her way inside, she also found her life’s calling.

Photo credit: SDI Productions / E+ / Getty Images

Kids and PSRPs take the brunt of Trump’s halt to school funding

Paraprofessionals and school-related personnel are often overlooked because of their support roles. They are the last ones hired and often the first ones fired when budgets get tight. This certainly seems true right now as the Trump administration withholds nearly $7 billion in education funds, effective July 1, which has hamstrung summer school programs, hindered English language support, halted professional development this summer, and left before- and after-school programs in limbo for the coming school year.