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

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (May 23, 2025)

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

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (May 16, 2025)

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

AFT-NH Testimony in Opposition of HB 520 (Relative to Authorizing Hearing Officers of the Department of Education to Issue Subpoenas)

This totally unnecessary bill creates the false and frankly insulting impression that we have rampant problems with extremely serious educator misconduct in so many of our public schools that it can only be solved by granting unprecedented investigatory power to the head of the Department of Education, through his hearing officers! Let me be clear, nobody wants the kind of person who would hurt students to stay in a position where they can ever do it again, whether that is as an educator, a volunteer, a sports coach, a clergy person or any other adult a child might encounter.

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (May 9, 2025)

Universal Vouchers Advance

Universal Vouchers Anti-public education politicians continue their march towards a universal school voucher program this week. The House passed an amended version of SB 295 which starts a universal voucher program next year. As we have talked about many times expanding school vouchers to the wealthy Granite State families is not only fiscally irresponsible in a time where revenues are tight and programs that provide health care for working families and needed supports for Granite Staters with disabilities are being cut, but it also

AFT-NH Testimony in Opposition of the Non-germane Amendment to SB 54 (Firearms Training in Public Schools)

I am here today to express our staunch opposition to the non-germane amendment to SB 54 which would require providing all public school students firearms safety training at all grade levels as part of their public education. We have many concerns about this proposed legislation as educators, parents, grandparents, and Granite State citizens.

AFT-NH Testimony on HB1 and HB2

On behalf of our members and the people we serve, I am here to express my opposition to portions of the House passed budget HB1 and HB 2. It is said that budgets are a statement of priorities. That is especially true in times when revenues are scarce. For that reason alone, priorities must remain laser focused on meeting the state’s constitutional duties and providing assistance to those who most need it.