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AFT-NH President Deb Howes Statement on Defeat of SB 101

AFT-NH President Deb Howes Statement on Defeat of SB 101 (Open Enrollment)

Granite State public school students won today when the New Hampshire House put the needs of all public-school students first and defeated SB101, an Open Enrollment proposal that was far from ready to become law. All students deserve robust, well-funded public schools in their home districts, and this proposal lacked the safeguards, stable funding, and predictability needed to protect students, classrooms and communities. This bipartisan vote showed respect for local voters and property taxpayers, who voted at annual

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (April 17, 2026)

Contact Governor Ayotte Now

Oppose SB 101 (Open Enrollment)

The full House meets this week and will vote on SB 101- the open enrollment bill. To recap where this bill stands, if you choose to be an open enrollment student, the state will pay the district to transfer into at least $9,000 towards your education.

Statement on Passage of Open Enrollment Bill by House Education Committee

“The majority of the House Education Policy Committee failed Granite State public school students by rushing through a statewide open enrollment proposal without doing the hard work required to make it fair and workable for all public school students.

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (April 10, 2026)

Need for Action on Open Enrollment – Oppose SB 101

Contact Governor Ayotte

We now have less than two months until the end of the legislative session. We will see more bills being voted on by their committees and then by the full House or Senate in the coming weeks as they get through the rest of the bills.

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (April 6, 2026)

Open Enrollment. The House Education Policy and Administration Committee concluded the second day of public hearings on SB 101, Open Enrollment, and again encountered overwhelming opposition to the bill. After two days of testimony, only ten people spoke in favor of the bill. Opposition dominated the hearings. School board members, administrators, teachers, special education advocates, local property taxpayers, and many others expressed serious concerns about the proposed bill and amendment and the havoc which would result in our local schools.

AFT-NH Legislative Bulletin (March 27, 2026)

SB 101 OPEN ENROLLMENT HEARING RESUMES ON APRIL 1^ST

Open enrollment continues to dominate the education space in the State House with a new amendment and scheme introduced this week. Basically, instead of using local property taxpayers to directly pay for a student to attend a public school in a different district, the amendment provides open enrollment students with twice the state adequacy aid than is received for students enrolled in their own school district. The state is now offering to pay twice the adequacy amount if you want to attend a charter or if you want to go to a different public