Governor Kelly Ayotte’s signing of HB 1815 is a direct blow to New Hampshire’s public-school students. The bill tries to rewrite the state’s constitutional duty to fund public education without fixing the broken system that already leaves New Hampshire last in the nation for its share of school funding.

Instead of delivering real support to students in property-poor districts, HB 1815 lets the state walk away from decades of court rulings and deepens inequities for students and taxpayers alike. Every single Granite State child deserves a fair, fully funded public education in their local

Open Enrollment Scheduled for a Public Hearing

Action Needed

Open enrollment is back. Next Week Senate Bill 101 will be heard in the House Education Committee. A quick recap of where we stand on Open Enrollment. Back in January, the Senate attached open enrollment to an unrelated bill HB 751 with the intent on ramming it through the legislature and quickly getting it to the Governor.

The rush was to pass a statewide open enrollment law before voters at annual school district meetings had their say on whether they wanted to pay for any student who decided to transfer to another public school

Huge Victory for Public Employees’ Union Rights and Collective Bargaining

It was a great victory for our members and public employees across the state when the NH House defeated HB 1704 this week. The bill is dead for the rest of this legislative session. But let’s remember this in November.  This bill was poised to significantly weaken the rights of teachers, school staff, and other municipal employees to negotiate for strong contracts and have a meaningful voice in the workplace.  A big thank you to the hundreds of you who contacted your state representatives and help prevent this bill from

Public Employee Union Rights Scheduled for a Vote – ACTION Needed

Next week will be a big week for public education on the House floor. The union-busting HB 1704 will finally be voted along with a large number of other significant bills.  Our two significant priority bills requiring action are listed below. Please take a moment to weigh in on these requested actions.

Town Meeting Day - VOTE

Tuesday is an important day for schools across our state. AFT-NH local members have spent months negotiating collective bargaining agreements which will be presented to the voters. Please refer to our AFT-NH

Significant Committee Action Next Week

This Sunday we set the clocks forward to spring ahead. Let’s take those extra minutes of sunshine to keep a watchful eye on the NH Legislature as they resume activity after the February break.

All bills that need only be considered by one committee are due out next week which means we will be seeing a lot of votes from committees on bills that we care about. This week we will share the list of bills to get a vote in the executive session; these bills will not require your action yet but we will share for ongoing awareness.

Last week, there were hearings on