State House News

Legislative Session Ends 

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The work of this legislative session is finally done, except for Veto Day, which would be in the fall. It has been a long legislative session with dozens of attacks on public education but also a session where strong bi-partisan support for our students, our educators, and our public schools was shown. The last day of legislation was a mixed bag for us. HB 751, the school open enrollment scheme was tabled in the Senate and is done for the year. Thank you to all who reached out to their Representatives and Senators to remind them that this plan

Critical Alert (Action Needed) 

Defeat HB 1300 (school tax caps) and HB 751 (open enrollment)

Two harmful bills are moving ahead for their final votes in the House and Senate this Thursday, June 4th after Committees of Conference met this week. The Conference Committees managed to hammer out last minute agreements on Open Enrollment (HB 751) and Mandatory School Tax Caps on the November ballot (HB 1300). Both of these bills would harm students, school districts, and all school district employees. These bills will do nothing to advance educational outcomes and will not lower anyone’s property

Red Alert

Time for Action is Now – Defeat HB 1300

Open Enrollment is back. The committee of conference on HB 751 has finally been scheduled. They will meet on Monday to try to figure out a way forward on open enrollment after SB 101 was defeated a few weeks ago. It is clear that no matter what they come up with, open enrollment will not work here without fair and adequate funding for our local neighborhood public schools first. AFT-NH urges opposition to the proposed open enrollment legislation.

Red Alert – Your Action is Needed Now

HB 1300 mandates every city and town vote on a school property

Your Action Requested

Next week is the last week for the House and Senate to finish their votes for this session before committees of conferences are established on bills the House and Senate passed but with an amendment from either chamber that needs to be discussed. 

We still have a few bills and topics we are tracking that could significantly impact public education. Here are the bills we are watching next week and asking you to take all three actions below.

HB 1300, the education tax cap bill was amended in committee to allow one tax cap vote, during the November general election, in 2026 but

House Defeats SB 101 (Open Enrollment) 

 Vigilance Still Required

VICTORY. A huge win today as SB 101, Open Enrollment, was tabled in the House after it failed to pass. This was a bipartisan vote with a core group of commonsense Republicans standing with all Democrats to support protecting public schools for all students. The deadline for this bill was today and any attempt to remove it from the table would require a two-thirds vote of the legislature. We do still have HB 751 waiting for action from the committee of conference so the issue is not done, and we will be calling on you again in the