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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. The bill no longer requires local dollars to be sent to a student’s new school district but inevitably money will have to flow from one district to another district to support students’ special education needs and most importantly districts that struggle financially will lose students and state funding, but still have all of their fixed costs. This bill, and its amendment, make it clear that the state is willing to pay more if you go to a charter school or another public school in our state, but won’t commit to funding a great public school if you decide you want to stay in your district. That is fundamentally wrong.
In the event this bill passes the House, please make sure you have already contacted the Governor and ask her to oppose SB 101 (open enrollment). Click here to contact Governor Ayotte and ask her to reject SB 101.
Other bills we are watching this week:
HB 1358 would convert district public schools to charter schools. A bill that shows what their true intent is with all of this legislation, the elimination of local neighborhood public schools. The hearing will be held on April 21st at 9:15 am before the Senate Education Committee. Please sign in and oppose this bill. AFT-NH opposes this bill.
HB 1268 modifies the structure and administration of home education programs. There is a lot to this bill but we want to focus one part. Much like HB 1817, which has had a hearing already this year, HB 1268 would allow a student to take a school voucher and then go back to their local district, take classes but the school would not be paid the state funding for those classes either by the state or through the voucher. This bill enables double-dipping and the state should not allow that. The hearing will be held on April 21st at 9:45 am before the Senate Education Committee. Please sign in and oppose this bill. AFT-NH Opposes this bill.
Thank you for taking to protect public education in NH.
Submitting Your Position and Testimony
Here is easy access to submit your position on bills before House and Senate Committees.
Remember, if a bill is already scheduled for an Executive Session, you will not be able to submit your position.
To submit your position, click SUBMIT YOUR POSITION TO A HOUSE COMMITTEE HERE.
To submit your position, click SUBMIT YOUR POSITION TO A SENATE COMMITTEE HERE.
- Fill in your Personal Information
- Select the relevant date and committee for the hearing by clicking on it in the Meeting Schedule Calendar (make sure you are on the right week). [Select Bill # and select the date].
- In the dropbox below "Select the Committee," select committee.
- In the dropbox below "Choose the Bill," select the appropriate time and bill number.
- Select the appropriate option for the "I am" dropbox (likely "Member of the Public").
- Fill in the content box under "I'm Representing" with the business, organization, or group you are representing. If you are representing yourself only, write "myself."
- Under the “Indicate Your Position on this Bill,” check the circle stating your position on the bill. “I Oppose this Bill” or “I Support this Bill”
- After filling in all of the appropriate drop boxes, click “Submit.”
- After clicking submit, you will be brought to the next page, where you will fill in the content boxes with your first and last name, as well as your town, state, and email address.
- Press “Continue.”
- If you wish to speak during the hearing to present your testimony, you will need to attend in person at the State House, but you upload your testimony if you cannot attend.
- If you wish to submit testimony on the bill, email the relevant committee and upload the testimony file from your computer (if you need assistance in this, we are happy to help).
AFT-NH Legislative Hearings
Week of April 20, 2026
| Date | Time | Location | Committee | Position | Bill | Meeting Description | Sponsors | Title |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 9:15 AM | SL, Room Map Room | Senate Education | Oppose | HB 1358 | Senate Standing Committee | Osborne | Title: (New Title) establishing a commission to study transitioning all public schools to public charter schools. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 9:25 AM | SL, Room Map Room | Senate Education | Oppose | HB 1374 | Senate Standing Committee | Mary Murphy Colcombe Ford | Title: relative to the procedures for withdrawal from a cooperative school district. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 9:30 AM | SH, Room 122-123 | Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Oppose | HB 1184 | Senate Standing Committee | Harvey-Bolia Freeman Pauer | Title: relative to the issuance of no trespass orders on municipal or school district property. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 9:35 AM | SL, Room Map Room | Senate Education | Oppose | HB 1448 | Senate Standing Committee | Morse | Title: prohibiting the use of the World Economic Forum materials within state curriculum. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 9:45 AM | SL, Room Map Room | Senate Education | Neutral | HB 1268 | Senate Standing Committee | Noble Drago Drye | Title: (New Title) modifying the structure and administration of home education programs. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 10:15 AM | SH, Room 122-123 | Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs | Oppose | HB 1224 | Senate Standing Committee | Dunn Alexander Ankarberg | Title: relative to the default budget for official ballot town meetings. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 1:50 PM | SH, Room 100 | Senate Judiciary | Oppose | HB 1447 | Senate Standing Committee | Mazur DeVito Harvey-Bolia | Title: restricting the use of certain public and private facilities on the basis of sex and establishing that such restriction does not qualify as discrimination. |
| Apr 22, 2026 | 9:00 AM | SH, Room 122-123 | Senate Ways and Means | Oppose | HB 155 | Senate Standing Committee | Sweeney Alexander Berry | Title: reducing the rate of the business enterprise tax. |