CONCORD — During the Committee of Conference phase of this year’s legislative session, 14 bills were killed ranging from the “Charlie Act” seeking to restrict school curriculum on such things as socialism, LGBTQ topics, or anything that appears to some as Un-American to ending the state’s refugee resettlement program.
Other bills’ demise will hurt children and families who are on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and students on the free and reduced lunch program.
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