Thursday marked the last chance for New Hampshire lawmakers to approve or reject the remaining bills of this year’s legislative session. While passage of a state budget was the main focus in Concord, lawmakers also voted on several bills that came out of this month’s committees of conference. The committees, made up of House and […]
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed two pieces of legislation Tuesday, one to extend the education freedom account program to all income levels and another to give families more control over their schools, delivering significant victories to “school choice” conservatives. Flanked by children in a crowded council chamber room adjacent to her corner office in the State […]
The House and Senate passed a pair of parental rights bills Thursday, sending one to Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s desk, as Republicans advanced a yearslong goal to strengthen parents’ control over public schools. Both bills, House Bill 10 and Senate Bill 72, would enumerate a number of powers parents have to request information from teachers about […]
Thursday brings a major deadline: the final day in which the House and Senate can pass remaining legislation. And Republicans in both chambers will be pushing to achieve a long-sought priority and finally approve a “parental bill of rights.” In past years, those votes have failed, often defeated by a handful of votes in the […]