Megan Tuttle, President of NEA-New Hampshire, provided the following statement after the vote:
“Every student deserves a quality public education in their community that inspires a lifelong love of learning and builds a bright future. Unfortunately, that’s not possible under New Hampshire’s broken school funding system, which places our State “Last in the Nation” when it comes to its contribution to public education.
As educators and taxpayers, we see firsthand the consequences of this failure. But HB 1815 and SB 659 are not the solutions. These bills would not lower property taxes, reduce reliance on local funding, or improve support for students. Instead, they would rewrite the State’s responsibility and deepen existing inequities; the Legislature is essentially letting the State off the hook while leaving students and property taxpayers to bear the burden once again.
New Hampshire’s students deserve better. It’s time to stop kicking the can down the road and finally take action to ensure a fair, sustainable approach to funding public education.”
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About NEA-New Hampshire
NEA-New Hampshire is the largest union of public employees in the state. Founded in 1854, the New Hampshire State Teachers Association became one of the "founding ten" state education associations that formed the National Education Association in 1857. Known today as NEA-NH, the state’s largest educator union’s mission to advocate for the children of New Hampshire and public-school employees, and to promote lifelong learning, remains true after more than 165 years. Our members are public school employees in all stages of their careers, including classroom teachers and other certified professionals, staff and instructors at public higher education institutions, students preparing for a teaching career, education support personnel and those retired from the profession.
