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PRESS RELEASE: NH House Blocks Action to Address Extreme Classroom Temperatures

CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House voted “Inexpedient to Legislate” on HB 329. This bill would have required New Hampshire school boards to develop air quality policies and plans to minimize or eliminate poor indoor air quality and temperature conditions. This bill would also require schools to implement the U.S. EPA Tools for Schools program to help provide and maintain good indoor air quality in public school buildings.  Megan Tuttle, President of NEA-New Hampshire, provided the following statement after the vote: “We know when air quality is poor and temperatures are extreme, students struggle to learn, and educators […]

PRESS RELEASE: NH House and Senate Vote to Take More Public Money Away from Public Schools

HB 115 and SB 295 Subsidize Private Education for Wealthy Families While NH Property Taxpayers Struggle to Fill in Gaps for Inadequate Public Education Funding CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House and Senate voted in support of HB 115 and SB 295, respectively. Both bills eliminate eligibility requirements for the state’s unaccountable private school voucher program and institute a universal voucher scheme that would divert millions of public dollars from public schools to subsidize private education for wealthy families. During the public hearing process on this bill, 3,165 Granite Staters signed in to oppose universal vouchers and just […]

PRESS RELEASE: NH House Passes Bill to Force School Spending Caps Against Local Voters’ Will

CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House voted 190-185 in support of HB 675. As amended, this bill would place an arbitrary cap on school district budgets based on inflation and enrollment trends—regardless of real costs like teacher salaries, special education services, or rising utility bills. The vote on HB 675 comes just after School District Election and Meeting Day in which communities overwhelmingly rejected petition warrant articles to institute local per pupil spending caps. After Kearsarge Regional voters defeated the first spending cap initiative in January, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne stated: “Perhaps, if they are unwilling to […]

PRESS RELEASE: ACLU and NEA Sue U.S. Department of Education Over Unlawful Attack on Educational Equity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2025 CONCORD, N.H. – Today, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of New Hampshire, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the National Education Association (NEA), and the National Education Association–New Hampshire, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New Hampshire, against the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The lawsuit challenges the Department of Education’s Feb. 14, 2025, Dear Colleague Letter, which threatens federal funding cuts for education institutions nationwide for engaging in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts; and a 14-day window before “appropriate measures” would be taken.  The lawsuit argues that ED has overstepped its legal authority by: […]

PRESS RELEASE: Joint Statement from Labor Leaders Following the Defeat of House Bill 238-FN, “Right-to-Work”

Concord – Today, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 200-180 to Indefinitely Postpone House Bill 238-FN, this year’s version of the fraudulently-titled “Right-to-Work” bill. In response to the House of Representatives Indefinite Postponement of HB 238-FN “Right-to-Work” labor leaders issued the following statements: “For the fortieth consecutive time, so-called “Right-to-Work” is dead. Once again, today, a bipartisan coalition of legislators did their job, listened to their constituents, and voted to kill House Bill 238-FN, this year’s version of the fraudulently titled “Right-to-Work.” Every new legislature for the last 40 years has seen this attack on workers’ rights and every […]

PRESS RELEASE: Ayotte Budget Proposal Takes Important Step to Close Special Education Funding Gap but Diverts More Public Dollars from Public Schools to Subsidize Private Education 

CONCORD, NH – Today, Governor Kelly Ayotte delivered her first budget proposal to state lawmakers as the Senate confirmation hearing began for Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon in Washington, D.C. In her address, Governor Ayotte stated: “We understand the skyrocketing costs facing towns in providing special education and we want to lessen that burden. We are making education freedom available to all public school students.” Moments later, McMahon went on record to say private schools funded by taxpayer vouchers do and should have the right to turn children away if those children don’t those the private schools’ needs.  Megan Tuttle, […]