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1/31/25: NEA-NH Legislative Update

Re-Cap of this Week: Important Follow-Up Actions!  This past week was a full docket of bills that affected educators’ collective bargaining rights and the climate for them and their students in schools. Since some of this legislation is so highly impactful, we want to emphasize the importance of following up with the committees they were heard.   HB 735 – Extreme Legislators Trying to Attack Your Local Union  HB 735 would force a re-certification vote just to maintain your local union if the original employees who formed the union no longer make up a majority of the unit. This is one […]

1/24/25: NEA-NH Legislative Update

This Week’s Re-Cap and What You Can Do Next: Action Links and Book Events!  Thank you to all those who sent in testimony this week on several extremely important bills! We had hearings for bills related to school funding, expanding the code of conduct to include responsibility to parents, creating a permanent part-time unlicensed teacher status, our first bill restricting cell phone use, and anti-union legislation.  With every bill we had great huge numbers of NEA-NH members signing in and writing incredible testimony that only educators can deliver!  None of these bills have been voted on in committee but could […]

PRESS RELEASE: At Legislative Hearing, Labor Leaders Tell Lawmakers: “Right-to-Work” is Still Wrong for New Hampshire

January 22, 2025 CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House Labor Committee held a public hearing on HB 238-FN the latest attempt to push so-called “right-to-work” legislation in a state that has rejected similar attempts multiple times. At the close of the over five-hour public hearing, 1409 individuals had signed in to oppose “Right-to-Work”; 82 individuals had signed in to support HB 238-FN. In response to HB 238, labor group leaders issued the following statements: “While out-of-state billionaires and DC lobbyists continue to enlist legislators to introduce identical bills, year in and year out, a bipartisan coalition of legislators have voted to defeat […]

January 29: Meet Josh Cowen, Author of The Privateers, for a Community Conversation on Vouchers

In The Privateers, Josh Cowen lays bare the surprising history of tax-funded school choice programs in the United States and warns of the dangers of education privatization. A former evaluator of state and local voucher programs, Cowen demonstrates how, as such programs have expanded in the United States, so too has the evidence-informed case against them.  As state lawmakers consider yet another effort to expand an unaccountable voucher scheme, we are thrilled to host two events with Josh Cowen and hope you will join us! Can’t make the event but want to take action? Click here to urge your state lawmakers […]

1/17/25: NEA-NH Legislative Update

Broad Array of People Testify Against Universal Voucher Bill!   One of the biggest bills of the year had its public hearing this week in the House Education Funding Committee. HB 115 would expand our unaccountable voucher program by eliminating the income qualifying cap entirely. Thank you to everyone who signed in, wrote in or testified in-person against this bill! Overall, there were more than 3,400 people who signed in against the bill compared to only 791 who signed in support. A broad array of people came out in opposition including several NEA-NH members, people who went to or sent their […]

PRESS RELEASE: New Hampshire Can’t Afford Universal Vouchers, Educators Caution

January 16, 2025 For Immediate Release CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House Education Funding Committee heard testimony on HB 115, which would eliminate eligibility requirements for the state’s private school voucher program and institute a universal voucher scheme that would divert millions of public dollars from public schools. At the time of the hearing, 3,165 Granite Staters signed in to oppose universal vouchers; 764 individuals signed in to support HB 115.  Megan Tuttle, President of NEA-New Hampshire, provided the following statement at the time of the hearing: “Public dollars belong in public schools. But HB 115 would divert […]