Once again, far-right extremists are pushing their anti-worker agenda. HB 238-FN is a harmful “right-to-work” bill set for its first hearing on January 22nd. We need your help to send a strong message to our representatives: “right-to-work” is STILL wrong for New Hampshire. 

“Right-to-work” laws are a bad deal for working families. They lower wages across the board by thousands of dollars and undermine workplace training and safety programs that benefit everyone. This legislation isn’t about freedom or creating jobs—it’s about government intrusion into our workplaces. 

In the lead up to the January 22nd hearing let’s make it clear: New Hampshire won’t stand for attacks on workers and their rights. 

Will you send a letter today telling your legislator to stand against right-to-work? 

ACTION REQUESTED: SIGN IN TO OPPOSE HB 235 being heard in the HOUSE Education Policy and Administration Committee on Thursday, January 23rd at 11:15 am. Please find step-by-step instructions to sign in below. 

HB 235 would give the NH Department of Education the ability to expand the code of conduct to include an unknown set of responsibilities to parents (not just students as it does today). Educator responsibilities to students are laid out in the code of conduct with standards that make sense such as maintaining a professional relationship with students and protecting students’ health and safety. This bill would add parents to the law and then let the Commissioner and the State Board enumerate what those responsibilities to parents are through the rulemaking process. This could be a limitless and unworkable set of standards for educators to meet and compete with their number one responsibility, which is the well-being of their students. Given the highly charged political culture war agenda currently pursued by the Department under the guise of parental rights, this is a bill educators should be concerned about. 

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ACTION REQUESTED: SIGN IN TO SUPPORT HB 550 being heard in the HOUSE Education Funding Committee on Tuesday, January 21st at 2:00 pm. Please find step-by-step instructions to sign in below.   

The first public school funding bill of the session is positive. HB 550 would implement the district court judge’s order from the ConVal lawsuit, that the state should be contributing at least $7.356 per student, plus any differentiated aid rather than the current base aid of $4,100 per student. This would more than double the base aid to local communities ahead of a final decision on these cases before the State Supreme Court.  

Send a message to the House Education Committee that you want the state to contribute more aid to local communities so New Hampshire schools can hire and retain qualified educators and foster the supporting learning environments our students deserve.

For House bills: 

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Studies have shown that teacher quality is the most powerful indicator of student achievement within the school. New Hampshire teachers are professionals who have undergone high-quality education programs, whether “traditional” or alternative pathways, that help build the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively serve their students. But HB 90 would allow anyone employed or contracted as a full time or adjunct faculty at the university or community college system to be a part-time teacher (20 hours or less per week) without training or professional development, with no time limit to this status or requirement for a path to licensure. 

Click here to act now to sign in to OPPOSE HB 90 in New Hampshire!

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4. Select the committee – House Education Policy & Administration
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