Tag: Legislation
The state’s role in addressing bullying is limited. Should it be different?
When Delanie Marcotte, a fifth grade student at Pollard Elementary School in Plaistow, NH, went before her school board to ask them to do...
Policy Brief: SB 8 & Implications for NH Public Education
Senate Bill (SB) 8 was signed into law by Governor Sununu on June 29th, 2017 with an effective date of August 28, 2017. SB 8,...
Weekly Legislative Update: Keno-garten, restrictions on rulemaking, and legislative approval of academic standards up...
Over the past week, the hot topics in Concord have been the state budget and lawmakers' work in the Committees of Conference to strike...
Weekly Legislative Update: School choice on hold, full-day kindergarten in play, Senate gets public...
This week, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on the state budget on Tuesday starting at 1 p.m. in Representative's Hall. And the House will vote on the kindergarten bill, requiring civics in high school, and expanding dual enrollment programs like Running Start.
House lawmakers hit pause on sweeping school choice bill | AP
Kathleen Ronayne writes for the AP in the Concord Monitor,
House lawmakers hit pause Tuesday on a sweeping school choice bill over concerns it would improperly...
Bonnie Dunham on the plan to reorganize Education Department, “There is no real emergency”...
David Solomon reports that the Senate Education Committee voted down the Edelblut request for open ended authority to reorganize the New Hampshire department of education because Republican Sen. Ruth Ward heard so much opposition from constitutents.
School choice bill put on hold until 2018 by bipartisan vote of NH House...
WMUR reports that the New Hampshire House Education Committee retained for further study a controversial voucher bill. It could be returned in 2018
NH House Education Committee recommends fully funding kindergarten at $14 million-a-year | WMUR
WMUR reports that the New Hampshire House Education Committee voted 15-4 to fully support full day kindergarten, adding $5 million per year to the governor's original proposal
State Senate panel recommends killing bill to give Education Commissioner broader management authority |...
WMUR reports that the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee sent a major department of education reorganization proposal to study committee.
House panel votes for full-day kindergarten | Union Leader
The Union Leader reported that New Hampshire House Education Committee voted in support of SB 191, full day kindergarten. Now the bill goes to the full House and then to House Finance