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School voucher proponents spend big to overcome rural resistance
Students listen to their teacher during a class at Phoenix Christian School PreK-8 in Phoenix. School choice allows taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition instead of only financing public...
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Senate Republicans propose increasing income cap on education freedom accounts
Created in 2021, the education freedom accounts program allows families to use a portion of state education dollars for nonpublic school or home-school expenses. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire...
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House narrowly votes down bill expanding free and reduced-price lunch program
House Bill 1212 would raise the income limit at which a family qualifies for reduced-price lunch for their child from 185 percent of the federal poverty level to 350 percent of the federal poverty...
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Bill requiring schools adopt modern reading instruction heads to governor
House Bill 1015 would formally implement the βfive essential components of readingβ into curricula across the state. (Dan Forer | Getty Images)New Hampshire public school teachers and officials would...
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Senate weighs farm-to-school pilot program
House Bill 1678 would create a two-year pilot program to reimburse 10 public schools that purchase food from New Hampshire farms. Here, an apple grows in an orchard in Unity. (Scott W. Baker | Getty...
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βTransformativeβ: More college programs are slowly coming into prisons
Incarcerated learners take part in a Mt. Tamalpais College educational program at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, Calif., in July 2023. Currently, California stands as the sole state with a...
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House Republicans recommend eliminating most of anti-hunger bill
HB 499 seeks to carry out a number of changes to boost meal services, both inside and outside schools. (Jon Cherry | Getty Images)House Republican lawmakers are moving to strip out major portions of a...
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Senate Republicans clash with House over raising education freedom account...
The Senateβs proposed amendment of 400 percent, or $124,800 for a family of four, could prove contentious in the House. (Dana Wormald | New Hampshire Bulletin)Republicans in the House and Senate are...
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Bill advances allowing parental opt-outs for LGBTQ+ topics in school
House Bill 1312 would allow parents to opt their children out of any βinstruction or program ofβ sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression.Β (Getty Images)In early May, Democrats...
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Bills limiting transgender rights, boosting parental rights head to Sununuβs...
The Senate met May 16 for a whirlwind day of bills, taking up legislation relating to transgender rights, bail reform, cannabis, voter ID law, and more. (Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin)As a...
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House set to vote down proposed rural teacher recruitment fund
Senate Bill 217 would establish the βRural and Underserved Area Educator Incentive Program." (Getty Images)The New Hampshire House is poised to vote down a bill that would create a grant program to...
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Senate advances legislation allowing schools to hire part-time teachers...
House Bill 1298 would allow teachers working fewer than 30 hours a week who pass a criminal background check to be hired and teach without certification. (Getty Images)The New Hampshire Senate passed a...
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NH federal court strikes down βbanned conceptsβ teaching law
Judge Paul Barbadoro held that the law, known by opponents as the βdivisive conceptsβ or βbanned conceptsβ law, violated teachersβ 14th Amendment rights. (Getty Images)This story was updated on May 28...
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House, Senate near passage of bill to boost child food assistance in summer
Supporters of the effort say it will help in the season when children in lower-income families do not have access to school meals.Β (Getty Images)House and Senate lawmakers are close to sending a bill...
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Backlash against DEI spreads to more states
A student walks on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City in April. Utah has enacted a new law that prohibits schools from using diversity, equity, and inclusion statements, bars state...
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Gubernatorial candidates sharply divided over school funding lawsuits
New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates (seated from left) Chuck Morse, a Republican, Cinde Warmington, a Democrat, and Kelly Ayotte, a Republican, at a gubernatorial forum hosted by the National...
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Citing a surplus, House Republicans propose dramatically reducing Education...
House Finance Committee Chairman Ken Weyler, a Kingston Republican, addresses his colleagues in support of a change to reduce the amount of revenue heading to the Education Trust Fund. (Screenshot)New...
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House approves raising income cap on free and reduced-price school meals
(Amanda Mills | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)New Hampshire lawmakers are considering expanding the free and reduced-price meal program in public schools to allow families with higher...
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New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a bill that would require cursive to be taught by fifth grade. One lawmaker said it's necessary to ensure people can read the U.S. Constitution. (Justin Sullivan...
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Parental bill of rights brings deep-set disagreements to State House lawn
Hundreds of supporters and opponents packed into Representatives Hall to speak about SB 272, the parental bill of rights, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin)Supporters...
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