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Republicans push for bill allowing public education funds to go toward private schools
The New Hampshire State House in Concord on Oct. 4, 2018 Sarah Pearson
Modified: 2/2/2021 4:11:19 PM
Republican House leadership unveiled a bill Tuesday to allow Granite State parents to use public school funds toward private school tuition – the first step in what is expected to be a major legislative battle this year.
In a hearing that stretched deep into the afternoon, the House Education Committee took up House Bill 20, which would set up “education freedom accounts” in New Hampshire.
The bill, officially named “the Richard ‘Dick’ Hinch education freedom account program,” would create the most sweeping voucher-style program for education in the country.
Education Pick Miguel Cardona Is New To Washington â But Not To Classrooms
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On Wednesday, lawmakers will have some tough questions for Miguel Cardona, President Biden s nominee to be the next U.S. education secretary. The Connecticut educator will no doubt have to navigate the choppy policy waters of school choice, how to close opportunity gaps and, most critically, how he would help schools reopen as the pandemic rages.
For now, though, members of the U.S. Senate s education committee won t have much to go on as they prepare for Cardona s hearing. That s because, along with most of the country, many of those lawmakers are just now getting to know him.
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Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine filed a complaint seeking a temporary restraining order against the Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) in court Tuesday over a threatened strike.
“WTU is threatening an illegal work stoppage that would prevent the District from a partial reopening of its schools after a nearly year-long closure due to COVID-19,” Racine’s complaint said.
A strike authorization vote could come this week over safety and health concerns related to Washington D.C.’s school reopening plan, WTU President Elizabeth Davis said in a statement Tuesday.
Washington D.C. is seeking a temporary restraining order as the district’s teachers union mulls holding a strike authorization vote later this week.
State lawmakers heard hours of testimony Tuesday on a bill that would significantly expand access and funding for school choice in New Hampshire.
The bill, HB20, would establish an Education Savings Account program, which allows families to use taxpayer dollars to educate their children outside of their local public school, including in homeschool and private school settings.
The bill is named after former House Speaker Dick Hinch, who died of COVID-19 late last year. If passed in its current form, many say it would be the most sweeping such program in the country.
In a virtual hearing, the bill s supporters said it would help families who can t normally afford private school, including those whose children have special needs and differences not accommodated by their public school.