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CONCORD — New Hampshires Republican lawmakers have inserted, and the governor has signed, a state budget that prohibits the teaching of so-called "divisive concepts" related to race and gender by public schools, state agencies and contractors. But what exactly does that mean? Though the term divisive concepts no longer appears in the language attached to the two-year $13.5 billion state budget, many of its themes are repackaged into several lines of legislation beginning on page 154 of ...

Members of Sununu’s diversity council quit over NH budget’s ‘divisive concepts’ restrictions Modified: 6/29/2021 9:53:31 PM CONCORD — More than half of Gov. Chris Sununu’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion resigned Tuesday, saying his decision to sign a state budget that limits the discussion of systemic racism and other topics has derailed the work they were appointed to do. In their resignation letter, 10 of the 18 members said the budget provision is in direct conflict ...

   A key Senate committee moved forward an amended version of the “divisive concepts” bill, adding it to the New Hampshire budget and setting up another test for Gov. Chris Sununu.  In a 4-2, party-line vote, Republicans on the Finance Committee voted to insert an amended version of the legislation into the budget trailer bill, adding some last-minute changes to a version put forward by the House in April. First proposed by the House earlier this year, New Hampshire’s “divisive conc...

By Eileen OGrady - Concord Monitor • Dec 10, 2020 Most Granite State schools don’t have policy protections in place for transgender students, leaving them alone to “advocate for themselves,” according to a new report by the ACLU of New Hampshire. The 37-page report, which was released Wednesday, shows 66% of New Hampshire public school students attend a school without comprehensive protections for students who are transgender or gender nonconforming. In the report, tit...

ACLU: Most New Hampshire schools lack policies for transgender students Modified: 12/9/2020 9:42:57 PM A new report by the ACLU of New Hampshire shows that many of the state’s schools don’t have policy protections in place for transgender students. The 37-page report, which was released Wednesday, shows 66% of New Hampshire public school students attend a school without comprehensive protections for students who are transgender or gender nonconforming. In the report, titled “The Case for...

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morning. what do you all think? do you have to be a moderate to govern? it goes on to say, the article this morning, that -- that is his opinion this morning. san antonio, texas. bobbie, democrats line. what do you think? caller: to answer your question, i do think these days you have to be a moderate. but i wanted to make a quick statement. it is amazing to me how the democrats will lake -- wait until this last moment to try to pass this bill and they had both houses. to me, it just m...

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we also think that mr. olson is simply wrong when he suggests that the baker case did not involve a claim to classification based upon sexual orientation, just gender. here is what the plaintiffs in baker said. this is the route the jurisdictional statement. >> there is no discrimination and the law against homosexuals. appellant of being denied a numerous right, they have been denied numerous rights order to assemble -- others similarly situated. this was clearly a case where they cha...