NH Primary Source: Debate begins on new education vouchers proposal
Bill would create ‘education freedom account’ program named after late Speaker Hinch Share Updated: 6:20 PM EST Feb 1, 2021
Bill would create ‘education freedom account’ program named after late Speaker Hinch Share Updated: 6:20 PM EST Feb 1, 2021 (New Hampshire Primary Source is a regular feature of WMUR’s political coverage.)‘EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS’ BILL. State lawmakers began hearing testimony Tuesday on the latest proposal to create a voucher program using state adequate education funds to provide private education for K-12 students.(This report was updated on Tuesday, Feb. 2. For more on the hearing click here.)A Republican leadership priority for the current session is House Bill 20, which would establish “the Richard ‘Dick’ HInch’ education freedom account” program, named after the late House speaker, who died in December of COVID-19.The bill was the
AFP-NH legislative agenda includes right-to-work, college campus free speech, business tax cuts
Other priorities are education ‘freedom accounts,’ direct payments to health care facilities, withdrawal from TCI Share Updated: 11:24 PM EST Jan 21, 2021
Other priorities are education ‘freedom accounts,’ direct payments to health care facilities, withdrawal from TCI Share Updated: 11:24 PM EST Jan 21, 2021 (New Hampshire Primary Source is a regular feature of WMUR’s political coverage.)CONSERVATIVE GROUP’S TOP 10 BILLS. Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire, an influential advocacy group promoting conservative initiatives such as low taxes and limited government, detailed its 2021-2022 legislative agenda Thursday, joined by key Republican lawmakers.The agenda includes expanding right-to-work to the private sector, cutting business taxes, making freedom of speech a requirement on college campuses and allowing patients to make direct payments to