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On Friday the New Hampshire State Senate voted on party lines to advance two pieces of hostile legislation specifically targeting the rights of transgender people to live their lives on the same terms as other Granite Staters: SB 341 and SB 375. SB 341 was passed 13-10, with Senator Denise Ricciardi absent and arriving after the vote. SB 375 was voted Ought to Pass with Amendment 14-10.

New Hampshire lawmakers are considering legislation to allow part-time, uncertified teachers in the classroom. The bill would eliminate New Hampshire State Board of Education licensing requirements for any person working less than 30 hours a week, who can also pass a criminal-background check. Deb Howes, president of the American Federation of Teachers-New Hampshire, said students and teachers deserve better. ...

The continuing fight against the “divisive concepts” law restricting how NH sexual orientation in classrooms was back before a federal judge on Jan. 16.

A judge tossed a lawsuit from a teachers union that argued that using public dollars from being spent to fund private schools through the Education Freedom Account program.

A New Hampshire superior court ruling rejected an attempt to dismantle the state’s “education freedom account” program, holding that the program does not violate the state constitution and granting a