Tag: HB1610

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The Public School Double Standard (Part 2)

March 6, 2024 Ian Underwood

Years ago, I wrote about how traditional public schools are to be judged by their ideals and intentions — their best possible outcomes — rather than by their actual performance; while the alternatives (e.g., charter schools, private schools, Extended Learning Opportunities, the Children’s Scholarship Fund, Learn Everywhere, and now EFAs and even home education) are … Read more

HB1002 Is Dead (For Now) – HB1610 (Requiring State Assessments for Homeschoolers) Is At Deaths Door

March 6, 2024 Steve MacDonald

We have two bits of excellent news for Granite Staters fighting the good fight – two bills you’ve all been battling have either died in committee or crawled out on their last legs, most certainly to die unless someone screws something up – always an option this session.

What a State Take-Over of Private and Religious Schools Will Look Like

March 6, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

I’ve been warning that the Education Freedom Account (EFA) program could eventually lead to a complete government take over of private and religious education in New Hampshire. HB1610 showed us that Democrats were even willing to go a step further and attempt to take over home-school education, too.

State Rep Accidentally Outs Herself

March 6, 2024 Jody Underwood

There is a classic tale in which one man lends money to another. When the time comes to repay the loan, the debtor claims that no loan was ever made. They go to trial, and the lender says that the money was counted out on a large stone, which should be brought to court as a witness. The debtor says, ‘The stone will never be found, because I broke it into many pieces, which I dispersed to many places.’

How The State Will Take Over Private and Religious Schools

March 5, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

Democrats have shown that they are willing to go to the first step required for the State to take over private and religious schools. New Hampshire’s HB1610 requires all students in private, religious, and even home-school families to take the STATE standardized test.

WARNING: State Take Over of Private, Religious and Home-Schools if HB1610 Becomes Law!

February 23, 2024February 22, 2024 Ann Marie Banfield

IMPORTANT: OPPOSE HB1610: This bill requires all students to participate in standardized statewide assessments.

Is This House Bill Evil, or Just Sloppy?

January 11, 2024January 11, 2024 Ian Underwood

A lot of parents who educate their own children at their own expense (i.e., without the aid of Education Freedom Accounts) are upset about HB1610, which — as it’s currently written — would require their kids to take the same state assessments as kids in public schools.