Gov. Kelly Ayotte strolled into the Secretary of State’s Office Thursday morning flanked by dozens of supporters and officially filed her bid for reelection, kicking off five months of official campaigning.   But the governor’s more immediate political battles Thursday were against her own party, just down the hall.  As they met for the last standard […]

House and Senate Republican negotiators failed to bring a sweeping open enrollment bill over the finish line Thursday, after insurmountable opposition from Gov. Kelly Ayotte and a faction of House Republicans.  But they did agree on a smaller proposal that could affect public school districts.  In a last-minute move ahead of a 4 p.m. deadline […]

New Hampshire’s education freedom account program was built on incrementalism. The program, which allows families sending children to private schools or home schooling to use state funds, launched in 2021 with a cap on household income equivalent to $79,500 for a family of four. As the program became popular, lawmakers increased that cap, raising it […]

New Hampshire Republicans pushing to allow children to attend any school district in the state got closer to the finish line than ever Thursday. But a handful of Republicans joined Democrats to thwart the effort, and the idea, once again, has hit a wall. After exhaustive conversation, the House failed to pass Senate Bill 101, […]

After months of fits and starts, New Hampshire Republicans are attempting a new approach to create “universal open enrollment” in the state’s public schools. The proposal would still allow parents to send their children to public schools outside of their district. But this time, districts would not owe each other costly tuition.  Instead, the latest […]