Category Archives: Education
Sununu To Push All Day Kindergarten in House Committee
Republican Gov. Chris Sununu is taking his appeal for full-day kindergarten directly to House lawmakers. The first-term governor will testify Tuesday before the House Education Committee on a bill that adds money for school districts to provide full-day programs. The … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics, Unions
Tagged Chris Sununu, Kindergarten, NH House
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Help Stop the #VolinskyAgenda – Support SB 193
Foremost on the #VolinskyAgenda is using public schools to inculcate Democrat (as in Democrat Party) values in children. … SB 193 would help thwart the #VolinskyAgenda by creating Education Freedom Savings Accounts. More… | Ed Mosca Blog Get Your New Media Militia … Continue reading
Posted in Ed Mosca Blog, Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics
Tagged Andru Volinsky
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House Bill 356 and Bill Duncan’s Warning
Rich spoke about an email that State Board of Education member Bill Duncan sent to him concerning the authority of Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut. He shared about House Bill 356, which would provide Edelblut with an opportunity to determine … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, Legislation, New Hampshire News
Tagged Bill Duncan, Frank Edelblut, HB356
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Breaking: Governor Sununu Signs Parental Rights Measure (HB 103, 2017)
Today, parents in New Hampshire applaud Governor Sununu’s signing of HB 103. The law will support parental rights by requiring school districts to notify parents when the sensitive topic of sex education will be covered. Parents all over New Hampshire … Continue reading
Is the NH State Board of Education snookering parents?
We were told by former Commissioner Virginia Barry that the SBAC was state of the art because it was computer adaptive and schools would see quick results in order to make necessary adjustments. Before the first test was even given … Continue reading
Education Bills Scheduled for Week of April 17, 2017
The House and Senate must finalize bills by April 25th if they must go to a second committee, generally those with fiscal notes. Any differences between the House and Senate versions must be negotiated as we head into May and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, School Choice for NH
Tagged Bills, NH House, NH Senate
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Education Funding: Donor Towns and Bedford’s Financial Frustration
Rich talked about education funding, starting by sharing about the suit that Bedford is filing for what it believes is its rightful allocation of state aid. He spoke about the power of the Governor’s office and how our colonial relatives … Continue reading
What does the NH State Board of Education have against Nurses, Engineers and Scientists?
On April 6th, 2017 the New Hampshire State Board of Education voted to prevent the new Commissioner of Education, Frank Edelblut, from working to improve the science standards used in many of our public schools. One has to wonder why the board … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ann Marie Banfield, Board of Education, NH, School Board
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Edelblut seeks to restructure education department
New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut could be given broad discretion to restructure his department, a prospect that has sparked anew the anxieties raised by the commissioner’s critics when he nominated in January. More… | Concord Monitor Get Your New … Continue reading
School Budgeting Workshop April 22nd
Announcing an exciting opportunity for new and returning elected officials in New Hampshire school districts: “School Budgets: Getting Ahead of the Curve” A school budgeting workshop April 22 hosted by the School District Governance Association of New Hampshire. More… |timberlanesandown … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Donna Green, Education
Tagged Budget Committees, Budgeting, SDGANH
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