By Terri O'Rorke, 18 March 2025

The Meals on Wheels program was started in 1954 by a social worker named Margaret Toy. Funded by the Henrietta Tower Wurts Foundation, the program was begun at the request of the Philadelphia Health & Welfare Council.

The non-profit Meals on Wheels Association of America (MOWAA),  is the oldest and largest organization in the United States and is headquartered in Virginia. MOWAA represents the people who provide meal services to seniors in need, especially those at risk of or experiencing hunger. MOWAA works toward the economic, nutritional, physical and social betterment of vulnerable Americans by providing the tools and information needed to make a difference in their lives. In 2016, Meals on Wheels provided roughly 218 million meals to 2.5 million Americans, about 500,000 of them were veterans. The annual meal cost is $2,765 per recipient. 

At the end of Feb., I received an invite from Susan Ashworth, the Director of Community Relations for Meals on Wheels, to participate in the #SaveLunch Campaign, and assist in delivering meals in the Keene area. This campaign raises availability awareness of this program for those who may need it and to raise funds to continue with deliveries. As living expenses and the cost of food continue to rise, food insecurity among older folks is rising in our area also. 

The program has a considerable impact on the lives of older and disabled residents of our community. In a recent participant survey in Cheshire County, 60% said Meals on Wheels was their primary source of nutrition and 44% stated they didn’t have enough money for food. 

Meals on Wheels serves 330 people in Cheshire County every week day; last year over 98,000 meals were delivered to older adults and those with disabilities in their homes. In addition to nutrition, it serves as a daily check on people. The program has funding from different sources: federal funding from the Social Services Block grant (Title 20), which accounts for 37% of each meal served, the Older American's Act (Title 3), Medicaid, state and local funding, fundraising efforts, and participant donations. Each meal meets 1/3rd of the daily requirements for older adults, and includes an entrée, milk, bread, and dessert. Deliveries are five days a week and in very rural towns, such as Gilsum and Sullivan, deliveries are Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services (HCS) has a contract with the State of NH Bureau of Aging and Adult Services to provide 90,100 Meals on Wheels in Cheshire County for the year. The balance of the meals served are Medicaid meals under the Choices for Independence program. The funding is a combination of Federal and state dollars. Locally, more than $200,000 needs to be raised annually to close the gap between the cost of the meal and the reimbursement rate from state and federal sources. The recent contract will run through June, 2027 and the reimbursement rate is not increasing, while the cost of food is. And now with the federal government slashing anything they deem costly or “unnecessary” the fate of a lot of these programs is anyone’s guess.

The Bureau of Aging and Adult Services has indicated there are state funds for Meals on Wheels in the state budget, but there hasn’t been any definite confirmation. The state of NH can even see fit to feed low-income school children a lunch, it remains to be seen how the state feels about feeding its elderly citizens.

Earlier this month, I joined Todd in delivering meals to residents in Keene before he finished his route in Hinsdale. Todd delivers meals five days a week and is genuinely interested in the well-being of all the recipients. I especially appreciated his opening the car door for me at every stop!

If you would like to learn more about this valuable and longstanding program, click this link: Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services - HCS

If you would like to dedicate some time for deliveries: HCS Main (603) 352-2253
Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services is located at: 312 Marlboro St. Keene, NH   

By Terri O'Rorke, 16 March 2025

We are being asked to continue to defend voting rights. Whether it’s for ourselves or our family and friends, there are several bills that will be voted on in their respective committees before heading to the full House for a later vote. Here we go and thank you in advance for taking a few moments to oppose some awful legislation.

HB 418 is a terrible bill! It would require voters to be either absent from the town or city in which they are domiciled or disabled and unable to vote in person in order to be eligible for an absentee ballot. What they are removing from current law is the discriminatory “religious observance” eligibility for an absentee ballot. Who does that, you ask. The bill was sponsored by Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) member Rep. John Sellers, R-Bristol and other Liberty Alliance members, that’s who. The House Election Law Committee will be in executive session on Tues., Mar. 18th and will be voting on this bill and a few others that day. Please take a moment to click on this link and Urge Legislators to OPPOSE HB217, HB686, and HB418.

SB 287 would require absentee ballot applicants to present a copy of their photo identification with their application. The Senate Election Law Committee will be in executive session on Tues., Mar. 18th and will be voting on this bill that day. Please take a moment to click on this link and Urge the Senate Election Law Committee to OPPOSE SB287.

HB 684 will prevent student identification cards to be used as a means to obtain a ballot. More targeted voter suppression from a Republican sponsored bill. In current law RSA 659:13, II(a), a student ID is acceptable if it comes from a NH college, university or career school. This bill aims to repeal that. Why? 
The House Election Law Committee will be in executive session on Tues., Mar. 18th and will be voting on this bill and another one that day. Please take a moment to click on this link and Urge legislators to OPPOSE HB618 and HB684.

Here's one we can all get behind. HB 385 reestablishes exceptions for the requirement to present identification to vote. Sponsored by Rep. Connie Lane, D-Concord, this bill seeks to undo voter suppression damage done during the last session by bringing back the affidavit system which has been proven to work efficiently. The House Election Law Committee will be in executive session on Tues., Mar. 18th and will be voting on this bill that day. Please take a moment to click on this link and Please urge your Representatives to SUPPORT HB 385.


"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." ~ George Orwell

By Terri O'Rorke, 15 March 2025

Thursday’s votes in Representative’s Hall did not disappoint. They went pretty much the way we thought they would. Here are a few examples; 

HB 115 has to do with those school vouchers again! Sponsored by Liberty Alliance member, Rep. Valerie McDonnell R-Salem, this legislation “increases the income eligibility for the EFA program in fiscal year 2026 and removes the income eligibility criteria beginning in fiscal year 2027.” It will raise the income cap from the current 350% poverty level to 400% and then removes any cap the following year. Currently a family of four with an annual income of $112,000 is eligible for the vouchers. Once the cap is eliminated in 2027, this unaudited, unaccounted for program will cost more than $100 million annually. This increases property taxes. Let’s say this again. THIS INCREASES PROPERTY TAXES! 

Now let’s see what occurred at a public hearing the day before the full House voted on the bill; MOMENTS AGO: Republican Finance chairman chastises Granite Staters (who drove from across the state) for speaking up against the consistent underfunding... | By New Hampshire House Democratic Caucus | Facebook

Speaking in favor of the bill, Rep. McDonnell made the claim that the vouchers don’t raise property taxes and can be used in public schools. What? She also claimed that 84% of people want them. 

I’ll bet they do . . .if that number is even correct.

An amendment was brought forth to require yearly income recertification, placing the voucher program alongside requirements for other public assistance programs. Because this is what the school voucher program is, public assistance for those who don’t need it! The amendment failed 205-170. A second amendment was brought forth but that too, failed, 205-171. In the end, HB 115 passed, 198-180. 

Fun fact: Liberty Alliance member Rep. Glenn Cordelli’s district includes Ossipee, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro. On Tues., March 11th, Wolfeboro held its annual town meeting. Included on its warrant was petitioned Article 37, “Reaffirming our New Hampshire Article 6 & 83 Rights,” prohibiting the collection and expending of town collected property tax funds to the state by way of the State Wide Education Property Taxes for the purpose of supporting school vouchers. It’s all in the article, which passed by a vote of 896-535. Wolfeboro decisively said “no” to school vouchers. 

Next up, a bill that would prohibit school districts from denying meals to students with unpaid meal balances failed on Thurs. Most of these kids are from low-income families. Sponsored by 9 Democrat Representatives and 3 Democrat Senators, HB 703 was meant to prevent kids who have unpaid meal balances from being shamed or embarrassed by denying them lunch. The added amendment made it a competitive grant program. With a vote of 202-173, schools can continue to deny lunch to kids who have a meal balance. They are out of the womb, after all . . .which means, you’re on your own.

Another bill sponsored by Democrats, HB 646  would require school districts to establish an online application for participation in the free and reduced price meal program. This was meant to make the application process easier for families so their kids receive free or reduced price meals in school. The added amendment made it a competitive grant program. Republicans killed the bill, 209-165. 

Clearly, Republicans have no intention of listening to the people of NH, whether it’s a collective opposition to school vouchers or major support to feed children from families who struggle with low-income. And they prove it time and again by thumbing their noses with their votes against how the majority of citizens wants us to vote. 

By Terri O'Rorke, 11 March 2025

Marilla Marks Young was born on March 18, 1840, to Hannah Young, a Free Will Baptist and freethinker Jonathan Young, in New Durham, New Hampshire. Her father encouraged her to think independently and be curious, often taking her to courtrooms and town meetings. She attended Colby Academy in New London and eventually became the first female lawyer from NH, paving the way for women to be accepted into the NH bar.  

Since the age of sixteen, she had become a teacher in the towns of Dover and Lee. Refusing to read from the Bible during class, she preferred the literary works of Emerson. This brought the school committee who informed her she was required to read from the Bible in class. Ricker still refused and eventually left the teaching profession.

In 1863, Marilla Young married John Ricker, a man 33 years her senior, who passed away five years later. The inheritance left to the young widow made her financially independent. 

Ricker then turned to studying law in Washington, DC, from 1876 to 1880, returning to NH in the summer. When Ricker and 16 men took the Washington, DC bar exam in 1880, she achieved the highest score. In 1884, she was appointed as a commissioner and examiner in a chancery, the first woman to achieve such an appointment. It didn’t take her to long before gaining prominence as a competent and compassionate member of the profession. During her career as a lawyer, Ricker became a strong advocate of prisoners' rights, eventually receiving the nickname "the prisoner's friend". In 1879, she sought a hearing to protest the conditions in state prisons. 

After Ricker’s initial application to join the NH Bar was turned down, in 1890 it was granted on appeal to the NH Supreme Court. She was the first woman allowed to practice law in NH.

Going back to1869, a year after her husband's death, Ricker attended the first National Woman Suffrage Association convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. This began her activist work as a suffragette.

Strongly declaring her belief in the equality of all peoples, Ricker acted upon these beliefs by attempting to vote in 1870 in her hometown of Dover, NH. She was the first woman to do so and although her ballot wasn’t counted, continued to hand in a ballot for consecutive decades until the end of her life. 

In 1910, she attempted to become the first woman to run for governor in NH, knowing she’d be barred from doing so, not being recognized as a registered voter. “I’m running for governor in order to get people in the habit of thinking of women as governor… People have to think about a thing for several centuries before they can get acclimated to the idea. I want to start the ball a’rolling. There isn’t a ghost of a reason why a woman should not be governor or president if she wants to be and is capable of it.”

According to Ricker, if women “can be hanged under the laws, they should have a voice in making them.”  Although the Constitution only declared governors must be above age 30 and have lived in the state for at least 7 years, the attorney general ruled her candidacy illegal due to her gender. She continued to step aside for male counterparts, stating her goal was “to get the people of NH used to thinking about a woman for governor.”  

As an aside, it took 82 more years for a woman (Arnie Arnesen) to receive a major party nomination for governor, and 86 more years for a woman (Jeanne Shaheen) to be elected to the governorship.

During the 1910s, Ricker remained in NH concentrating on publishing articles and books clarifying her freethought beliefs. A lot of her writing centered on the dangerous influence of the church on society. "A steeple is no more to be excluded from taxation than a smoke stack.”

A portrait of Marilla Ricker now hangs in the State House. 

 

“Let come what will come, no man, be he priest, minister or judge, shall sit upon the throne of my mind, and decide for me what is right, true, or good.”

Marilla Ricker

By Terri O'Rorke, 9 March 2025

If it isn’t teachers, public schools, or women’s reproductive rights, the attack goes into ensuring voting gets harder and harder.

Here’s a waste of time for supervisors of the checklist. HB 317 is a bill seeking to “prevent a supervisor of the checklist from verifying a person's identity without identification, even if they personally know that person.” That should go over well in a lot of small towns where most people DO know each other!

Anyway, the bill is sponsored by Liberty Alliance members Reps. Claudine Burnham, R-Milton, Kelley Potenza, R-Rochester, Clayton Wood, R-Pittsfield and Robert Wherry, R-Hudson. The other two sponsors, Reps. Sandra Panek, R-Pelham and Aidan Ankarberg, R-Rochester are members of the other extremist group, Young Americans for Liberty (YAL). The Election Law Committee will be voting on Tues., Mar. 11th to send this bill to the full House for a future vote. Please take a moment to send an opposition email to the House Election Law Committee by using this link.

Next up is HB 323 sponsored by members of the above-mentioned extremist groups. This legislation would require a government-issued photographic ID in order to vote. That would be a passport, driver’s license, or military ID card. What is removed from the current law as acceptable is a valid student ID card issued by a New Hampshire college, university, career school and public or non-public NH high school. Anything from out-of-state such as a driver’s license, goes bye-bye, because they got rid of the voter affidavits earlier. This will make it harder for college students to vote. Again, this goes before the House Election Law Committee next Tues. for a vote. Please take a moment to send an opposition email to the Committee by using this link.

Here's another one targeting college students. HB 289 is back to that “domicile” problem again! Sponsored by Reps. Wherry and Wood, this bill: 
I. Prevents a person from claiming domicile if that person is a legal dependent of a person who does not live in NH.

II. Clarifies that obtaining a driver's license or registering a motor vehicle is intent of maintaining continuous presence within NH.

Spoiler alert, most college students are still dependents of their parent(s) even if the family lives out of state. The student, however, resides in NH for 8, 9 or more months out of the year. They don’t want that student to vote in NH. This goes before the House Election Law Committee next Tues. for a vote. Please take a moment to send an opposition email to the Committee by using this link.

Liberty Alliance member Rep. Bob Lynn, has sponsored HB 365, a bill that looks for proof of citizenship. “This bill provides a procedure for local election officials and the secretary of state to verify the citizenship of a voter who does not have documentary proof of citizenship. This bill also creates a voucher program (emphasis added) for local election officials to give to indigent voters who cannot afford the cost of obtaining a birth certificate, requires the secretary of state to reimburse the municipality for the issuance of such vouchers, and makes an appropriation therefor.” Oh boy! Yet ANOTHER voucher program! And who will pay for that? 

This nonsense goes before the full House on Thurs., Mar. 13th for a vote. Please take a moment to send your opposition by using this link. Each link is for each separate bill, but takes only a few minutes of your time. Democracy is worth it.

By Terri O'Rorke, 7 March 2025

Yesterday, March 6th, the full House was in session again to vote on roughly 40 bills. One bill was HB 524, the bill to repeal the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. With a vote of 189 for and 181 against, a program where the state purchases vaccines for children, then provides them to doctors free of charge, might go bye-bye. (The bill now goes to the Ways and Means Committee, so we’ll see.) Federal funds and payments come from insurers and are estimated to annually be about $24 million. Doctors are then able to vaccinate pediatric patients (insured and uninsured) for free. That’s what the Association does, collect money and fund children’s vaccinations. According to the state’s health department, costs would rise if the program were repealed. Additionally, the state would have to spend an estimated extra $100,000 a year to purchase vaccines for disaster relief efforts and any outbreaks. The Republicans actually think they are saving taxpayers money. Who wants to tell them. . .?

A bill that got “killed” (Inexpedient to Legislate) yesterday was HB 770. This piece of legislation was sponsored by Reps. Kris Schultz, D-Concord, Hope Damon, D-Croyden and Stephen Woodcock, D-Center Conway. This bill was meant to establish a program in the Dept. of Education for eligible students to earn tuition credits at state higher education institutions through community service. Wow! Helping students and communities! Win, win! 

Nah! Republicans “killed” it. 

Here’s another one meant for child safety that was “killed” yesterday. HB 756 was legislation sponsored by eight Democrats and its purpose was to establish a blood lead level testing requirement for children entering daycare and public schools. Reasonable request you might think, considering lead poisoning is on the rise in NH’s children or that some kids aren’t tested at all. Not according to Republicans who spoke against it. Babies are tested at the ages of one and two and that is more than enough. Besides, think of the extra added paperwork for the daycare or school system! The vote was 202 in favor of ITL with 169 against. 

This next one should resonate well with property owners who can’t wait for their taxes to go even higher. HB 771 will change how funding for open enrollment schools is sent and received. It will require school districts to establish a line item in their operating budgets that reflects expenditures for open enrollment tuition costs. This will add an unfunded mandate to taxpayers and public schools. This legislation, which passed with 205 votes for and 169 against, was sponsored by members of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) and one Liberty Alliance member.

Wake up, NH voters! “Liberty” members in the legislature are NOT looking out for your best interests. 

By Terri O'Rorke, 5 March 2025

Here’s a fun idea and I wish I could take credit for it, but I can’t. However, I’m thrilled to share it! And I hope you will, too.

On March 15th, the Ides of March, that is the day designated for as many people as possible to mail Donald Trump a postcard (or as many postcards as you like) that publicly expresses our disdain, disgust and opposition to him. We, in huge numbers, from all over the country (and hopefully beyond), will overwhelm him and his babysitters with his unpopularity and abject failure. We will show the media and his corrupt, cowardly politicians what standing with him, and against the American people and democracy, means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House post office in pink slips, all informing the Convicted Felon, he’s fired!

Each of us, every protester from every march, each congress calling citizen, every boycotter, volunteer, donor, and petition signer, if each of us writes even a single postcard and we put them all in the mail on the same day, March 15th, well: you do the math.

No alternative fact or Russian translation will explain away our record-breaking, officially-verifiable, warehouse-filling flood of fury. The current record holder for fan mail is Hank Aaron, having received 900,000 pieces in a year. We’re going to set a new record: over a million pieces in a day, with not a single nice thing to say.

So, sharpen your wit, unsheathe your writing implements, and see if your sincerest ill-wishes can pierce the Russian asset’s famously thin skin.

Prepare for March 15th, 2025, a day hereafter to be known as #TheIdesOfTrump

Write one postcard. Write a dozen! Take a picture and post it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump ! Spread the word! Everyone on Earth should let Agent Orange know how he’s doing. A wall that is high enough to stop all this mail, doesn’t exist!

Then, on March 15th, mail your messages to:

President (for now) Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Other salutation suggestions; The Squatter in the White House,
The Mango Mussolini, Comrade Trump, Traitor Trump, The Treason Weasel. Or make up your own. Have fun with it . . .

By Nikki Demarest, 4 March 2025

We are spreading the word in case you have not heard yet about a rally planned by local Monadnock area residents.  

Saturday, March 8th  Noon-1:00  Central Square, Keene

DOGE's mass layoffs, targeted budget cuts, and US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) have put the world's women and girls at ever greater risk for starvation, assault, torture, and early death.

And while our senators and congresswoman raise their voices in opposition, Governor Ayotte has remained silent about the impact that recent cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Medicaid, and Food Assistance will have on NH women and girls's safety, health, and longevity.

Come support women!

Come celebrate women who speak up!

Bring flags, bells, noisemakers!!

More information at: https://action.womensmarch.com/events/international-women-s-day-unite-resist-in-keene-nh-1

By Terri O'Rorke, 3 March 2025

This is a request from the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project whose mission statement is: “The mission of the NH School Funding Fairness Project is to inform the public about the condition of New Hampshire public schools and their funding; to advocate for changes to make the system more equitable for students and taxpayers alike; and, if necessary, to prosecute, manage, control, and/or participate in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the system for funding education in New Hampshire.”

Two important pieces of legislation have public hearings on Wed. Mar. 5th at 1:00 and 1:45 that could severely impact NH’s public education system. HCR 11 and HR 7 aims to remove the court’s role in defining and overseeing education policy, ignoring years of judicial guidance that have ensured NH meets its constitutional obligations for an “adequate education.” 

HCR 11 would reverse the State’s responsibility to fund an adequate education by deeming the Claremont decisions to be judicial overreach and the decisions made in that case not applicable to the legislature. (For those who have been keeping track, this has gone on for more than thirty years!) HCR 11 reads: “A RESOLUTION declaring the directives of the judicial branch in the Claremont cases that the legislative and executive branches define an "adequate education," adopt "standards of accountability," and "guarantee adequate funding" of a public education are not binding on the legislative and executive branches.” This is brought by the usual group of Liberty Alliance extremists.

HR 7 instructs the House to determine whether grounds exist to impeach Judge David Ruoff for his rulings in the Con Val and Rand school funding lawsuits. This could have a chilling effect on future court rulings that attempt to hold the legislature accountable for violating the constitution. The only need for these lawsuits and rulings in the first place is because the legislature is not funding schools adequately. Sponsored by three House Liberty Alliance members.

Our courts play an important role in holding the legislature accountable for providing NH students with the adequate education they are constitutionally entitled to. These resolutions would undermine that important oversight. 

Why should we oppose HCR 11 and HR 7? 

  • Undermines Separation of Powers: Both HCR 11 and HR 7 attack the principle of separation of powers between the judicial, executive, and legislative branches. The courts play a role in ensuring that the state's education system meets our constitutional requirements.  
  • Threatens Educational Equity: By undermining judicial oversight these resolutions open the door for future reductions in quality education and access for NH students.  
  • Sets Dangerous Precedents: The passage of these bills would set a dangerous precedent, further emboldening the legislature to ignore judicial rulings.

What to do?

Contact members of the Judiciary Committee and tell them you oppose both resolutions. Use the following example or your own words. Even a simple, “I oppose these resolutions” would suffice.

“I am writing to express my strong opposition to HCR 11 and HR 7, resolutions that seek to undermine the judicial branch’s role in protecting our constitutional rights. These resolutions ignore the essential guidance provided by the courts regarding what constitutes an adequate education and the state's responsibility to fund it and even go so far as to threaten impeachment for rulings that some members of the legislature disagree with. 

 

The judicial branch has provided essential and legitimate direction in defining an adequate education and holding the state accountable for funding that education. Instead of passing HCR 11 and HR 7, the legislature should be spending time actually confronting how to adequately define and pay for public education in NH. 

I urge you to reject these resolutions and take your responsibility to provide NH students with an adequate education seriously. These resolutions are a dangerous step backward in ensuring that commitment is met.”

Rep. Bob Lynn, R-Windham, rjlynn4@gmail.com
Rep. Dennis Mannion, R-Salem, Dennis.Mannion@gc.nh.gov
Rep. Katy Peternel, R-Wolfeboro, Katy.Peternel@gc.nh.gov
Rep. Joe Andrson, R-Goffstown, Joe.Anderson@gc.nh.gov
Rep. Kristine Perez, R-Londonderry, Kristine.Perez@gc.nh.gov
Rep. Katelyn Kuttab, R-Windham, Katelyn.Kuttab@gc.nh.gov
Rep. Louise Andrus, R-Salisbury, Louise.Andrus@gc.nh.gov

All can be put on one email to make it easier.

Thank you for standing up again, for NH’s students and public education. 

By Terri O'Rorke, 2 March 2025

OK, folks. The public schools, teachers and students need us to speak up on their behalf again! 

On Wed., March 5th, at 9:00 a public hearing will be held by the Judiciary Committee on HB 520. This is the bill that sponsors, Liberty Alliance members, Rep. Bob Lynn, Rep. Katelyn Kuttab R-Windham and Rep. Glenn Cordelli, R-Tuftonboro are hoping will enable the NH Dept. of Education to issue subpoenas. To who? Teachers? Support staff? Sounds like the beginnings of a police state attempting to be implemented.

The American Federation of Teachers-NH strongly oppose this bill and the next two. We should, also. 

SUBMIT YOUR POSITION TO A HOUSE COMMITTEE HERE.

· Fill in your Personal Information

· Select the correct date and committee for the hearing by clicking on it in the Meeting Schedule Calendar (make sure you are on the right week!). [Select Bill # and select the date].

· In the drop box below "Select the Committee," select committee.

· In the drop box below "Choose the Bill," select the correct time and bill number.

· Select the correct option for the "I am" drop box (likely "Member of the Public").

· Fill in the content box under "I'm Representing" with the business, organization, or group you are representing. If you are representing yourself only, write "myself."

 

· Under the “Indicate Your Position on this Bill,” check the circle stating your position on the bill. “I Oppose this Bill” or “I Support this Bill”

· After filling in all the appropriate drop boxes, click “Submit.”

· After clicking submit, you will be brought to the next page, fill in the content boxes with your first and last name, your town, state, and email address.

Press “Continue.”

· If you wish to speak during the hearing to present your testimony, you need to attend in person at the State House, but you upload your testimony if you cannot attend.

On Tues. March 4th at 11:00, HB 115, which removes the household income criteria from eligibility requirements for the school voucher program, will be voted on in the Education Funding Committee. This is not a public hearing, however you can make your opposition known to the following members (email them together) who have sponsored this bill: Valerie.McDonnell@gc.nh.gov; Kristin.Noble@gc.nh.gov; Glenn.Cordelli@gc.nh.gov; rep.jsoti@gmail.com; kweyler@aol.com
All are members of the extremist group Liberty Alliance.

Last one; HB 699  redefines and adds new definitions related to special education. This is not a public hearing, however, you can make your opposition known to the sponsors before the Education Policy and Administrative Committee votes on Wed. to send it to the full House. Katelyn.Kuttab@gc.nh.gov; Glenn.Cordelli@gc.nh.gov

Our public school teachers need our help right now. Let’s not fail them!