NH Education Bills
Should You Be Angry?

Bans teaching of CRT, LGBTQ+ topics, "Marxist analyses" — with $10K lawsuits and loss of teaching licenses.

TL;DR: Named after Charlie Kirk. Lets any parent sue a school for up to $10,000 and get a teacher's license revoked for teaching about systemic racism, LGBTQ+ identities, or anything deemed "identity-based ideology." The vagueness is the point — it's designed to make teachers afraid. Even the NH Attorney General's office opposes it, saying it's unconstitutionally vague. Passed the House 184–164 and is now in the Senate. This is the #1 bill to fight.

Commission to study converting ALL public schools to charter schools. Also lowers charter conversion threshold from 2/3 to simple majority.

TL;DR: Sponsored by House Majority Leader Osborne, who openly says it would make public education funding debates "go away." That's because it would eliminate traditional public schools entirely. The bill also sneaks in a change from 2/3 majority to simple majority for converting to charter, AND moves the vote from town meeting to the general election — where it's easier to pass with less community scrutiny. This is the free-state endgame: dismantle public education from the ground up.

Declares education funding is a "shared" state-local responsibility — overriding court rulings that the state must pay more.

TL;DR: Courts have repeatedly ruled that NH underfunds public education and the state bears that obligation (Claremont decisions, 1993/1997; ConVal ruling, 2023). This bill is the legislature's middle finger to those rulings — redefining the law to claim towns share the burden equally. Translation: property-poor towns stay screwed, and the state keeps ducking its constitutional obligation. Passed despite overwhelming opposition and is now in the Senate.

Redefines "cost of adequate education" to EXCLUDE school nurses and superintendent services.

TL;DR: A judge ruled the state underfunds education at ~$4,200/pupil — roughly half what it should be. Instead of increasing funding, this bill strips items from the list of what counts as "adequate." No school nurses in the state funding formula. No superintendent services. Also removes the requirement that the legislature review adequacy costs every 10 years. It's a backdoor way to keep funding low by redefining what schools need. Passed the House 10-8 on party lines and is now in the Senate.

Imposes mandatory biennial tax cap votes and caps school district budgets based on inflation/enrollment formulas.

TL;DR: Forces every school district to vote on a tax cap every two years. Caps budgets at the previous year's spending times average inflation over 5 years, or based on student enrollment changes. Sounds "reasonable" until you realize school costs (special education, insurance, heating oil) regularly outpace general inflation. This is designed to slowly strangle school budgets over time, making cuts inevitable. Also restricts central office administrative spending.

Bans public schools from using any World Economic Forum teaching materials.

TL;DR: Pure conspiracy-theory legislation — and it's now law. The WEF isn't writing your kid's textbooks. This is red meat for the "Great Reset" crowd — banning materials from a specific organization that lives rent-free in certain people's heads. Practically meaningless but signals the legislature's priorities: performative culture war over actual education policy. Rep. Bryan Morse (R-Merrimack) spent taxpayer time and legislative resources on this while real education funding bills died. The fact that this became law while school building aid (HB 366) got killed tells you everything.

Restricts school flags to US, state, POW/MIA, military, and town flags only. Fines up to $1,000 for violations.

TL;DR: This is a Pride flag ban dressed up as patriotism — and it's now law. Sponsored by Rep. Lisa Freeman (R-Tilton), schools can't display any flag outside the approved list — no Pride flags, no cultural heritage flags, nothing. Violations escalate from warnings to Board of Education fines of $1,000. The message to LGBTQ+ students: you're not welcome here. Takes effect September 2026. They passed this while killing funding for crumbling school buildings.

Prohibits public schools from performing surgical procedures or prescribing pharmaceutical drugs.

TL;DR: Schools don't perform surgery. Schools don't prescribe drugs. This is a solution in search of a problem — almost certainly targeting trans-related healthcare fears, school-based health clinics, or school nurses administering medications. Sponsored by Rep. Kristin Noble (R-Bedford), it passed 183–155, which tells you it's about politics, not policy. If it were actually about something real, it would've been unanimous. Now in the Senate.