HB1524 Requiring a logic and critical thinking course within the state high school education curriculum.
Requiring a logic and critical thinking course within the state high school education curriculum.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Concerning
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Would have required schools to develop and staff a new required course, potentially increasing costs.
Your Community
Critical thinking and logic skills are fundamental to an informed citizenry and workforce; this would have strengthened NH education.
Your Freedom
Adds a state mandate to local school curricula, reducing local control over education decisions.
Status
Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/12/2026 House Journal 4 P. 3
Sponsor
Ellen Read (D)
The Short Version
Would have required logic and critical thinking courses in New Hampshire high school curricula. Killed via Inexpedient to Legislate, likely due to concerns about state mandates on local curricula and implementation costs.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Students who would gain valuable reasoning skills
- ▲ Employers seeking workers with strong analytical abilities
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ School districts that would need to hire teachers and develop curriculum
- ▼ Students whose schedules would need to accommodate another required course
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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