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Maggie Fogarty and Arnie Alpert of the American Friends Service Committee-NH bring you the radio edition of the State House Watch email newsletter. This week’s guest is Representative Mel Myler, the ranking member of the House Education Committee.
Voices of Faith; Legislative Advocacy Day; SB525 Adult learning centers & students’ legal status; HB 1762 Labor Department role and rules; – Judy Stadtman, AFL-CIO -;- Ken Merrifield, Labor Commissioner -;- Rudy Ogden, Deputy Labor Commissioner -; HB1500 public employee safety; SB313 Medicaid Expansion; – Cheryl Wheeler – I’d Take Away the Guns -; Rep. Mel Myler, long time educator, NEA-NH, school safety drills, gun lobby, students’ activism; SB193 school vouchers in Finance Division 2, no Ed. Dept. oversight, NH Constitution Article VI, scholarship organization funding pass-through, “Democracy takes place in the public schools.”, fetishization of the marketplace; – Bo Diddley – ‘Back to School’ -; HB1686 Interest and Dividend tax deferred for scholarship organizations; HB1492 Manifest educational hardships reassignment to different school with tuition, parental choice marketplace; Study committee on education funding, Finance Division 2, successor to 2008 Augenblick formula; Needs are leadership + funding, Pittsfield success, Sanbornton.
