HB1258

NH’s Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Behavioral Health and Wellness (MTSS-B) is a framework that helps provide behavioral health support to our students. The three tiers of this system work together to ensure that all kids in our public schools are given positive behavioral expectations. Some children can benefit from Tier 2, which simply means they will receive coping support and skill building. This can help children who are struggling in school. The kids with the highest needs have access to individualized behavioral health services through local community health care partners. There will always be some children who need more supports to be successful, and this is a thoughtful and impactful way of helping those children. MTSS-B can reduce exclusionary practices like suspension and expulsion. It can improve instructional time by decreasing disruptive behaviors in the classroom, and it can increase academic success. This initiative had bipartisan support and was signed into law by a republican governor just a few short years ago. I am not sure why this committee is considering ending the Multi-Tiered System of Supports before we see the impact it could have on our students. Please give this framework a chance to make a difference. Please vote ITL on this bill.

It is well known how dangerous and toxic the PFAS or forever chemicals are. After using teflon coated pans, and wearing PFAS coated clothes, I am glad that steps are beinig made to control and remediate exposure to these substances and people who work with them.

This bill requires the Department of Environmental Services to publish searchable, frequently-updated testing results for PFAS found in water in New Hampshire. Please please support this extremely important legislation.

We can best deal with the environmental and health challenges of PFAS if we have accurate data on where it is and its effects, now and over time.

I strongly support HB1258 because improving PFAS-related public-health data is critical for understanding exposure risks and protecting communities. Strengthening monitoring and reporting helps New Hampshire respond effectively to this ongoing contamination crisis.

Libraries should be controlled by the people and not by the government--to preserve critical thinking and avoid authoritarianism.

This is for the sake of all NH voters.

I strongly urge you to support the passage of HB 1258. PFAS are dangerous materials to both our environment and to public health. The public should have access to sampling and testing of these compounds. We deserve to be fully informed. Thank you for your consideration, John Walsh

Please leave these poor children alone!