Citizen in a RepublicNH House Testimony

HB1826

House · 2026 sessionRepublicanKilled in House

Raising cost of adequate education

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Increases the cost figure used to calculate the cost of providing an opportunity for an adequate education.

relative to the cost of an opportunity for an adequate education.Official record

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25 submissions

All 6 written submissions were individually written — no organized campaign detected.

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · February 19, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law
Sponsors, hearings & roll-call votes

The record · every submission as filed

25 submissions
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Giana Gelsey
for Myself
Madbury

I am a school board member. This bill does not solve the funding the problem. It still increases property taxes and inequity and just isn’t enough. We need to restructure HOW we fund education.

Oppose
Kathleen Malsbenden
for Myself
Newmarket

I oppose HB 1826. While it claims to address the cost of an adequate education, it still fails to fully meet the state’s constitutional responsibility and continues the long-standing practice of downshifting education costs onto local property taxpayers. Without a reliable, sustainable state funding source, this bill does not fix the problem—it reinforces it.

Oppose
Megan Schmitt
for Myself
CONCORD

You cannot definite an "adequate" education & Cherish does not equal a mandate.

Oppose
Rose LaRochelle-Colby
for Myself
Hampstead

This bill is inadequate in funding our schools. The courts have decided the adequate funding amount and should be financed at that level

Oppose
Douglas Redfield
for Myself
Rindge

It is time for fair and equitable funding of education in our state

Support
Priscilla Dube
for Myself
Concord

This level of increase to education funding is inadequate.

Oppose
Joanne Emus
for Myself
Milford

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Lyssa Bayne-Kim
for Myself
Durham

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Rebecca McEwan
for Myself
Madbury

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Thomas Stewart
for Myself
Manchester

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Cynthia Rodenhauser Stewart
for Myself
MANCHESTER

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Robert Desrochers
for Myself
Franklin

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Karen Burnett-Kurie
for Myself
Wolfeboro

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Julie Coleman
for Myself
Barrington

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Francis Genus
for Myself
Franklin

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
SUSAN PETERSON
for Myself
Bristol

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
NHSBA NHSBA
for New Hampshire School Boards Association
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Bridget Powers
for Myself
Plymouth

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Scott Burns
for Myself
Franklin

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Stephanie Vazzano
for Myself
Concord

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Miriam Cahill-Yeaton
for Myself
Epsom

Position recorded without written comment.

Neutral
Cindy Kudlik
for Myself
Grafton

Position recorded without written comment.

Oppose
Linda Holstein Stronge
for Myself
Franklin

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Katie McLaughlin
for Myself
Weare

Position recorded without written comment.

Support
Margaret Konze
for Myself
Pembroke

Position recorded without written comment.

Support