That's what the Free State Project is. There have been multiple members elected to the NH legislature in the past several years and they caucus w/Republicans of course, who are in the majority at present. One thing they've been working on is defunding public education by the establishment of school vouchers in order to divert the monie…
That's what the Free State Project is. There have been multiple members elected to the NH legislature in the past several years and they caucus w/Republicans of course, who are in the majority at present. One thing they've been working on is defunding public education by the establishment of school vouchers in order to divert the monies to private and religious schools and home schoolers then cutting the public education even more. The governor and Commissioner of education are behind this (and gee- one of his employees worked for DeVos!) Part of the problem is that NH gets a good chunk of public school funding from property taxes. As a result, property taxes will go up, especially in poor towns.
We Mainers face the threat of the same problems should the upcoming governor's race be won by our national embarrassment, Paul LePage. LePage, who evidently cannot get enough public recognition and Republican praise to satisfy his ego in private life, has moved back to Maine to torment us with yet another campaign to win the governorship for a third (non-consecutive) term. He's now parroting the Repub/libertarian line about education and diverting public funds to charter schools and religious academies (letting our public schools rot, apparently). Makes me want to scream!
That's what the Free State Project is. There have been multiple members elected to the NH legislature in the past several years and they caucus w/Republicans of course, who are in the majority at present. One thing they've been working on is defunding public education by the establishment of school vouchers in order to divert the monies to private and religious schools and home schoolers then cutting the public education even more. The governor and Commissioner of education are behind this (and gee- one of his employees worked for DeVos!) Part of the problem is that NH gets a good chunk of public school funding from property taxes. As a result, property taxes will go up, especially in poor towns.
We Mainers face the threat of the same problems should the upcoming governor's race be won by our national embarrassment, Paul LePage. LePage, who evidently cannot get enough public recognition and Republican praise to satisfy his ego in private life, has moved back to Maine to torment us with yet another campaign to win the governorship for a third (non-consecutive) term. He's now parroting the Repub/libertarian line about education and diverting public funds to charter schools and religious academies (letting our public schools rot, apparently). Makes me want to scream!
Ack. And to think I was recently considering moving there. Rethinking.