HB1671 – Passed!
Initially this was a bill introduced by Commissioner Edelblut that would have gutted our state’s definition of an adequate education.
Fortunately the House Education Committee listed to the many voices that spoke up and wrote in about the problems. They amended the bill to include more than what was currently included rather than cutting.
Read more about the history as described here by Reaching Higher NH.
Commissioner Edelblut’s original would have cut arts from the definition of an adequate public education.
The passed version includes “arts, including music and visual arts” as a part of what defines an adequate public education.
Further, the new version adds this language to the section on accountability.
Read the full bill text here!
Related Documents
- 1671 final by house and senate PDF – 303 KB