Two bills are headed to the House and Senate this Thursday (June 4) – each alone would be devastating to public schools; together they’re a wrecking ball!

BEFORE THURSDAY JUNE 4, urge your State Representative(s) and State Senator to vote NO on both:

• HB 1300 (Tax Cap), requiring every town and city ward to include a tax cap question on their ballots during the 2026 and 2028 general elections – separating this decision from the regular school budget and town meeting process and making it more likely that voters will adopt tax caps without understanding the actual consequences.
• HB 751 (Open Enrollment), allowing at least 10% of the students in any district to transfer to another district, and requiring the sending district to cover 80-100% of their tuition costs, at an average cost of more than $18,000 per student.]

More info on both bills can be found HERE.

A phone call is one of the most effective ways to make your voice heard. Find your Representative(s) and Senator by going HERE – click on their name(s) to find phone numbers.

Here is a template you can reference in your call or voicemail:

“Hello, my name is [NAME] and I live in [TOWN]. I’m calling to ask Representative [NAME] to vote NO on two bills. 

• First is HB 1300 (tax caps). It does not provide real property tax relief, weakens local control, and takes important school funding decisions away from the town meeting process.
• Second is HB 751 (open enrollment), which would allow at least 10% of the students in every school district to transfer to other public schools, and require the district they are leaving to pay tuition for each of them – at an average cost of more than $18,000 per student. Where would this money come from, especially if there’s a tax cap? Also, many complex questions about the impact on students with educational disabilities have still not been answered.

PLEASE NOTE:

By working closely with our coalition partners, Kent Street Coalition works hard to prioritize those bills that are most likely to have a significant impact, for good or bad, on individuals, our communities and the Granite State as a whole. Based on this work, we put forth recommendations about supporting or opposing bills. However, we encourage everyone to make their own choice about each bill. We include links to bills to help you in this decision-making process.