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State Sen. Debra Altschiller sponsored legislation to restrict future Education Freedom Account funding, describing private and home school options in stark terms, NH Journal reported. The bill was soundly defeated in the state Senate. The senator’s view of the alternatives was blunt, according to NH Journal. On Thursday, she denounced these education alternatives as “silos” … Read more

This column by New Hampshire House Majority Leader Jason Osborne originally appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader on February 12, 2023. Read it at unionleader.com. I WAS pleasantly surprised as I began to read House Democratic Leader Matt Wilhelm’s recent op-ed in the Union Leader . It is truly great to see that Democrats … Read more

An NHPR report on how families spent Education Freedom Account funds drew criticism from New Hampshire Democrats, and NH Journal argued the spending simply reflected ordinary educational purchases. The piece noted that House Majority Leader Jason Osborne is among the program’s biggest supporters in the legislature. The NH Journal piece described how the EFA program … Read more

Advocates and foes squared off over legislation to make more families eligible for Education Freedom Accounts, and a closely divided House narrowly endorsed two bills to expand eligibility, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. The accounts give parents taxpayer-paid grants for private, religious, alternative public or home schools. House Majority Leader Jason Osborne argued the … Read more

Among 152 bills scheduled for public hearings, House GOP legislators advanced two proposals to expand Education Freedom Accounts for more families, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. The week’s agenda also touched on the timing of the state primary and free school meals. House GOP legislators are proposing two ways to expand Education Freedom Accounts … Read more

With a nearly $300 million surplus, a debate opened over how much should go to cutting state taxes, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. House Majority Leader Jason Osborne laid down an early marker. House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, R-Auburn, laid down an early marker with his call for another tax cut, this one to … Read more

Top New Hampshire Democrats and teachers union leaders backed HB61 to repeal the 2021 anti-discrimination law that bars race-based instruction such as Critical Race Theory, NH Journal reported. A related union lawsuit was allowed to proceed to discovery the same day. The report described the strategy behind the push, according to NH Journal. Granite State … Read more

Public school teachers, students and civil rights advocates squared off with defenders of New Hampshire’s law on teaching discrimination in public schools at a packed hearing, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. House Majority Leader Jason Osborne and Deputy Leader Jim Kofalt were among those defending the statute against a repeal effort, saying critics’ claims … Read more

House Majority Leader Jason Osborne joined Gov. Chris Sununu and legislative leaders from both parties in flatly rejecting the Democratic National Committee’s demand that New Hampshire repeal its first-in-the-nation primary law, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. The letters were a unified response across party lines. Osborne left no doubt about where the Legislature stood. … Read more

House Republicans solidified their narrow majority on Organization Day, helped by strong GOP attendance plus Democratic no-shows and crossovers, NH Journal reported. Speaker Sherm Packard was reelected and Rep. Jason Osborne resumed the House Majority Leader role. The day’s expectations were upended by the GOP’s turnout, according to NH Journal. With a minuscule 201-198 majority, … Read more