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Nick Taylor, director of Housing Action NH, speaks at the panel April 22, 2026, at Hampshire Hills. Photo credit: D. Locke
Addressing New Hampshire’s Housing Crisis is Critical to our State’s Economic Future
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Amherst State Rep. Dan LeClerc isn’t known to mince words. He surely didn’t on Wednesday, March 25, when he testified at a public hearing in Concord, along with more than 100 other people, in opposition toa new open enrollment bill. In online testimony, 1,810 people opposed the bill, while just 71 supported it.
Action Alert:
Public Hearing on SB 101 – Open Enrollment
Wednesday, March 25, 1:00 p.m.
Granite Place, Concord
NH Legislators are rushing forward with a bill that could significantly impact local school funding. SB 101 allows students to transfer between school districts and requires every community to pay a receiving district for a student who chooses to attend a receiving district and requires that the parents/guardian of the student pay the difference if the average cost per pupil is higher at the receiving school.
