NH 2009 Legislative Session

Bills of interest to Homeschoolers

What's New at this site

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11/6/09 3:00 PM

• Updated titles and analyses of retained bills as needed

11/6/09 12:00 PM

• Separated bills into those passed, those retained, those killed, and those vetoed
• Updated notices

2/23/09 9:00 PM

• Added link to HSLDA summary of hearings
• Added link to article in Derry News

2/18/09 12:00 PM

• Added links to HSLDA analyses of HB367 and HB368
• Added Jenn Deml's letter to the Nashua Telegraph
• Added Nashua Telegraph's editorial
• Added testimony from Maria Chamberlain
• Added Dawn Lincoln's letter to Concord Monitor

2/14/09 1:00 PM

• Added testimony from Ingrid Nicholson

2/13/09 2:30 PM

• added Mary Faiella's excerpts from 2/13/09 House Calendar
• added testimony from Jim Forsythe and Amy Gall
• added links to media coverage of HB367 and HB368

2/12/09 5:30 AM

• added amendments to HB367 and HB368 proposed by sponsor at HEC hearing
• modified  announcements about HB367 and HB368 at top of main page

2/11/09 7:00 AM

• added link to SB337 Commission report (no appendices yet)
• added Mary Faiella's excerpts from 2/6/09 House Calendar
• added link to Ellen Roger's letter to Foster's Daily
• added Jeannine Petriel's letter to representatives

2/6/09 7:00 AM

• Updated main page to change LSR's to bill #'s, and fixed all links to sponsors

2/4/09 1:30 PM

• added NH Homeschool Defense League's list of reasons to oppose HB367 and HB368

2/4/09 10:30 AM

• added Mary Faiella's excerpts from 1/30/09 House Calendar

1/30/09 9:00 PM

• added link to Tom Faiella's Facebook event
• added Mary Faiella's analysis of HB367 and HB368

1/30/09 4:00 PM

• moved common files for HB367 and HB368 to a single folder (saves disk space)
• added letters (Cathy Peschke to Concord Monitor, Barbara Paquin to reps, Jim Peschke to reps)

1/29/09 10:00 AM

• updated status of HB367 and HB368 on main page (announcements and bill description)
• added information about HB367 and HB368 to pages tracking those bills

1/28/09 7:30 PM

• updated lists of legislators' responses to discussions
• added list of HEC members' responses to discussions

1/28/09 5:00 PM

• added lists of legislators' responses to discussions with homeschoolers about HB367 and HB368 (courtesy of legalizehomeschooling e-mail list)

1/23/09 2:30 PM

• added excerpts from 1/23/09 House Calendar provided by Mary Faiella

1/21/09 7:00 PM

• added links to HSLDA e-lerts from 12/3/08, 1/19/09, 1/21/09 to pages tracking HB367 and HB368

1/21/09 6:00 PM

• added link to pages with excerpts from calendars provided by Mary Faiella

1/19/09 10:00 PM

• added copies of HB367 and HB368 as introduced
• added documents with RSA 193-A as it would be modified by:
• HB367
• HB368
• HB367 and HB268
• added letter from Kemlo Aki to her representatives opposing HB367

1/15/09 7:00 PM

• put in bill #'s for the two bills concerning home education, HB367 and HB368

1/14/09 5:30 PM

• updated list of LSR's on main page to reflect changes in complete list of LSR's
• updated list to display bill #'s where available
• added LSR's #0010, #0139, #0324, #0521, #0865
• deleted LSR's #0227, #0354 (irrelevant)
• deleted LSR's #0507, #0538, #0551, #0560, #0561, #0572, #0638, #0650, #0653 (withdrawn)

1/6/09 9:00 AM

• updated list of LSR's on main page to reflect changes in complete list of LSR's
• updated list to display bill #'s where available
• added LSR's #0122, #0157, #0257

12/28/08 6:00 PM

• updated list of LSR's on main page to reflect changes in complete list of LSR's

12/09/08 2:00 PM

•  updated list of LSR's on main page to reflect changes in complete list of LSR's
• Compulsory attendance - #0858 (add)
• Child Labor Laws - #0041 (withdrawn)
• Miscellaneous - #0060 (sponsors), #0154 (sponsors), #0256 (added), #0274 (added), #0713 (added)
• School funding - #1067 (withdrawn), #0404 (title chg), #0527 (title), #0538 (withdrawn - #0036), #0551 (add), #0680 (sponsors)
• School improvement - #0215 (title chg), #0650 (sponsors)
• Citizens and government - #0289 (add), #0316 (sponsors)
• Driver's education/youth operators' license - #0321 (sponsors), #0828 (add)
• Special education - #0434 (not relevant), #0507 (withdrawn - #0283), #0644 (add), #0653 (add), #0744 (add), #0766 (add), #0851 (add),  #0865 (add)
• Claremont - #0608 (not relevant)

12/03/08 3:00 PM

• 2009 website created
• current list of LSR's with bills of interest highlighted
• list of bills sorted by topic on main page
• updated following issues pages
• driver's education/youth operators