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NEW HAMPSHIRE

Bill sent back to committee

House Bill 406, a bill that would simplify the annual homeschool notice, made excellent progress in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, but last-minute equivocation in the Senate prevented it from becoming law this year.

The House voted to relieve all homeschooling families of the pointless red tape of describing their curriculum every year. The Senate Education Committee, however, decided that first-time homeschool families should still be forced to deal with that chore. There was an effort on the Senate floor to restore the House language, but it did not succeed.

The bill was referred back to the Senate Education Committee, where it will be dealt with again in the next session. Whether you are filing for the first time or the tenth, filing curriculum information, scope and sequence, and a book list is unnecessary. We hope the committee acknowledges this, supports the House version of the bill, and recommends it for approval in the full Senate.