HB1792

Nonsense. No one is teaching critical race theory in our public schools.

This bill does not give one confidence that the legislators who wrote it actually know what they are talking about. How about Concord stays out of local communities and lets the communities hash out their school policies? Important to note that Critical Race Theory is NOT taught to students in our public schools. That is a graduate level tool for research. You shouldn't be wasting time in Concord fixing problems that don't exist here in the state. At one point this bill implies that it is unethical and non-normative to be in the LGBTQ+ community. It is not 1850, it is 2026. Pretty normal that there are people who are queer, and certainly nothing unethical about it. This is like saying that it is unethical to be blond. Let's say this bill becomes law as written now, and this situation happens: If a teacher is having a conversation with a student who has confided that they are gay, or think they are gay, and the teacher says something like, "look, you'll figure it out over the next few years, and if you find you are gay, you will have just as good a chance as being happy as anyone else" is that teacher now teaching LGBTQ+ ideology? Because if so, that is just crazy. Don't pass this bill into law.

I strongly oppose this bill.

I strongly oppose this bill. This bill is a direct threat to our school teachers who work so hard every day. This bill will also be expensive for taxpayers as the bill encourages parents to find incidents of supposed indoctrination of students with hate and teaching of divisive concepts and then to sue the teacher for that "violation". Again I strongly oppose this bill because I do not believe the state government should be dictating standards to the local school districts. The state government should not be involved in the managing of such alleged problems. If a parent has a concern, why would they not address the concern with the teacher, the principal, or the school board at the local level? Why turn it into litigation and threaten the teacher's license? This bill itself is very divisive and attempts to divide our communities into opposing sides. Please reject this bill!

I'm testifying in opposition to HB 1792. This bill . This type of bill is how ignorance seeds into hatred and how people who don't fit the white, straight, cis cookie cutter shape, get ignored and sidelined. It isn't pedagogy for kids to learn that something exists. Learning about racism won't harm kids, it simply lends context to everyday inequities and shows us how to treat each other with respect, while not repeating historical atrocities. Learning about the LGBTQ+ community won't turn kids gay, it simply allows kids who already identify to feel supported and human. There is beauty in our diversity. Please protect the next generation and allow them to know truths in their path to become their most authentic selves. I urge you to join me in opposing HB 1792.

This is a divisive bill that only perpetuates culture war. Kill this bill and get to work on issues that really matter,

This bill is disgraceful

This bill: 1) excludes the importance of social studies and history (Section 2.I) 2) states that hierarchies should not be overthrown (Section 2.III), which goes against the United States Constitution. For example, the 14th Amendment declares equal protection under the law, overthrowing the unequal protections that came before it. Section 3.I.b even discuss the importance of equality under the law, but does not recognize the historical precedent (overthrowing old hierarchies) to reach equality under the law. 3) states that education "should not seek to infringe on the sovereign spheres of education reserved to the family or religion" (section 7), but what are the sovereign spheres of education. Can a family decide that geometry or evolution are spheres of education reserved to the family or religion? 4) defines "Neutral or patriotic disposition" as two similar terms but they are opposed in their meaning. Patriotic disposition sides with an American viewpoint and a neutral disposition would take on a more global viewpoint that is external to the United States. 5) has some sections that talk about the importance of neutrality and other sections that talk about how LGBTQ+ ideologies promote division or that a dialectical analysis of history as racial-based conflicts fosters division. Stating that certain analyses of history are divisive are inherently non-neutral viewpoints. 6) bans bullying prevention if it compels ideological affirmation without a definition of affirmation. Does acknowledging that the LGBT+ community exists mean that there cannot be anti-bullying education? 7) states that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is allowed to be taught but also states that the U.S. Constitution was not designed to perpetuate oppression based on race. Why was the Civil Rights Act needed if the U.S. Constitution in its original form is claimed to have eliminated oppression based on race? This bill is full of contradictions and I do not know how any teacher would begin to understand how to follow what to teach.

I urge you to oppose HB1792. This bill promotes false information and divisiveness. We do not need a bill to counter 'hate and revolutionary leftist indoctrination in education,' as this does not exist in public schools, where education and teaching are highly regulated, have direct oversight, and oft-reviewed lessons are taught by educators of all beliefs. Every day, teachers strive to provide NH schoolchildren with strong educations in math, English, science, art, and STEM, despite inadequate funding and short days, without promoting hate or indoctrination. This is not only ridiculous but also insulting to the thousands of NH residents (voters) who work in education. The bill’s definition of what can’t be taught is incomprehensible, and puts a target on schools and teachers, allowing parents and students to sue them for damages up to $10,000 per violation. Essentially, this bill encourages NH residents to attack each other, and to discourage them from becoming educators at a time when NH is desperately short of them. This bill not only doesn't solve any problems, but it also creates new and deeply concerning ones.

The way to truly learning is to be taught about all aspects of humanity, cultures, peoples, around the world. Taught without personal biases corrupting the learning process. Each student should be empowered to make up their own mind. As when they go out into the world through Jobs and Travel they should not feel afraid of or feel anger towards certain individuals before actually getting to know them. NO automatic judgements. Think for themselves....not follow indicts handed down by those afraid of people who are "different" in some way.

This bill is inequitable!

Critical race theory is incredibly real and important. I support our schools teaching it, as even more important in our small mostly white state to have other perspectives and input. But if we aren't going to teach it, absolutely do not ban it. This is racist rhetoric from this administration that is not OK in NH. We need progress, not regression. Thank you for your time.

This bill effectively prohibits the open discussion or exploration of base components of the human condition, human history, and the involvement of GOP-targeted members of NH communities, as well as critical members of American society and their moments in American history. This bill covers material and concepts that are highly subjective, as well as contested, in definition and would result in ongoing confusion and legal conflict, making it entirely unethical, impractical, and unenforceable. I strongly oppose this bill.

HB 1792 (CHARLIE Act) — Why I Oppose This is state-mandated censorship masquerading as “neutrality.” The bill bans entire frameworks of history, identity, and lived experience while claiming to protect free thought. It is a textbook chilling effect on educators. By inviting lawsuits against individual teachers, it intimidates educators into silence and self-censorship. It distorts American history by legislative decree. Prohibiting discussions of systemic racism, LGBTQ+ history, and power structures does not make education “patriotic”—it makes it dishonest. It weaponizes parents against public schools. Creating a private right of action turns classrooms into legal minefields and undermines trust between families and educators. It is ideologically selective and deeply hypocritical. The bill bans “identity-based ideologies” while enforcing a right-wing ideological framework as the default. It advances an extremist Free State agenda, not educational excellence. This is about controlling narrative and erasing dissent, not improving literacy, STEM outcomes, or civic understanding. Public education should prepare students to think, not obey. HB 1792 replaces inquiry with compliance and substitutes propaganda for education. HB 1792 is an authoritarian censorship bill that rewrites history, targets teachers, and uses fear and lawsuits to enforce a narrow ideological worldview in public schools.

As Rep Muese stated “ This bill (HB 1792), promoted by its extremist sponsor below, represents the intersection of culture warrior bile, legalized discrimination, the wanton destruction of public education, and the empowering of aggrieved yahoos to hijack the legal system to punish teachers and defund public education.”. Indoctrination is not the inclusion of perspective and empathy. This bill and other that push right wing revisionist history, seeped in christian nationalist ideals, poses a larger threat of indoctrination as it narrows the education of our students.

I oppose HB 1778. because it could add to the state bureaucracy at a cost of $100,000 and $500,000 per year at a time when the state is not meeting its constitutional obligation to provide an adequate education. It's misplaced priorities at its worst. Please vote HB 1778 Inexpedient to Legislate.

You are proposing a bill that's supposed to counter hate otherwise known as the Charlie (Kirk) Act? What? You do realize that he is on video saying that there is a "gray area" regarding sexual consent, right? Just to be clear, THERE IS NO GRAY AREA FOR CONSENT. If you think there is, you think like a rapist. No is a complete sentence. You want to have coffee with me? No. But you had some with me yesterday. No. You had some with the neighbor why won't you have some with me? No. You told me earlier that you wanted some you can't just change your mind- I already made it. No. Why is it easy to see when it's anything besides sex and when it's a woman who is saying no? Why do men feel like they have the right to overrule a woman's no? We should not, and I don't know how to make this more clear, in any way or circumstance celebrate the life of Charlie Kirk. I can't oppose this bill enough.

Elected school boards and trained certified teachers and adminstrators laid out the curriculm you were raised on and …. you turned out just fine. Please trust the people we elected to do this job and focus on the things we elected you to do - making sure they have the resources they need, required qualifications, and meet their job descriptions. We need you in your lane, not theirs. Squeaky wheels? Listen, arbitrate, but let the professionals and elected school boards do theirs. Thank you. - a grandma of two SMS students and a tax payer.

It is a very sad day for the citizenry of NH when respect for human life is called "hate". When recognizing the dignity of Blacks, when teaching the history of our nation is considered "revolutionary leftist indoctrination" we have truly lost our way. Common sense and human decency requires that we teach the history of slavery accurately. If we fail to do that, we doom ourselves to tensions born of fear, cowardice and amorality. I vote NO to this insane, immoral bill that itself promotes radical hatred.

The hypocrisy of calling this bill "Countering Hate......" when it's pays homage to Charlie Kirk, one of the most racist, bigoted, conspiracy theorists the conservatives have ever produced is so ridiculous. Let's remind everyone of just some of the HATEFUL things Charlie Kirk said. Charlie Kirk was a racist: Highly educated black women such as Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee, Joy Reid, and Ketanji Brown Jackson are "affirmative action picks" He also said that "certain Black women do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously and that they had to go and steal a white person's slot". He implied that Black pilots are less qualified than white pilots even though ALL pilots have to complete the SAME training hours and course requirements. "If I see a Black pilot, I'm going to be like, "Boy, I hope he's qualified." All of his emphasis on education and qualifications are a bit ironic considering he dropped out of community college. So other than riding on the coattails of being a white man, what are his qualifications? Kirk spread lies about George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by police brutality from an officer applying his knee to Floyd's neck. Kirk said Floyd died from an overdose. Charlie Kirk was a misogynist. Kirk, who has no medial training whatsoever, lied and said "birth control really screws up female brains" and that "it creates very angry and bitter young ladies and young women." Millions of women have been on birth control for decades and while all medications including Aspirin and Viagra, have side effects, birth control has also allowed women to be more than wives and mothers. According to Kirk, that's all women are good for anyway. "Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor (Swift). You're not in charge." He continues: "One of the reason's she's been so annoyingly liberal is that she's not yet married and doesn't have kids." So am I opposed to the Charlie Kirk bill? YES, I OPPOSE!

I oppose this bill.

I oppose these restrictions on our education system, its teachers, and the students' freedom to learn different ideas and viewpoints.

Dear Honorable Committee Members, I am writing to express my strong opposition to New Hampshire Bill HB 1792, also known as the Charlie Act. This legislation raises significant concerns regarding its implications for free speech and civil discourse in our educational institutions. The bill aims to restrict certain educational content, which could lead to the suppression of diverse viewpoints in classrooms. Education should foster critical thinking and open dialogue, not limit discussions to a narrow set of beliefs. By promoting a specific ideological agenda, this bill undermines the foundational principles of academic freedom and the First Amendment rights of both students and educators. Furthermore, the bill's focus on "countering hate" appears to target specific ideologies while potentially silencing legitimate discourse. This approach risks creating an environment where only certain perspectives are deemed acceptable, which is contrary to the values of a pluralistic society. I urge you to vote NO on HB 1792 and to prioritize legislation that promotes inclusivity and respect for all viewpoints. Our educational system should be a place where students learn to engage with differing opinions constructively, rather than a platform for ideological enforcement. Respectfully, Tom Morris