John PetitOpposeLitchfield, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
Students should be fully supported with transportation and meals from kindergarten (whether half days or full days) through 12th grade. Please vote this bill inexpedient to legislate. Thank you.
HB319
House · 2025 sessionRepublicanVeto sustainedEnding half-day kindergarten busing requirement
AIRemoves the requirement that school districts provide transportation to half-day kindergarten students.
(New Title) relative to the responsibility of local school districts to provide transportation for pupils in kindergarten.
Education - GeneralTransportation and HighwaysMunicipalities
Status
Vetoed; the override vote failed, so the veto stands · December 17, 2025- ✓Introduced
- ✓House
- ✓Senate
- ✕Governor
- Law
Division of testimony
23 submissionsSupport 4Oppose 19Neutral 0
Rina PetitOpposeLitchfield, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
Students should be fully supported with transportation and meals from kindergarten (whether half days or full days) through 12th grade. Please vote this bill inexpedient to legislate. Thank you.
Carmen LorentzOpposeLaconia, NHfor Lakes Region Community DevelopersJan 24, 2025
This bill removes the requirement for schools to provide meals to half-day kindergarten students. We oppose this bill because we know first-hand how important school meals are for the families that we serve in our affordable rental housing properties. Many families are struggling to afford the basic things they need to be healthy and thrive. School meals for all children who need them are critical to families of lower incomes. This helps them make ends meet, including affording their rent. So by extension, school meal programs help us address the crisis of housing instability and homelessness that our state is facing. Please vote this bill inexpedient to legislate. Thank you.
Greg DavisOpposeGilford, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Johnna DavisOpposeGilford, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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William SchmidtSupportNew Boston, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Joanne BurkeOpposeNewmarket, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Mary Hakken-PhillipsOpposeHanover, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Deanna ScriptureOpposeOssipee, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Brandy GagnonOpposeSomersworth, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Emma PetersenOpposeLaconia, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Martha McLeodOpposeFranconia, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Daniel RichardsonSupportNashua, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Emma KnowlesOpposeDurham, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Sarah McCarthyOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Kerri LoweOpposeLaconia, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Carol MorrisonOpposeW Lebanon, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Janet LucasOpposeCampton, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Senator Debra AltschillerOpposeSD 24, NHfor SD 24Jan 24, 2025
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Paul DargieOpposeMilford, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Leonard CampbellOpposeMeredith, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Curtis HowlandSupportManchester, NHfor MyselfJan 24, 2025
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Chase EaglesonSupportConcord, NHfor NH Council on Developmental DisabilitiesJan 24, 2025
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