NH House Testimony

SB578

Senate · 2026 sessionRepublicanDied in Senate

Recess and play-based curriculum rules

AI

Removes the requirement that educators develop literacy through guided reading, limits withholding pupils from recess to instances posing a physical safety risk, and requires schools to minimize pupil exclusion from recess.

(Second New Title) relative to play-based curriculum and limitations on recess periods for pupils.

Education - GeneralChildrenPublic and Mental Health

Status

Died — the House and Senate did not agree · May 20, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. Senate
  3. House
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Division of testimony

37 submissions
Support 8Oppose 29Neutral 0
S Joy GuerrieroOpposeChesterfield, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

I oppose SB578

Daniel RichardsonOpposeNashua, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

Now our Senate is micromanaging RECESS as part of "cherishing" education. This is nonsense.

Danielle AlleyOpposeDover, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Deborah FexisOpposeNOTTINGHAM, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Danielle HodorowskiSupportAmherst, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Phillip MarvinSupportNashua, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Chesley MarvinSupportNashua, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Patricia DemeuleOpposeNorth Hampton, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Marisa DoddOpposeMerrimack, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Cynthia Rodenhauser StewartOpposeMANCHESTER, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Thomas StewartOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Cary GrantOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Barbara LangworthyOpposeFranconia NH, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Ruth O'NealOpposeEffingham, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Susan MooreOpposeWhitefield, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Michael RichesonSupportAtkinson, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Stephen HanlonOpposeBedford, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Susan FanburgOpposeBedford, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Ellen Roos-UngerOpposeAmherst, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Barbara Merle-SmithOpposeExeter, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Erin KerwinOpposeManchester, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Debora HatcherOpposeDover, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Barbara ZaengleinOpposeAmherst, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Eric ZaengleinOpposeAmherst, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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Abigail MatherOpposeKeene, NHfor MyselfMar 30, 2026

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