Lyndeborough Democrats

House Bill 1300 which requires the November 2026 and 2028 election ballots to include language asking voters if they want to CAP school spending to the rate of inflation and administrative to 6% of the budget.  While proponents state this puts decision-making power in the hands of the people, New Hampshire already exercises local control during our March town meetings.

In fact, at the March 2026 Wilton-Lyndeborough School District meeting, voters overwhelmingly supported the school and objected to this education spending cap bill. HB 1300 would increase paperwork for New Hampshire school administrations while simultaneously reducing their funding.

Meanwhile, under the "Education Freedom Account" program, the state takes our local school property tax dollars and directs them to an out-of-state managing company that may take a 10% for administration. Under this system, participating parents are not required to disclose how their child is being taught, and students are not required to take proficiency tests, yet they can still participate in local school sports and any classes the parent deems needed, such as science labs and music. 

"Libertarian/Republicans had no problem adding $130 million in state spending for the Education Freedom Account program that largely benefits families wealthy enough to send their children to religious and private schools and to home schools, and were never in public schools or were not there when they joined the EFA program.

The original voucher program was funded by Business donations, which reduced their business tax.  That business tax would have gone to the public schools.

The voucher program has expanded as lawmakers did away with any earnings cap for parents making it a subsidy for parents with children in religious or private schools, and homeschools.

While $52 million in state money flowed into the voucher program this year, the Libertarians/Republicans slashed state money to the university and community college systems, increasing tuition to in-state students, and raised co-pays for those on Medicaid and charged low-income parents, usually a single mother, an insurance premium for the state’s Children Health Insurance Program."

Read more: https://indepthnh.org/2026/07/18/distant-dome-political-gimmicks-wont-lower-property-taxes/

NH is already the hardest state to vote in. The Voter ID act will make it harder for everyday citizens to vote.