Alicia Dunleavey

I am writing to express my strong opposition to HCR 11, a resolution that seek to undermine the judicial branch’s role in protecting our constitutional rights. This resolution ignore the essential guidance provided by the courts regarding what constitutes an adequate education and the state's responsibility to fund it and even go so far as to threaten impeachment for rulings that some members of the legislature disagree with. The judicial branch has provided essential and legitimate direction in defining an adequate education and holding the state accountable for funding that education. Instead of passing HCR 11, the legislature should be spending time actually confronting how to adequately define and pay for public education in New Hampshire. I urge you to reject these resolutions and take your responsibility to provide New Hampshire students with an adequate education seriously. These resolutions are a dangerous step backward in ensuring that commitment is met.