Jennifer Siegrist

Dear House Committee Members (and anyone else reading this testimony), I urge you to vote HB 1155 Inexpedient to Legislate. Kristin Noble, Chairman of this committee, is a representative who did not attend college, earn a college degree, or provide any evidence of having received even a high school diploma, never mind any specialized knowledge, training, education, or certification in education pedagogy and/or administration. However, Kristin Noble is the same representative that proposed segregated schools in a private Signal chat discussing 2026 education policy (a clear violation of RSA-91A). Whether proposing segregation by race, ideology or party affiliation, the Speaker of the House, or the legislative body as a whole, should immediately remove Ms. Noble from this committee or at the very least, from her Chair position on this committee for directly violating RSA 91a along with all four of the basic Principles of Public Service as noted in the New Hampshire General Court Ethics Statutes and Procedural Rules. How can any member of the public be expected to trust any member of this party or anything this committee decides, if the party and the leader allow their own members to violate the very rules they have set for themselves like this and for so long? Beyond that, this bill would diminish the already sub adequate, minimum standards for homeschooling, that often leaves its ‘graduates’ illiterate. Public schools are left with expensive remedial education programs when parents realize that homeschooling is way beyond their ability. Sadly, reducing points of contact with a local school district or the state can sometimes trap children for extended periods in abusive conditions as well. Considering that education is foundational to the founding of our nation and our democracy with the aim of guaranteeing self-determination through having an educated electorate, the continuous watering down of these minimum standards will soon irrevocably destroy our ability of self-governance altogether. Most Americans prefer adherence to our state and federal constitutions and following the proper rules to amend them, rather than undermining them through this type of legislation. Please don’t pass this damaging bill. Thank you in advance for your clear and unbiased consideration of this bill, and for voting in a way that best represents the majority interest of your Granite State constituents.