John D'Entremont

I urge the Committee to vote Inexpedient to Legislate on SB 434, as it creates an unnecessary and burdensome state-mandated bureaucracy for a right that New Hampshire parents already possess. Under existing law, parents have the clear authority to manifest an objection to instructional materials, a right we already honor and facilitate through our local School Board policies. The rigid timelines and formal investigative requirements of SB 434 offer no additional benefit to families, but instead divert critical administrative resources away from student instruction and safety to manage a redundant grievance process. Local control and parental partnership are already the standard in our schools; this legislation merely replaces successful local collaboration with an adversarial and unfunded administrative mandate.