New Hampshire’s “buffer zone” law is on hold, keeping peaceful pro-life witness outside abortion facilities legal for now. Senate Bill 319, signed in June by Governor Maggie Hassan, would have allowed abortion facility managers to impose anti-speech zones of up to 25 feet outside the facilities. Seven New Hampshire […]
To Members of the House Education Committee: Cornerstone Action does not support HB 1432 as written. We request that you move to amend HB 1432, to pull New Hampshire out of the Smarter Balanced Consortium and seek an alternative test. There are achievement tests that have been in existence
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(MANCHESTER)- Cornerstone’s Executive Director, Ashley Pratte, has accepted the lead public relation’s position at the Young America’s Foundation in the Greater Washington, DC area. She formally announced her resignation yesterday in a conversation with the Chairman of the Board. Pratte will continue to represent Cornerstone at upcoming hearings on Medicaid expansion and
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(Manchester)- On Tuesday, October 29th 2013, members of the New Hampshire legislature will hear from Marc Tucker who is an avid supporter of Common Core standards. Marc Tucker is very well known for his “Dear Hillary Letter” that laid out a master plan for the Clinton Administration to take over the
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I am writing in support of HB384 an act requiring parental consent prior to the administration of a mental health examination to students in public schools. Below, you will see Federal Law “Right to review Curriculum” United States Code, Title 20 1232h Protection of pupil rights. I’d like to highlight:
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May 23, 2013 (Concord, NH) Today the NH Senate voted with New Hampshire families in mind and voted 18-6 to indefinitely postpone HB617, the gas tax which would increase by 67% if passed. “I am thrilled that the NH Senate recognized the burden that this 67% increase would have
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Cornerstone Action supports HB 159, which would require patriotic exercises in public schools on Federal Constitution Day. According to the recent NAEP U.S. History results, our students are failing at Civics. As you can see from the graph below, there is a real problem in this content area.
Cornerstone Action supports HB 1680, which began as a bill to require the collection of abortion statistics. It was amended in the House to require the oversight committee to establish a subcommittee to advise the general court on the potential collection of abortion data. However circuitous the route might
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Cornerstone Action supports HB 1467, relative to educational requirements for teacher certification in New Hampshire. I believe there are two areas in education that would improve the quality of education for all students in New Hampshire. The first would be improving the curricula, programs and textbooks used in many of
Testimony provided to House Ways and Means by J. Scott Moody, Vice President of Policy for Cornerstone Policy Research. Cornerstone opposes the expansion of legalized gambling in New Hampshire for both moral and pragmatic reasons. We believe the net societal effect of government’s embrace of gambling has been disastrous.
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