Annmarie Timmins
Senior Reporter, Youth and EducationI write about youth and education in New Hampshire. I believe the experts for a news story are the people living the issue you are writing about, so I’m eager to learn how students and their families are navigating challenges in their daily lives — including childcare, bullying, academic demands and more. I’m also interested in exploring how changes in technology and funding are affecting education in New Hampshire, as well as what young Granite Staters are thinking about their experiences in school and life after graduation.
Annmarie can be reached at atimmins@nhpr.org.
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Lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow students to attend any public school in the state and require their community to pay the new district for the education. Schools could also have to accept students from outside their districts. -
The federal government cut funding for the academic support program this fall citing its diversity initiatives. The program remains in limbo because the Trump administration has not said when it will restore the funding. -
Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed a bill this week that amends the state’s parental rights law to allow schools to record students for academic assessments, sports, and public events without written permission from parents. -
Diana Fenton’s husband, a judge, tried to use his position to expedite the couple’s guardianship case, according to a Judicial Conduct Committee reprimand. -
Diana Fenton’s decision follows a contentious public hearing before the Executive Council. Fenton has worked as an attorney for the state for nearly two decades. -
Republican lawmakers want to limit school vaccine clinics. Funding cuts may have already ended them.The bill would outlaw school-based vaccine clinics during the school day. Health officials say those clinics already ended this year after the state withdrew funding. -
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on diversity and equity programs in schools after the federal government agreed not to enforce it in New Hampshire and the rest of the country. -
Republicans are fast-tracking open enrollment legislation opposed by school district leaders that would allow New Hampshire students to attend any public school in the state – and take their community’s tax dollars with them. School districts would have to enroll them. -
New Hampshire lawmakers heading into the State House to hear the governor’s speech Thursday were met with young people advocating for a broad range of issues, from affordable housing, college tuition, and child care to gun rights and climate protections. -
Lawsuits challenging New Hampshire laws that ban DEI initiatives and limit teaching about racism and discrimination remain unresolved.
