New Hampshire’s second-largest teacher union is suing Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut over the state’s Education Freedom Account program, saying the voucher system of using public money to fund private schools violates the New Hampshire Constitution.
A complaint filed in Merrimack County Superior Court Thursday by Deb Howes, president of the American Federation of Teachers New Hampshire, asked for an injunction to stop the state from funding the Education Freedom Account program.
“The state specifically earmarked this money for public education,” Howes said. “Instead, the state is stealing from public school students in plain sight to pay for its private voucher program. Public school students are losing out on millions of dollars that are needed to fix leaky old buildings, purchase and maintain modern computer equipment, buy books and materials published at least in the last decade to support student learning and provide more social and emotional assistance and other needs that will help students excel.”
