THE ISSUES
Who Is NH's School Voucher Program Really For?
At the start of the 2025-2026 school year, New Hampshire was funding 10,510 school vouchers - but only 343 of those students came from a public school. 96.7% were already in private or home schools before the program paid for them.
This isn't about expanding opportunity. It's about subsidizing families who were never in public schools to begin with.
NH’s Republican legislators keep cutting taxes for corporations - then hand that same public money to wealthy families to cover private, religious, and home school tuition. Meanwhile, our town still has to fund public schools and services. The gap gets passed to the rest of us through higher property taxes - squeezing families, seniors, and homeowners.
Our Republican officials in Bedford vote for this, again and again.
We deserve better in our community.
Democrats are fighting for:
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Lower property taxes
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Affordable housing and health care
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Fairly funded public schools
We're fighting for a future that benefits us all.
Sources:
NH Department of Education, Division of Analytics and Resources:
November 2025 Education Freedom Account Data Fact Sheet