Concord Monitor – Ayotte 'travel plans and the finish line of legislators: What is to be found in the State House this week

With less than two weeks to react to dozens of legal templates, the legislators hang up to consider the state budget and other guidelines. In the meantime, Governor Kelly Ayotte has appointed a new commissioner as head of the Ministry of Education and is planning a trade mission to Canada.

Here is what you should know if this legislative meeting approaches the finish line.

Last week

■ Ayotte announced that she would lead a delegation to Canada this autumn and marked her first international journey as a governor. The journey will concentrate on strengthening the trade between New Hampshire and our neighbors in the north, amaze Canadian companies and have economic opportunities in the granite state. New Hampshire imported 1.7 billion US dollars from Canada last year last year.

■ Every child in New Hampshire is now entitled to the income of the state freedom of education of the state after Ayotte has signed the draft law 295 in the legal obligation. The EFAS program, which gives money for the government for private schools and education costs, received an influx of around 500 new applications on the first day of the expansion.

■ Ayotte nominated Caitlin Davis as the next commissioner of the Ministry of Education. Davis is currently heading the Department of Education Analysis and Resources, where it has been working for 15 years. Ayotte praised her as a guide who will keep the schools in New Hampshire “innovative and thoughtful”. In the event of a confirmed role, Davis Frank Edelblut will compete, the departure of which was announced as a commissioner at the beginning of spring.

The upcoming week

Committees of the conference – Focus groups of state representatives and senators who are commissioned to execute politics in disagreements about certain legal proposals will meet this week. You will make recommendations for the fate of around 50 different invoices that range from apartment guidelines, educational laws and laws for parental rights and LGBTQ questions. The complete schedule can be found on the court's website.

There are no complete coordination meetings this week; The last one is planned for June 26th.

Further information on the budget process and other internal functions of the State House can be found in our legislative Guide 2025.

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Charlotte Matherly is the Concord Monitor and Monadnock-Ledger transcript in cooperation with the report for America. Follow her on X at @charmatherly, subscribe to your Capital Beat Newsletter and send her an e -mail at cmatherly@cmonitor.com.