HB 741-FN (2026): allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.

HB 741-FN (2026)

allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.

• Status: Referred for interim study
• Term: 2025-2026
• House committee: Education Policy and Administration
• Senate committee: Education
• Subject: Education - General

The Story

It was introduced on January 9, 2025 and referred to the House Education Policy and Administration committee. The committee held a public hearing on February 18, 2025, with 473 people signed in online: 35 in support, 436 in opposition and 2 as neutral. The committee met in executive session on March 17, 2025 to vote on its recommendation. The majority recommended that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2025-0336h), and the minority recommended that the House kill it, by a vote of 10–8. The report was placed on the regular calendar. The committee's amendment (2025-0336h) was adopted on a voice vote on March 27, 2025, changing the text of the bill. On March 27, 2025 the House voted to pass it with changes on a roll call 198–174. It crossed to the Senate on March 27, 2025 and was referred to the Senate Education committee. The committee held a public hearing on April 10, 2025. The committee voted 4–1 to recommend that the Senate send it back to committee. On May 1, 2025 the Senate voted to send it back to committee on a voice vote. The committee voted unanimously, 5–0, to recommend that the Senate study it after the session ends, and the report was placed on the consent calendar. On January 7, 2026 the Senate adopted “Refer to Interim Study” on a voice vote.

Sponsors

• Rep. Glenn Cordelli (R - Carr 7) (prime sponsor)
• Rep. Paul Terry (R - Belk 7)
• Sen. Keith Murphy (R - SD16)
• Sen. Victoria Sullivan (R - SD18)

Hearings and Sessions

• February 18, 2025, 3:15 PM: public hearing, House Education Policy and Administration, LOB 202-204
• March 17, 2025, 9:30 AM: executive session, House Education Policy and Administration, LOB 205-207
• March 27, 2025: floor debate, House
• April 10, 2025, 9:45 AM: hearing, Senate Education, LOB 101
• May 1, 2025: consent calendar, Senate
• January 7, 2026: consent calendar, Senate

Votes

• March 27, 2025, House: Ought to Pass with Amendment — yeas 198, nays 174, passed
• May 1, 2025, Senate: Rereferred to Committee — voice vote, passed
• January 7, 2026, Senate: Refer to Interim Study — voice vote, passed

The Docket

Laws It Would Change

• RSA 193:1
• RSA 193:12
• RSA 194-D:1
• RSA 194-D:2
• RSA 194-D:5
• RSA 194-D:7
• RSA 194-D:3
• RSA 194-D:4

Related Bills

• HB 2-FN-A-LOCAL (2025): relative to state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures.
• SB 210 (2025): relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.
• SB 210 (2025): relative to bullying and cyberbullying prevention and relative to allowing parents to send their children to any school district they choose.
• HB 751-FN (2026): establishing a committee to study licensure of outpatient substance use disorder treatment facilities, authorizing parents to enroll their children in any public school in the state, and creating a limited exemption from parental consent required for certain recordings under the parental bill of rights.

From the General Court

• Bill text
• Bill status page
• Docket
• HC 17, page 53
• SC 16
• SC 19
• SJ 1