Kelly Ayotte: “I appreciate how difficult it is at this time and appreciate what you are doing and those that serve underneath you.”

As a proud product of New Hampshire public schools, I believe providing every child the opportunity and choice to attend a public school is important and necessary.

This bill is nearly identical to the Senate bill I vetoed last month, as well as two other bills I have vetoed. These bills are overly broad, poorly drafted, and create the potential for substantial litigation.

After months of legislative procedure and weeks of waiting for the bill to hit her desk, Ayotte on Thursday signed House Bill 1433.

We need more childcare, so we’re going to have to [continue] to think creatively to make sure that whatever we’re doing that is working, that we do more of it.