There is a particular kind of political jiu-jitsu that shows up every session in Concord: take a word conservatives like, twist it 15 degrees, and use it to do something conservatives should hate.

HB1512 is that move.

The bill would let a town hold a referendum to decide whether families in that town may access Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs). Vote “no,” and even otherwise-eligible families get blocked. Not by their own choices, not by program rules, not by funding caps, but by the local majority.

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