OAN Staff Alex Cammarata
8:19 PM – Friday, February 20, 2026
The New Hampshire House has passed a bill named in honor of slain conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
On Thursday, the chamber approved the CHARLIE Act — short for the “Countering Hate and Revolutionary Leftist Indoctrination in Education Act,” in a 184-164 vote. The measure will regulate how topics such as race, history, and LGBTQ+ issues are taught in public schools.
The bill, also known as House Bill 1792, will ban schools from what supporters call “indoctrination,” including the promotion of “critical theories or related practices that promote division, dialectical worldviews, critical consciousness, or anti-constitutional indoctrination.” Supporters say the measure reflects Kirk’s long-standing efforts to push back against left-wing ideological influence in education and to restore greater parental and community control over what students are taught in public schools.
This comes after Republicans say that indoctrination is currently occurring in New Hampshire schools and should be stopped.
“Right now, in schools that you and I fund with our tax dollars, children are being subjected to critical race theory and radical gender ideology, not as mere topics of discussion, but as doctrine, as gospel, as the very price of admission to participation in public education,” Representative Jason Osborne (R-N.H.), the House majority leader stated.
New Hampshire Democrats claim the act is a divisive concept bill that will end up in court.
“Teachers in New Hampshire are not indoctrinating students into Marxism or any other political ideology,” said Representative Loren Selig (D-N.H.). “It will create expensive lawsuits, not better schools.”
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