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Committee hears debate over bill to allow "learning pods" by right in residential zones
Summary
Lawmakers and witnesses sparred over HB 1050, which would make educational instruction — including small "learning pods" — a permitted use in all residential zones. Supporters said zoning has been used to block home-based education; municipal officials warned the bill could preempt local land-use rules and unintentionally cover commercial schools.
Representative Joe Alexander introduced HB 1050, a bill that would make educational instruction — including parent-led "learning pods" — an allowed use in every municipally zoned and nonzoned area. Alexander said the measure is intended to stop municipalities from using zoning as a roadblock to small, home-based education arrangements and to ensure families can legally educate children in residential neighborhoods.
Drew Klein, president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy, supported the bill and urged…
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