Governor condemns tweet offering a ‘bounty’ on teachers

By HOLLY RAMER
Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has denounced a conservative group’s offer to pay $500 to the first person who “catches” a public school teacher violating New Hampshire’s new limits on the discussion of systemic racism and other topics. The budget the Republican governor signed in June included provisions prohibiting teaching children that they are inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive by virtue of their race, gender or other characteristics. Last week, a conservative parents’ group offered a “bounty” to encourage people to report possible violations. Sununu’s office said Thursday that he condemns the offer and that any sort of financial incentive is “wholly inappropriate.”