Closing this loophole is a lot harder than it may seem. A few legislators responded indicating that reciprocity was the problem.
If we expect NH certificates to be valid in other states, then doesn't NH have to accept other states certificates.
However the real problem is that certificates from other states do not indicate if the test was proctored or not. How is a NH MP officer to know if the certificate they are being handed meets the NH standard or not.
This is a national problem that the NH legislature can not fix on it's own. The only other option is to not accept ANY out of state certificates. An extreme solution that could be unworkable or unfair.
New Hampshire has taken a stand for tough education standards, hopefully other states will follow. Pretending the loophole doesn't exist is not the answer. Disseminating deliberately incomplete information is a lie.
What if a hypothetical group told lies in order to pass legislation they think will make the lake safer? Is that OK? Obviously not.
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