Revision: April 4, 2011, midnight
HB 542-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Mar2011… 0726h
2011 SESSION
04/05
HOUSE BILL 542-FN
AN ACT prohibiting a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or program to which the parent may be conscientiously opposed.
This bill prohibits a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or program to which the parent is conscientiously opposed.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Mar2011… 0726h
11-0828
04/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT prohibiting a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or program to which the parent may be conscientiously opposed.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Attendance by Pupil. Amend RSA 193:1 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. No school district shall compel a parent to send his or her child to any school or program to which he or she may be conscientiously opposed nor shall a school district approve or disapprove a parent’s education program or curriculum.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
11-0828
Amended 03/30/11
HB 542-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT prohibiting a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or program to which the parent may be conscientiously opposed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2011-0726h), may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, or local revenues, or state or county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill mandates that school districts shall not compel a parent to send his or her child to any school or program to which he or she may be conscientiously opposed, and that school districts shall not approve or disapprove a parent’s education program or curriculum. The Department of Education states it can not accurately estimate the fiscal impact of the proposed legislation because information is not available to determine the number of students that would be affected, as it cannot predict the occurrence of parents objecting to various programs offered in each district. The Department states local expenditures could be increased as a result of the necessity of school districts to implement and deliver programs to serve as alternatives to those which parents may object.