Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1139 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/03
HOUSE BILL 1139
AN ACT making changes to the unique pupil identification system.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr 6; Rep. Boehm, Hills 27; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5
This bill allows a parent, legal guardian, or pupil who is 18 years of age or older to have access to the unique pupil identifier, allows home educated pupils to opt in for inclusion in the unique pupil identification system, and repeals certain provisions relative to access to unique pupil identification data.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2545
04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT making changes to the unique pupil identification system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unique Pupil Identification; Availability. Amend RSA 193-E:5, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) The random number generator shall make available to each early childhood program, district, [or] postsecondary institution, parent or legal guardian, or pupil who is 18 years of age or older, a unique pupil identifier for each pupil pursuing an education in a New Hampshire early childhood program, district, or postsecondary institution. The unique pupil identifier itself shall not permit pupil identification within a [sub-category] subcategory including, but not limited to, early childhood program, district, postsecondary institution, sex, age, grade, or county of residence.
2 Unique Pupil Identification. Amend RSA 193-E:5, I(p) to read as follows:
(p) New Hampshire home educated pupils pursing an education in a postsecondary institution who have not been assigned a unique pupil identifier may, without penalty, opt [out of being included] in for inclusion in the unique pupil identification system for postsecondary pupils.
3 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 193-E:5, I(n), relative to authority of the commissioner of the department of education to grant access to certain data.
II. RSA 193-E:5, I(o), relative to the provision of pupil-level data by the department of education.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.