Revision: March 11, 2012, midnight
HB 1139 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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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 person who is 18 years of age or older to have access to the unique pupil identifier and related information in the data warehouse, 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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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 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; Access. Amend RSA 193-E:5, I(d) to read as follows:
(d)(1) Access to the random number generator shall be limited to an early childhood program director or designee, a district superintendent or designee, or a postsecondary institution registrar or designee, and only for pupils pursuing an education in that early childhood program, district, or postsecondary institution.
(2) A parent or legal guardian shall, upon request made in person to the early child program director, school district superintendent for the district which the child last attended, or postsecondary institution registrar, have access to their child’s unique pupil identifier and their child’s data maintained in the data warehouse. A person who is 18 years of age or older shall, upon request made in person to the early child program director, school district superintendent for the district which the person last attended, or postsecondary institution registrar, have access to their unique pupil identifier and their data maintained in the data warehouse.
(3) Any person who knowingly violates [this provision] the provisions of this subparagraph is guilty of a class B felony and may be subject to involuntary termination of employment.
3 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.
4 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.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.