HB 1424–FN – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1424-FN
AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hoell, Merr 13; Rep. Warden, Hills 7
This bill prohibits a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or participating in any school program or curriculum to which the parent is conscientiously opposed.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2158
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.
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
12-2158
10/18/11
HB 1424-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill may decrease state expenditures and local revenues by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and each year thereafter, and may have an indeterminable impact on local expenditures in FY 2012 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state or county revenue, or county expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states this bill prohibits a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or participating in any school program or curriculum to which the parent is conscientiously opposed. The Department states any costs associated with parental decisions authorized by this legislation would typically be borne by the parents involved and where such programs are required for advancement or graduation, any proposed alternatives would be subject to school district approval. However, to the extent that school districts agree to cover such costs, local expenditures would be increased by an indeterminable amount. The Department states it is also possible that local expenditures for supplies, textbooks, and transportation may be reduced due to parental decisions to remove their children from certain programs. The Department also states these parental decisions to remove their children from certain public school programs or from public school altogether may lead to a decrease in the average daily membership of certain districts, which would translate into a reduction in the adequacy calculation in those districts. This reduction would be a decrease in state expenditures, with a corresponding decrease in local revenue, of an indeterminable amount.