Bill Text - HB1456 (2012)

Relative to school district policies on health and sex education.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight

HB 1456 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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04/03

HOUSE BILL 1456

AN ACT relative to school district policies on health and sex education.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr 6; Rep. Ladd, Graf 5; Rep. Hoell, Merr 13; Rep. Brosseau, Graf 6

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a school district to adopt a policy allowing an exception to a particular unit of health or sex education whenever a parent or legal guardian requests the exception.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to school district policies on health and sex education.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 State Board of Education; Duties. Amend RSA 186:11, IX-b to read as follows:

IX-b. Health and Sex Education. Require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to a particular unit of health or sex education instruction [based on religious objections] whenever a parent or legal guardian requests the exception. Such policy shall include a provision for alternative learning sufficient to enable the child to meet state requirements for health education.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.