Revision: March 24, 2016, midnight
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2016 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL\t1231
AN ACT\trelative to school district policy regarding objectionable course material.
SPONSORS:\tRep. V. Sullivan, Hills. 16; Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. D. Brown, Graf. 16; Rep. Hogan, Hills. 34; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires school districts to provide advance notice to parents and legal guardians of course material involving discussion of drug and alcohol education, human sexuality, or human sexual education.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to school district policy regarding objectionable course material.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 State Board of Education; Duties. Amend RSA 186:11, IX-c to read as follows:
\t\tIX-c. Require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent’s or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable. Such policy shall include a provision requiring the parent or legal guardian to notify the school principal or designee in writing of the specific material to which they object and a provision requiring an alternative agreed upon by the school district and the parent, at the parent’s expense, sufficient to enable the child to meet state requirements for education in the particular subject area. The policy shall also require the school district or classroom teacher to provide parents and legal guardians not less than one week advance notice of curriculum course material used for instruction of drug and alcohol education, human sexuality, or human sexual education. The policy shall address the method of delivering notification to a parent or legal guardian. To the extent practicable, a school district shall make curriculum course materials available to parents or legal guardians for review upon request. The name of the parent or legal guardian and any specific reasons disclosed to school officials for the objection to the material shall not be public information and shall be excluded from access under RSA 91-A.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.