Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight
\t \t\tSB 369-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
01/14/2016 0046s
20Jan2016... 0082h
2016 SESSION
\t16-2879
\t04/08
SENATE BILL\t369-FN
AN ACT\tencouraging public schools to include drug and alcohol education as part of their health education curriculum.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. Balcom, Hills. 21; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Wheeler, Merr. 3; Rep. Wall, Straf. 6
COMMITTEE:\tEducation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill encourages public schools to provide, as part of the school's health education curriculum, age appropriate drug and alcohol education to pupils in kindergarten through grade 12.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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\trequiring public schools to include drug and alcohol education as part of their health education curriculum.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 New Section; School Boards; Drug and Alcohol Education. Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 11-c the following new section:
\t189:11-d Drug and Alcohol Education.
\t\tI. Each public school in the state, as part of their health education curriculum, should provide at each grade level age appropriate drug and alcohol education to pupils from kindergarten through grade 12. The school board may authorize the use of an evidence-based prevention program.
\t\tII. School boards shall develop policies authorizing school district personnel to provide pupils, parents, and legal guardians with information and resources relative to existing drug and alcohol counseling and treatment for pupils. Nothing in this section shall require a school district to add additional programs or services, but only to provide information about available programs and services.
\t 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage .
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SB 369-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\t(New Title) encouraging public schools to include drug and alcohol education as part of their health education curriculum.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education states this bill, as amended by the House (Amendment #2016-0082h), will have no impact on state, county, and local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Education states current State Board of Education minimum standards for public school approval in administrative rules (Ed 306.40) already requires a kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum in health education designed to teach skills in the area of alcohol and other drug use prevention. For this reason and that the bill does not require a district to add additional programs or services relative to information on counseling and treatment, the Department states this bill will have no fiscal impact.