Bill Text - HB414 (2020)

Relative to notifying parents of bullying incidents.


Revision: Jan. 7, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

HB 414 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0550

06/10

 

HOUSE BILL 414

 

AN ACT relative to notifying parents of bullying incidents.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Shaw, Hills. 16; Rep. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Rice, Hills. 37; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Dietsch, Dist 9

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a superintendent to report monthly all substantiated incidents of bullying to the school board.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0550

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to notifying parents of bullying incidents.

 

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

 

1  Pupil Safety and Violence Prevention; Report by Superintendent.  Amend RSA 193-F:4, II(l) to read as follows:

(l)  A requirement that the principal or designee report all substantiated incidents of bullying or cyberbullying to the superintendent or designee.  The superintendent shall monthly report all substantiated incidents of bullying or cyberbullying to the school board of each school district or the board of trustees of a chartered public school.

2  Repeal.  RSA 193-F, II(i), relative to granting a waiver for notification of bullying incidents, is repealed.

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