Revision: April 11, 2022, 10:26 a.m.
HB 1434-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
16Mar2022... 0992h
2022 SESSION
22-2313
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1434-FN
AN ACT relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.
SPONSORS: Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6; Rep. Love, Rock. 6; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires that curriculum course materials taught to pupils in public schools and public academies be available to the public.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Mar2022... 0992h 22-2313
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 School Boards; Duty of the State Board of Education; Curriculum Course Material. Amend RSA 186:11, IX-c to read as follows:
IX-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 2 weeks advance notice of curriculum course material used for instruction of 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] and upon request from a parent, legal guardian, or resident of the public school district to review curriculum course material used to support student learning in a grade level, course, or program at a school operated and governed in its district, the district shall make available the requested curriculum course material within 10 business days. 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.
2 New Paragraph; Chartered Public Schools; Curriculum Course Materials. Amend RSA 194-B:5 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. Upon request from a parent, legal guardian, or resident of a sending school district to review curriculum course material used to support student learning in a grade level, course, or program at a chartered public school, the board of trustees of the chartered public school shall make available the requested curriculum course material within 10 business days.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2313
Amended 4/8/22
HB 1434-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2022-0992h)
AN ACT relative to the availability of school curriculum materials.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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LOCAL: | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill sets a time frame of ten (10) days in which a school district would be required to make available certain curriculum course material requested. It is unclear if meeting this requirement would increase costs at any local school districts, as it would depend on each district's current resources and the number of requests it may receive.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education