Revision: Oct. 30, 2023, 12:58 p.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2660.0
10/02
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows educators or other school employees who are aggrieved as a result of false accusations of teaching discrimination to initiate an action against persons filing a false complaint.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2660.0
10/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Prohibition on Teaching Discrimination; False Accusations. Amend RSA 193:40 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Any educator, or any administrator, school staff member, or school board member of a public school, who is aggrieved as a result of false accusations for curriculum, pedagogy, classroom activities, reading assignments, activities, or topics of discussion purported to be in violation of any provision of this subdivision or an applicable code of conduct, may initiate an action against persons filing a false complaint and the commissioner of education, and may recover damages, court costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees as the prevailing party. Nothing in this paragraph shall supercede or replace existing rights or remedies under any other law.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.