HB 446 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
27Mar2025... 0042h
2025 SESSION
25-0867
02/09
HOUSE BILL 446
AN ACT relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32; Rep. Tenczar, Hills. 1; Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8; Rep. Giasson, Hills. 29; Rep. Popovici-Muller, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
The bill requires school districts to email parents copies of non-academic surveys in public schools and removes the exception for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, requiring parents to opt-in for their children to participate in this survey.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2025... 0042h 25-0867
02/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT relative to parental notice for non-academic surveys in public schools.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Duties of State Board of Education; Administration of Non-Academic Surveys. Amend RSA 186:11, IX-d to read as follows:
IX-d. Require School Districts to Adopt a Policy Governing the Administration of Non-academic Surveys or Questionnaires to Students. The policy shall require school districts to notify a parent or legal guardian of a non-academic survey or questionnaire and its purpose. The policy shall provide that no student shall be required to volunteer for or submit to a non-academic survey or questionnaire, as defined in this paragraph, without written consent of a parent or legal guardian unless the student is an adult or an emancipated minor. [The policy shall include an exception from the consent requirement for the youth risk behavior survey developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The policy shall also allow a parent or legal guardian to opt-out of the youth risk behavior survey developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.] The school district shall make such surveys or questionnaires available, at the school and on the school or school district's website, for review by a student's parent or legal guardian, and shall notify parents or legal guardians by sending such survey through email and any other means of delivery the district deems appropriate at least 10 days prior to distribution to students. In this paragraph, "non-academic survey or questionnaire" means surveys, questionnaires, or other documents designed to elicit information about a student's social behavior, family life, religion, politics, sexual orientation, sexual activity, drug use, or any other information not related to a student's academics.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 19, 2025 | 2025-0042h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 12, 2025 | House | Hearing |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Exec Session |
| March 17, 2025 | House | Floor Vote |
March 28, 2025: Introduced 03/27/2025 and Referred to Education; SJ 10
March 27, 2025: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2025-0042h: MA DV 202-166 03/27/2025 HJ 11
March 27, 2025: Amendment # 2025-0042h: AA VV 03/27/2025 HJ 11
March 19, 2025: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 19, 2025: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2025-0042h 03/17/2025 (Vote 10-8; RC) HC 17 P. 51
March 12, 2025: Executive Session: 03/17/2025 09:30 am LOB 205-207
March 6, 2025: ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 03/12/2025 02:15 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 15, 2025: ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 01:00 pm LOB 205-207
Jan. 10, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Education Policy and Administration HJ 3 P. 10