Revision: March 19, 2025, 1:09 p.m.
Rep. Litchfield, Rock. 32
Rep. Noble, Hills. 2
Rep. Freeman, Belk. 8
Rep. Drye, Sull. 7
January 22, 2025
2025-0042h
02/06
Amendment to HB 446
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
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.
2025-0042h
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.