HB 1639 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

16Mar2022... 0189h

05/05/2022   1855s

2022 SESSION

22-2445

10/11

HOUSE BILL 1639

AN ACT relative to the youth risk behavior survey in schools.

SPONSORS: Rep. Boehm, Hills. 20; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4

COMMITTEE: Education

-----------------------------------------------------------------

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill provides for written or electronic notice of the youth risk behavior survey before administering the survey to students.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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... 0189h

05/05/2022   1855s 22-2445

10/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the youth risk behavior survey in schools.

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

1  School Districts; Youth Risk Behavior Survey.  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. In addition to the written notice, the school district may provide notice electronically to a student’s parent or legal guardian.  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] either in writing or electronically. 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 provide written and electronic notification to addresses as known by the district at the time of notification at least [10] 14 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, race, sexual orientation, sexual activity, drug use, or any other information not related to a student's academics.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.