HB 1336 – AS INTRODUCED

2008 SESSION

08-2563

04/05

HOUSE BILL 1336

AN ACT requiring the department of education to develop a plan to educate school personnel to recognize stress-related issues in children whose parents have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

SPONSORS: Rep. Carson, Rock 3; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the state board of education to develop a plan to educate school personnel to recognize stress-related issues in children whose parents have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

08-2563

04/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT requiring the department of education to develop a plan to educate school personnel to recognize stress-related issues in children whose parents have served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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

1 New Paragraph; State Board of Education; Duties. Amend RSA 186:11 by inserting after paragraph XXXVI the following new paragraph:

XXXVII. STRESS CAUSED BY MILITARY SERVICE. Develop and distribute to school districts a plan to educate school personnel in recognizing and responding to stress and stress-related behavior in a child who has had a parent or other significant adult in the child’s life serve in Iraq or Afghanistan. Such plan may be implemented at the discretion of the school district.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.