HB 1424–FN – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2158

04/01

HOUSE BILL 1424-FN

AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hoell, Merr 13; Rep. Warden, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or participating in any school program or curriculum to which the parent is conscientiously opposed.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2158

04/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.

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

1 New Paragraph; Attendance by Pupil. Amend RSA 193:1 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. No school district shall compel a parent to send his or her child to any school or program to which he or she may be conscientiously opposed nor shall a school district approve or disapprove a parent’s education program or curriculum.

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

LBAO

12-2158

10/18/11

HB 1424-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to a parent’s conscientious objection to a school, school program, or school curriculum.

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