HB 131  - AS INTRODUCED

2023 SESSION

23-0124

10/07

HOUSE BILL 131

AN ACT requiring reports concerning school policies on classroom recordings and in-classroom observers.

SPONSORS: Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires school districts to report in-classroom observer policies and in-classroom audio/video streaming and recording policies to the department of education.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0124

10/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT requiring reports concerning school policies on classroom recordings and in-classroom observers.

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

1  New Section; Schools; Reports on Classroom Recordings and In-classroom Observer Policies.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 29-b the following new section:

189:29-c Reports Required; School Policies on Classroom Recordings and In-Classroom Observers.  The superintendent of each school district shall submit a report to the commissioner of the department of education, with an initial report due by November 1, 2023, concerning in-classroom observer policies and in-classroom audio/video streaming and recording policies. Subsequent changes to the policies shall be reported each November 1 to the commissioner of the department of education.

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