HB 1206 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2662
10/02
HOUSE BILL 1206
AN ACT relative to prohibiting educator indoctrination.
SPONSORS: Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. O. Ford, Rock. 3
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits educators and school administrators from pushing or asserting, advocating for, or otherwise compelling belief in, any particular theory or ideology.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2662
10/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to prohibiting educator indoctrination.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Chapter Heading Amended; Teacher's Loyalty; Education Not Indoctrination. Amend the Chapter heading of RSA 191 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 191
[TEACHERS' LOYALTY]
EDUCATION NOT INDOCTRINATION
2 New Section; Indoctrination Prohibited. Amend RSA 191 by inserting after section 1 the following new section:
191:1-a Indoctrination Prohibited.
I. Educators shall not present unproved theories as fact. In order to further discussion and thought by students, freeing them to form and argue for their own belief systems, an educator shall not push or assert, advocate for, or compel students to express belief in or support for, any particular theory or ideology.
II. Administrators likewise shall not require teachers to push or assert, advocate for, or compel students to express belief in or support for, any particular theory or ideology. Nor shall administrators push or assert, advocate for, or compel teachers to express belief in or support for, any particular theory or ideology.
III. Administrators shall not bring into teacher in-service training outside sources, nor require teachers to view material from outside sources, with the intent to push or assert, advocate for, or otherwise compel belief in, any particular theory or ideology.
IV. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit discussing, as part of a larger course of academic instruction, the historical and current existence of various theories and ideologies. The key here is to objectively present information, and ask students to present their own ideas and information, giving students voice, and encouraging discussion and civil discourse without prejudice to any particular theory or ideology.
V. A violation of this section shall be considered a violation of the New Hampshire code of conduct for educational professionals in accordance with RSA 21-N:9, II(cc).
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.