Tuesday, March 29, 2011

HB 542: Parental Rights of Conscience Hearing with Senate Committee

On April 5th, Tuesday at 1:30 PM there will be a public hearing in front of the Senate Education Committee in the LOB Room 103.

It's very important that parents attend or contact these committee members and tell them to support parental rights. Click on the senators names to get their phone numbers and email addresses. The lobbyists will be working hard to oppose this bill, so we need lots of parents to remind these legislators that our rights of conscience are inalienable.

EDUCATION
Nancy F. Stiles, Chairman
James R. Forsythe, V Chairman
Sharon M. Carson
Molly M. Kelly
Russell E. Prescott

HB542 -FN
Session Year 2011
Bill Docket
Bill Status
Bill Text
Roll Calls Title: (New Title) prohibiting a school district from requiring that a parent send his or her child to any school or program to which the parent may be conscientiously opposed.
G-Status: SENATE
House Status: PASSED / ADOPTED WITH AMENDMENT
Senate Status: IN COMMITTEE
Next/Last Comm: SENATE EDUCATION
Next/Last Hearing: 04/05/2011 at 01:30 PM LOB 103

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.