Bill Text: NH HB1337 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permitting parents or guardians to opt out of armed assailant drills in their child's school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-23 - Died on Table [HB1337 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1337-Introduced.html
HB 1337 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2449
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1337
AN ACT permitting parents or guardians to opt out of armed assailant drills in their child's school.
SPONSORS: Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits parents to opt their child out of armed assailant drills in school.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2449
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT permitting parents or guardians to opt out of armed assailant drills in their child's school.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Emergency Response Plans; Emergency Response Drills. Amend RSA 189:64 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Each school shall give 2 weeks notice to parents prior to conducting any armed assailant drill other than a discussion-based drill. A parent may opt his or her child out of participation in such armed assailant drill. This paragraph shall in no way be construed to apply to fire drills or other emergency drills.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
