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HB1162: relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

Citation
2024 HB1162
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House status
Indefinitely Postponed
Committee
House Education
Hearing
02/06/2024 at 11:00 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Education

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HB 1162 - AS INTRODUCED

2024 SESSION

24-2100

09/10

HOUSE BILL 1162

AN ACT relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

SPONSORS: Rep. Petrigno, Hills. 43; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 10; Rep. Germana, Ches. 1; Rep. Hamblet, Rock. 26; Rep. M. Perez, Hills. 43; Rep. Harriott-Gathright, Hills. 10; Rep. Myler, Merr. 9; Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 40; Rep. Veilleux, Hills. 34; Rep. D. Ford, Hills. 40

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that no education law of this state shall be construed to bar any school employee from teaching the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination. The bill also repeals provisions of the law relating to the right to freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2100

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to teaching discrimination in public schools and discrimination in public workplaces.

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

1 Discrimination in Public Schools. RSA 193:40 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

193:40 Application to Education Laws. Consistent with education laws of New Hampshire, which recognize the need to provide diverse educational approaches to instruction and curriculum tailored to meet students' needs, nothing in Title XV of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes shall be construed as barring any person employed by a public school district, school administrative unit, or public academy from, or subjecting them to civil liability for, engaging in any form of instruction concerning the historical or current experiences of any group that is protected from discrimination under RSA 193:38 and RSA 193:39.

2 Repeal. RSA 354-A:29 through 354-A:34, and the subdivision heading preceding them, relative to the right to freedom from discrimination in public workplaces and education, are repealed.

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