00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 408                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to questionnaires and surveys administered in the public schools."                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 14.03.110(a) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                   
04            (a)  A school district or an employee of a school district may not administer or                             
05       permit administration of a questionnaire or survey to a class or student unless written                           
06       permission is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.  This subsection                              
07       does not apply to a questionnaire or survey that is anonymous or that concerns a                                  
08       matter of public record or public observation.                                                                    
09    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.03.110(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                      
10            (b)  If a school district administers an anonymous questionnaire or survey,                                  
11       written permission from a student's parent or legal guardian is not required, but the                             
12       school district shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian the opportunity to                          
13       submit to the school principal a written denial of permission to take the questionnaire                           
14       or survey.                                                                                                        
15    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.03.110(c) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                      
01            (c)  For purposes of (a) and (b) of this section, the school district shall provide                          
02       a parent or legal guardian at least two weeks' written notice of the right to grant or to                         
03       deny permission to take the questionnaire or survey before administering the                                      
04       questionnaire or survey.                                                                                          
05    * Sec. 4.  AS 14.03.110(d) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                      
06            (d)  Written notice required to be given to a parent or guardian under this                                  
07       section must include                                                                                              
08                 (1)  an opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey to be                                         
09       administered;                                                                                                     
10                 (2)  how the questionnaire or survey will be administered to the                                        
11       student;                                                                                                          
12                 (3)  how the results of the questionnaire or survey will be used;                                       
13                 (4)  who will have access to the questionnaire or survey;                                               
14                 (5)  how to submit written                                                                              
15                      (A)  permission for the student's participation in a questionnaire                                 
16            or survey; or                                                                                                
17                      (B)  denial of permission to participate in a questionnaire or                                     
18            survey, including an anonymous or specific questionnaire or survey.                                          
19    * Sec. 5.  AS 14.03.110(e) is amended to read:                                                                     
20            (e)  A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey                                        
21       administered in a public school.  A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to                              
22       allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey by submitting to                      
23       the school principal a written denial of permission for the student's participation.