00SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 70(HES)                                                                           
01 "An Act relating to questionnaires or surveys administered in public schools."                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03 * Section 1.  AS 14.03.110 is amended to read:                                                                        
04  Sec. 14.03.110.  Questionnaires and surveys administered in public schools.                                         
05 A school district, principal or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in                                
06 a public school may not administer or permit to be administered in a school a                                           
07 questionnaire or survey, whether anonymous or not, that inquires into  personal or                                    
08 private family affairs of the student not a matter of public record or subject to public                                
09 observation unless written permission is obtained from the student's parent or  legal                                 
10 guardian.                                                                                                               
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.03.110 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                              
12  (b)  For an anonymous questionnaire or survey, written permission required                                            
13 under (a) of this section may be obtained annually and is valid until the                                               
14 commencement of the subsequent school year or until the parent or legal guardian who                                    

01 gave permission submits a written withdrawal of permission to the school principal.                                     
02 The school shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks'                                    
03 notice before administering a questionnaire or survey described under this subsection.                                  
04  (c)  If a school administers to a student a questionnaire or survey that is not                                       
05 anonymous, the school shall obtain the written permission required under (a) of this                                    
06 section from the student's parent or legal guardian at least two weeks before the                                       
07 questionnaire or survey is administered.                                                                                
08  (d)  The school shall give a student's parent or guardian an opportunity to                                           
09 review the questionnaire or survey described under (b) or (c) of this section and shall                                 
10 give the parent or guardian written notice regarding                                                                    
11   (1)  how the questionnaire or survey will be administered to the student;                                            
12   (2)  how the results of the survey or questionnaire will be used; and                                                
13   (3)  who will have access to the questionnaire or survey.                                                            
14  (e)  A student may refuse to participate in a questionnaire or survey                                                 
15 administered in a public school.  A student's parent or legal guardian may refuse to                                    
16 allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or survey.                                                
17  (f)  In this section, "questionnaire or survey" means a list of questions to, or                                      
18 information collected from, a class or group of students.