00                             SENATE BILL NO. 8                                                                          
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 amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  Except as provided in (g) of this section, a [A] school district, principal                         
05       or other person in charge of a public school, or teacher in a public school may not                               
06       administer or permit to be administered in a school a questionnaire or survey, whether                            
07       anonymous or not, that inquires into personal or private family affairs of the student                            
08       not a matter of public record or subject to public observation unless written permission                          
09       is obtained from the student's parent or legal guardian.                                                          
10    * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.110(d) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                       
11            (d)  The school district shall provide a student's parent or legal guardian                                  
12       written notice of a questionnaire or survey to be administered or permitted under this                            
13       section, which must include                                                                                       
14                 (1)  the date the questionnaire or survey is to be administered;                                        
15                 (2)  a description of the content of the questionnaire or survey;                                       

01                 (3)  the sponsor of the questionnaire or survey;                                                        
02                 (4)  the name of a person at the school district who may be contacted                                   
03       regarding the survey;                                                                                             
04                 (5)  notice of the opportunity to review the questionnaire or survey;                                   
05                 (6)  a description of the manner in which the questionnaire or survey                                   
06       will be administered to the student;                                                                              
07                 (7)  instructions for submitting written permission or denial of                                        
08       permission to participate in a questionnaire or survey, including an anonymous or                                 
09       specific questionnaire or survey;                                                                                 
10                 (8)  notice of the opportunity for the student to refuse to answer specific                             
11       questions on the questionnaire or survey, or to refuse to participate in the                                      
12       questionnaire or survey.                                                                                          
13    * Sec. 3. AS 14.03.110(e) is amended to read:                                                                      
14            (e)  A student may refuse to answer specific questions on or participate in a                            
15       questionnaire or survey administered in a public school. A student's parent or legal                              
16       guardian may refuse to allow the student to participate in a specified questionnaire or                           
17       survey by submitting to the teacher or school principal a written denial of                                   
18       permission for the student's participation.                                                                   
19    * Sec. 4. AS 14.03.110 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
20            (g)  If a school district administers or permits the administration of the Youth                             
21       Risk Behavior Survey provided by the United States Centers for Disease Control and                                
22       Prevention, written permission of the student's parent or legal guardian is not required,                         
23       but, not later than two weeks before the survey is to be administered, the school                                 
24       district shall provide each student's parent or legal guardian notice of the survey and of                        
25       the opportunity to submit to the teacher or school principal a written denial of                                  
26       permission to take the survey, as provided in (d) of this section.