Legislature(2007 - 2008)CAPITOL 106

04/12/2007 03:00 PM House HEALTH, EDUCATION & SOCIAL SERVICES


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03:47:28 PM Start
03:47:44 PM HB207
03:52:01 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+= HB 173 INVOLUNTARY PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG TREATMENT TELECONFERENCED
<Bill Hearing Canceled>
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
+= HB 207 STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEYS TELECONFERENCED
Moved CSHB 207(HES) Out of Committee
HB 207-STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEYS                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:47:44 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR WILSON announced  that the only order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 207,  "An  Act  relating to  questionnaires  and                                                               
surveys administered in the public schools."                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN  moved that  the committee adopt  CSHB 207,                                                               
Version 25-LS0680\E,  Mischel, 4/11/07, as the  working document.                                                               
There being no objection, Version E was before the committee.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:49:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REBECCA  ROONEY, Staff  to  Representative  Peggy Wilson,  Alaska                                                               
State  Legislature,   on  behalf   of  Representative     Wilson,                                                               
presented the  changes included in  Version E:   page 2,  line 2,                                                               
following "the right to", was  inserted "grant"; and page 2, line                                                               
12, preceding "permission", was inserted "written".                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MS.  ROONEY  provided  the  sectional  analysis,  which  read  as                                                               
follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Section 1.  Requires a school  district to  get written                                                                  
     permission  to administer  a  questionnaire or  survey.                                                                    
     It  exempts anonymous  surveys.   Surveys that  concern                                                                    
     public information are also exempted.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Section  2. Requires  a school  district  to provide  a                                                                  
     parent or  guardian the opportunity to  deny permission                                                                  
     to take an anonymous  questionnaire or survey.  Written                                                                    
     permission is not required.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Section  3. Defines  a  2 week  time  frame for  school                                                                  
     districts   to   notice    parents   of   an   upcoming                                                                    
     questionnaire or  survey so that  they may  either deny                                                                    
     permission,  for anonymous,  or  grant permission,  for                                                                    
     non-anonymous, surveys.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Section 4. Defines what a written notice must contain.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
        Section 5. Adds language to current statute that                                                                      
      defines how a parent can deny permission for student                                                                      
     to participate in an anonymous survey.                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:51:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NEUMAN moved to report CSHB 207, Version 25-                                                                     
LS0680\E, Mischel, 4/11/07, out of committee with individual                                                                    
recommendations and the accompanying fiscal notes.  There being                                                                 
no objection, CSHB 207(HES) was so moved.                                                                                       

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