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Policy committee pauses changes to parental-notification policy as several state bills advance
Summary
The school board policy committee agreed to delay revising local parental-notification language (JVAB/JLP) until after expected votes on multiple state bills. Committee members flagged training, credentialing and statutory language as key concerns if the bills become law.
The School Board Policy Committee agreed at its May meeting to delay substantive revisions to district parental-notification and disclosure language while several New Hampshire bills that could change educators' duties move through the Legislature.
Committee members said they would wait for the Legislature's expected action on or about June 5 before advancing a formal local policy change. Members discussed four separate bills described in the meeting that they said could affect how the district responds to parental requests for information and how educators must reply.
That legislation, as summarized at the meeting, would (as drafted) expand or clarify parental rights and create new obligations for credentialed educators to respond to written parent inquiries. The…
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