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House tightens rules for school surveys, requires parental waiver and access to survey copies
Summary
The House passed House Bill 139 after members recited sample survey questions; the bill requires parental waiver and gives parents access to survey copies, with proponents citing repeated incidents of inappropriate questionnaires. The bill passed 42–27.
Representative Hogue introduced House Bill 139 to tighten enforcement of existing restrictions on school surveys and to require that parents be given notice and a waiver opportunity whenever a survey is used in a public school. Hogue said a constituent found a 100-question survey in a middle school that contained questions about religion and other sensitive topics and could not get a copy until persistent requests were made. He read sample items into the record including, "I…
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