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House passes bill tightening rules on student surveys after bipartisan debate
Summary
The House passed HB 49 to require parental access/consent for certain school surveys and to add disciplinary procedures for violations; debate focused on scope, local control, and examples of inappropriate survey questions cited by the sponsor. Vote: 57-15.
On Feb. 8, 1999 the Utah House approved House Bill 49, legislation aimed at strengthening parental oversight of surveys and questionnaires given to students in public schools. Representative Hogue, sponsor of the bill, said the measure responds to documented instances where students were presented with intrusive surveys (described as "opinionaires" and "intimacy inventories") and that local school districts had not consistently provided…
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