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2015 SESSION
HB 1698 Students; questionnaires and surveys requesting sexual information, etc.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Student questionnaires and surveys; parental notification and consent. Requires each school board, prior to administering any questionnaire or survey requesting that students provide sexual information, mental health information, medical information, information on student health risk behaviors, other information on controlled substance use, or any other information that the school board deems to be sensitive in nature, to give the parent 30 days' written notice of the nature and types of questions, the purposes and age-appropriateness of the questionnaire or survey, how such information will be used, who will have access to such information, the steps that will be taken to protect student privacy, and whether and how any findings or results will be disclosed. In any case in which such a survey is requested by a state agency or is required by state law, the bill requires the relevant state agency to provide to the school board all information required to be included in the notice. The bill gives the parent the right to review the document in a manner mutually agreed upon by the school and parent and the right to exempt his child from participation. Under current law, (i) such written notice only applies to surveys or questionnaires on sexual information and information on student health risk behaviors, (ii) the detailed contents of the notice only apply to information on student health risk behaviors, and (iii) the manner of parental review of the document is unspecified.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100565D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104519D-H1 pdf
- 02/09/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15104519D-EH1 pdf
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1698ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100565D
- 01/12/15 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/15 House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/29/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104519D-H1
- 02/05/15 House: Read first time
- 02/06/15 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time
- 02/09/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104519D-H1
- 02/09/15 House: Amendments by Delegate Wilt agreed to
- 02/09/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB1698EH1
- 02/09/15 House: Printed as engrossed 15104519D-EH1
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/12/15 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/19/15 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/15 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/15 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/15 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/23/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/23/15 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/15 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/15 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/15 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/15 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1698ER)
- 03/06/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/15 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15
- 03/10/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/27/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/27/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)