Bill Text: NH HB194 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to the release of student assessment information and data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-05-10 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/06/2021; Chapter 20; Eff: 07/05/2021 [HB194 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2021-HB194-Amended.html

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HB 194 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

25Feb2021... 0268h

2021 SESSION

21-0383

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 194

 

AN ACT relative to the release of student assessment information and data.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. M. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 35; Rep. Layon, Rock. 6; Rep. J. Osborne, Rock. 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Ward, Dist 8

 

COMMITTEE: Education

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill:

 

I.  Permits the department of education to collect student address information for the purpose of distributing assessment results.

 

II.  Requires a testing entity to destroy student data at certain times.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to the release of student assessment information and data.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Statewide Assessment Program; Assessment Information.  Amend RSA 193-C:12 to read as follows:

193-C:12 Pupil Assessment Information.

I. The department shall provide the testing entity as defined in RSA 189:65, VIII, with individual pupil names and unique pupil identifiers. The testing entity shall maintain the results, scores, or other evaluative materials for the purpose of measuring and reporting individual student growth.

II.  The department may provide, or may request the testing entity to provide, the assessment results and comparative data to a parent, a legal guardian, or the pupil's school as provided in RSA 193-C:11. The department may collect, and the districts shall provide, student address information from the individual school districts solely for the purpose of effectuating the distribution of assessment results and comparative data as provided in this section.

III.  The report shall be provided to parents in an informative and instructional manner to help children meet challenging state academic standards and advance student learning,

IV.  The testing entity shall destroy all student data after 8 years.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.