Bill Text: NH HB533 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relative to public school human rights complaints.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/03/2024 House Journal 1 P. 60 [HB533 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB533-Introduced.html

HB 533-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0555

09/10

 

HOUSE BILL 533-FN

 

AN ACT relative to public school human rights complaints.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Jonathan Smith, Carr. 5

 

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows the department of education to bring a complaint on student discriminatory practices to the state commission on human rights.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0555

09/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to public school human rights complaints.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Public School Human Rights Complaints.  Amend RSA 354-A:28 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

I-a.  The department of education may file a complaint on the behalf of person aggrieved by a discriminatory practice by a school or school district.  RSA 354-A:19 shall apply to any retaliation or discrimination against any person on whose behalf a complaint has been filed by the department.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

 

LBA

23-0555

Revised 1/11/23

 

HB 533-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to public school human rights complaints.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill allows the Department of Education to file charges of discrimination on behalf of an aggrieved party with the Human Rights Commission. The Commission states the fiscal impact is indeterminable at this time because it is unknown how many cases may result from this bill.

 

The Department of Education states it does not expect this bill to impact its budget.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Human Rights Commission and Department of Education

 

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