HB 102-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

2023 SESSION

23-0129

10/04

HOUSE BILL 102-LOCAL

AN ACT requiring high schools to include instruction on the nature and history of communism.

SPONSORS: Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4; Rep. Cambrils, Merr. 4; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14; Rep. McDonnell, Rock. 25

COMMITTEE: Education

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires school boards and governing boards of private schools to include at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism for high school graduation.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0129

10/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT requiring high schools to include instruction on the nature and history of communism.

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

1  New Section; Instruction; High Schools; Nature and History of Communism.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 11-d the following new section:

189:11-e  Nature and History of Communism.  The school board of every public school and governing board of every private or nonpublic school shall certify that before receiving high school graduation diplomas, or other certificates of completion, every high school student has at least one hour of instruction on the nature and history of communism.  Such instruction may be provided as a stand alone course or embedded in an existing social science course.

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