HLS 15RS-165 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 15
BY REPRESENTATIVE HENSGENS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
EDUCATION: Provides relative to surveys administered to public school students
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:355(B)(2), relative to parental access to school materials; to
3 provide with respect to the rights of parents relative to surveys administered or
4 distributed by schools and school boards to students; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:355(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง355. Parental access to instructional materials
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10 B. A parent is entitled to:
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12 (2) Review any survey and approve surveys before the survey is that are to
13 be administered or distributed by a school to a student students. No school or school
14 board shall administer or distribute a survey to a student unless his parent has
15 approved his participation in the survey.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-165 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 15
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 15 Original 2015 Regular Session Hensgens
Abstract: Requires parental approval of surveys administered or distributed by schools to
students.
Present law provides that a parent of a child attending a public elementary or secondary
school is entitled to review any survey before it is administered or distributed by a school
to a student.
Proposed law provides that parents are also entitled to approve such surveys. Prohibits any
school or school board from administering or distributing a survey to a student unless his
parent has approved his participation in the survey.
(Amends R.S. 17:355(B)(2))
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