Text of MA H 437 (2010)
Relative to parental notification and consent.
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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 882 FILED ON: 1/12/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 437
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to parental notification and consent.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:
DISTRICT/ADDRESS:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
20th Middlesex
George N. Peterson, Jr.
9th Worcester
Viriato Manuel deMacedo
1st Plymouth
F. Jay Barrows
1st Bristol
Paul K. Frost
7th Worcester
Susan Williams Gifford
2nd Plymouth
Bradford R. Hill
4th Essex
Donald F. Humason, Jr.
4th Hampden
Jeffrey Davis Perry
5th Barnstable
Elizabeth Poirier
14th Bristol
Richard J. Ross
9th Norfolk
James Dwyer
30th Middlesex
James R. Miceli
19th Middlesex
Angelo M. Scaccia
14th Suffolk
Robert S. Hargraves
1st Middlesex
Paul J. Donato
35th Middlesex
Daniel K. Webster
6th Plymouth
Scott P. Brown
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 465 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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AN ACT RELATIVE TO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION AND CONSENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1.Section 32A of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006
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Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the section in its entirety and inserting in
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place thereof the following:
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Section 32A. Every city, town, regional school district or vocational school district implementing
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or maintaining curriculum, or a school sanctioned program or activity, which involves human
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sexual education, human sexuality issues, or sexual orientation issues shall adopt a written policy
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ensuring parental or legal guardian notification.
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Such curriculum programs and activities, which involves human sexual education, human
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sexuality issues, or sexual orientation, shall be offered only in clearly identified non-mandatory
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elective courses in which parents or guardians may choose to enroll their children through
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written notification to the school, in a manner reasonably similar to other elective courses offered
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by the school district.
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To the extent practicable, instruction materials and related items for said curriculum, programs,
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and activities shall be made reasonably accessible to parents, guardians, educators, school
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administrators, and others for inspection and review.
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No public school teacher or administrator shall be required to participate in any such curriculum
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program and activities which involves human sexual education, human sexuality issues, or
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sexual orientation issues that violate his or her religious beliefs.
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