HB 257 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0187
06/04
HOUSE BILL 257
AN ACT prohibiting political advocacy in public schools.
SPONSORS: Rep. Abramson, Rock. 37; Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits:
I. Schools from advocating for or against any political candidate or measure on the ballot within
the district.
II. Instruction that advocates for or against any political doctrine, or that subjects any political
position to ridicule.
III. Denial of any student's freedom of speech.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 257 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0187
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT prohibiting political advocacy in public schools
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 New Section; Political Advocacy in Schools Prohibited. Amend RSA 191 by inserting after
2 section 5 the following new section:
3 191:6 Political Advocacy in Schools Prohibited.
4 I. No public school shall campaign for or against any political candidate or measure that is
5 on a ballot within that district.
6 II. No employee of a public school shall advocate for or against any political doctrine nor
7 subject any political position to ridicule while instructing students.
8 III. No student shall be deprived of the right to freedom of speech or freedom of the press,
9 unless that expression is not protected under the First Amendment.
10 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.