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Sadly, Governor Ayotte vetoed some important Bills including HB446. HB446 would have required parental consent when their child is given the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey in school. New Hampshire already has a law that requires parental consent when their children take a non-academic survey in school. There is ONE exception, and that is the … Read more
On May 6, 2025, Jenny O’Higgins, and her colleague at the Department of Health and Human Services, testified at a public hearing on HB446. Their testimony can be accessed here at 2:35:00. As you will hear at the beginning of their testimony, Ms. O’Higgins stated that she was there on behalf of DHHS to oppose HB446. You can … Read more
When there is any kind of research done on children, ethical guidelines require the researchers to obtain informed consent from the parent or guardian.
New Hampshire currently has a law that requires informed consent from parents when their children take a non-academic survey in school. Exploiting children while conducting research on them, is not only illegal, but it is unethical too.
In 2017, Governor Sununu signed the New Hampshire Law that requires school administrators to obtain written consent from parents if they administer a non-academic survey to students. The only exception is the Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
