Legislative Findings and Intent

(a)I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that school districts throughout the nation routinely survey student populations to obtain demographic information that they will use for a variety of educational and noneducational purposes.

(b)I Liheslatura further finds that some surveys may include questions requesting that students divulge information of a sensitive or personal nature, such as religious, political and sexual preferences. Many surveys may also include information that may subject the student to identity theft or make them vulnerable to stalkers and sexual predators.

(c)It is the intent of I Liheslatura to require that prior to a government entity or school district administering certain academic or nonacademic surveys, assessments, analyses, or evaluations to its students it must receive written informed consent from a minor’s or student’s parent or legal guardian, and must provide a copy of the document to be administered for viewing at convenient locations and time periods.