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        March 3, 2014

Madam Speaker:

    The Education Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 397, STUDENT AND FAMILY PRIVACY AMENDMENTS, by Representative D. Layton, with the following amendments:

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{   None   }        This bill coordinates with H.B. 23, Suicide Prevention Revisions, by providing technical amendments.      


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             27           53A-13-302 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 335
 

Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
    53A-13-302, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2013, Chapter 335  


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             110      action for violations of this section.
 

    (9) The prohibition of Subsection (1)(b)(ii) on administering a survey question or assessment question to a student, without the prior written consent of the student's parent or legal guardian, related to the possession or ownership of a firearm by a member of the student's family, does not apply to an inquiry made by a school employee or agent or a school resource officer regarding a student's access to a firearm, if the school employee or agent or the school resource officer believes the student is at risk of attempting suicide or harming others.

    Section 2. Coordinating H.B. 397 with H.B. 23 -- Technical amendments.
If this H.B. 397 and H.B. 23, Suicide Prevention Revisions, both pass and become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel in preparing the Utah Code database for publication, modify Subsection 53A-13-302(8) to read:
"(8) A local school board or charter school governing board shall provide inservice training for teachers and administrators on the implementation of this section."  


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             53      purpose or evident intended effect of the question is to cause the student to reveal information
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             54      whether the information   }
  that       is personally identifiable      {   or not,   } concerning      {   :

             55          (i) the economic or socioeconomic status of the student's family; or
             56          (ii)   } the possession or ownership of a firearm by a member of the student's family; and

    Respectfully,

    Francis D. Gibson
    Committee Chair

Voting: 8-3-5
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