HB 542 allows parents to object to any school curriculum for any reason.
From the Huffington Post....
"under this bill, parents could object to a teacher's plan to: teach the history of France or the history of the civil or women's rights movements," Lynch wrote in his veto message. "Under this bill, a parent could find 'objectionable' how a teacher instructs on the basics of algebra. In each of those cases, the school district would have to develop an alternative educational plan for the student. Even though the law requires the parents to pay the cost of alternative, the school district will still have to bear the burden of helping develop and approve the alternative. Classrooms will be disrupted by students coming and going, and lacking shared knowledge."
This bill passed the House and Senate and was vetoed by Governor Lynch, but that veto was overridden and this is now the law in NH.
Adam Schroadter and Josh Davenport voted in favor of this bill.
More articles and resources:
http://open.salon.com/blog/heather_michon/2012/01/06/live_free_die_dumb_war_on_education_in_new_hampshire
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hampshire-lets-parents-broad-childrens-coursework/story?id=15501980#.UG4Ie47nvao
http://www.dnhpe.org/bills-in-the-2011-legislative-session/hb542
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