§ 16-38-5 Questionnaires invading privacy.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, or institution, educational or
otherwise, to circulate or permit to be circulated in any school in this state
any questionnaire intentionally or unintentionally framed as to ask the pupils
of any school intimate questions about themselves and/or their families,
trespassing upon the pupil's constitutional rights and invading the privacy of
the home, unless the questionnaire has received the approval of the department
of elementary and secondary education and the local school committee. Any
person, persons, or institution who is found to be guilty of a violation of
this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
($100) for each offense.
(P.L. 1943, ch. 1332, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2752, §
21; G.L. 1956, § 16-38-5.)