Bill Text: NJ A3871 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-27 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A3871 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A3871-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JULIO MARENCO
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to provide instruction on history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning instruction on Latino and Hispanic Americans in public schools and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The State Board of Education shall adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies and English Language Arts on Latino and Hispanic American history.
b. A board of education shall include instruction on the history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies and English Language Arts.
c. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.321 (C.18A:4-48), shall provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources that may be used to support implementation of the instructional requirement.
2. This act shall take effect immediately. The standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall occur concurrent with each update to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-46).
STATEMENT
This bill directs the State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies and English Language Arts on Latino and Hispanic American history. The bill also requires a board of education to include instruction on the history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies and English Language Arts. The bill further requires the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage, to provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources that may be used to support implementation of the instructional requirement.
Current law requires the Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage, in consultation with the Department of Education, to develop curriculum guidelines for the teaching of subjects and topics concerning and relating to the culture, history, and heritage of people of Latino and Hispanic descent. School boards are to incorporate these guidelines into the curriculum to the extent possible. This bill specifically requires instruction on the history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans in the curriculum as part of the implementation of the learning standards.
