Bill Text: NJ S87 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires DOE to include military-connected student identifier in student-level database; requires district inform teacher when military-connected student enrolls in class taught by teacher.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-20 - Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee [S87 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S87-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 87

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JEAN STANFIELD

District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)

Senator  VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOE to include military-connected student identifier in student-level database; requires district inform teacher when military-connected student enrolls in class taught by teacher.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on June 20, 2022, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning the maintenance of certain student information and supplementing chapter 7E and chapter 36 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.  As used in this section, "military-connected student" means a student enrolled in a public school in the State who is a dependent of a member of:

      ¹[1)] (1)¹ the armed forces of the United States, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard;

      ¹[2)] (2)¹ the National Guard; or

      ¹[3)] (3)¹ any other reserve component of the armed forces.

      b.   ¹[Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, the] The¹ student-level database maintained by the Department of Education shall include an identifier for military-connected students.  The Commissioner of Education shall include information in the report issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.235 (C.18A:7E-1 et seq.), that summarizes the academic engagement and outcomes of military-connected students, including attendance rates, performance on State assessments, high school graduation rates, and post-secondary plans.  The information shall be consistent with the provisions of the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" (20 U.S.C. s.1232g). 

 

      2.   a.  As used in this section, "military-connected student" means a student enrolled in a public school in the State who is a dependent of a member of:

      ¹[1)] (1)¹ the armed forces of the United States, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard;

      ¹[2)] (2)¹  the National Guard; or

      ¹[3)] (3)¹  any other reserve component of the armed forces.

      b.   ¹[Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, a] A¹ school district shall notify a classroom teacher of the enrollment of a military-connected student in any class taught by the teacher.  The purpose of the notification is to provide the teacher with the opportunity to monitor a military-connected student's level of academic engagement, and to provide additional academic support to the student as needed.

      ¹c.  A parent or guardian of a military-connected student may opt their child out of being identified by the school district as a military-connected student, pursuant to subsection b. of this section.  If a parent or guardian opts their child out of being identified by the school district as a military-connected student, the school district shall not

notify a classroom teacher of the enrollment of the military-connected student pursuant to this section.¹ 

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately ¹and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment¹.