Bill Text: NJ A1041 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A1041 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A1041-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman HAROLD "HAL" J. WIRTHS
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Assemblyman CHRISTIAN E. BARRANCO
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Space, DiMaio, Sauickie, Assemblywoman McCarthy Patrick, Assemblymen McGuckin, Catalano, Rooney, Assemblywomen Dunn and Timberlake
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in the student's resident district.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Education Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning the participation of certain students in extracurricular activities and supplementing chapter 42 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. A board of education shall permit a home-schooled student to try out for, and participate in, any school-sponsored extracurricular activity including, but not limited to, clubs, musical ensembles, Statewide interscholastic sports programs, and theatrical productions in the student's district of residence in accordance with the same criteria established for students enrolled in the district. A home-schooled student who wishes to participate in an extracurricular activity in his resident district shall:
(1) provide proof that he resides in the district;
(2) meet the eligibility and try out criteria for participation in the activity; and
(3) comply with all policies, rules, and regulations of the governing organization of the extracurricular activity.
b. In the event that the extracurricular activity is interscholastic athletics, the student shall demonstrate to the board of education that he did not transfer to a home-school program for athletic advantage. A student who withdraws from a public school to enroll in a home-school program and who is ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics at the time of withdrawal from the public school due to his failure to meet academic, behavioral, or eligibility standards, shall be ineligible to compete in interscholastic athletic competition.
c. If the school-sponsored extracurricular activity requires the completion of a physical examination or medical test as a condition of participation and the school district of residence offers the requisite examination or test to the students enrolled in the school district, the school district shall permit a home-schooled student to access the examination or test and shall publish the dates and times of the examination or test on its website.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
