Bill Text: NJ A1114 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-22 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [A1114 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-A1114-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1114

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  SHEILA Y. OLIVER

District 34 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblywoman  MILA M. JASEY

District 27 (Essex and Morris)

Assemblywoman  CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywomen Spencer, Pintor Marin, Sumter and Assemblyman Wimberly

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

  

An Act concerning the Core Curriculum Content Standards 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.    Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on interacting with a law enforcement official in a manner marked by mutual cooperation and respect as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies.  The instruction shall be included in an appropriate place in the curriculum of elementary school, middle school, and high school students.  The instruction shall provide students with information on:

     a.     the role and responsibilities of  a law enforcement official in providing for public safety; and

     b.    an individual's responsibilities to comply with a  directive from a law enforcement official. 

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement in a manner marked by mutual cooperation and respect as part of the implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.  The instruction must provide students with information on: the role and responsibilities of  a law enforcement official in providing for public safety; and an individual's responsibilities to comply with a  directive from a law enforcement official.