Bill Text: NJ A3335 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Requires preparation programs for teachers and school counselors to include programming to improve student career readiness.*

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-5)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-03 - Approved P.L.2014, c.72. [A3335 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A3335-Chaptered.html

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§§1-3 -

C.18A:26-2.15 to

18A:26-2.17

 

P.L.2014, CHAPTER 72, approved December 3, 2014

Assembly, No. 3335 (First Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning teacher and school counselor preparation programs and supplementing chapter 26 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.  Beginning with the ¹[2014-2015] 2015-2016¹ school year, a regionally-accredited institution of higher education offering a teacher preparation program for a New Jersey instructional certificate shall incorporate ¹[coursework to support improved] programming, which is curricula encompassing coursework or practical and clinical studies, or a combination thereof, to improve¹ student career readiness.  The ¹[coursework to support improved student career readiness] programming¹ shall include, but need not be limited to, employability skills, career awareness, and understanding career and technical education.

     b.  Beginning with the ¹[2014-2015] 2015-2016¹ school year, the preparation program for any person seeking an instructional certificate through the State's alternate route program shall include ¹[coursework to  support improved] programming to improve¹ student career readiness.  The ¹[coursework to support improved student career readiness] programming¹ shall include, but need not be limited to, employability skills, career awareness, and understanding career and technical education.

 

     2.    Beginning with the ¹[2014-2015] 2015-2016¹ school year, in order to be eligible for the standard educational services certificate with a school counselor endorsement, a candidate shall satisfactorily complete ¹[coursework to support improved] programming to improve¹ student career readiness.  The ¹[coursework to support improved student career readiness] programming¹ shall include, but need not be limited to, employability skills, career awareness, and understanding career and technical education.

 

     3.    The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations
pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

 

     4.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

                                

 

     Requires preparation programs for teachers and school counselors to include programming to improve student career readiness.