Bill Text: NJ A346 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public schools to include instruction on caffeine-related health issues as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A346 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A346-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 346

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  RALPH R. CAPUTO

District 28 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public schools to include instruction on caffeine-related health issues as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning instruction on caffeine-related health issues 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 board of education shall include instruction on the health problems associated with the consumption of caffeine in an appropriate place in the curriculum of elementary school, middle school, and high school as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The Comprehensive Health and Physical Education curriculum framework developed by the Department of Education shall include age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to promote awareness of the negative effects associated with the consumption of caffeine.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2010-2011 school year.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires each board of education to provide instruction on the health problems associated with the consumption of caffeine in an appropriate place in the curriculum of elementary school, middle school, and high school as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. Under the bill, the Comprehensive Health and Physical Education curriculum framework developed by the Department of Education must include age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to promote awareness of the negative effects caused from consuming caffeine.

     Caffeine has been linked to physical health problems such as increased heart rate, elevation of blood pressure, increased risk of heart disease and heart attack, blood sugar swings, gastrointestinal ailments, and nutritional deficiencies. Caffeine has also been shown to lead to increased levels of stress, anxiety, irritability and other emotional disturbances.