Bill Text: NJ A592 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A592 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A592-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Wimberly
SYNOPSIS
Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning school social workers and supplementing chapter 27 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, "school social worker" means a person who holds a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a school social worker endorsement.
b. The board of education of a school district shall, at a minimum, employ and assign on a full-time basis to each school within the district at least one school social worker. For each school with student enrollment above 500, the board shall employ and assign on a full-time basis additional school social workers in a manner that is proportional to student enrollment.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires local boards of education to employ and assign on a full-time basis to each school within the school district at least one school social worker. The bill further provides that, for each school with student enrollment above 500, the board is required to employ and assign on a full-time basis additional school social workers in a manner that is proportional to student enrollment.
