Bill Text: NJ S108 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public schools to include instruction on the events relating to September 11, 2001 and the death of Osama bin Laden, as part of core curriculum content standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-14 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S108 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S108-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 108

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  ANTHONY R. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public schools to include instruction on the events relating to September 11, 2001 and the death of Osama bin Laden, as part of core curriculum content standards.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning public school curriculum instruction on the events relating to September 11, 2001 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.    Each board of education which operates an educational program for public school students in grades 5 through 12 shall provide instruction on the events related to September 11, 2001, including the death of Osama bin Laden, as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies. The Social Studies curriculum framework developed by the Department of Education shall include age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to teach students the significance of the acts of September 11, 2001, recall Americans' sense of national unity, courage, and sacrifice, and preserve the memory of this tragedy.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2012-2013 school year.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires each board of education to include instruction on the events relating to September 11, 2001, including the death of Osama bin Laden, in an appropriate manner for public school students in grades 5 through 12, as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies. The Social Studies curriculum framework developed by the Department of Education shall include age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to understand the significance of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, recall Americans' sense of national unity, courage, and sacrifice, and preserve the memory of this tragedy.