Bill Text: NJ S2633 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.*

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-01-11 - Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading [S2633 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2633-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 2633

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 11, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Senator  CHRISTOPHER "KIP" BATEMAN

District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on December 14, 2015, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning community service credit for public high school students and supplementing chapter 36 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.  The board of education of a school district that includes grades 9 through 12 ¹[shall] may¹ establish a community service credit program that allows a high school student to earn credit as an optional elective towards the high school graduation requirements upon the completion of an approved community service activity. The board of education shall determine the number of hours of community service that a student shall complete in order to receive the credit. The board shall also determine the number of credits that may be earned by a student for community service.

     b.    A high school student:

     (1)   may complete the community service activity during the evenings and on weekends, but shall not complete the activity during school hours;

     (2)   may complete the community service activity with a non-profit agency or organization, a public agency or institution, a non-profit or for-profit health care facility, or any other community organization which the board of education deems appropriate; and

     (3)   shall not receive compensation for the community service activity or substitute employment for the activity.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately and first apply to the ¹[2015-2016] first full¹ school year ¹following the date of enactment¹.