Bill Text: NJ S2711 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Approved P.L.2019, c.109. [S2711 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-S2711-Chaptered.html

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§1 - C.18A:26-24

 

P.L. 2019, CHAPTER 109, approved May 10, 2019

Senate, No. 2711 (Third Reprint)

 

 

An Act concerning certain training for prospective teachers 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 2020-2021 school year, all candidates for teaching certification who have completed ³[a]^{3 2}[teacher] ³[certificate of eligibility with advanced standing] an³ educator²  preparation program ²[at a regionally-accredited institution of higher education] ³[approved by the commissioner²] at a commissioner-approved educator preparation program provider³ shall have satisfactorily completed a ²[program on] course or training that includes² the recognition of, and the requirement to report, child abuse including sexual abuse.

      b.   ³[Beginning with the ²[2019-2020] 2020-2021² school year, any person seeking certification through the alternate route shall, within one year of being employed, satisfactorily complete a ²[program on] course or training that includes² the recognition of, and the requirement to report, child abuse including sexual abuse ²through a certificate of eligibility educator preparation program².

      c.]^{3  2}[The State Board of Education ¹, in consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families,¹ shall establish the appropriate requirements of the program on the recognition and reporting of child abuse required pursuant to this section] All commissioner-approved educator preparation ³[programs shall be reviewed and revised to implement the requirements of this section, and the revision shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval²]  program providers shall review and update their educator preparation programs to implement the requirements of this section and submit the revisions to the Department of Education for approval³.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

                                

 

     Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.