ASSEMBLY, No. 1918

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

211th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED JANUARY 26, 2004

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman LORETTA WEINBERG

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

    Requires certain testing and medical examinations of home-schooled children.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

    As introduced.

An Act concerning home-schooled children and supplementing chapters 7C and 40 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 home-schooled child shall be administered each of the Statewide assessment tests required by the State of public school pupils that are appropriate for the grade level of the child. The tests shall be administered in a school of the resident school district.

    2. The parents or guardians of a home-schooled child shall provide documentation to the resident district board of education no later than September 1 of each year that the child has undergone an annual medical examination.

    3. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) which are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

    4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill provides that a home-schooled child must be administered each of the Statewide assessment tests required by the State of public school pupils that are appropriate for the grade level of the child. The tests would be administered in a school of the resident school district. In addition, the bill requires the parents or guardians of a home-schooled child to provide documentation to the resident district board of education no later than September 1 of each year that the child has undergone an annual medical examination.