Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHEILA Y. OLIVER
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblyman GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman McKeon, Assemblywomen Spencer, Pintor Marin, Sumter and Assemblyman Wimberly
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the Core Curriculum Content Standards 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. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on interacting with a law enforcement official in a manner marked by mutual cooperation and respect as part of the district’s implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies. The instruction shall be included in an appropriate place in the curriculum of elementary school, middle school, and high school students. The instruction shall provide students with information on:
a. the role and responsibilities of a law enforcement official in providing for public safety; and
b. an individual’s responsibilities to comply with a directive from a law enforcement official.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement in a manner marked by mutual cooperation and respect as part of the implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. The instruction must provide students with information on: the role and responsibilities of a law enforcement official in providing for public safety; and an individual’s responsibilities to comply with a directive from a law enforcement official.