Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman REED GUSCIORA
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator RICHARD J. CODEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Pinkin, Senators Vitale, Lesniak, Addiego, Greenstein and Gordon
SYNOPSIS
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidance for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning substance abuse instruction for public school students and supplementing P.L.1987, c.389 (C.18A:40A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Division of Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, shall review the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education to ensure that guidance for substance abuse instruction incorporates the most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
b. Within 120 days of the effective date of this act, the department shall issue a written report to the Governor, to the State Board of Education, and to the Legislature as provided under section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), with its determination on whether the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education adequately incorporate the most recent evidence-based standards and practices pursuant to subsection a. of this section. If the department determines that the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education need to be revised, it shall propose the revisions to the State board within 12 months of the report’s submission.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that the Department of Education conduct a review of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education to ensure that guidance for substance abuse instruction incorporates the most recent evidence-based standards and practices. The department will issue a report within 120 days of the effective date of the bill with its determination on whether the content standards incorporate the most recent evidence-based standards and practices. If the department determines that the content standards need to be revised, it will propose the revisions to the State Board of Education within 12 months of the report’s submission.