SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2676

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 6, 2018

      The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 2676.

     This bill requires each board of education and chief school administrator of a nonpublic school to provide a copy of the current blueprints and maps for all schools and school grounds to local law enforcement authorities.  Under the bill, if a school building is located in a municipality that does not have a municipal police department, the copies of the blueprints and maps will be provided to an entity designated by the Superintendent of State Police.  The bill directs a board of education and chief school administrator of a nonpublic school to provide revised copies to law enforcement whenever there is a change to the blueprints or maps. 

     The requirement that public schools supply law enforcement officials with copies of the school’s blueprints and maps is contained in the “Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials” (MOA).  Current State Board of Education regulations require all school districts to have a memorandum of agreement with law enforcement authorities.