ASSEMBLY, No. 1807

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 28, 1996

 

 

By Assemblyman DORIA

 

 

An Act concerning the public school curriculum 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. The Department of Education shall develop and establish guidelines and curriculum materials for the teaching of child abduction prevention techniques for utilization by local school districts in the establishment of a child abduction prevention education program in grades K through 8. The program shall be adapted to the age and understanding of the pupils and shall be emphasized in appropriate places in the curriculum sufficiently for a full and adequate treatment of the subject.

    A board of education may establish a child abduction prevention education program in accordance with the guidelines and curriculum materials developed by the department.

 

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

    This bill requires the Department of Education to develop and establish guidelines and curriculum materials for the teaching of child abduction prevention techniques for utilization by local school districts in the establishment of a child abduction prevention education program in grades K through 8. A board of education may establish a program in accordance with the guidelines and curriculum developed by the department.

 

 

                             

 

Requires Department of Education to develop materials for a child abduction prevention education program in grades K through 8.