SENATE, No. 1792

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED JANUARY 23, 1997

By Senator GIRGENTI

An Act concerning certain organizations in the public schools and amending N.J.S.18A:42-6.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. N.J.S.18A:42-6 is amended to read as follows:

    18A:42-6. No such fraternity, sorority, society or organization shall be formed or maintained in any public [high] school, and the board of education of every school district shall adopt rules providing for the necessary disciplinary measures to enforce this section.

    This section shall not apply to any [state college] public institution of higher education.

(cf: N.J.S.18A:42-6)

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill extends the prohibition of certain organizations from public high schools to all public schools. The organizations to be prohibited, as specified in N.J.S.18A:42-5, are those organizations composed of public school pupils, which seek to organize and perpetuate themselves by taking in members from among other pupils on the basis of a decision of the membership of the organization, rather than from the free choice of pupils who are otherwise qualified to fill the special aims of the organization.

Extends prohibition of certain organizations to all public schools.