SENATE, No. 1869

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 1997

By Senator RICE

An Act concerning students who are late for school and supplementing chapter 37 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

    1. A student who is late for school shall not be denied immediate entry into the school building. The student may be directed to a room inside the school building other than the room to which the student would otherwise report upon arrival.

    2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill provides that a student who is late for school shall not be denied immediate entry into the school building. The student may be directed, however, to a room inside the school building other than the room to which the student would otherwise report upon arrival. In some school districts, students who are late for school have been forced to wait outside the school building for a period of time, even when the weather is inclement.

Prohibits school district from denying a late student immediate entry into school building.