SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1869

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: DECEMBER 1, 1997

 

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably Senate

 Bill No. 1869.

      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.