Text of NJ A 618 (2010)
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
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ASSEMBLY, No. 618
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ERIK PETERSON
District 23 (Warren and Hunterdon)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from
certain class requirements of public institutions of higher education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel
An Act
excusing students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements
of public institutions of higher education and supplementing chapter 62 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 enrolled in a
public institution of higher education which requires the fulfillment of
certain classes in health, family life education or sexual education and does
not authorize substitutions for those classes, may present to that institution
or to the appropriate school official a signed statement that any part of the
instruction in those classes is in conflict with the student's conscience or
sincerely held moral or religious beliefs and shall be excused from that portion
of the class where such instruction is being given and no penalties as to
credit or graduation shall result therefrom.
2. This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
A student enrolled in a public
institution of higher education may be obligated to fulfill certain class
requirements in health, family life education or sexual education which are in
conflict with the student's conscience or sincerely held moral or religious
beliefs. This bill excuses a student of a public institution of higher
education which requires the fulfillment of those classes, and which does not
authorize substitutions for those classes, by allowing the student to present a
signed statement to the proper school officials. Moreover, no penalties as to
credit or graduation will result for a student who is legitimately excused from
instruction that is in conflict with the student's conscience. The provisions
of this bill mirror law currently in place (18A:35-4.7) regarding students
enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools.