Text of NJ S 1405 (2016)
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, that accurately portray political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
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As introduced
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SENATE, No. 1405
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 11, 2016
Sponsored by:
Senator LORETTA WEINBERG
District 37 (Bergen)
SYNOPSIS
Requires boards of education to include instruction,
and adopt instructional materials, that accurately portray political, economic,
and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender people.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning instruction and instructional materials in
public schools 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. A board of education
shall include instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions
of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high
school students as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum
Content Standards in Social Studies.
2. When adopting
instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, a board of
education shall only adopt instructional materials which, in its determination,
accurately portray the cultural and economic diversity of society including the
political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
3. This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2016-2017 school year.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each board
of education to provide instruction on the political, economic, and social
contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school
and high school students as part of the district's implementation of the Core
Curriculum Content Standards in Social Studies.
The bill also provides that
when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, a
board of education may only adopt instructional materials that accurately
portray the cultural and economic diversity of society including the political,
economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
This bill is modeled on a law
adopted in California, the "Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education
(FAIR) Act," which took effect on January 1, 2012. The State of California is currently engaged in developing textbooks and other instructional materials
that incorporate information on the political, economic, and social
contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people. Upon their completion, these materials will be available
to assist school districts in New Jersey in meeting the requirements of the
bill.