Text of NJ S 1569 (2019)

SENATE, No. 1569 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 218th LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2018 Sponsored by: Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO District 25 (Morris and Somerset) 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 2018-2019 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.

§§1, 2 C.18A:35-4.35 to 18A:35-4.36 §3 - Note P.L. 2019, CHAPTER 6, approved January 31, 2019 Senate, No. 1569 (Second Reprint) 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 1[Core Curriculum Content Standards] New Jersey Student Learning Standards1 2[in Social Studies]2. 2. 2A board of education shall have policies and procedures in place pertaining to the selection of instructional materials to implement the requirements of section 1 of this act.2 When adopting instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, a board of education shall 2[only]2 adopt 2inclusive2 instructional materials 2[which, in its determination, accurately] that2 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 2, where appropriate2. 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2[2018-2019] 2020-20212 school year. 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.