Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires child in home education program and parents to meet annually with representative of resident school district.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning home education programs and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A child in a home education program and the child’s parent or guardian shall meet annually with a person from the resident school district who has been designated by the superintendent of the school district. The designated person shall be a school counselor, school nurse, or school social worker employed by the school district. The purpose of the meeting shall be for the parent or guardian to have an opportunity to request support from the school district for the home education program and for the person designated by the superintendent to conduct a general health and wellness check of the child.
2. This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a child in a home education program and the child’s parent or guardian to meet annually with a person from the resident school district who has been designated by the school district superintendent. The person designated by the superintendent is to be a school counselor, school nurse, or school social worker employed by the district. The bill provides that there is a twofold purpose for the meeting: to provide the parent or guardian an opportunity to request support from the school district for the home education program; and to provide the person designated by the superintendent an opportunity to conduct a general health and wellness check of the child.