An Act concerning the public school curriculum 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:
C.18A:35-4.47 Labor movements history instruction.
1. a. The State Board of Education shall adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies pertaining to the history of labor and labor movements in the United States and New Jersey.
b. A board of education shall include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district’s implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. The instruction shall include, at a minimum, information on:
(1) the history of organized labor;
(2) notable strikes throughout history;
(3) unionization drives; and
(4) the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace.
C.18A:35-4.48 Standards concurrent with updates to New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
2. This act shall take effect immediately. The standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act shall occur concurrent with each update to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-46).
Approved September 3, 2025.