Bill Text: NJ A4342 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Requires public school student to carry identification card at school-sponsored, off-campus activities and requires principal to keep list of students on school buses used for school-sponsored activities in case of emergencies.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-03 - Approved P.L.2019, c.57. [A4342 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A4342-Chaptered.html
§1 - C.18A:36-43
§2 -
C.18A:39-19.8
§3 - Note
An Act concerning school safety and supplementing chapter 35 and chapter 39 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. Each school district 2[shall] may2 develop and implement a policy requiring all students to carry a school identification card issued by the district while the student is at any school-sponsored, off-campus activity including, but not limited to, field trips or interscholastic sports programs. 1The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to require a student to carry the school identification card while participating in an athletic contest or competition, an activity involving fine arts or performing arts, or any other extracurricular activity that the Commissioner of Education determines does not require the physical possession of a school identification card.1
b. The Commissioner of Education shall develop guidelines concerning the information to be included on 2[the] an2 identification card 2[required] authorized2 pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The information shall include, but need not be limited to, the student's name, an up-to-date photograph, and the current school year.
1c. 2[The] A2 school identification card 2issued in accordance with this section2 shall not be considered a government record pursuant to P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), P.L.2001, c.404 (C.47:1A-5 et al.), or the common law concerning access to government records.1
2. Each school district 2[shall] may2 develop and implement a policy requiring a list to be compiled of the names of students being transported by a school bus to a school-sponsored activity including, but not limited to, field trips or interscholastic sports programs. 2[The] A2 list of students for each school bus 2compiled under a policy developed pursuant to this section2 shall be submitted to the school principal or designee and maintained for use in the case of an emergency.
3. This act shall take effect 1[immediately] 90 days after the date of enactment1 2, but the Commissioner of Education may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act2.
Requires public school student to carry identification card at school-sponsored, off-campus activities and requires principal to keep list of students on school buses used for school-sponsored activities in case of emergencies.
