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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:41-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:41-14 - Annual school safety audit for each school building.

18A:41-14 Annual school safety audit for each school building.  1. a. A school district and a nonpublic school shall annually conduct a school safety audit for each school building using the checklist developed by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness in collaboration with the Department of Education pursuant to subsection b. of this section. The school district and the nonpublic school shall submit the completed audit to the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and the Department of Education. The audits shall be kept confidential and shall not be deemed a public record under P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.) or the common law concerning access to public records, but may be utilized for the purposes of allocating any State grants or loans made available for the purpose of school facility safety and security upgrades. b. The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness in collaboration with the Department of Education shall develop a comprehensive checklist of items to be reviewed and evaluated in the school safety audits conducted by school districts and nonpublic schools pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The checklist shall include items to assess the security features and security vulnerabilities of a school district's and nonpublic school's school buildings and grounds. The checklist shall also include items to assess the emergency notification systems used to facilitate notification to parents and other members of the community in the case of school emergencies. The checklist shall be reviewed annually by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and the Department of Education and updated as appropriate. The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness in collaboration with the Department of Education shall provide technical assistance to school districts and nonpublic schools to facilitate the completion of the checklists in a uniform manner.  L.2019, c.478, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-1 - Safety patrol by pupils

18A:42-1. Safety patrol by pupils  Any board of education may make rules providing for the organization of school safety patrols in the public schools under its jurisdiction and for the appointment, with the permission of the parents, of pupils as members thereof, for the purpose of influencing and encouraging other pupils to refrain from crossing public highways at points other than at regular crossings, and for the purpose of directing pupils not to cross highways at times when the presence of traffic would render such crossing unsafe. No liability shall attach either to the board of education or any person holding office, position or employment under it, by virtue of the organization, maintenance or operation of a school safety patrol organized, maintained, and operated under the authority of this section. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-2 - School orchestra not to compete with civilian musicians; exceptions

18A:42-2. School orchestra not to compete with civilian musicians; exceptions  No music supervisor, music teacher or any person having charge of any band or orchestra connected with a public school of this state shall permit such band or orchestra to play, perform or furnish music as a school band or orchestra at any function in competition with civilian musicians. Excepted herefrom are functions connected with such public school and functions which shall be of a patriotic nature. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-3 - Collection and deposit of savings of pupils

18A:42-3. Collection and deposit of savings of pupils  In order to encourage the habit of saving among the pupils in schools, the principal or superintendent of any public school, or any person designated for that purpose by the board of education or other school authority under which the school shall be, may collect once a week, or from time to time, small amounts of savings from the pupils of the school, to be deposited by the principal, superintendent, or designated person promptly upon collection in any financial institution having its principal office in New Jersey, whose accounts or deposits are insured or guaranteed by any corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States, which corporation is an instrumentality of the United States or of any successor corporation having for its purpose the insurance of deposits or accounts. These moneys shall be placed to the credit of the respective pupils for whom the money has been collected, or if the amount collected at any one time is deemed insufficient for the opening of individual accounts, in the name of the principal, superintendent, or designated person, in trust, and to be by him eventually transferred to the credit of the respective pupils to whom the same belongs. In the meantime, the principal, superintendent, or designated person shall furnish to the financial institution a list giving the names, signatures, addresses, ages, places of birth, parents' names, and such other data concerning the respective pupils as the financial institution may require. The words "system of school savings" or "school savings" may be used in circulars, reports, and other printed or written matter used in connection with this section. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-4 - Distribution of literature as to candidacy, bond issues, or other public question to be submitted at election; prohibited

18A:42-4. Distribution of literature as to candidacy, bond issues, or other public question to be submitted at election; prohibited  No literature which in any manner and in any part thereof promotes, favors or opposes the candidacy of any candidate for election at any annual school election, or the adoption of any bond issue, proposal, or any public question submitted at any general, municipal or school election shall be given to any public school pupil in any public school building or on the grounds thereof for the purpose of having such pupil take the same to his home or distribute it to any person outside of said building or grounds, nor shall any pupil be requested or directed by any official or employee of the public schools to engage in any activity which tends to promote, favor or oppose any such candidacy, bond issue, proposal, or public question. The board of education of each school district shall prescribe necessary rules to carry out the purposes of this section. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-5 - Certain student organizations declared harmful

18A:42-5. Certain student organizations declared harmful  Every fraternity, sorority, secret society or organization composed in whole or in part of public school pupils, which seeks to organize and perpetuate itself by taking in members from among the pupils enrolled in such school in which they are students, upon the basis of decision of the membership of such organization, rather than from the free choice of any pupils in such school who are otherwise qualified to fill the special aims of such organization, is hereby declared to be an organization inimical to the good of the school system and to the democratic principles and ideals of public education and to the public good. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-6 - Organizations forbidden in high schools; rules; exceptions

18A:42-6. Organizations forbidden in high schools; rules; exceptions  No such fraternity, sorority, society or organization shall be formed or maintained in any public high school, and the board of education of every school district shall adopt rules providing for the necessary disciplinary measures to enforce this section. This section shall not apply to any state college. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:42-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:42-7 - Participants in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities may earn varsity letter.

18A:42-7 Participants in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities may earn varsity letter.  1. a. A school district that includes any of the grades 9 through 12 shall adopt a policy to provide that a student enrolled in those grades who participates in any school-sponsored, interscholastic extracurricular activity that includes competitions in which the student competes against students enrolled in schools outside of the district may be eligible to earn a varsity letter awarded by the district. b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a school district to award a varsity letter or to establish any school-sponsored, interscholastic extracurricular activity. L.2017, c.62, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43-1 - Accident insurance for pupils authorized

18A:43-1. Accident insurance for pupils authorized  The board of education in any school district may arrange for and maintain, and may pay the premiums for policies of accident insurance with any insurance company created by or under the laws of this State or authorized by law to transact business in this State, to provide for payments to pupils of the school district in connection with loss resulting from bodily injury sustained by such pupils through accidental means while participating in, practicing or training for, or during transportation to or from games or contests conducted by the school district, or by any school of the district, or with the consent of the board of education or of the school and under the supervision of an employee of the board of education, and for payments to pupils injured in connection either with the conduct of the regular curricular and extra-curricular programs of the district or with student travel to and from the places where such programs are conducted and which travel is made necessary by such programs. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1975, c. 233, s. 1, eff. Oct. 24, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43-2 - Payment by pupils of proportionate share of premiums

18A:43-2. Payment by pupils of proportionate share of premiums  A board of education maintaining such accident insurance for the benefit of its pupils may require the payment to the board of education by pupils, to whom the benefit of such insurance is extended, of a proportionate share of the premiums or any part thereof. The sums to be paid by the pupils shall be established by a schedule determined by the board of education, but no pupil electing not to participate in the accident insurance coverage, shall be required to make any payment toward the cost of the premiums therefor. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43-3 - No liability imposed on board of education

18A:43-3. No liability imposed on board of education  The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to impose any liability on the part of a board of education for injury sustained by a pupil as a result of or in connection with any of the games or contests hereinabove mentioned, or as a result of or in connection with the conduct of the physical education program of the school district or of any school of the district. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-1 - Children's bureau

18A:43A-1. Children's bureau  The board of education of any school district including any regional school district, by resolution, may provide for the establishment of a children's bureau for the district. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-2 - Director

18A:43A-2. Director  Every children's bureau so established shall be under the immediate supervision of a director to be appointed by the board of education of the district and who shall be a person qualified by training and experience to direct the work of such bureau. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-3 - Staffing and assignment of personnel

18A:43A-3. Staffing and assignment of personnel  The board of education shall provide for the operation of the bureau, for the payment of its expenses, for the staffing and assignment of personnel to the bureau including provision for the services of a social welfare caseworker or caseworkers and such other professional personnel as may be required by the bureau. Except as provided in section 18A:43A-8, the board may fix the compensation of the employees of the bureau including the director, assign duties and regulate the terms and conditions of all such employments. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-4 - Function

18A:43A-4. Function  It shall be the function of any children's bureau so established, to coordinate the various student supervisory and counseling programs of the school district; and to cooperate with, and seek the cooperation of, state, county and municipal authorities and public or private social welfare and recreational agencies to assist in the solution of juvenile problems generally and in providing those services recognized as basic to the team approach in solving problems of individuals in their relations to others and to their environment. L.1967, c.271
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-5 - Services that may be provided or administered.

18A:43A-5 Services that may be provided or administered.  18A:43A-5. The bureau may, subject to the approval of the board of education, provide for or administer any or all of the following services: (a) Take, keep and maintain a census of all children residing in the district pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.18A:11-2; (b) Supervise and maintain a school attendance service to carry out the provisions of article 3 of chapter 38 of this title, Compulsory Education; (c) Maintain a register and classification of children with disabilities pursuant to the provisions of chapter 46 of this title; (d) Supervise the issuance of employment certificates, age certificates and special permits pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1940, c.153 (C.34:2-21.1 et seq.), the law limiting and regulating child labor; (e) Establish and maintain group and individual child guidance and counseling programs; (f) Establish and operate speech and remedial reading clinics and such other clinics as will promote the educational development of the children of the district; (g) Arrange with the respective county and municipal authorities concerned with proper juvenile development and particularly with those concerned with juvenile delinquency for mutual cooperation and assistance including service of the children's bureau as a receiving center for juvenile delinquents; (h) Carry out, under guidance, the recommendations of mental health and diagnostic centers and clinics and of family psychiatrists and physicians; (i) Counsel with parent and child; (j) Cooperate in providing long- or short-term supervision of any child in connection with any of the services authorized by this section; (k) Assist in the promotion of the development of youth and their proper adjustment in society. amended 2010, c.50, s.12; 2017, c.131, s.33.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-6 - Cooperation by other services and civil authorities

18A:43A-6. Cooperation by other services and civil authorities  In connection with any of the functions or services authorized by this chapter, the bureau shall cooperate with and receive the cooperation of, the medical inspector, nurse, psychological examiner or any approved clinic or agency providing psychological or psychiatric services to the district, the teachers, guidance counsellor, attendance officer, and all other personnel of the district as may be of assistance to the bureau in the performance of its authorized functions or services under this chapter. In addition the bureau is authorized to cooperate with and seek the cooperation of state, county and municipal authorities and public or private social welfare and recreational agencies. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-7 - Cooperation by county and municipal government

18A:43A-7. Cooperation by county and municipal government  The board of chosen freeholders of any county in which the board of education of any district therein has established a children's bureau pursuant to this chapter and the governing body of the municipality or municipalities of which such district is comprised is authorized and empowered to cooperate with and assist any such children's bureau in the performance of any of its functions or services authorized by this chapter and any such board of chosen freeholders or governing body may authorize the assignment of any county or municipal employee, including members of the municipal police department, subject to the approval of the director of such children's bureau, to serve with such children's bureau and under the direction of the director thereof. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-8 - Employee to retain rights

18A:43A-8. Employee to retain rights  Any such county or municipal employee, including members of the municipal police department, so assigned to serve with the children's bureau of a school district shall continue as an employee or member of, and be compensated by, the respective department or division from which he was assigned, and shall retain all his pension, tenure and other rights as an employee or member thereof. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-9 - Extension of service to other districts; contract

18A:43A-9. Extension of service to other districts; contract  Any board of education, which has established a children's bureau, and the board of education of any other school district may, pursuant to resolutions duly adopted, contract for the extension of the services of such bureau to such other district, upon such terms as may be determined upon between them and in any such case the bureau shall be operated for the benefit of both such school districts, pursuant to such contract. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:43A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:43A-10 - Empowers previously formed bureaus

18A:43A-10. Empowers previously formed bureaus  Any children's bureau heretofore established in any school district and which has been and is performing any of the functions or services authorized by this chapter shall have all the powers conferred upon children's bureaus by this chapter in the same manner as though such bureau was established pursuant to this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:44-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:44-1 - Establishment of preschool

18A:44-1. Establishment of preschool  18A:44-1. The board of education of any district may establish a preschool school or department in any school under its control, and shall admit to such preschool school or department any child who is under the age at which children are admitted to other schools or classes in such district.   L.1967, c.271; amended 1996, c.138, s.71.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:44-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:44-2 - Establishment of kindergarten

18A:44-2. Establishment of kindergarten  18A:44-2. The board of education of any district may establish a kindergarten school or kindergarten department, which in order to receive State aid shall be a one-year program in advance of or in preparation for entrance to first grade, in any school under its control, and may admit to such kindergarten school or department any child over the age of four and under the age of five and shall admit to such kindergarten school or department any child over the age of five and under the age of six years who is a resident of the district. L.1967, c.271; amended 1996, c.138, s.72.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:44-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:44-3 - Nursery school and kindergarten school teachers; special certificates

18A:44-3. Nursery school and kindergarten school teachers; special certificates  Every teacher in a nursery school or department and every teacher in a kindergarten school or department shall hold an appropriate certificate, which shall be issued by the state board of examiners at the request of the board of education of the district in which such school or department is situate or by the board of examiners of the city in which he is teaching, if there is such a board. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:44-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:44-4 - Expenses; how paid.

18A:44-4 Expenses; how paid.  18A:44-4. a. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the expenses of preschool schools or departments and of kindergarten schools or departments shall be paid out of any moneys available for the general fund expenses of the schools, and in the same manner and under the same restrictions as the expenses of other schools or departments are paid, except when wholly or partly subsidized by restricted funding sources or restricted endowments. b. A district may collect tuition from the parents or guardians of students enrolled in a preschool school or department for whom the district does not receive preschool education aid pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-54). The amount of tuition may not exceed the per pupil cost of the preschool program. Amended 1993, c.83, s.18; 1996, c.138, s.73; 2004, c.125; 2007, c.260, s.69.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:44-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:44-6 - Division of Early Childhood Education.

18A:44-6 Division of Early Childhood Education.  2. a. There is established a Division of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Education. The administrator and head of the division shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the division and shall devote his entire time to the performance of those duties. b. The division shall be responsible for: (1) setting required standards for early childhood education programs in districts that operate preschool programs for three- and four-year olds that emphasize the quality necessary to meet children's needs, including, but not limited to, standards for teacher qualifications, program design and facilities; (2) identifying and disseminating information on model early childhood education programs that meet and exceed high standards for program quality; (3) the coordination of early childhood programs and services in consultation with the Department of Human Services; (4) identifying the amount of funds necessary to implement successful early childhood education programs based on a comprehensive needs assessment; (5) providing assistance, as needed, to school districts in implementing early childhood education programs; (6) implementing the early childhood education orders of the New Jersey Supreme Court;  (7) overseeing the evaluation and monitoring of early childhood education programs in districts that operate preschool programs for three- and four-year olds; and (8) providing, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, an annual report to the Legislature and public on early childhood education. L.2000, c.139, s.2; amended 2007, c.260, s.70.