Bill Text: NJ A1028 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-10-21 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A1028 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A1028-Introduced.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 1028

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  NANCY F. MUNOZ

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

Assemblywoman  VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Matsikoudis, Assemblymen Azzariti Jr. and Simonsen

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on October 21, 2024, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning school district policies on student sun protection and supplementing chapter 40 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.  As used in this section, "sunscreen" means a topical product used for the purpose of limiting skin damage caused by overexposure to the sun, and which is regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration for over-the-counter use.

      b.   Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, a board of education shall adopt a policy concerning a student's use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing, such as hats and sunglasses, while outdoors at school and school-sponsored functions.  The policy shall not require a student to provide documentation from a physician or other licensed health care professional in order to use sunscreen or sun-protective clothing while outdoors at school or a school-sponsored function.  ¹The policy may require written permission from a student's parent or guardian to allow that student to carry or use sunscreen at school or a school-sponsored function. Nothing in the policy shall be construed as requiring school personnel to assist a student in applying sunscreen.¹

 

     2.    This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.