Bill Text: NJ A398 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A398 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A398-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Assemblyman CRAIG J. COUGHLIN
District 19 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Johnson
SYNOPSIS
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
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:
1. Each board of education which operates an educational program for public school students in grades 9 through 12 shall provide information on the provisions of the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et seq.). The instruction shall take place as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the 2011-2012 school year.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each board of education which operates an educational program for public school students in grades 9 through 12 to provide information on the provisions of the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58. The bill specifies that the instruction will take place as part of the district's implementation of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education beginning with the 2011-2012 school year.
Newborn infants are sometimes abandoned in life-threatening situations by parents under severe emotional stress. At times these parents are teens who are frightened and overwhelmed with dealing with an unanticipated pregnancy. Fostering awareness of the availability of a "safe haven" provided under the law may ultimately help to protect the life of a newborn.
