Bill Text: NJ A4036 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-11-16 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A4036 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A4036-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 4036

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED DECEMBER 18, 2014

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE

District 37 (Bergen)

Assemblyman  BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Diegnan

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Authorizes board of education to establish community service credit program for high school students.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Assembly Education Committee on November 16, 2015, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning community service credit for public high school students and supplementing chapter 36 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.  The board of education of a school district that includes grades 9 through 12 ¹[shall] may¹ establish a community service credit program that allows a high school student to earn credit as an optional elective towards the high school graduation requirements upon the completion of an approved community service activity. The board of education shall determine the number of hours of community service that a student shall complete in order to receive the credit. The board shall also determine the number of credits that may be earned by a student for community service.

      b.   A high school student:

      (1)  may complete the community service activity during the evenings and on weekends, but shall not complete the activity during school hours;

      (2)  may complete the community service activity with a non-profit agency or organization, a public agency or institution, a non-profit or for-profit health care facility, or any other community organization which the board of education deems appropriate; and

      (3)  shall not receive compensation for the community service activity or substitute employment for the activity.

 

      2.   This act shall take effect immediately and first apply to the ¹[2015-2016] first full¹ school year ¹following the date of enactment¹.