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.