Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning temperature control of public school buildings and supplementing chapter 33 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 shall adopt a policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities. The policy shall ensure, to the greatest extent feasible, that school buildings provide students with a temperature-controlled environment that is conducive to learning. The policy shall:
a. require, in each school building in the district, that the principal designate a staff member to monitor compliance with the standards and initiate permitted corrective measures when necessary;
b. establish a protocol to follow in instances where classroom temperatures are identified as being not conducive to learning; and
c. identify what temperature control measures are permitted, and which shall be in accordance with local building and fire codes.
2. This act shall take effect on July 1 of the school year following enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each board of education to adopt a policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities. The policy must ensure, to the greatest extent feasible, that school buildings provide students with a temperature-controlled environment that is conducive to learning. The policy will: require, in each school building in the district, that the principal designate a staff member to monitor compliance with the standards and initiate permitted corrective measures when necessary; establish a protocol to follow in instances where classroom temperatures are identified as being not conducive to learning; and identify what temperature control measures are permitted.