Bill Text: NJ A5308 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A5308 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A5308-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning 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. a. Each school district that includes grades nine through 12, or any combination thereof, shall incorporate instruction on the potential risks of compulsive gambling into the curriculum for students as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The instruction shall include, but not be limited to, information on:
(1) the dangers of gambling addiction;
(2) taking risks with personal finances or personal assets; and
(3) probability versus predictability.
b. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with sample learning activities and resources designed to inform students of the potential risks of compulsive gambling.
c. The Commissioner of Education shall develop a training module on compulsive gambling for high school teachers to help local school districts in fulfilling the required gambling instruction established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. The training module shall include, at a minimum:
(1) the ways compulsive gambling behaviors can develop;
(2) key indicators to watch for when determining if gambling is becoming a problem; and
(3) treatment implications to consider.
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each school
district that include grades nine through 12, or any combination thereof, to
incorporate instruction on the potential risks of compulsive gambling into the
curriculum for students as part of the district's implementation of the New
Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical
Education. Instruction will include information on the dangers of gambling
addiction; taking risks with personal finances or personal assets; and
probability versus predictability. The Commissioner of Education will provide
school districts with sample learning activities and resources designed to
address the potential risks of compulsive gambling. The Commissioner of
Education is also required to develop a training module on compulsive gambling
for high school teachers to help local school districts in fulfilling the
requirements of integrating the risks of compulsive gambling as part of the
required gambling instruction.
