Bill Text: NJ S2835 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-27 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S2835 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S2835-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Requires local boards of education to employ at least one school social worker per school.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning school social workers and supplementing chapter 27 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. As used in this section, "school social worker" means a person who holds a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a school social worker endorsement.
b. The board of education of a school district shall, at a minimum, employ and assign on a full-time basis to each school within the district at least one school social worker. For each school with student enrollment above 500, the board shall employ and assign on a full-time basis additional school social workers in a manner that is proportional to student enrollment.
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 local boards of education to employ and assign on a full-time basis to each school within the school district at least one school social worker. The bill further provides that, for each school with student enrollment above 500, the board is required to employ and assign on a full-time basis additional school social workers in a manner that is proportional to student enrollment.
