Sponsored by:
Senator VIN GOPAL
District 11 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number and text line for 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning information on student identification cards and supplementing chapter 6 and chapter 3B 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 school district that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number and text line for the 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline.
2. An institution of higher education that issues student identification cards shall have printed on the back of the student identification cards the telephone number and text line for the 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline.
3. Section 1 of this act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment, and section 2 of this act shall take effect in the first full academic year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a school district that includes any of the grades seven through 12 and that issues student identification cards to have the telephone number and text line for the 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline printed on the back of the student identification cards. The bill also requires an institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have the telephone number and text line for the 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline printed on the back of the cards.
The 2NDFLOORŽ Youth Helpline is a Statewide confidential and anonymous phone and text helpline which is available 24 hours, 7 days a week to New Jersey youth and young adults. The helpline is free of charge and assists youth and young adults with their day-to-day concerns and any problems they may be facing. Professional staff and trained volunteers provide callers with non-judgmental and caring responses which can ease the caller's frustrations and worries and encourage them to make decisions that promote their safety and well-being.