STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 1054
with Senate Floor Amendments
(Proposed by Senator GREENSTEIN)
ADOPTED: MARCH 24, 2025
These Senate floor amendments require the State Board of
Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social
Studies pertaining to the history of labor and labor movements in the
United States. These floor amendments also remove the requirement
that the Commissioner of Education provide school districts with age-
appropriate sample learning activities and resources.
Additionally, these floor amendments require boards of education
to establish policies and procedures pertaining to the selection of
instructional materials as required under the bill, and, when adopting
instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, to adopt
inclusive materials that portray the political, economic, and societal
contributions of individuals involved in the labor movement
throughout the history of the United States and the State. Finally, these
floor amendments change the effective date to require the standards
adopted by the State Board pursuant to the bill to occur concurrently
with each update of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards as
required under current law.