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| 1 | - | [First Reprint] SENATE, No. 1054 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION | |
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| 1 | + | SENATE, No. 1054 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION | |
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| 5 | 3 | SENATE, No. 1054 | |
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| 9 | 7 | STATE OF NEW JERSEY | |
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| 11 | 9 | 221st LEGISLATURE | |
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| 15 | 13 | PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION | |
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| 19 | - | Sponsored by: Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) Senator VIN GOPAL District 11 (Monmouth) | |
| 17 | + | Sponsored by: Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) Senator VIN GOPAL District 11 (Monmouth) SYNOPSIS Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. | |
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| 23 | 21 | Sponsored by: | |
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| 25 | 23 | Senator LINDA R. GREENSTEIN | |
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| 27 | 25 | District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) | |
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| 29 | 27 | Senator VIN GOPAL | |
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| 31 | 29 | District 11 (Monmouth) | |
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| 35 | - | Co-Sponsored by: | |
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| 37 | - | Senators Moriarty, Singer, Amato, McKnight, Pou and Johnson | |
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| 47 | 39 | SYNOPSIS | |
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| 41 | + | Requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. | |
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| 53 | 45 | CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT | |
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| 47 | + | Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. | |
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| 59 | - | An Act concerning the public | |
| 51 | + | An Act concerning the public scheool 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. A board of education shall include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. The instruction shall include, at a minimum, information on: (1) the history of organized labor; (2) notable strikes throughout history; (3) unionization drives; and (4) the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace. b. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement the requirement established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. 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 would require boards of education to include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement. The instruction would be provided in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. Under the bill, the instruction would include, at a minimum, information on: the history of organized labor; notable strikes throughout history; unionization drives; and the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace. The bill requires the Commissioner of Education to provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement the instructional requirement. | |
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| 61 | - | An Act concerning the public | |
| 53 | + | An Act concerning the public scheool curriculum and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. | |
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| 65 | 57 | Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: | |
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| 69 | - | 1. a. 1The State Board of Education shall adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies pertaining to the history of labor and labor movements in the United States and New Jersey. | |
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| 71 | - | b.1 A board of education shall include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. The instruction shall include, at a minimum, information on: | |
| 61 | + | 1. a. A board of education shall include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. The instruction shall include, at a minimum, information on: | |
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| 73 | 63 | (1) the history of organized labor; | |
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| 75 | 65 | (2) notable strikes throughout history; | |
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| 77 | 67 | (3) unionization drives; and | |
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| 79 | 69 | (4) the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace. | |
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| 81 | - | 1[b. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement the requirement established pursuant to subsection a. of this section] | |
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| 83 | - | c. A board of education shall establish policies and procedures pertaining to the selection of instructional materials to implement the requirements of subsection b. of this section. When adopting instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, a board of education shall 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 New Jersey1. | |
| 71 | + | b. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement the requirement established pursuant to subsection a. of this section. | |
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| 87 | - | 2. This act shall take effect immediately 1[and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment] . The standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act shall occur concurrent with each update to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards required pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-46)1. | |
| 75 | + | 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment. | |
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| 81 | + | STATEMENT | |
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| 85 | + | This bill would require boards of education to include instruction on United States and New Jersey labor history and the contributions of the labor movement. The instruction would be provided in an appropriate place in the curriculum of students in grades six through 12 as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies. | |
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| 87 | + | Under the bill, the instruction would include, at a minimum, information on: | |
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| 89 | + | the history of organized labor; | |
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| 91 | + | notable strikes throughout history; | |
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| 93 | + | unionization drives; and | |
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| 95 | + | the collective bargaining process and existing legal protections in the workplace. | |
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| 97 | + | The bill requires the Commissioner of Education to provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement the instructional requirement. |