SENATE, No. 1631

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 5, 2018

 


 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires DOE to review Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure they incorporate standards regarding engineering where appropriate.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  


An Act concerning engineering education.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    The Department of Education shall undertake a review of the Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure that they incorporate standards regarding engineering where appropriate.  The department shall report any findings and recommendations to the Governor within six months of the effective date of this act. 

 

      2.   This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

      This bill directs the Department of Education to undertake a review of the Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure that they incorporate standards regarding engineering where appropriate.  The department must report any findings and recommendations to the Governor within six months of the bill’s enactment.