Sponsored by:
Assemblyman P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits sex offenders from attending certain elementary or secondary schools.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning sex offenders and supplementing P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. It shall be a crime of the fourth degree for a person subject to the registration requirements set forth in P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-1 et seq.) to attend any public or private elementary or secondary school involved in the education of children who are under the age of 18, if the public or private elementary or secondary school was not established for the purpose of providing educational services for persons subject to the registration requirements set forth in P.L.1994, c.133 (C.2C:7-1 et seq.).
b. In accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.18A:38-1, the district board of education shall provide alternative educational services for any person prohibited from attending any public or private school pursuant to subsection a. of this section that are comparable to those provided in public schools for persons of similar age or attainment.
c. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations in order to effectuate the provisions of this section.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of fourth month next following the date of enactment, except that the commissioner and district board of education may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits sex offenders from attending certain elementary or secondary schools.
The bill provides that a sex offender is prohibited from attending any public or private elementary or secondary school involved in the education of children who are under the age of 18, if the public or private elementary or secondary school was not established for the purpose of providing educational services to sex offenders.
Under the bill, the district board of education would be required to provide alternative educational services for any sex offender who is entitled to receive a free public education by law. In addition, the bill requires the Commissioner of Education to promulgate rules and regulations in order to effectuate the provisions of the bill.
A violation of the provisions of the bill would be a crime of the fourth degree, which is punishable by up to 18 months imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000, or both.