S1763

Sponsored by:

Senator PAUL D. MORIARTY

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

SYNOPSIS

Permits advanced practice nurse to provide documentation to school district of need for home instruction due to student’s health condition.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.

An Act concerning the provision of home instruction by school districts and supplementing chapter 40 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 parent or guardian requesting home instruction due to a student’s temporary or chronic health condition or need for treatment that precludes participation in the student’s usual education setting, whether general education or special education, shall submit to the board of education a request that includes a written determination from the student’s physician or advanced practice nurse documenting the projected need for confinement at the student’s residence or other treatment setting for more than 10 consecutive school days or 20 cumulative school days during the school year.

b. The provisions of this section shall be in addition to any other requirement for the receipt of home instruction established pursuant to State Board of Education regulations.

2. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

This bill allows an advanced practice nurse to provide the required written determination documenting a student’s need for confinement at the student’s residence or other treatment setting in order for a school district to provide home instruction due to the student’s temporary or chronic health condition or need for treatment. Under State Board of Education regulations at N.J.A.C.6A:16-10.1, this documentation may only be provided by the student’s physician. The bill’s provisions are in addition to any other State Board of Education requirements in regard to a student’s receipt of home instruction from the school district.