STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Wilson, Rumpf, Assemblywoman Gove, Assemblymen Diegnan, Wimberly, Gusciora, Coughlin, C.J.Brown, Assemblywoman Rodriguez-Gregg, Assemblymen Rumana, Space, Senators Allen, Gordon, Greenstein, Madden and Ruiz
SYNOPSIS
Permits child whose parent or guardian is ordered into active military service to remain enrolled in school district where child’s parent or guardian resided prior to active military service.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning eligibility for continued enrollment in a school district and supplementing chapter 38 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:38-1 or any other section of law to the contrary, a child who is domiciled within a school district and resides with a parent or guardian who is a member of the New Jersey National Guard or a member of the reserve component of the armed forces of the United States who is ordered into active military service in any of the armed forces of the United States in a time of war or national emergency, shall be permitted to remain enrolled in the school district in which the child is domiciled at the time of the parent or guardian being ordered into active military service, regardless of where the child resides during the period of active duty. The school district shall not be responsible for providing transportation for the child if the child lives outside of the district. Following the return of the child’s parent or guardian from active military service, the child’s eligibility to remain enrolled in the school district pursuant to this section shall cease at the end of the current school year unless the child is domiciled in the school district.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.