Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblyman R. BRUCE LAND
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Assemblywoman BETTYLOU DECROCE
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblymen Johnson, Lagana, Eustace, Webber, Assemblywomen Caride, Jones, Assemblyman Caputo, Assemblywomen Jimenez, Muoio, Assemblymen C.A.Brown, Space, Assemblywoman Pinkin, Assemblyman Coughlin, Senators Beach and Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning high school graduation ceremonies and supplementing chapter 7C 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 school district shall allow a student to wear a dress uniform issued to the student by a branch of the United States Armed Forces while participating in the student’s high school graduation ceremony, if the following requirements are met:
a. the student has fulfilled all of the State and local requirements for receiving a high school diploma, and is otherwise eligible to participate in the high school graduation ceremony; and
b. the student has completed basic training for, and is an active member of, a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires school districts to allow eligible students to wear a dress uniform issued by the United States Armed Forces while participating in their high school graduation ceremony. Under the bill, a student will be permitted to wear a dress uniform at graduation if: (1) the student has fulfilled all State and local requirements for receiving a high school diploma and is otherwise eligible to participate in the high school graduation ceremony; and (2) the student has completed basic training for, and is an active member of, a branch of the United States Armed Forces.