Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:33-10.1 Breakfast program established in schools, certain; plan, form submission. 6. a. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2003, c.4 (C.18A:33-10) to the contrary, following the enactment of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.), each public school in the …

18A:33-11. Implementation of school breakfast program by district. 3. In implementing a school lunch program, pursuant to P.L.1974, c.53 (C.18A:33-4 et seq.), a school breakfast program, pursuant to P.L.2003, c.4 (C.18A:33-9 et seq.) or section 6 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-10.1…

18A:33-11.1 "Breakfast after the bell" program; report to Governor, Legislature. 1. a. A public school operated by a school district that participates in the federal School Breakfast Program, or a nonpublic school participating in the federal School Breakfast Program, is encourag…

18A:33-11.2 Findings, declarations relative to the "breakfast after the bell" program. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that numerous studies document that childhood hunger impedes learning and can cause lifelong health problems; and that, in New Jersey, tens of thousands of…

18A:33-11.3 Establishment of "breakfast after the bell" program in certain public schools. 2. a. Every public school in which 70 percent or more of the students enrolled in the school on or before the last school day before October 16 of the preceding school year were federally e…

18A:33-11.5 Guidelines. 4. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall develop guidelines to facilitate the implementation and operation of breakfast after the bell programs by schools in the State, in accordance with the provisions of s…

18A:33-11.6 Rules, regulations. 5. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the …

18A:33-11.7 Department of Agriculture, provision of "breakfast after the bell" per meal financial supplement; annual report; funds appropriation. 1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide a 10-cent per breakfast supplemen…

18A:33-13. Construction of act 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent a school district not subject to this act from implementing a school breakfast program pursuant to section 2 of this act. L.2003,c.4,s.5.

18A:33-14. Rules, regulations 6. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), concerning the revision of school breakfast p…

18A:33-14.1 Report of nonparticipation in school meal programs. 1. a. (1) Each school district or nonpublic school that participates in the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program shall take steps to maximize the use of federal resources and to minim…

18A:33-14.2 Annual review of costs, school meal programs; rules, regulations. 7. a. A school district or nonpublic school that participates in the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program shall annually review the costs being expended thereby, in asso…

18A:33-14.3 Working Group on School Food Security. 8. a. Not more than 180 days after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.336 (C.18A:33-14.2 et al.), the Office of the Food Security Advocate, established pursuant to P.L.2021, c.242 (C.52:27J-1 et seq.), shall establish a Working Gr…

18A:33-14a School breakfast, minimum nutritional standards, eligibility. 12. a. (1) School breakfasts made available to students under a school breakfast program or a breakfast after the bell program shall meet minimum nutritional standards, established by the United States Depar…

18A:33-14b Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Child and adolescent obesity has reached epidemic levels in the United States and poor diet combined with the lack of physical activity negatively impacts students' health and their ability and moti…

18A:33-14c National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program nutrition standards, compliance for participants. 2. a. A public school and a nonpublic school participating in the National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program shall comply with the nutr…

18A:33-15 Findings, declarations relative to food, beverages sold to certain school pupils. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that obesity, which affects 61% of American adults, and childhood obesity…

18A:33-16 Regulation of items sold, served, given away on school property. 2. a. As of September 2007, the following items shall not be served, sold or given away as a free promotion anywhere on school property at any time before the end of the school day, including items served …

18A:33-17 Applicability to certain nonpublic schools. 3. The provisions of this act shall apply to nonpublic schools that participate in the Child Nutrition Programs as defined by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. L.2007,c.45,s.3.

18A:33-18 Rules, regulations; compliance monitoring. 4. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this act and shall monitor compliance …

18A:33-19 Nonpreemption of more stringent policies. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the board of education of a public school district or the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school from establishing more stringent nutritional pol…

18A:33-2 Penalty for failure to provide proper facilities. 18A:33-2. When any school district shall fail to provide such facilities and courses of study, the county superintendent shall, by order in writing, approved in writing by the commissioner and transmitted to the board sec…

18A:33-2.1. Closing high school; contracting with another district; referendum No board of education of a school district providing high school education in its own high school shall propose to close its high school and to contract with another district or districts to provide hi…

18A:33-20 Public schools authorized to serve certain produce grown in community gardens. 1. a. As used in this section, "community garden" means public or private land upon which individuals have the opportunity to garden on pieces of land that they do not individually own. b. Co…

18A:33-21 Provision of school meals. 1. a. (1) In the event that a participating school district or nonpublic school determines that a student's unsubsidized school breakfast or unsubsidized school lunch bill is in arrears, the participating school district or nonpublic school sh…

18A:33-21.1 State required to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast, lunch. 1. a. Notwithstanding any other law, or rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, to the contrary, a student who is enrolled in a participating school dist…

18A:33-21a Short title. 1. Section 1 of P.L.2015, c.15 (C.18A:33-21) and section 16 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-21b1), shall be known and may be cited as the "Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act." L.2020, c.29, s.1; amended 2022, c.104, s.15.

18A:33-21b1 Information provided to parent, guardian. 16. a. At the beginning of each school year, or upon initial enrollment in the case of a student who enrolls during the school year, a participating school district or nonpublic school shall provide each student's parent or gu…

18A:33-21b2 Link to subsidized school meals application, informational video. 1. In addition to the requirements of section 16 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-21b1), a participating school, which is a public school, shall post a link to the subsidized school meals application, as we…

18A:33-21c Provision of meals to homeless students. 4. The school district liaison for the education of homeless children shall coordinate with school district personnel to ensure that a homeless student receives free school meals and is monitored according to the school district…

18A:33-22 "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund." 1. a. There is hereby created in the Department of Agriculture a non-lapsing revolving fund to be known as the "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund," which shall be held separate and apart from all other funds of the State. A…

18A:33-23 Notification relative to summer meals program. 1. a. Each school district in the State shall notify each student enrolled in the school district and the student's parent or guardian of the availability of, and criteria of eligibility for, the summer meals program and th…

18A:33-24 Implementation of Summer Food Service Program. 1. a. Every school district in which 50 percent or more of the students enrolled in the school district on or before the last school day before October 16 of the preceding school year were federally eligible for free or red…

18A:33-25 Application. 2. a. Nothing in section 1 of P.L.2018, c.28 (C.18A:33-24) shall be deemed to prohibit a school district from becoming a sponsor or site under the Summer Food Service Program. Any school district that is not subject to the requirements of section 1 of P.L.2…

18A:33-26 Waiver. 3. a. The Department of Agriculture may grant a waiver of the requirements of this act to a school district subject to the requirements of this act that lacks the staff, facilities, or equipment to sponsor the federal Summer Food Service Program, or the means to…

18A:33-27 Rules, regulations. 4. The Department of Agriculture shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2018, c.28, s.4.

18A:33-27.1 "School Meal Program," development of promotional materials. 1. a. Each school food authority that provides a food service to students enrolled in a participating school district or nonpublic school in the State shall, in the two languages that are most commonly spoke…

18A:33-27.2 Provision of school meals during period of school closure. 1. a. Whenever a local board of education receives a written directive, from either the New Jersey Department of Health or the health officer of the jurisdiction, instituting a public health-related school clo…

18A:33-27.4 Costs borne by State. 3. The State shall bear any costs not reimbursed by the federal government which are incurred by the school districts in effectuating the provisions of this act. The State shall maximize the waiver flexibilities being provided by the federal gove…

18A:33-27.5 Department of Agriculture, provision of summer per meal financial supplement; annual report; funds appropriation. 1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide a 10-cent per meal supplement to the existing federal…

18A:33-28 Posting of information about child abuse hotline. 1. A board of education shall prominently display information about the Department of Children and Families' State Central Registry, a toll free hotline for reporting child abuse, in each school of the district. The info…

18A:33-29 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey recognizes that access to menstrual products is vital for ensuring the health, dignity, and full participation of all New Jerseyans in public life. b. A lack of access to menstrual product…

18A:33-3. Food service bidding exemption A board of education of any district may, itself or under contract, install, equip, supply and operate cafeterias or other agencies for dispensing food to public school pupils without profit to the district and may purchase food services a…

18A:33-3.1 Establishment of prepaid school lunch program. 1. A board of education may establish a program through which the parent or guardian of a student may prepay for lunches served to the student in the school cafeteria. L.2006,c.14.

18A:33-3.2 Definitions. 1. As used in this chapter: "Categorically eligible" means that a student is homeless, is a migrant child, is a runaway child, is a foster child, or is a Head Start child, as defined in 7 C.F.R. Part 245, or is receiving assistance under the Supplemental N…

18A:33-30 Schools, grades six through 12, direct access, menstrual products, free of charge; Department of Education, Department of Health, review, assess, recommendations. 2. a. As used in this section, "menstrual products" mean tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection…