Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:40-41.4 Removal of student-athlete from competition, practice; return. 4. A student who participates in an interscholastic sports program, intramural sports program, or cheerleading program and who sustains or is suspected of having sustained a concussion or other head injury…

18A:40-41.5 Immunity from liability. 5. a. A school district and nonpublic school shall not be liable for the injury or death of a person due to the action or inaction of persons employed by, or under contract with, a youth sports team organization that operates on school grounds…

18A:40-41.6 Short title. 1. Sections 2 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Scholastic Student-Athlete Safety Act." L.2013, c.71, s.1.

18A:40-41.7 Preparticipation Physical Evaluation Form required for student-athletes; certification statement. 2. a. The board of education of a public school district and the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall require that prior to the parti…

18A:40-41.8 Findings, declarations relative to protective eyeware for children participating in sports. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Eye injuries are the leading cause of preventable blindness and visual impairment in children, and most injuries occurring in sch…

18A:40-41.9 Development of educational fact sheet providing information relative to sports-related eye injuries. 2. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop within 120 days of the effective date of this act, an educational fact sheet that provides information about sports-r…

18A:40-41a Schools required to have automated external defibrillator. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, beginning on September 1, 2014, the board of education of a public school district and the governing board or chief school a…

18A:40-41b Emergency action plan. 2. a. The board of education of a public school district and the governing body or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school that includes any of the grades kindergarten through 12 shall establish and implement an emergency action plan for…

18A:40-41c Rules, regulations. 3. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, and in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necess…

18A:40-41d Student-Athlete Cardiac Screening professional development module. 3. a. The Commissioners of Education and Health, in consultation with the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians, the American Heart Associ…

18A:40-41e Short title. 1. Sections 2 through 5 of P.L.2013, c.209 (C.18A:40-41f through C.18A:40-41i) and P.L.2007, c.125 (C.18A:40-41) shall be known and may be cited as the "Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act." L.2013, c.209, s.1.

18A:40-41f Definition. 2. As used in sections 3 through 5 of P.L.2013, c.209 (C.18A:40-41g through C.18A:40-41i), "athletic activity" means: interscholastic athletics; an athletic contest or competition, other than interscholastic athletics, that is sponsored by or associated wit…

18A:40-41g Informational meeting. 3. A school district or nonpublic school may hold an informational meeting prior to the start of each athletic season for students-athletes, their parents or guardians, coaches, athletic trainers, the school physician, school nurses, and other sc…

18A:40-41h Removal of athlete showing warning signs from activity; violations, penalties. 4. a. A student who exhibits symptoms or early warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, as determined by an athletic trainer if one is on site, or if an athletic trainer is not on site, then …

18A:40-41i Certification required for coaches. 5. A person who coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity shall hold a current certification in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation from the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or other training program r…

18A:40-41j Nonprofit youth-serving organizations encouraged to promulgate information protocol. 6. All nonprofit youth-serving organizations as defined in section 1 of P.L.1999, c.432 (C.15A:3A-1) including, but not limited to, Little Leagues, Babe Ruth Leagues, Pop Warner League…

18A:40-42 Educational fact sheet about HPV. 2. a. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall develop an educational fact sheet about the human papillomavirus (HPV) for distribution to parents or guardians of students in grades seven thro…

18A:40-43 Information available to certain public school students about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act." 2. In the 2006-2007 school year and in each school year thereafter, each board of education which operates an educational program for public school students in g…

18A:40-44 Information relative to child's exposure to violence on electronic devices. 1. a. The Department of Education shall prepare and make available on the department's Internet website, both in print and in an easily printable format, information on how a parent can limit a …

18A:40-45 Rules, regulations. 2. The Department of Education, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), shall adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2013, c.146, s.2.

18A:40-5 Method of examination; notice to parent or guardian. In conducting such examinations of pupils the medical inspector may require pupils to loosen, open, or remove their clothing above the waist in a manner to facilitate inspection and examination, but in any such case th…

18A:40-5.1 Definitions relative to reading disabilities. 1. As used in this act: "Potential indicators of dyslexia or other reading disabilities" means indicators that include, but shall not be limited to, difficulty in acquiring language skills; inability to comprehend oral or w…

18A:40-5.2 Distribution of information on screening instruments. 2. a. The Commissioner of Education shall distribute to each board of education information on screening instruments available to identify students who possess one or more potential indicators of dyslexia or other r…

18A:40-5.3 Screening for dyslexia, other reading disabilities. 3. a. A board of education shall ensure that each student enrolled in the school district who has exhibited one or more potential indicators of dyslexia or other reading disabilities is screened for dyslexia and other…

18A:40-5.4 Comprehensive assessment for the learning disorder. 4. In the event that a student is determined through the screening conducted pursuant to section 3 of this act to possess one or more potential indicators of dyslexia or other reading disabilities, the board of educat…

18A:40-5.5 Findings, declaration relative to mental health. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Depression is the most common mental health disorder among American teens and adults, with over 2.8 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 experiencing at least …

18A:40-5.6 Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program; purposes of program. 2. a. There is established in the Department of Education the Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program. The purpose of the grant program shall be to provide funding and resources to allow sc…

18A:40-5.7 Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program Fund established. 3. a. There is established in the Department of Education a non-lapsing fund which shall be known as the Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program Fund. All monies appropriated annually by the Le…

18A:40-5.8 Depression screening programs; report and evaluation. 4. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop a report, or contract with a research institution or organization to develop a report, evaluating depression screening programs in school districts participating in …

18A:40-5.9 Referral to professional counseling for students. 1. A student assistance coordinator, school counselor, or school psychologist or other mental health professional working in a school district may refer, or help facilitate the referral of, a student to an individual or…

18A:40-6. In general The board of education of any district may provide such equipment, supplies, and services as in its judgment will aid in the preservation and promotion of the health of the pupils, subject to the provisions of section 18A:18-5.1. L.1967, c.271.

18A:40-7. Exclusion of pupils who are ill When there is evidence of departure from normal health of any pupil, the principal of the school shall upon the recommendation of the school physician or school nurse exclude such pupil from the school building, and in the absence from th…

18A:40-8. Exclusion of pupils whose presence is detrimental to health and cleanliness The principal may, upon the recommendation of the school physician or the school nurse, if either of them are present in the building, exclude from school any pupil who has been exposed to a com…

18A:40-9. Failure of parent to remove cause for exclusion; penalty If the cause for exclusion under this article is such that it can be remedied, and the parent, guardian or other person having control of the pupil excluded shall fail within a reasonable time to have the cause fo…