Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:40A-13 Immunity for personnel. 6. No action of any kind in any court of competent jurisdiction shall lie against any teaching staff member, including a student assistance coordinator, any school nurse or other educational personnel, medical inspector, examining physician or a…

18A:40A-14 Civil immunity for reporting. 7. Any teacher, guidance counselor, school psychologist, school nurse, student assistance coordinator or other educational or noneducational personnel, employed by or in any of the public or private schools of this State, who in good faith…

18A:40A-15. Inservice training program 8. a. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, shall develop an inservice training program for public school t…

18A:40A-16. Guidelines, materials for program 9. a. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, shall establish guidelines for substance use education p…

18A:40A-17. Outreach program 10. a. Under the guidelines established by the Commissioner of Education, each local board of education shall establish an outreach program to provide substance use education for the parents or legal guardians of the pupils of the district. In establi…

18A:40A-18 Employment of student assistance coordinators in certain school districts. 11. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, shall develop and …

18A:40A-19. Pilot programs 12. The Commissioner of Education is authorized to make grants to local school districts in such amounts as the commissioner shall determine, to assist the districts in the implementation of innovative pilot programs designed to educate pupils of elemen…

18A:40A-2. Curriculum guidelines; annual review and updating; minimum requirements 2. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall develop curriculum guidelines for education programs on drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, tobacco and contr…

18A:40A-2.1 Substance abuse instruction, review of curriculum; report. 1. a. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services, shall review the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehen…

18A:40A-20. Annual report. 13. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services and the Commissioner of Human Services, shall develop procedures for the evalu…

18A:40A-21. Rules, regulations The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this act. 1987, c. 387, s.14.

18A:40A-22 Findings, declarations relative to substance abuse testing policies in public school districts. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that there are many school districts within the State with a growing problem of drug abuse among their students. The Legislature furthe…

18A:40A-23 Adoption of policy for random testing of certain students. 2. A board of education may adopt a policy, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of Human Services, which are consistent with the New Jer…

18A:40A-24 Public hearing prior to adoption of drug testing policy. 3. Each board of education shall hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of its drug testing policy. The policy shall be in written form and shall be distributed to students and their parents or guardians at …

18A:40A-25 Rules, regulations. 4. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions…

18A:40A-3. Initial inservice training programs; curriculum; availability 3. a. Upon completion of the curriculum guidelines required pursuant to section 2 of this act, the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall establish inservice worksh…

18A:40A-4. Preservice training 4. In addition to the provisions for inservice training established pursuant to this act, the commissioner shall ensure that the preservice training of individuals intending to enter the teaching profession provides for an adequate treatment of the …

18A:40A-5. Loaning of educational materials The board of education in each school district in the State in which a nonpublic school is located shall have the power and duty to loan to all pupils attending nonpublic schools located within the district all educational materials dev…

18A:40A-6. Evaluation The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall establish and administer a system for the evaluation of the effectiveness of instructional programs established pursuant to this act. Programs which are shown to be effecti…

18A:40A-7. Rules, regulations The State Board of Education shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act. 1987, c. 389, s.7.

18A:40A-7.1 Confidentiality of certain information provided by pupil; exceptions. 1. a. Except as provided by section 3 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.10), if a public or private elementary or secondary school pupil who is participating in a school-based substance use counseling pro…

18A:40A-7.2. Violations, penalties 2. Except as provided by section 6 of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.13), a person who discloses or willfully permits the disclosure of information provided by a pupil in violation of the provisions of section 1 of this act is subject to a fine of not…

18A:40A-8. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A significant number of young people are unfortunately already involved in the use of alcohol and other drugs; b. Research indicates that particular groups of youngsters, such as the children of pare…

18A:40A-9. Definitions 2. For the purposes of this act: "Substance" shall mean alcoholic beverages, controlled dangerous substances as defined in section 2 of P.L.1970, c.266 (C.24:21-2), anabolic steroids or any chemical or chemical compound which releases vapors or fumes causin…