Prohibits school district from denying admittance to student due to tardiness or violation of dress code or school uniform policy.
This bill prohibits New Jersey public school districts from denying students admittance due to tardiness or violations of dress code or school uniform policies. It directly affects all students in New Jersey public schools by ensuring they cannot be barred from entering school for these specific reasons. The law amends existing statute to explicitly state that such denials are not permitted, except as allowed under a school's adopted dress code policy (as outlined in prior law). Schools retain the ability to enforce other disciplinary measures under their standard student conduct policies.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 14, 2025
Last action Jan 14, 2025
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Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Spearman
DDemocratic
P
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Alixon Collazos-Gill
DDemocratic
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