A 5159 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

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
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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