Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DCPP may not be home-schooled.
This bill prohibits homeschooling for children under the care, custody, or supervision of New Jersey's Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), which includes children in foster care placements like resource family homes or kinship care. It requires these children to attend a public or nonpublic school instead of being homeschooled. The law applies immediately upon enactment and overrides any existing exceptions allowing homeschooling for these children. This change directly affects children in state care, ensuring they receive structured educational oversight.
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Feb 2026
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Introduced Feb 12, 2026
Last action Feb 12, 2026
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Feb 12, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Jim Beach
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