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A1112 • 2026

Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.

Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.

Children Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Danielsen, Joe
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.

Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll or withdraw child from school district.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1112

ASSEMBLY, No. 1112

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes certain procedural requirements to enroll
or withdraw child from school district.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning school district enrollment procedures and supplementing
chapter 36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� When a child is enrolled
in a school district for the first time, or a child is being withdrawn from
enrollment in a school district, the following requirements shall apply:

���� a.���� Each parent or legal
guardian of the child shall be physically present at the time of enrolling or
withdrawing the child from the school district.� Each parent or legal guardian
shall provide a valid form of identification.� If any parent or legal guardian
of the child is unable to be present, a notarized letter shall be provided by
the parent or guardian indicating that the parent or guardian agrees that the
child is to be enrolled in, or withdrawn from, the school district;

���� b.��� The child�s parents or
legal guardians shall provide to the school district a copy of any custody
agreement or custody order pertaining to the child; and

���� c.���� A school district�s
application to enroll or withdraw a child shall include a question regarding
whether there is a pending custody case involving the child.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

����������� This bill requires that
when a child is enrolled in a school district for the first time, or a child is
being withdrawn from enrollment in a school district, each parent or legal
guardian of the child must be physically present at the time of enrollment or
withdrawal, and the parents or guardians must provide a valid form of
identification.� If any parent or guardian of the child is unable to be
present, a notarized letter shall be provided by the parent or guardian
indicating that the parent or guardian agrees that the child is to be enrolled
in, or withdrawn from, the school district.� Under the bill, the child�s
parents or guardians must provide to the school district a copy of any custody
agreement or custody order pertaining to the child.� In addition, the bill
requires that a school district�s application to enroll or withdraw a child
include a question regarding whether there is a pending custody case involving
the child.