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A1583 • 2026

Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kean, Sean T.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
  • 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

Requires school districts to provide instruction on water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1583

ASSEMBLY, No. 1583

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn, Assemblyman DiMaio, Assemblywomen Park,
Carter, Assemblyman Spearman, Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Flynn,
Assemblymen Scharfenberger, Inganamort and Assemblywoman Fantasia

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school districts to provide instruction on
water safety as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act
concerning the provision of water safety instruction in
public school curriculum and supplementing chapter 35 of Title 18A of the New
Jersey Statutes.�

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

���� 1.��� a. Beginning with the
2018-2019 school year, each school district shall incorporate instruction on
water safety into the health education curriculum for students in grades K
through 12 as part of the district�s implementation of the
New Jersey Student Learning Standards for
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.�

���� b.��� The
instruction shall provide students with information on:

���� (1)�� the
proper use of flotation devices;

���� (2)�� how
to become aware of water conditions;

���� (3)�� the
danger of rip currents and how to respond if caught in one; and

���� (4)�� the
importance of swimming in areas monitored by a lifeguard.��

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each school
district to incorporate instruction on water safety into the health education
curriculum for students in grades K through 12 as part of the district�s
implementation of the
New Jersey Student
Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education,
beginning
with the 2018-2019 school year
.� The
instruction must provide information on: the proper use of flotation devices;
how to become aware of water conditions; the danger of rip currents and how to
respond if caught in one; and the importance of swimming in areas monitored by
a lifeguard.��

����
Drownings are the fifth leading cause of
accidental death in the United States according to the Centers for Disease
Control.� While New Jersey students participate in drills for fire and active
shooter crises, they do not receive instruction on what to do if you are
drowning or see someone drowning.