Requires legislative approval of changes to core curriculum content standards and Statewide assessments.

A167

ASSEMBLY, No. 167

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires legislative approval of changes to core
curriculum content standards and Statewide assessments.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning the core curriculum content standards,
amending P.L.2007, c.260, and supplementing chapter 7C 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.��� Section 4 of P.L.2007,
c.260 (C.18A:7F-46) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.��� a.� The State Board of
Education shall review and update the core curriculum content standards every
five years.� The standards shall ensure that all children are provided the
educational opportunity needed to equip them for the role of citizen and labor
market competitor.�
An update or revision made to the core curriculum
content standards following the effective date of P.L.�� , c.��� (C.������ )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill) shall require the approval of the
Legislature.� The State board shall forward the update or revision to the
Legislature, and the Legislature shall adopt a concurrent resolution within
45 days of submission to approve or disapprove the update or revision.� In the
event that the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution to approve the update
or revision, it shall be implemented.� In the event that the Legislature adopts
a concurrent resolution to disapprove the update or revision, it shall not be
implemented.

���� The Commissioner of Education
shall develop and establish, through the report issued pursuant to subsection
b. of this section, efficiency standards which define the types of programs,
services, activities, and materials necessary to achieve a thorough and
efficient education.

���� b.��� By September 1 of 2010
and by September 1 every three years thereafter, the Governor, after
consultation with the commissioner, shall recommend to the Legislature through
the issuance of the Educational Adequacy Report for the three school years to
which the report is applicable:

���� (1)�� the base per pupil
amount based upon the core curriculum content standards established pursuant to
subsection a. of this section;

���� (2)�� the per pupil amounts
for full-day preschool;

���� (3)�� the weights for grade
level, county vocational school districts, at-risk pupils, bilingual pupils,
and combination pupils;

���� (4)�� the cost coefficients
for security aid and transportation aid;

���� (5)�� the State average
classification rate for general special education services pupils and for
speech-only pupils;

���� (6)�� the excess cost for
general special education services pupils and for speech-only pupils; and

���� (7)�� the extraordinary
special education aid thresholds.

���� The base per pupil amount, the
per pupil amounts for full-day preschool, the excess costs for general special
education services pupils and for speech-only pupils, and the cost-coefficients
for security aid and transportation aid shall be adjusted by the CPI for each
of the two school years following the first school year to which the report is
applicable.

���� The amounts shall be deemed
approved for the three successive fiscal years beginning from the subsequent
July 1, unless between the date of transmittal and the subsequent November 30,
the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution stating that the Legislature is
not in agreement with all or any specific part of the report.� The concurrent
resolution shall advise the Governor of the Legislature's specific objections
to the report and shall direct the commissioner to submit to the Legislature a
revised report which responds to those objections by January 1.

(cf: P.L.2007, c.260, s.4)

���� 2.��� (New section)� Any
revisions made to a Statewide assessment or the adoption of a new Statewide
assessment shall require the approval of the Legislature.� The State board
shall forward the revised or new Statewide assessment to the Legislature, and
the Legislature shall adopt a concurrent resolution within 45 days of
submission to approve or disapprove the new or revised Statewide assessment.�
In the event that the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution to approve the
new or revised Statewide assessment, it shall be implemented.� In the event
that the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution to disapprove the new or
revised Statewide assessment, it shall not be implemented.

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

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, the State
Board of Education is directed to review and update the core curriculum content
standards every five years.� This bill provides that any update or revision
made to the core curriculum content standards following the bill�s effective
date will require the approval of the Legislature.� The State board must
forward the update or revision to the Legislature, and the Legislature must
adopt a concurrent resolution within 45 days of submission to approve or
disapprove the update or revision.� In the event that the Legislature adopts a
concurrent resolution to approve the update or revision, it may be
implemented.� In the event that the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution
to disapprove the update or revision, it may not be implemented.

���� Similarly, the bill requires
that any revision made to a Statewide assessment or the adoption of a new
Statewide assessment will also require the approval of the Legislature through
the adoption of a concurrent resolution.� In the event that the Legislature
adopts a concurrent resolution to approve the revised or new Statewide
assessment, it may be implemented.� In the event that the Legislature adopts a
concurrent resolution to disapprove the new or revised Statewide assessment, it
may not be implemented.