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A2265 • 2026

Requires provision of water safety instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Requires provision of water safety instruction 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
Donlon, Margie, M.D.
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 provision of water safety instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Requires provision of water safety instruction as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires provision of water safety instruction 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.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires provision of water safety instruction 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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A2265

ASSEMBLY, No. 2265

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblyman SEAN T. KEAN

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman MICHAEL INGANAMORT

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires provision of water safety instruction 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.� 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 nature and danger of rip tides;

���� (2)
the importance of learning about water conditions and beach safety practices,
particularly for student populations that do not reside near beach communities;

���� (3)
hand signs that may be used to indicate swimmer distress; and

���� (4)
the sightline limitations of lifeguards and others monitoring swimmers from the
beach.��

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year next
following the date of enactment.

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.� The
instruction is to provide information on: �the nature and danger of rip tides;
the importance of learning about water conditions and beach safety practices,
particularly for student populations that do not reside near beach communities;
hand signs that may be used to indicate swimmer distress; and the sightline
limitations of lifeguards and others monitoring swimmers from the beach.