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A244 • 2026

Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.

Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Azzariti Jr., John V., M.D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.

Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
  • Topic: Public Safety and Preparedness Fiscal note: This bill has 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 Public Safety and Preparedness Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Topic:
Public Safety and Preparedness
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A244

ASSEMBLY, No. 244

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN V. AZZARITI JR., M.D.

District 39 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training
course on school emergency response.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

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An Act
concerning police training for school emergencies and
supplementing chapter 17B of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Police Training
Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall adopt a training
course regarding school emergency response, including response to an active
shooter threat.� The training course shall include lockdown drill observations.�
The training shall be administered by the employing agency as part of the
in-service training provided to each local police officer in each law
enforcement unit operating in this State.

���� b.��� Prior to being appointed
to permanent status as a local police officer in a law enforcement unit, an
individual shall be required to complete the training course adopted under
subsection a. of this section.� Every local police officer appointed prior to the
effective date of this act shall, within 36 months of the effective date of
this act, satisfactorily complete a training course in school emergency
response.

���� c.��� The Police Training
Commission shall adopt rules and regulations, pursuant to the
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.),
to effectuate the purposes of this act.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the Police
Training Commission in the Department of Law and Public Safety to adopt a
training course regarding school emergency response, including response to an
active shooter threat.� The training course is required to include lockdown
drill observations.� Under the bill, the training will be administered by the
employing agency as part of the in-service training provided to each local
police officer in each law enforcement unit operating in this State.

���� The bill further provides that
prior to being appointed to permanent status as a local police officer in a law
enforcement unit, an individual is required to complete the training course.�
Every local police officer appointed prior to the effective date of this bill
is required to, within 36 months of the effective date, satisfactorily complete
a training course in school emergency response.