Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.

S3289

SENATE, No. 3289

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator� JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual
assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and
coaches of interscholastic sports programs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning sexual assault prevention training in
Statewide interscholastic sports programs and supplementing chapter 11 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.��� a.�� The Commissioner of
Education, in consultation with the Director of the Division of Criminal
Justice, shall develop an interscholastic sports sexual assault prevention
training program for high school athletic directors and coaches. �The training
program shall provide:

���� (1)�� instruction concerning
the prevention of sexual assault and the identification of signs of sexual
assault; and

���� (2)�� information concerning
the services, including treatment, counseling, legal, and medical services,
available to a victim of sexual assault in accordance with the standard
protocols developed by the Attorney General pursuant to subsection d. of
section 6 of P.L.1985, c.404 (C.52:4B-44).�

���� The commissioner shall update
the training program as necessary to ensure that it reflects the most current
information available on sexual assault prevention.

���� b.��� The New Jersey State
Interscholastic Athletic Association shall require each person who coaches a
public school district or nonpublic school interscholastic high school sport,
and an athletic director who oversees a public school district or nonpublic school
interscholastic high school sports program, to complete the training program
established pursuant to subsection a. of this section every four years.�

���� Each newly appointed coach or
athletic director shall initially complete the training program during the
first year in that position.�

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Division of
Criminal Justice, to develop an interscholastic sports sexual assault
prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches.�
Under the bill, the training program is required to provide:

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instruction
concerning the prevention of sexual assault and the identification of signs of
sexual assault; and

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information
concerning the services, including treatment, counseling, legal, and medical
services, available to a victim of sexual assault in accordance with the
standard protocols that have been developed by the Attorney General in
accordance with current law.

���� The bill also requires the New
Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to require each person who
coaches a public school district or nonpublic school interscholastic high
school sport, and an athletic director who oversees a public school district or
nonpublic school interscholastic high school sports program, to complete the
training program every four years.� Under the bill, each newly appointed coach
or athletic director is required to initially complete the training program
during his first year in that position.