Bill > A2981

Introduced Session

This bill directs each school district to incorporate instruction on safe user practices for ride share applications and classified advertisement websites for students in grades 7 through 12 as part of the district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. Popular ride share applications include Lyft and Uber. Popular classified advertisement websites include Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Under the bill, the instruction must provide students with safe user practices for ride share applications including, but not limited to, instruction to: (1) pay by means other than cash; (2) place the request for the ride while inside and remain inside until the ride arrives; (3) confirm, prior to entering the vehicle, that the vehicle has been sent through the ride share application; (4) ride in the back seat; (5) share trip details with others; and (6) travel in groups whenever possible. The bill also requires that the instruction provide students with safe user practices for the in-person exchange of an item that was offered for sale or acquisition on a classified advertisement website including, but not limited to, instruction to: (1) pay by means other than cash; (2) meet at a public place and never meet in a secluded area or inside a private residence; (3) perform the transaction during daylight hours; (4) not share personal or financial information with other parties to the transaction; and (5) bring others to the meeting place whenever possible and share information with others about the time and location of an upcoming transaction.

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Tennille McCoy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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