Bill > A1603

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Commissioner of Education in consultation with water safety organizations such as the American Red Cross, the New Jersey Swim Safety Alliance, or other similar organizations to develop an educational fact sheet on water safety for public and nonpublic schools. The commissioner would also be required to utilize any resources produced by water safety organizations in creating the fact sheet. The fact sheet would include information on:· how parents and guardians can reduce their child's risk of injury or drowning while in, on, and around bodies of water;· the important role water safety education courses and swimming lessons play in saving lives; and· locations in each county of the State where age-appropriate water safety courses and swimming lessons are offered, including courses and lessons that are offered for free or at reduced prices. A school district would distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians who initially enroll their child in school in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner of Education would also be required to make the educational fact sheet available to nonpublic schools which would be encouraged, but not required, to distribute the fact sheet to parents and guardians who initially enroll their child in the school.

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Alixon Collazos-Gill (D)*,  Sean Kean (R)*,  Ellen Park (D)*,  Linda Carter (D),  John DiMaio (R),  Margie Donlon (D),  Aura Dunn (R),  Michael Inganamort (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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