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Bill Text

A2595 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2595 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman CARMEN THERESA MORALES

District 34 (Essex)

Assemblyman GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ

District 33 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Creates advisory council to oversee revision of core 
curriculum content standards.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act 
establishing a Core Curriculum Content Standards Advisory Council 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.� The Commissioner of 
Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall appoint a 
Core Curriculum Content Standards Advisory Council to assist and advise the 
State board in the ongoing review of core curriculum content standards.� 

���� b.��� The advisory council 
shall consist of 15 members chosen from among the K-12 education, higher 
education, and business communities and shall also include a parent 
representative.� The advisory council shall include among its members: at least 
one curriculum director with expertise in curriculum and standards issues from 
the K-12 education community; at least one professor of education employed by a 
four-year institution of higher education; at least one professor with a Ph.D. 
in an academic content area employed by a four-year institution of higher 
education; and at least one professor employed by a county college.� Each 
member shall be appointed for a five-year term and shall be limited to serving 
two terms.� The members shall serve without compensation, but shall be 
reimbursed for necessary expenditures incurred in the performance of their 
duties as members of the council.

���� c.���� The advisory council 
members appointed pursuant to subsection b. of this section and the 
subcommittee members appointed pursuant to section 2 of this act shall not have 
personal conflicts of interest with regard to actions taken by the council.� No 
member shall derive a direct monetary gain or loss from actions taken by the 
council.� Council members are prohibited from participating in any action of 
the council in which they have a personal interest.� All potential and current 
conflicts of interest shall be publicly disclosed in writing annually.� 

���� d.��� The council shall 
organize as soon as may be practicable after the appointment of its members and 
shall choose a chairperson from among its members and shall appoint a secretary 
who need not be a member of the council.� 

���� e.���� The Department of 
Education shall provide such stenographic, clerical and other administrative 
assistants, and such professional staff, as the council requires to carry out 
its work.� The council shall also be entitled to call to its assistance and 
avail itself of the services of the employees of any State, county or municipal 
department, board, bureau, commission or agency as it may require and as may be 
available for its purposes.

���� f.���� The council, and any 
subcommittee appointed by the council, shall keep minutes of its meetings and 
shall make such minutes available to the public via Internet posting.

���� 2.��� a.� The Core Curriculum 
Content Standards Advisory Council shall establish a subcommittee for each of 
the subject areas of the core curriculum content standards.� Each subcommittee 
shall include among its members: teachers employed by a public school district 
(K-5 Elementary Certified, 6-8 Content Area Certified, 9-12 Content Area 
Certified); a professor of education employed by a four-year institution of 
higher education; a professor with a Ph.D. in the specific academic content 
area employed by a four-year institution of higher education; a professor 
employed by a county college in that specific academic content area; a 
representative from a business specifically related to that specific content 
area; a parent of a student enrolled in a public school; and a student 
representative who is a current high school student or a recent high school 
graduate.� A member of the Core Curriculum Content Standards Advisory Council 
also may serve as a member of a subcommittee.� 

���� b.��� Each subcommittee shall 
review the existing standards for its subject area to ensure that they contain 
clarity, rigor, content, depth, and coherence.� The subcommittee shall:

���� (1)�� review relevant research 
on the subject area and identify areas in the standards where revision is 
appropriate; 

���� (2)�� examine curriculum 
standards for the subject area adopted by other states, countries, and 
entities;

���� (3)�� collect feedback on the 
existing State standards from teachers, parents, and other stakeholders through 
the development of an online survey and make feedback available to the public 
via Internet posting; 

���� (4)�� solicit feedback from 
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