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Bill Text

A4348 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4348 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHANIQUE SPEIGHT

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes task force to examine school discipline 
practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.� 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act establishing a task force to examine school discipline 
practices.

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

���� 1.��� a.� There is established 
a task force for the purpose of examining, evaluating, and making 
recommendations regarding discipline policies and practices in New Jersey 
public schools, including any racial disparities in the implementation of the 
policies and the effectiveness of the policies.

���� b.��� The task force shall 
consist of the following 10 members:

���� (1)�� the Commissioner of 
Education, or a designee;

���� (2)�� seven members appointed 
by the Governor, who shall include: one member upon the recommendation of the 
New Jersey School Boards Association; one member upon the recommendation of the 
New Jersey Education Association; one member upon the recommendation of the New 
Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association; one member upon the 
recommendation of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators; one 
member upon the recommendation of the American Federal of Teachers New Jersey; 
one member upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Charter Schools 
Association; and one member of the public who has specialized knowledge or 
expertise in issues related to school discipline practices; and

���� (3)�� one member of the public 
appointed by the President of the Senate and one member of the public appointed 
by the Speaker of the General Assembly, both of whom have specialized knowledge 
or expertise in issues related to school discipline practices.

���� c.���� Appointments to the 
task force shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this act.� 
Vacancies in the membership of the task force shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointments were made.

���� d.��� Members of the task 
force shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary 
expenditures incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the task 
force within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the task force for its purposes.

���� 2.��� a.� The task force shall 
organize as soon as practicable, but no later than 30 days following the 
appointment of its members.� The task force shall choose a chairperson from 
among its members and shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the 
task force.

���� b.��� The Department of 
Education shall provide such stenographic, clerical, and other administrative 
assistants, and such professional staff as the task force requires to carry out 
its work.� The task force also shall 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.

���� 3.��� It shall be the duty of 
the task force to study, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding school 
discipline policies and practices in New Jersey.� The task force shall:

���� a.���� examine discipline 
practices of school districts in the State and any racial disparities or 
disproportionate impacts associated with the discipline practices, including 
the impact of race on the suspension or expulsion of students enrolled in 
preschool programs;

���� b.��� evaluate the 
effectiveness of school discipline practices in the State in reducing problem 
behaviors and protecting the safety and security of students and school staff;

���� c.���� study federal guidance 
on school discipline issued by the United States Department of Education and 
the United States Department of Justice, including the January 8, 2014 Dear 
Colleague Letter on the Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline and 
the January 2014 document entitled �Guiding Principles: A Resource Guide for 
Improving School Climate and Discipline�;

���� d.��� study other best 
practices or emerging research regarding improving school climate and creating 
positive and nondiscriminatory school discipline practices;

���� e.���� provide recommendations 
to assist school districts in improving school discipline policies and 
practices, including ensuring that discipline practices are applied in an 
equitable and nondiscriminatory manner; and

���� f.���� provide recommendations 
for legislation concerning school discipline policies and practices.

���� 4.��� The task force shall 
issue a final report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, and 
to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no 
later than 12 months after the task fo