New Jersey S 1005: Prohibits gender-based price discrimination.

Bill Text

S1005 

SENATE, No. 1005 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JON M. BRAMNICK

District 21 (Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and Union)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires anti-bullying policy of public schools to 
include provision requiring principal to make preliminary determination and 
meet with parents of students involved in alleged bullying incident for that 
determination; extends time for investigating incident.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning incidents of harassment, intimidation, or 
bullying at public schools and amending P.L.2002, c.83.

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

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.2002, 
c.83 (C.18A:37-15) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� a.�� Each school 
district shall adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying 
on school property, at a school-sponsored function or on a school bus. The 
school district shall adopt the policy through a process that includes 
representation of parents or guardians, school employees, volunteers, students, 
administrators, and community representatives.

���� b.��� A school district shall 
have local control over the content of the policy, except that the policy shall 
contain, at a minimum, the following components:

���� (1)�� a statement prohibiting 
harassment, intimidation or bullying of a student;

���� (2)�� a definition of 
harassment, intimidation or bullying no less inclusive than that set forth in 
section 2 of P.L.2002, c.83 (C.18A:37-14);

���� (3)�� a description of the 
type of behavior expected from each student;

���� (4)�� consequences and 
appropriate remedial action for a person who commits an act of harassment, 
intimidation or bullying;

���� (5)�� a procedure for 
reporting an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying, including a provision 
that permits a person to report an act of harassment, intimidation or bullying 
anonymously; however, this shall not be construed to permit formal disciplinary 
action solely on the basis of an anonymous report.

���� All acts of harassment, 
intimidation, or bullying shall be reported verbally to the school principal on 
the same day when the school employee or contracted service provider witnessed 
or received reliable information regarding any such incident.� The principal 
shall inform the parents or guardians of all students involved in the alleged 
incident, and may discuss, as appropriate, the availability of counseling and 
other intervention services.� The principal or his designee, in consultation 
with the anti-bullying specialist, shall make a preliminary determination as to 
whether a reported incident or complaint is a report of an act of harassment, 
intimidation, or bullying pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2002, c.83 (C.18A:37-14) 
prior to initiating an investigation. The principal shall hold a separate 
meeting with the parents or guardians of each student involved in the alleged 
incident within seven days of informing them of the alleged incident, in order 
to assist the principal in making the preliminary determination.� All acts 
of harassment, intimidation, or bullying shall be reported in writing to the 
school principal within two school days of when the school employee or 
contracted service provider witnessed or received reliable information that a 
student had been subject to harassment, intimidation, or bullying;

���� (6)�� a procedure for prompt 
investigation of reports of violations and complaints, which procedure shall at 
a minimum provide that:

���� (a)�� the investigation shall 
be initiated by the principal or the principal's designee within one school day 
of the report of the incident and shall be conducted by a school anti-bullying 
specialist.� The principal may appoint additional personnel who are not school 
anti-bullying specialists to assist in the investigation. The investigation 
shall be completed as soon as possible, but not later than [10] 30 
school days from the date of the written report of the incident of harassment, 
intimidation, or bullying.� In the event that there is information relative to 
the investigation that is anticipated but not yet received by the end of the [10-day] 30-day 
period, the school anti-bullying specialist may amend the original report of 
the results of the investigation to reflect the information;

���� (b)�� the results of the 
investigation shall be reported to the superintendent of schools within two 
school days of the completion of the investigation, and in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education pursuant to the 
"Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), 
the superintendent may decide to provide intervention services, establish 
training programs to reduce harassment, intimidation, or bullying and enhance 
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