New Jersey A 1428: Requires Department of Education to develop guidelines for school districts concerning child trafficking awareness and prevention.**

Bill Text

A1428 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1428 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ERIK K. SIMONSEN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblyman ANTWAN L. MCCLELLAN

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn and Assemblyman Auth

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires New Jersey Student Learning Standards in 
Comprehensive Health and Physical Education include content on risks of 
cannabis and marijuana use.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning substance abuse instruction in the public 
schools and supplementing P.L.1987, c.389 (C.18A:40A-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� The Department of 
Education, in consultation with the Division of Addiction Services in the 
Department of Human Services, shall ensure the New Jersey Student Learning 
Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education on substance abuse 
instruction includes, for each grade three through 12, age-appropriate 
instruction on:

���� a.���� the impact of cannabis 
and marijuana products on the adolescent brain and body;

���� b.��� the effects of 
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive substance in marijuana that produces 
the high associated with smoking marijuana and which can also lead to central 
nervous system depression; 

���� c.���� the risks of addiction 
to cannabis and marijuana products;

���� d.��� the risks of driving 
while under the influence of cannabis or marijuana products;

���� e.���� the difference between 
medicinal and recreational use of cannabis and marijuana products; and

���� f.���� an examination of the 
external and internal influences that may impact a person�s decision to use or 
abstain from cannabis and marijuana products.� 

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect on the 60th day after the date of enactment.� 

STATEMENT

���� Current law requires the New 
Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical 
Education include content on the nature and treatment of drugs, alcohol, 
anabolic steroids, tobacco, and controlled dangerous substances 
(N.J.S.A.18A:40A-2.2).� This bill requires the Department of Education, in 
consultation with the Division of Addiction Services in the Department of Human 
Services, to ensure the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive 
Health and Physical Education on substance abuse instruction include specific 
age-appropriate instruction, for each grade three through 12, on the use of 
cannabis and marijuana products.� 

���� Under the bill, the learning 
standards must include:

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basic 
information about cannabis and marijuana products and its impacts on the 
adolescent brain and body;

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the effects of 
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a psychoactive substance in marijuana that produces 
the high associated with smoking marijuana and which can also lead to central 
nervous system depression; 

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the risks of 
addiction to cannabis and marijuana products;

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the risks of 
driving while under the influence of cannabis or marijuana products;

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the difference 
between medicinal and recreational use of cannabis and marijuana products; and

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an examination 
of the external and internal influences that may impact a person�s decision to 
use or abstain from cannabis and marijuana products.��