Requires instruction on voting in curriculum of students in grade 12 as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.

New Jersey bill S 1185 requires all public high school districts to include voting education in the grade 12 Social Studies curriculum as part of the state’s learning standards. The instruction must cover the importance of voting, voter eligibility and registration processes (including pre-registration), and practical steps like locating polling places or requesting absentee ballots. School districts may partner with election officials or local boards of elections to develop the curriculum and provide registration forms. This policy directly affects all 12th-grade students in New Jersey public high schools starting in the first full school year after the bill’s enactment.