Requires school districts to provide instruction on history of Latino and Hispanic Americans as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.

This bill requires New Jersey public school districts to integrate instruction about the history and contributions of Latino and Hispanic Americans into Social Studies and English Language Arts curricula for all students in grades K-12. It mandates that this instruction be historically accurate, culturally relevant, community-based, contemporary, and developmentally appropriate. The State Board of Education must adopt specific standards for this content, and the Commissioner of Education must provide teacher training and sample resources developed with input from the Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage. The law applies starting with the first full school year after enactment.