S 849 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires school districts to allow home-schooled students to participate in school-sponsored extracurricular activities in student's resident district.

This bill requires New Jersey school districts to allow home-schooled students to join school-sponsored activities like sports, clubs, and theater in their resident district, using the same rules as public school students. To participate, home-schooled students must prove residency, meet activity-specific eligibility criteria, and follow all district policies. For sports, students must also show they didn’t switch to homeschooling for athletic benefits, and districts must provide access to required physical exams if offered to enrolled students. The law applies immediately to all public school districts in New Jersey.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
1
Key actions
0
Committee
0
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors