Education (Student Health)

This bill would cancel New Jersey's 2020 health and physical education standards and prohibit the State Board of Education from creating new state-level standards in these subjects. It requires each local school district to form a Parental Advisory Committee (made of parents/guardians) to help develop new curriculum standards, with public meetings and online posting of recommendations. Within 180 days of enactment, districts must adopt new standards that include mandatory suicide prevention education and organ donation information for students. The bill shifts authority for setting health education standards from the state to local school boards.

This bill directs the State Board of Education to remove New Jersey's 2020 Comprehensive Health and Physical Education standards. It requires every local school district to form Parental Advisory Committees (with parent representation) to help develop new health curriculum standards, and mandates districts to adopt these standards within 180 days. The bill affects all public school districts and students in New Jersey by shifting control over health education content from the state to local school boards with parent input. It does not include new content requirements (like suicide prevention or organ donation education), as those were part of the standards being rescinded.