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NJ A1682
Bill
Status
9/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Reginald Atkins
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AI Summary
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Requires the State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies covering the history of labor and labor movements in the United States and New Jersey.
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Mandates instruction on labor history and the contributions of the labor movement for students in grades 6 through 12.
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Required curriculum must include the history of organized labor, notable strikes throughout history, unionization drives, and the collective bargaining process with existing legal workplace protections.
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Standards adoption will occur concurrent with each update to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards required under existing law (C.18A:7F-46).
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Signed into law as Chapter 137, approved September 3, 2025, with immediate effect.
Legislative Description
Requires State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards pertaining to labor movement; requires school districts to provide instruction on labor movement.
Bills and Joint Resolutions Signed by the Governor
Last Action
Approved P.L.2025, c.137.
9/3/2025