NJ S2833

Creates an 11-member task force to examine school discipline policies and practices in New Jersey public schools, including racial disparities in implementation and policy effectiveness

Task force membership includes the Commissioner of Education, Director of the Division on Civil Rights, and representatives from school boards, teacher unions, principals, administrators, and charter school associations

Requires study of discipline practices including in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion, physical restraint, and seclusion techniques, with focus on racial disparities affecting students from preschool onward

Task force must review federal guidance including the January 2014 Department of Education and Department of Justice documents on nondiscriminatory school discipline administration

Final report with findings and recommendations due to the Governor and Legislature within 12 months of organization; task force expires 30 days after issuing report