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Education committee advances bill to add labor‑movement instruction to standards with amendments
Summary
The committee moved A1682, which would require the State Board of Education to adopt standards on the history of labor movements concurrent with regular updates to the New Jersey Student Learning Standards; supporters cited importance of the subject while school boards groups opposed additional legislative mandates.
The Assembly Education Committee voted to amend and release Assembly bill A1682 on Wednesday after hearing competing testimony over whether the legislature should mandate instructional content on the history of the labor movement.
A1682 would require the State Board of Education to adopt New Jersey Student Learning Standards content about the history of labor and labor movements in the United States and New Jersey, align that adoption with regular standards updates and require boards of education to select inclusive instructional materials. Committee amendments remove a requirement that…
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