N.J. Stat. tit. 18A, ch. 42

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-1 Safety patrol by pupils

Any board of education may make rules providing for the organization of school safety patrols in the public schools under its jurisdiction and for the appointment, with the permission of the parents, of pupils as members thereof, for the purpose of influencing and encouraging other pupils to refrain from crossing public highways at points other than at regular crossings, and for the purpose of directing pupils not to cross highways at times when the presence of traffic would render such crossing unsafe. No liability shall attach either to the board of education or any person holding office, position or employment under it, by virtue of the organization, maintenance or operation of a school safety patrol organized, maintained, and operated under the authority of this section. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-2 School orchestra not to compete with civilian musicians; exceptions

No music supervisor, music teacher or any person having charge of any band or orchestra connected with a public school of this state shall permit such band or orchestra to play, perform or furnish music as a school band or orchestra at any function in competition with civilian musicians. Excepted herefrom are functions connected with such public school and functions which shall be of a patriotic nature. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-3 Collection and deposit of savings of pupils

In order to encourage the habit of saving among the pupils in schools, the principal or superintendent of any public school, or any person designated for that purpose by the board of education or other school authority under which the school shall be, may collect once a week, or from time to time, small amounts of savings from the pupils of the school, to be deposited by the principal, superintendent, or designated person promptly upon collection in any financial institution having its principal office in New Jersey, whose accounts or deposits are insured or guaranteed by any corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States, which corporation is an instrumentality of the United States or of any successor corporation having for its purpose the insurance of deposits or accounts. These moneys shall be placed to the credit of the respective pupils for whom the money has been collected, or if the amount collected at any one time is deemed insufficient for the opening of individual accounts, in the name of the principal, superintendent, or designated person, in trust, and to be by him eventually transferred to the credit of the respective pupils to whom the same belongs. In the meantime, the principal, superintendent, or designated person shall furnish to the financial institution a list giving the names, signatures, addresses, ages, places of birth, parents' names, and such other data concerning the respective pupils as the financial institution may require. The words "system of school savings" or "school savings" may be used in circulars, reports, and other printed or written matter used in connection with this section. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-4 Distribution of literature as to candidacy, bond issues, or other public question to be submitted at election; prohibited

No literature which in any manner and in any part thereof promotes, favors or opposes the candidacy of any candidate for election at any annual school election, or the adoption of any bond issue, proposal, or any public question submitted at any general, municipal or school election shall be given to any public school pupil in any public school building or on the grounds thereof for the purpose of having such pupil take the same to his home or distribute it to any person outside of said building or grounds, nor shall any pupil be requested or directed by any official or employee of the public schools to engage in any activity which tends to promote, favor or oppose any such candidacy, bond issue, proposal, or public question. The board of education of each school district shall prescribe necessary rules to carry out the purposes of this section. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-5 Certain student organizations declared harmful

Every fraternity, sorority, secret society or organization composed in whole or in part of public school pupils, which seeks to organize and perpetuate itself by taking in members from among the pupils enrolled in such school in which they are students, upon the basis of decision of the membership of such organization, rather than from the free choice of any pupils in such school who are otherwise qualified to fill the special aims of such organization, is hereby declared to be an organization inimical to the good of the school system and to the democratic principles and ideals of public education and to the public good. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-6 Organizations forbidden in high schools; rules; exceptions

No such fraternity, sorority, society or organization shall be formed or maintained in any public high school, and the board of education of every school district shall adopt rules providing for the necessary disciplinary measures to enforce this section. This section shall not apply to any state college. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:42-7 Participants in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities may earn varsity letter.

1. a. A school district that includes any of the grades 9 through 12 shall adopt a policy to provide that a student enrolled in those grades who participates in any school-sponsored, interscholastic extracurricular activity that includes competitions in which the student competes against students enrolled in schools outside of the district may be eligible to earn a varsity letter awarded by the district. b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a school district to award a varsity letter or to establish any school-sponsored, interscholastic extracurricular activity. L.2017, c.62, s.1.

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