New Jersey § 18a:17-43
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:17-43, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:17-43.
a. There is established in the Department of Education the New Jersey School Safety
Specialist Academy. It shall be the purpose of the academy to serve as a central repository for best
practices, training standards, and compliance oversight in all matters regarding school
safety and security, including prevention efforts, intervention efforts, and emergency
preparedness planning. The academy shall: provide, free of charge, ongoing professional development on
national and State best practices, as well as the most current resources on school
safety and security; assume a lead role in setting the vision for school safety and
security in the State; and provide a coordinated and interdisciplinary approach to
providing technical assistance and guidance to schools throughout the State. b. The academy shall develop and implement a School Safety Specialist Certification
Program. A school safety specialist appointed pursuant to section 2 of this act shall be
required to acquire the certification. The certification program shall provide training, free of charge, to newly-appointed
school safety specialists in the areas of bullying, hazing, truancy, Internet safety,
emergency planning, emergency drills, drugs, weapons, gangs and school policing, and
any other areas deemed necessary by the academy. The academy shall also offer annual training sessions for certified school safety
specialists. The academy shall develop training modules in both traditional and online formats.
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