New Jersey school districts must incorporate instruction on diversity and inclusion under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed Monday.
The legislation goes into effect immediately, but calls for beginning in the 2021-2022 school year.
The bill aims to promote and highlight diversity, including economic, gender, sexual orientation and race.
The state’s education commissioner will give the state’s 600-plus districts sample activities and resources aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion.
The measures’ sponsors called it a “natural next stop” to promote diversity.
“Schools in New Jersey reflect the rich diversity of our state,” said the sponsors, Democratic state lawmakers Carol Murphy, Verlina Reynolds-Jackson and Anthony Verrelli, in a statement.
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