Rutgers Law

New Jersey Statutes, Title: 18A, EDUCATION

    Chapter 37: Submission of pupils to authority

      Section: 18A:37-32.3: Program for enforcement of policy against hazing.

          6. a. Each board of education of a school district with a high school or middle school and the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic high school or middle school shall provide a program for the enforcement of the policy against hazing required under section 5 of P.L.2021, c.208 (C.18A:37-32.2) and shall adopt appropriate penalties for violation of the policy.

b. The penalties for violations of the policy may include:

(1) the withholding of diplomas or transcripts pending compliance with the rules;

(2) the rescission of permission for the organization or group, whose student members are being penalized under the anti-hazing policy, to operate on campus or school property or to otherwise operate under the sanction or recognition of the school district or nonpublic school; and

(3) the imposition of probation, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion.

c. A penalty imposed under this section shall be in addition to a penalty imposed for violation of any other school district or nonpublic school rule to which the violator may be subject.

d. A policy adopted under section 5 of P.L.2021, c.208 (C.18A:37-32.2) shall apply to each act conducted on or off campus if the acts are deemed to constitute hazing.

L.2021, c.208, s.6.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2021-10-04 10:55:51.

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