Approval and Supervision of Educational Curricula. It is understood and agreed that education officials are at all times ultimately responsible for approving, supervising, monitoring, evaluating and otherwise ensuring the consistent high quality of all educational curricula and instructional programs provided to students, whether the instruction is provided by certified school employees or by specially trained law enforcement officers invited into the schools pursuant to Article 10.1 of this Agreement. It also is understood and agreed that local school officials remain ultimately responsible for making certain that all substance awareness instructional programs are developed and provided in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 18A:40A-1 et seq., N.J.A.C.6A:16-3, Comprehensive Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse Programs, the New Jersey Department of Education's Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:8, specifically, the indicators under Standards 2.1 (Wellness – health promotion concepts and skills), 2.2 (Integrated Skills – health enhancing personal and interpersonal skills), 2.3 (Drugs and Medicines –alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and medicines), 2.4 (Human Relationships and Sexuality – physical, emotional and social aspects of human relationships and sexuality) and Standard 9 (21st Century Life and Careers– addressing significant related areas, such as critical thinking, self-management, interpersonal communication, character development, ethics and safety) and the subjects of conflict management, problem solving, personal responsibility and cooperation under each of these strands, and any and all applicable rules, regulations and policies adopted by the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of Education concerning the development, review, monitoring, approval and implementation of K-12 alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention education curricula and related courses of instruction.
Approval and Supervision of Educational Curricula. It is understood and agreed that education officials are at all times ultimately responsible for approving, supervising, monitoring, evaluating and otherwise ensur- ing the consistent high quality of all educational curricula and instructional pro- grams provided to students, whether the instruction is provided by certified school employees or by specially trained law enforcement officers invited into the schools pursuant to ¶ 13.1 of this Agreement. It is also understood and agreed that local school officials remain ultimately responsible for making certain that all substance awareness instructional programs are developed and provided in a manner which is consistent with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 18A:40A-1 et seq., the New Jersey Department of Education’s Chemical Health Education Guide (N.J.A.C. 6:29-6.6), relevant Core Curriculum Content Standards and, specifically, Standard 2.3 Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD), and any and all applicable rules, regulations and policies adopted by the State Board of Education or the Commissioner of Education concerning the development, review, monitoring, approval and implementation of K- 12 chemical awareness curricula and related courses of instruction.
