The Predecessor Agreements. In 1988, the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Education issued a model agreement for use by local law enforcement and education officials. These agreements were eventually signed in communities across the state and documented the commitment by both professional communities to work together as co-equal partners to address the state’s alcohol and other drug problems as they relate to school-age children. Regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and codified at N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.2(b)13 through 14 establish uniform statewide policies and procedures for ensuring cooperation between education officials and law enforcement agencies; these policies and procedures are consistent with and complementary to the Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials (Agreement) approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Education.
The Predecessor Agreements. In 1988, the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Education issued a model agreement for use by local law enforcement and education officials. These agreements were eventually signed in communities across the state and documented the commitment by both professional communities to work together as co-equal partners to address the state’s alcohol and other drug problems as they relate to school-age children. Regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and codified at N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.2(b)13 through 14 establish uniform statewide policies and procedures for ensuring cooperation between education officials and law enforcement agencies; these policies and procedures are consistent with and complementary to the Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Education. The Memorandum of Agreement (Agreement) was revised by the Commissioner of Education and the Attorney General in 1992 and again in 1999 to account for new developments with respect to the scope and nature of the State’s evolving alcohol and other drug problem and to address the problem of firearms and other weapons brought on to school grounds. The 2007 revisions, for the first time, addressed school safety and security, harassment, intimidation and bullying, hazing, gang reporting, computer crimes, station house adjustments, school law enforcement units, School Violence Awareness Week and other current issues of concern and provide clarification on issues such as child abuse reporting. The 2011 revisions have been made in response to the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (P.L.2010, c.122) and to address the assistance provided to attendance officers handling truancy matters. The 2015 version of the Agreement is in response to new provisions of State law that went into effect after the 2011 Agreement was disseminated, including the Overdose Prevention Act, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-30 and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-31, and cyber-harassment, N.J.S.A. 2C:33-4.1. Issues that have been recently brought to the forefront, including Article 8.6, Xxxxxx, and Article 8.9, Coordination of HIB and Criminal Investigations, have also been revised and clarified to assist school officials and law enforcement in their efforts. Additionally, relevant laws that had been previously omitted are now included, such as the Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, N.J.S.A. 24:6I-1, and self-administration of medication...
The Predecessor Agreements. In 1988, the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Education issued a model agreement for use by local law enforcement and education officials. These agreements were eventually signed in communities across the state and documented the commitment by both professional communities to work together as co-equal partners to address the state’s alcohol and other drug problems as they relate to school-age children. Regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and codified at N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.2(b)13 through 15 establish uniform statewide policies and procedures for ensuring cooperation between education officials and law enforcement agencies; these policies and procedures are consistent with and complementary to the Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Education. The Memorandum of Agreement was revised by the Commissioner of Education and the Attorney General in 1992 and again in 1999 to account for new developments with respect to the scope and nature of the State’s evolving alcohol and other drug problem and to address the problem of firearms and other weapons brought on to school grounds. The 2007 revisions, for the first time, addressed school safety and security, harassment, intimidation and bullying, hazing, gang reporting, computer crimes, station house adjustments, school law enforcement units, School Violence Awareness Week and other current issues of concern and provide clarification on issues such as child abuse reporting. The 2011 revisions have been made in response to the Anti- Bullying Bill of Rights Act (P.L.2010, c.122) and to address the assistance provided to attendance officers handling truancy matters.
The Predecessor Agreements. In 1988, the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Education issued a model agreement for use by local law enforcement and education officials. These agreements were eventually signed in communities across the state and documented the commitment by both professional communities to work together as co-equal partners to address the state’s alcohol and other drug problems as they relate to school-age children. Regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and codified at N.J.A.C. 6A:16-6.2(b)13 through 14 establish uniform statewide policies and procedures for ensuring cooperation between education officials and law enforcement agencies; these policies and procedures are consistent with and complementary to the Uniform State Memorandum of Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials (Agreement) approved by the Attorney General and the Commissioner of Education. As needed, a working group, composed of educators and law enforcement officials, convenes to revise this agreement to reflect the current policies and procedures supported by statute and regulation, as well as Department of Education and the Office of the Attorney General guidelines. In 2019, the working group focused on how a student’s school-based arrest and subsequent court involvement may impact them. In response, the revisions reorganized and reframed the Agreement to 1) clarify the difference between mandatory and non-mandatory reports to law enforcement and 2) acknowledge the collaborative efforts of schools and law enforcement and highlight the necessity of these relationships.
The Predecessor Agreements. In 1988, the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Educa- tion issued a model agreement for use by local law enforcement and education offi- cials. These agreements were eventually signed in communities across the state and documented the commitment by both professional communities to work together as co-equal partners to address the state’s drug problem as it relates to school-aged children. Regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education and codified at N.J.A.C. 6:29-10.1 establish uniform statewide policies and procedures for ensuring cooperation between education officials and law enforcement agencies, and those policies and procedures are consistent with and complementary to the state Memo- randum of Agreement approved by the Department of Law & Public Safety and the Department of Education. The Memorandum of Agreement was revised by the De- partment of Education and Attorney General in 1992 to account for new develop- ments with respect to the scope and nature of the State’s evolving drug and alcohol problem, and to address, for the first time, the problem of firearms and other weap- ons brought on to school property.
