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Student Identification Cards

5517 – STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS - Mandatory Use 

 

The Board of Education recognizes school building security measures are important for the safety and welfare of all students, staff, parents and community members in school buildings. In recognizing this important responsibility, the Board requires students to carry a school district issued Identification Card (“ID Card” or “Identification Card”), at all times, while in school.  The ID Card must be visible and worn around the neck using a breakaway lanyard.  The schools have provided breakaway lanyards to all students.

 

An Identification Card will be issued to all students in:

 

Middle School

Junior High School

 

High School

 

The Identification Card shall have printed on the back the telephone number for the New Jersey Suicide Prevention Hopeline (NJ Hopeline) and contact information for a crisis text line pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:6-113.1.  The district may, in addition to the telephone number for the NJ Hopeline and contact information for a crisis text line, provide the contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a school district crisis center, or any other mental health support services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:3B-73.2

 

Students must also display their ID Card’s when attending and participating in the following functions/events:

  1. After school functions and school-related activities, such as athletic events, school plays, talent shows, etc;
  2. Library/media services including library books, periodicals or other resource check-outs;
  3. Entrance to standardized testing, SATs and other testing programs administered on school district property;
  4. When boarding transportation vehicles offered by the district including the use of activity buses; and 
  5. any other purposes or activities as determined by the Superintendent, Building Principal or their designee(s). 

 

A student must present their ID Card to the Principal, school administrator and/or school security personnel upon request, whether during the school day or any time during a school sponsored activity on school grounds.

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Policy, the Principal or designee(s) may also require students carry their ID Card at any school-sponsored, off-campus activity, including but not limited to, field trips or interscholastic sports programs pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:36-43a.  The provisions of this Policy shall not be construed to require a student to carry their ID Card while participating in an athletic contest or competition, an activity involving fine arts or performing arts, or any other activity that the Commissioner of Education determines does not require the physical possession of an identification card.  An ID Card used in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:36-43a shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information:  the student’s name; an up-to-date photograph; and the current school year.

 

Any student who fails to have the ID Card in their possession or fails to present it when required will be denied access to an event or activity and may be subject to appropriate discipline in accordance with the district’s student code of conduct.

 

If a student misplaces their ID Card or leaves it at home, it is the responsibility of the student to obtain either a new ID Card or a temporary ID Card, through the school.

  

Students who lose their ID Card during any given school year will be subject to the following consequences:

 

1st Offense:  A replacement identification card will be issued along with parent           notification.

 

2nd Offense or More:  Parent/Guardian will accompany student to school and pay a replacement fee of $10.00 for the identification card.

 

Students found intentionally damaging their ID Card by either cutting, bending, or altering it, will be required to replace their ID Card immediately and the above consequences will be imposed.

 

An identification card issued in accordance with this Policy shall not be considered a government record pursuant to P.L. 1963, c.73 (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq.), P.L. 2011, c.404 (N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5), or the common law concerning access to government records.  

 

N.J.S.A. 18A:3B-73.2; 18A:6-113.1; 18A:36-43

 

Revised:  18 August 2025

Revised:  29 September 2022

Revised:  30 July 2020

Revised:  28 January 2016

Adopted: 26 July 2005