State Journal
Motivated by a near-drowning in a school swimming pool, New Jersey has enacted a law requiring that swim teachers at least know how to swim.
The measure, which was signed last month by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a Republican, requires the state school board and the commissioner of health to set regulations to ensure swim teachers in public schools have "appropriate swimming and first aid skills necessary to protect the health...
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