New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 35-10

If the State board shall determine that the courses in health, safety and physical education, as prescribed for male pupils in the high school, shall include a course in military training, such course in military training shall be prepared by the commissioner and the Adjutant General of the Department of Defense and be a part of the courses in health, safety, and physical education for male pupils, and all male pupils in the high school shall be required to take the same, except those who are physically unfit, as determined by the medical inspector, or whose parents have conscientious scruples against military training.