New Jersey Statutes Title 18A. Education 18A § 43-1

The board of education in any school district may arrange for and maintain, and may pay the premiums for policies of accident insurance with any insurance company created by or under the laws of this State or authorized by law to transact business in this State, to provide for payments to pupils of the school district in connection with loss resulting from bodily injury sustained by such pupils through accidental means while participating in, practicing or training for, or during transportation to or from games or contests conducted by the school district, or by any school of the district, or with the consent of the board of education or of the school and under the supervision of an employee of the board of education, and for payments to pupils injured in connection either with the conduct of the regular curricular and extra-curricular programs of the district or with student travel to and from the places where such programs are conducted and which travel is made necessary by such programs.