On June 27, 2016 the following legislative activity occurred:
A-12 Prieto/McKeon/Schaer/Sumter/Caputo/Vainieri Huttle/Giblin/Rible
Increases petroleum products gross receipts tax, reduces sales and use tax and increases gross income tax pension and retirement income exclusion.
Passed by the Assembly
A-313 Singleton/Lampitt/Quijano/Pintor Marin/Vainieri Huttle
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
A-1882 Wimberly/Spencer/Sumter
Prohibits certain school districts under State intervention from leasing building if purchase price would be less than total costs of lease.
A-2292 Vainieri Huttle/Benson/McKnight/Gusciora/Lampitt/Wimberly
Requires review of Core Curriculum Content Standards to ensure guidence for substance abuse instruction provided to public school students incorporates most recent evidence-based standards and practices.
Passed in Assembly
A-2566 Diegnan, Jr./Jasey/Wimberly
Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.
Substituted for S-496; Passed both Houses; sent to Governor
A-2689 / S-754 Schaer/Prieto/Lagana/Lampitt/Vainieri Huttle/Eustace/ Kean/Auth/Quijano/Wimberly
"Secure Schools for All Children Act"; establishes State aid program for security services, equipment, or technology to ensure safe and secure school environment for nonpublic school students.
Passed both Houses
Appropriates $34,800,995,000 in State funds and $15,706,712,000 in federal funds for the State budget for fiscal year 2016-2017.
Makes fiscal year 2016 State supplemental appropriations and amends language provisions.
AR126 Eustace/Giblin/Wimberly/Benson/Downey
Urges President to establish Presidential Youth Council.
Filed with Secretary of State
Establishes Class Three special law enforcement officers to provide security in public and nonpublic schools and county colleges.
Passed both Houses; sent to Governor
Directs DOE to make database of special education decisions available on website.
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Response to Intervention initiative in DOE to support and encourage school districts in implementation of Response to Intervention framework.
Substituted by A2566
Requires a public school district to provide a daily recess period for students in grades kindergarten through 5.
Passed in Senate
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Senate Amendment
Directs DOE to make database of special education decisions available on website.
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Substituted for A-3790; Passed both Houses; sent to Governor
Places two-year moratorium on moving date of Type II school district's annual school election from day of general election in November back to third Tuesday in April; creates study commission.
Passed both Houses; sent to Governor
S-2081 Ruiz/Turner/Vainieri Huttle/Wimberly
Limits expulsions and suspensions for students in preschool through grade 2 with certain exceptions; requires early detection and prevention programs for behavioral issues in preschool through grade 2.
Passed both houses
Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potential eligibility.
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
S-2437 Codey
Makes supplemental appropriation of $122,200,000 from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE to provide additional State school aid to school districts with equalized school tax rate greater than specified threshold.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires annual school security training for school employees to be conducted collaboratively with emergency responders; requires law enforcement officer to annually attend at least one school security drill.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires certain school security measures to be incorporated in architectural design of new school construction and certain school security measures for existing buildings.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Urges school districts and nonpublic schools to adopt policy to address abuse of prescription opioids by students.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
