Legislative Update Masthead
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NJASA Members
Melanie Schulz, NJASA Director of Government Relations
September 21, 2016
NJASA Legislative Update
On Monday, September 19, 2016 the following legislative activity occurred:

A-597 Lagana/Gusciora/Webber/Mukherji/Holley  
Establishes crimes of operating school bus with suspended or revoked driving privileges and being involved in accident causing bodily injury; permanently prohibits passenger and school bus CDL endorsements for persons convicted of those crimes.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
 
A-1257 Caride/Jimenez/Mukherji/Holley 
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-2195 Singleton/DeAngelo/Caride/Mukherji/Holley 
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs.
Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-2481 Lampitt/Diegnan, Jr./Benson/Jasey/Johnson/Mosquera/Maher Muoio/Pinkin/Jimenez 
Requires public school students with concussion to be evaluated by licensed health care professionals before return to school; requires school districts to provide restrictions or limitations to student as needed.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

A-3058 Space/Taliaferro/Dancer/Houghtaling/Andrzejcak  
Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading

A-3060 Andrzejczak/Dancer/Taliaferro/Space/Phoebus 
Allows qualified school to be called "New Jersey Farm Fresh School."
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

A-3061 Andrzejczak/Space/Taliaferro/Dancer/Phoebus 
Permits school participating in NJ "Farm to School" program to submit recipe for posting on Dept. of Agriculture website.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

A-3799 Lampitt/Vainieri Huttle/Maher Muoio/Oliver/Mosquera/Dimaio/McKnight/Mukherji 
Includes students who participate in school intramural sports programs in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-4141 Moriarty 
Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-4155 Singleton 
Establishes Extended School Day and School Year Study Commission.
A-4165 Chaparro/Mukherji/Chiaravalloti/McKnight 
Requires high school driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include bicycle and pedestrian safety information.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

A-4175 Caride 
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-4177 Mazzeo/Lagana/Andrzejczak/Zwicker/Land 
Requires certain schools to maintain supply of opioid antidotes and permits emergency administration of opioid antidote by school nurse or trained employee.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

ACR-208 Downey/Houghtaling/Benson/Pintor Marin 
Establishes State School Aid Funding Fairness Commission.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
For Your Information:
Please click here to read SCR-119 Floor Amendments.

Bill text just recently became available for the following bills introduced on September 15, 2016:

A-4059 Quijano
Permits use of "Lead Hazard Control Assistance Fund" to test for lead hazards in water.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

A-4087 Schaer/Jasey
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

A-4063 Jasey
Limits use of student progress on standardized assessments to no more than 10 percent of overall evaluation.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-4065 Singleton/Egan Jones
Appropriates up to $20 million from societal benefits charge to DEP for remediation of lead contamination in drinking water in public buildings.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

A-4077 Vainieri Huttle
Revises and codifies schedule for childhood lead screening along with other immunization and wellness checks as precondition of child's initial entry into school system.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee

A-4088 Schaer/Jasey
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

A-4095 Eustace/Singleton/Holley
Directs DEP to adopt standards for certain drinking water contaminants as recommended by Drink Water Quality Institute.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

A-4111 Pintor Marin
Requires certain public facilities and offices to provide on-site lactation room; DOH to provide information about lactation room availability; and DOE to provide information on lactation policies in schools.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee

ACR-203 O'Scanlon
Proposes constitutional amendment to authorize changes to pension and health care benefits of public employees and to require State to make annual pension payments in certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

ACR-204 Dancer
Proposes amendment to Constitution to provide for allocation of State school aid on per pupil basis and allowing students to enroll in any public school to which admission has been granted.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-2537 Turner 
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee