Legislative Update Masthead
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:
NJASA Members
Melanie Schulz, NJASA Director of Government Relations
July 7, 2016
NJASA Legislative Update
On June 30, 2016 the following legislative activity occurred:

A-313 Singleton/Lampitt/Quijano/Pintor Marin/Vainieri Huttle
Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
Received in Senate and referred to Senate Education Committee
 

A-1657/S-2168 Schaer/Vainieri Huttle/Lampitt/Mosquera/Sumter/Wimberly
Establishes "breakfast after the bell" incentive fund.
Substituted for S-2168 / Passed in Senate and sent to Governor 24-9

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.
Received in Senate and referred to Senate Education Committee

A-2158/S-2241 Diegnan, Jr./Coughlin/Wolfe/Holley/McKnight
Authorizes use of emergency reserve fund or proceeds from bonds issued by EDA to finance school security improvements.
Substituted for S-2241 / Passed in Senate

A-2292/S-372 Vainieri Huttle/Benson/McKnight/Gusciora/Lampitt/Wimberly/Codey/Allen
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.
Received in Senate w/o committee reference, 2nd reading in Senate
Substituted for S-372
Passed in Senate and sent to Governor

A-2340 Benson/Maher Muoio/Gusciora
Authorizes students in State schools to operate State vehicles for driver education and provides protection for such activity under tort claims act.
Passed in Assembly

A-4013 Singleton
Prohibits sale of expanded polystyrene food containers by public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee

A-4019 Mazzeo/Mukherji/Adrzejczak/Land
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Introduced, Referred to the Assembly Education Committee

A-4028 Phoebus/Singleton
Concerns speech rights of student journalists at public schools and public institutions of higher education.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

ACR109 Prieto/Jimenez/Giblin/Caputo
Proposes constitutional amendment to require payments by State to State-administered retirement systems and establish in Constitution right of public employees to pension benefit; provides for enforcement of funding obligations and benefit rights.
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

S-17 Sarlo/Schaer
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.
Approved With Line Item Veto P.L.2016, c.10.

S-2049/ A-3652 Singer
Establishes three-year nonpublic school pupil transportation pilot program in Lakewood School District to provide funding to consortium of nonpublic schools that will assume responsibility for district's mandated nonpublic school busing.
Substituted for A-3652

S-2158 Greenstein
Revises scope of public employee collective negotiations.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

S-2377 Sarlo/Schaer
Makes fiscal year 2016 State supplemental appropriations and amends language provisions.
Approved P.L.2016, c.8.

SCR114 Pennachio
Proposes amendment to Constitution to change minimum and maximum local tax levy requirements for funding of public schools and minimum and maximum State support for special education.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

S-2446 Van Drew
Provides public employee in State-administered retirement system who continues preexisting volunteer relationship with employer from whom employee retires has bona fide severance from employment for compliance with NJ and federal regulations.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee

SJR68 Sweeney/Ruiz/Quijano/Mazzeo/Caride/Vainieri Huttle
Urges Congress to ask US DOE and US DOL to modify regulations regarding Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to protect individuals with disabilities.
Passed Both Houses