Requires public and nonpublic schools to test for and remediate lead in drinking water, and disclose test results.
* NJASA spoke on this bill to go on the record as opposing remediation without providing the resources to school districts.
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 out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3946 Burzichelli/Dancer/Mukherji/Holley
Establishes pilot program appointing third party vendors to administer commercial driver license testing.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4087 Schaer/Jasey/Maher Muoio/Benson
Establishes "New Jersey College Ready Students Program Act"; provides tuition-free dual enrollment opportunity at county college for certain high school students.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits local units and school districts to invest in local government investment pools managed in accordance with applicable Governmental Accounting Standards Board guidelines.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Requires driver education course to include instruction on interacting with law enforcement officer during traffic stop.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Provides that board of education may not exclude students with emotional or behavioral disorders from participating in summer programs.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Determines that State Board of Education regulations regarding charter schools are not consistent with legislative intent.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Designates May of each year as "Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes pilot program appointing third party vendors to administer commercial driver license testing.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires school districts to provide dual enrollment program for college-ready high school students and provides for sharing of tuition costs.
*Through discussions that NJASA had with Senators Sweeney and Cunningham, the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee adopted a committee substitute for S-2624 (attached) which creates a Dual Enrollment Study Commission. The original bill mandated dual enrollment for all college ready students and districts would have had to pay for the college coursework. We were able to point out the many problems associated with this unfunded mandate and asked that the sponsors implement the provisions of P.L. 2014 c. 74. that calls for a report on dual enrollment., prior to looking at expanding this program. The sponsors agreed, and NJASA will have a representative on this commission.
Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
S-2810 Sweeney/Kean, Jr./Oroho/Turner/Prieto/Rible/Wimberly/Lagana/Dancer/Schepisi
Requires State to pay its pension contributions on quarterly basis by September 30, December 31, March 31, and June 30 of each year, beginning July 1, 2017.
Approved P.L.2016, c.83.
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION NOMINATIONS REFERRED TO SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE:
