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NJASA Members
Melanie Schulz, NJASA Director of Government Relations
March 27, 2017
NJASA Legislative Update
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, March 23, 2017:
A-1256 Caride/Singleton/Jasey/Wimberly/Bateman
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses)
A-4175 Caride/McKnight/Holley/Pintor Marin
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Passed by the Assembly
Requires State to reimburse school districts for costs of transporting homeless students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Task Force on Approved Private Schools for Students with Disabilities to study various issues including improving and streamlining tuition-setting process, funding, and fiscal accountability.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
S-2398/A-3879 Bateman/Allen/Greenstein/Ciatarelli/Auth/Space
Requires school district to adopt policy allowing students in grades 9 through 12 who participate in certain interscholastic extracurricular activities to earn varsity letter.
Substituted for A-3879; Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses)
If you have any questions regarding the legislative information above, please email me at
mschulz@njasa.net.
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