The following Legislative Activity took place, December 18, 2017:
A-191
Caputo/Diegnan, Jr./Spencer/Tucker/Quijano/Vainieri Huttle/Sumter/McKnight
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
A-501
Russo/Burzichelli/Zwicker/McKnight
Establishes certain requirements for use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities in school districts, educational services commissions, and approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with
Amendments
, 2nd Reading
A-2352
Vainieri Huttle/Maher Muoio/Singleton/Caputo/Jasey
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3655
/
S-2728
Mosquera/Egan Jones/Holley/McKnight/Downey/Diegnan, Jr./Cruz-Perez
Requires board of education to post information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Passed by the Senate
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax; clarifies tax treatment of certain dyed fuel thereunder; clarifies determination of taxable estates of certain decedents.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with
Amendments
, 2nd Reading
A-4318
Benson/DeCroce/McKnight
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4457
Caride/Quijano/Singleton/Chiaravalloti/Sweeney/Ruiz
Provides certain immunity to board of director members and employees of private schools for students with disabilities if they report incidents of bullying in compliance with school policy.
Substituted for
S-3559
; Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses)
Requires New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to allow public high schools in same school district to enter into cooperative sports programs if schools are unable to field varsity teams individually.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Establishes certain requirements for use of restraint and seclusion on students with disabilities in school districts, educational services commissions, and approved private schools for students with disabilities.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with
Amendments
, 2nd Reading
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Exempts fuel used for operation of certain school buses from petroleum products gross receipts tax and motor fuel tax; clarifies tax treatment of certain dyed fuel thereunder; clarifies determination of taxable estates of certain decedents.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires public schools to allow certain students not enrolled in school to participate in interscholastic athletics; allows public high schools in same district to enter into cooperative sports programs under certain conditions.
