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NJASA Members
Melanie Schulz, NJASA Director of Government Relations
May 15, 2017
NJASA Legislative Update
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, May 11, 2017:
A-1256 Caride/Singleton/Jasey/Wimberly/Bateman
Requires State Board of Education regulations regarding school nurse certification to include certain minimum eligibility requirements.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2017, c.70
A-2353 Vainieri Huttle/Jasey/Mukherji/Benson/Quijano/Codey/Turner
Establishes measures to deter steroid use among students; appropriates $45,000 to DOE for New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association testing of student-athletes for steroids and other performance enhancing substances.
A-3785 Downey/Houghtaling/Jasey/Singleton/Holley/Caride/Wimberly /Ruiz/Turner
Requires State to pay educational costs of students who reside in homeless shelter outside district of residence for more than one year.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2017, c.83
A-4019 Mazzeo/Mukherji/Andrzejczak/Land/DeCroce/McKnight/Danielson/Cruz-Perez/Madden, Jr.
Permits eligible students who are members of United States Armed Forces to wear military uniform at high school graduation.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2017, c.84
A-4284 Quijano/Benson/Maher Muoio/Caride/Vainieri Huttle/McKnight /Wimberly/Sumter/Diegnan, Jr./Beach
Provides that school districts and nonpublic schools may receive reimbursement for costs incurred on or after January 1, 2016 for testing school drinking water for lead.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2017, c.86
Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education and directs DOE to develop parent resource guide and select early intervention assessments for use in identifying language delays in deaf and hard of hearing children.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
Expresses intent of Legislature that "School Funding Reform Act of 2008" be fully funded in FY 2018.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
Urges Commissioner of Education to require school districts to use uniform curriculum designed by certain organ procurement organization in meeting curriculum requirements on organ donation.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
If you have any questions regarding the legislative information above, please email me at
[email protected].
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