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NJASA Members
Melanie Schulz, NJASA Director of Government Relations
June 7, 2017
NJASA Legislative Activity, May 18 - June 1, 2017
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, May 18, 2017:
A-3058 Space/Taliafarro/Dancer/Houghtaling/Andrzejczak
Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3944 Mazzeo/Lagana/Vainieri Huttle/Benson/Caride/Wimberly
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents of student-athletes and cheerleaders concerning use and misuse of prescription opioids.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4175 Caride/McKnight/Holley/Pintor Marin/Wimberly
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
"Antwan's Law"; allows counties and municipalities to establish, or request DOT to establish, reduced speed limits near schools.
Reported from Assembly Comm. as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
Requires pupils who reside on certain federal property to enroll in resident school district in accordance with schedule determined by executive county superintendent of schools.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires school buses to display telephone number to report unsafe driving.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
Requires public and nonpublic schools, local recreation departments, and youth serving organizations to have licensed athletic trainer present at youth athletic events that involve certain contact sports.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires board of education to provide an individual textbook for each student enrolled in a class.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires instruction on information literacy in curriculum of students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires certain school district transportation supervisors to complete certain educational program at Rutgers University.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
A-493 Russo/Rumana/McKeon/Danielson/Mukherji
Prohibits use of smokeless tobacco in public schools.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Establishes Farm to School Coordinating Council.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Requires DOE to develop educational fact sheet for distribution to parents of student-athletes and cheerleaders concerning use and misuse of prescription opioids.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for school districts regarding transgender students.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Modifies procedures for student enrollment in charter school to require use of lottery selection process; requires charter school admission policy to seek enrollment of student demographics of charter school district of residence.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires display of identifying information on rear of school bus so public may report bus driver misconduct.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Urges school districts and nonpublic schools to adopt policy to address abuse of prescription opioids by students.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Urges announcement and posting of athletic codes of conduct on signs at youth sporting events.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Monday, May 22, 2017:
A-1257 Caride/Jimenez/Mukherji/Holley/Benson/McKnight
Requires school bus transporting students using wheelchairs to be equipped with four-point securement system; requires school bus operator to secure students using wheelchairs.
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.
Substituted by S-2348;
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses)
A-3856 Holley/McKnight/Singleton
Directs DOE to make database of special education decisions available on website.
Substituted by S-1451;
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses)
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, May 25, 2017:
A-4352 Burzichelli/Taliafaerro/Sweeney
Provides for elimination of newly formed non-operating school districts; establishes procedures for eliminating deficit that existed prior to merger; authorizes renting of school building for 10 years.
Substituted for S-2843; Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses)
A-4732 Johnson/Vainieri Huttle/Eustace/Schaer/McKeon/Maher Muoio
Includes crime of creating false public alarms as form of bias intimidation.
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, June 1, 2017:
A-3056 Taliaferro/Dancer/Houghtaling/Space/Andrzejczak/Webber/Allen/
Greenstein/Bateman/Smith
Requires DEP to establish voluntary guidelines for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to reduce, recover, and recycle food waste; extends "Food Bank Good Samaritan Act" immunity protections to public and nonpublic schools.
Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
A-3347 Diegnan, Jr./Wolfe/Holley/Jasey/McKnight
Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
"The Smarter Lunchroom Act;" promotes healthy food choices in school cafeterias.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3798 / S-211 Singleton/Wimberly/Chiaravalloti/Mukherji/Auth
Authorizes use of school bus monitoring systems.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4165 Chaparro/Mukherji/Charavalloti/McKnight/Vainieri Huttle
Requires driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include cyclist and pedestrian safety information.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Provides that salary and other costs associated with Commissioner of Education's appointment of State monitor and other staff under "School District Fiscal Accountability Act" will be paid by State.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits choice districts to enroll students on tuition basis under certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-4903 Andrzejczak/Mazzeo/Land
Allows choice districts to enroll students on tuition basis under certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires State aid reduction to municipalities and school districts by amount of accumulated absences paid to employees upon their retirement.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Urges announcement and posting of athletic codes of conduct on signs at youth sporting events.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 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 from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Establishes New Jersey School Safety Specialist Academy in Department of Education and requires school districts to designate school safety specialist.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
Requires driver education course, certain new driver brochures, and driver's license written exam to include cyclist and pedestrian safety information.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Requires certain ratios of school library media specialist to students in public schools.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Increases maximum amount of nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil from $884 to $1,000 and makes supplemental appropriations of $8 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to DOE for transportation aid.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate 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 in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
If you have any questions regarding the legislative information above, please email me at [email protected].
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