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The following Legislative Activity took place, Monday June 5, 2017:
AR-254 Lampitt
Urges President and Congress to expand access to afterschool summer meal programs and streamline application process for summer meals.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
AR-255 Lampitt
Urges USDA to lower eligibility threshold for federal nutrition programs.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-729 Moriarty/Caputo/Lagana
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3370 Burzichelli
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-3521 Maher Muoio
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide supplemental reading instruction to students in grades K through 3.
Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
A-3655 Mosquera/Egan Jones/Holley/McKnight
Requires board of education to display information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4332 Maher Muoio/Benson/Vainieri Huttle/Gusciora/Caputo/Zwicker/Eustace
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
A-4607 Chiaravalloti
Requires municipality to pay to board of education 5 percent of annual service charge collected under "Long Term Exemption Law" under certain circumstances.
Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
A-4860 Caride
Prohibits person from buying, selling, making or altering, giving, issuing, obtaining or attempting to obtain high school transcripts with intent to deceive and establishes penalty.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-4906 Lampitt/Holley/Mosquera
Requires public and nonpublic schools to notify students and parents of availability of summer meals programs and locations where meals are served.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
A-4908 Lampitt/Holley/Mosquera
Directs DOE to establish online applications for National School Lunch Program and school breakfast programs.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
S-3191 Sweeney/Bateman
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
S-2757 Turner/Ruiz
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
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The following Legislative Activity took place, Thursday, June 8, 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.
Passed by the Assembly
A-2873 Egan Jones
Requires completion of a computer science class as part of the high school graduation requirements.
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed
A-3444 Space/Caride
"The Smarter Lunchroom Act;" promotes healthy food choices in school cafeterias.
Passed by the Assembly
A-3655 Mosquera/Egan Jones/Holley/McKnight
Requires board of education to display information about child abuse hotline in each school.
Passed by the Assembly
A-4088 Schaer/Jasey/Benson
Establishes "High School to College Readiness Commission" to examine issues and develop recommendations to enhance student preparation for postsecondary education.
Passed by the Assembly
A-4363/S-2819 Taliaferro/Andrzejczak/Lampitt/Mosquera/Holley/Quijano
Creates "Nourishing Young Minds Initiative Fund" in Dept. of Agriculture to help pay for child food and nutrition programs.
Substituted by S2819
A-4453 Downey/Houghtaling
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.
Motion To AS; Motion To Table; Passed by the Assembly
A-4798 Watson/Tucker
Requires health insurance consultants and carriers to provide certain information to certain local units, boards of education, and county colleges; requires local units, boards of education, and county colleges to review information.
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed
A-4860 Caride
Prohibits person from buying, selling, making or altering, giving, issuing, obtaining or attempting to obtain high school transcripts with intent to deceive and establishes penalty.
Passed by the Assembly
AR-202 Houghtaling/Downey
Urges federal government to increase appropriations for impact aid payments to eligible school districts.
Resolution Passed Assembly; Filed with Secretary of State
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