NJASA Legislative Updates
March 8, 2019
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The following Legislative Activity took place, March 4, 2019:

A-1428 McKnight/Chaparro/Chiaravalloti/Vainieri Huttle
Establishes Child Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program in DOE to train school district staff about warning signs and how to prevent child trafficking.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-85 Bucco
Establishes grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-2564 Turner/Singleton
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
 
S-2653 Ruiz/Cunningham
Establishes Child Trafficking Awareness Pilot Program in DOE to train school district staff about warning signs and how to prevent child trafficking.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-2711 Ruiz/Madden, Jr./Lampitt/Vainieri Huttle/Egan Jones
Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.
Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
 
S-2843 Codey/Sweeney
Establishes competitive grant program for school districts to assist in hiring of school psychologists; appropriates $1 million.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-3081 Codey/Vitale
Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health.
Combined with S-2861 (SCS) Corrado - Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
 
S-3160 Codey
Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide later school start times for high school students.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-3172 Cryan/Ruiz
Requires public school instruction in mental health as it relates to suicide prevention and provides various elements which may be included in instruction.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading
 
S-3258 Beach/Turner
"Strengthening Gifted and Talented Education Act"; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-3287 Singleton
Permits approved private schools for students with disabilities to include in tuition calculation hourly rates for healthcare provider consultants which equal average hourly rates paid by certain public schools serving students with disabilities.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-3288 Singleton
Requires DOE to define expenditures for behavior modification at approved private schools for students with disabilities as allowable instructional cost for purposes of tuition rate setting.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading
 
S-3327 Ruiz/Cruz-Perez
Establishes Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage in DOE.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-3504 Ruiz
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3505 Ruiz
Requires school districts and charter schools to report discipline data on their websites and to Commissioner of Education.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3506 Ruiz
Directs DOE to develop guidelines for school districts and charter schools concerning school discipline that are consistent with certain federal guidelines.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3518 Rice/Turner
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3525 Gopal
Revises schedule of State school aid reductions for school districts.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3526 Gopal
Modifies calculation of school districts' local share for determining equalization aid.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3527 Gopal/Corrado
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

The following Legislative Activity took place, March 5, 2019:

A-5115 Sumter
Requires school district or nonpublic school to provide appropriate counseling services to student-athlete who makes complaint against coach or sports official.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
A-5121 Dancer/Clifton
Authorizes replacement of certain adjusted tax levy for school districts that had reduction in State aid in 2018-2019 school year.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
A-5130 Egan Jones/Spearman
Requires use of common enrollment system in renaissance school districts.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
A-5132 Wirths
Provides certain sending school districts one nonvoting advisory representative on receiving school district board of education.
Introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
S-3542 Codey/Beach
Establishes task force to examine public school programs and services designed to address student mental health.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-3545 Diegnan, Jr.
Changes deadline for submission of public questions from school board to county clerk for printing on ballot to 35 days before April school election.
Introduced and referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee