The following Legislative Activity took place, December 17, 2018:
A-557
Moriarty/Caputo/Lagana/Downey
Requires the adoption of nepotism policies by school districts and charter schools.
Substituted for
S-2637
; Passed by the Senate; Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence; Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses)
A-764
Caputo/Tucker/Quijano/Vainieri Huttle/Sumter/McKnight/Conaway, Jr./Houghtaling/Rice/Ruiz/Bucco
"Alyssa's Law"; requires public school buildings to be equipped with panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Passed by the Assembly
A-769
Caputo/Giblin/Vainieri Huttle
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Amended
on Senate floor, 2nd reading in Senate
A-1414
McKnight/Chiaravalloti/Pintor Marin/Holley/Wimberly/Quijano/Addiego/RIce
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades six through eight.
Substituted for
S-1592
; Passed by the Senate; Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence; Passed Both Houses
A-2190
Lampitt/Downey/Thomson/Ruiz/Cunningham
Requires school districts to incorporate instruction in grades six through 12 on law and meaning of consent for physical contact and sexual activity as part of Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Substituted for
S-3108
; Passed in Senate and sent to Governor
A-2436
Benson/Swain/Tully/Bucco/Lagana
Requires certain school district transportation supervisors to complete educational program.
Passed Both Houses
A-3112
Benson/Mukherji/Karabinchak/Beach/Oroho
Authorizes local units of government subject to "Local Public Contracts Law" and "Public School Contracts Law" to use electronic procurement technologies.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.156
A-4224
Tully/Swain/Benson/Lagana/Greenstein
Requires study of safety of school bus passengers in certain emergency situations, including school bus accidents; appropriates $250,000.
Passed Both Houses
A-4339
Swain/Tully/Benson/Egan Jones/Digenan, Jr./Lagana
Requires school bus operations in State to comply with certain federal regulations.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.159
A-4342
Tully/Swain/Benson/Egan Jones/Lagana
Requires public school student to carry identification card at school-sponsored, off-campus activities and requires principal to keep list of students on school buses used for school-sponsored activities in case of emergencies.
A-4345
Tully/Swain/Benson/Egan Jones/Diegnan, Jr./Holzapfel
Requires safety education training twice per calendar year for school bus drivers and school bus aides.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.160
A-4405
Lampitt/Vainieri Huttle/Egan Jones
Mandates child abuse and sexual abuse training for all candidates for teaching certification.
Assembly Floor Amendment Passed
A-4597
Schaer/Swain/Tully/Wimberly/Lagana/Gopal/Sarlo/Oroho
Makes supplemental appropriation of $11,300,000 from General Fund to DOE to increase per pupil funding for nonpublic security aid from $75 to $150.
Passed in Assembly; Received in Senate w/o committee reference, 2nd reading in Senate; Substituted for
S-3080
; Passed Both Houses
Establishes the four-year "New Jersey Early Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program" in DOE to fund non-traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs for students in grades K through 8.
Passed in Senate
S-870
Sweeney/Cunningham/Jasey/Schaer/Calabrese
Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.
Approved P.L.2018, c.145.
Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
S-1484
Singleton/Murphy/Conaway, Jr./Benson
"Antwan's Law"; reduces speed limit on Route 130 near Burlington City High School and Wilbur Watts Intermediate School.
Substituted for
A-3576
; Passed in Assembly and sent to Governor
S-1569
Weinberg/Ruiz/Gusciora/Eustace/Vainieri Huttle/Jasey/Downey
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, that accurately portray political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
Substituted for
A-1335
; Passed in Assembly; Received in Senate, 2nd reading in Senate to concur with Assembly amendments; Passed in Senate and sent to Governor
S-1697
Sarlo/Oroho/DeAngelo/Lagana/Space
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.
Establishes "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."
Amended
on Senate floor, 2nd reading in Senate
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.
Amended
on Senate floor, 2nd reading in Senate
Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed.
Passed in Senate
S-2848
Diegnan, Jr./Lagana/Tully/Swain/Benson/Egan Jones
Requires school bus drivers to submit medical certificate to employer to prove continuing physical fitness and to submit to medical examination that includes certain screenings.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.151
S-2850
Lagana/Diegnan, Jr./Swain/Egan Jones/Tully/Benson
Requires board of education or school bus contractor, within one business day of notification that school bus driver's license is suspended or revoked, to verify to DOE that driver is no longer operating school bus.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.152
S-2914
Lagana/Corrado/Tully/Swain/Downey
Requires suspension of school bus endorsement on driver's license for certain number of motor vehicle moving violations in certain time period.
Passed Both Houses
Permits board of education and school bus contractor to allow child of school bus driver to ride school bus with parent.
Introduced and referred to Senate Education Committee
Permits certain constituent districts of limited purpose regional districts to pay tuition for their students to attend public or nonpublic schools other than school of limited purpose regional.
Introduced and referred to Senate Education Committee
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.
Introduced and referred to Senate Education Committee
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.
Introduced and referred to Senate Education Committee
Designates the second Friday of December of each year as "Paraprofessional and School-Related Personnel (PSRPs) in Our Schools Day" in New Jersey to recognize the contributions of paraprofessionals and school-related personnel.
Passed in Senate
