The following Legislative Activity took place, April 5, 2018:
A-764
Caputo/Tucker/Quijano/Vainieri Huttle/Sumter/McKnight
"Alyssa's Law", requires public school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
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.
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Permits candidates for school board to circulate petitions jointly and be bracketed together on ballot; permits short nonpolitical designation of principles on petitions and ballots.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
A-2193
Egan Jones/Benson/Lampitt
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires petitions of nomination of candidates for State, county, school, or municipal elective public office to include functioning e-mail addresses therefor.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Authorizes municipality, county or school district to establish charitable funds for specific purposes; permits property tax credit for certain donations.
Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee; Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
A-3502
Lampitt/Wimberly/Egan Jones
Requires school district to report at least biannually to Department of Agriculture number of students who are denied school breakfast or school lunch.
R
ecommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee; Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Provides gross income tax credit for certified teachers who incur expenses for classroom supplies.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits children under age 12 from participating in tackle football.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee
Requires school districts to inform DOE of number of students in certain out-of-State placements and number of students with individualized education programs identifying DHS or DCF for transition services.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits school district superintendent to designate school employee with certain expertise as school safety specialist.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides parents and adult students with simplified method for opting out of release by school district of student information to military recruiters.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits the DOE from regulating the maximum salary amount a school district may pay its superintendent of schools.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides school district tax levy cap adjustment for certain special education costs; limits sending district per pupil tuition increase to 2%; and provides increased representation on receiving board of education for certain sending districts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides that school district may not prohibit active or retired law enforcement officer or registered security officer from carrying firearm in performance of school security duties if authorized under State law to carry.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs Attorney General to provide annual training to public and nonpublic school students and staff on roles and responsibilities before, during, and after school emergencies.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires State Police to maintain 24-hour hotline for receiving anonymous tips regarding potential threats to school safety and security.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school districts to implement policy mandating all students and school employees have identification cards.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school district to submit emergency communication policies and protocols to Department of Education for review.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires Police Training Commission to adopt training course on school emergency response.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to review school safety and security plans.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-3795
Bramnick/Bucco/Schepisi
Permits school districts to employ safe schools resource officers or Class Three special law enforcement officers for security purposes, and requires school districts to have agreement with local law enforcement governing placement of school security personnel.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits student who commits certain sexual offenses from attending same school building or using same school bus as victim or offense.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Includes adjustment aid in calculation of districts' payments to charter schools under certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Creates corporate business tax and gross income tax credits to fund education enrichment demonstration program.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop lists of approved testing vendors and commercially-developed standardized assessments for use by public school districts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires certain student identification cards to contain telephone number for suicide prevention hotline.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
A-3811
Andrzejczak/Houghtaling/Dancer
Establishes "Adopt-A-Farm" school partnership program in public secondary schools.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Clarifies statutory exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee; Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Provides that public school dress code policy will apply to all schools within school district and requires written distribution of dress code to students and parents.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee
Urges Attorney General and Department of Education to regularly update "Law Enforcement Directive No. 2007-1" and "School Safety and Security Manual: Best Practices Guidelines."
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
AR-155
Houghtaling/Taliaferro/Andrzejczak
Urges President and Congress to enact measures to provide enhanced federal subsidy to public schools that use local produce for school meals.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Establishes two-generational school readiness and workforce development pilot program for certain low-income households.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Requires municipalities comprised within regional school districts to share certain payments received in lieu of taxes with counties and regional school districts.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
The "New Jersey Bleacher Safety Act."
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
Excludes certain increases in school security expenditures from the tax levy cap applicable to school districts.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires Department of Education and Department of Labor and Workforce Development to provide information on their websites concerning high school equivalency tests.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Provides that State pay high school equivalency exam fees for low-income individuals.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires DOE to develop and implement strategies to increase number of State-approved high school equivalency test centers at sites in less populated areas with access to public transportation.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes and dedicates fee on certain transportation services provided in State; establishes "School Security Fund."
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes three regional superintendents of schools and eliminates the position of executive county superintendent of schools.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
S-2435
Diegnan, Jr./Greenstein
Requires certain school security measures to be incorporated into new school construction and existing school buildings.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Provides that student-athlete who sustains concussion must return to regular school activities prior to return to competition; requires school districts to implement five-step return-to-competition process.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires school districts which participate in Statewide interscholastic sports programs to adopt New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association heat and humidity practice policy.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
