May 16, 2018
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The following Legislative Activity took place, May 4, 2018:

S-1893 Sarlo/Sweeney
Authorizes municipality, county or school district to establish charitable funds for specific purposes; permits property tax credit for certain donations.
Signed by the Governor P.L.2018, c.11
The following Legislative Activity took place, May 7, 2018:

A-3636 Jasey/Schaer/Calabrese
Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Assembly

A-3865 Eustace/Jasey/Gusciora
Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts and establishes uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3868 Mosquera
Requires school districts to provide feminine hygiene products in certain public schools and requires State to pay costs.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee

A-3886 Sumter
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3902 Benson/Burzichelli/Lampitt
“Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3905 Thomson/Kean
Requires public and nonpublic school to provide student with more information about NJ STARS Program and improve notification of potenial eligibility.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3908 Quijano
Provides that State pay high school equivalency exam fees for low-income individuals.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3912 Vainieri Huttle
Requires certain school security measures to be incorporated into new school construction and existing school buildings.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-3915 Chiaravalloti/Karabinchak
Requires municipality to pay to board of education 5 percent of annual service charge collected under "Long Term Exemption Law" under certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

A-3918 Timberlake/Caputo/Giblin
Requires school districts to provide instruction on interacting with law enforcement as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Social Studies.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-372 Rice/Singleton
Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.
Received in Assembly and referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-870 Sweeney/Cunningham
Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.
Transferred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with amendments , 2nd Reading

S-1484 Singleton
"Antwan's Law"; reduces speed limit on Route 130 near Burlington City High School and Wilbur Watts Intermediate School.
Received in Assembly and referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

S-1697 Sarlo/Oroho
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.
Received in Assembly and referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-2293 Sweeney/Oroho/Gordon
"Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act"; authorizes issuance of $1,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance certain school and county college capital projects; appropriates $5,000.
Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
The following Legislative Activity took place, May 14, 2018:

A-764 Caputo/Tucker/Quijano/Vainieri Huttle/Sumter/McKnight/Conaway, Jr./Houghtaling
"Alyssa's Law", requires public school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Senate; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

A-2189 Lampitt/Downey/Danielsen
Requires school districts to include instruction on consequences of distributing sexually explicit images through electronic means as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Reported out of committee, 2nd reading in Senate
 
A-2193 Egan Jones/Benson/Lampitt
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Senate
 
S-365 Rice/Ruiz
Requires school buildings to be equipped with emergency light and panic alarm linked to local law enforcement.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Senate; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-691 Ruiz/Pou
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-858 Turner/Diegnan, Jr.
Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess appropriate endorsement to instructional certificate.
Reported out of committee, 2nd reading in Senate

S-1126 Bucco/Doherty
Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards.
Reported out of committee, 2nd reading in Senate
 
S-1630 Diegnan, Jr./Ruiz
Establishes grant program for school districts and charter schools to develop dual language immersion programs.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Senate; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-1816 Diegnan, Jr./Ruiz
Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.
Reported out of committee with committee amendments , 2nd reading in Senate
 
S-2092 Ruiz/Corrado
Requires school districts to include instruction on consequences of distributing sexually explicit images through electronic means as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
Reported out of committee, 2nd reading in Senate
 
S-2526 Ruiz/Corrado
Concerns State criteria for determining whether child has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-2527 Ruiz/Turner
Requires Department of Agriculture to promote school meal programs.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-2563 Turner
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-2564 Turner
Establishes "Restorative Justice in Education Pilot Program" in Department of Education.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-2575 Diegnan, Jr.
Establishes task force to examine and make recommendations regarding implementation of "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act.”
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee