The following Legislative Activity took place, October 29, 2018:
A-665
Jasey/Wolfe/McKnight/Caride
Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Passed by the Assembly
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.
A-1414
McKnight/Chiaravalloti/Pintor Marin/Holley/Wimberly/Quijano /
S-1592
Addiego/Rice
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades six through eight.
A-2436
Benson/Swain/Tully/Bucco
Requires certain school district transportation supervisors to complete educational program.
Substituted for
S-2755
; Passed by the Senate; Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
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.
Substituted for
S-1599
; Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
Requires study of safety of school bus passengers in certain emergency situations, including school bus accidents; appropriates $250,000.
Substituted for
S-2754
;
Passed by the Senate; Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
A-4339
Swain/Tully/Benson/Egan Jones/Diegnan, Jr./Lagana
Requires school bus operations in State to comply with certain federal regulations.
Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading; Substituted for
S-2852
;
Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
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.
Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading; Substituted for
S-2855
; Passed Both Houses;
Sent to Governor
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.
Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading; Substituted for
S-2853
; Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
A-4679
Wimberly/Vainieri Huttle
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
S-870
Sweeney/Cunningham/Jasey/Schaer/Calabrese
Establishes Dual Enrollment Study Commission.
Substituted for
A-3636
; Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence; Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
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.
Requires financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in grades six through eight.
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.
Substituted for
A-128
; Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
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.
Passed by the Senate; Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading; Substituted for
A-4346
; Passed Both Houses; Sent to Governor
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.
Substituted for
A-4344
; Passed Both Houses;
Sent to Governor
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 by the Senate; Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading;
Assembly Floor Amendment
Passed; Substituted for
A-4447
;
Passed by the Assembly; Sent to Governor
Provides that school district may not condition student enrollment in district on fact that MVC does not have name or address of parent or guardian on file.
Passed by the Senate
Clarifies that child may not be excluded from public school based on membership in protected category under "Law Against Discrimination" or immigration status.
Passed by the Senate