The following Legislative Activity took place February 25, 2020:
Revises tenure for public school janitors and establishes tenure for certified educational facilities managers.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes "Career and Technical Education Scholar Awards" to annually recognize outstanding career and technical education students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes "County Career Technical Education Annual Recognition Awards" to annually recognize best programs implemented by county vocational school districts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs DOE to develop Veterans in the Schools Program to teach students about military experiences of local veterans.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits students who are eligible for special education services to enroll in noncustodial parent's school district of residence under certain circumstances.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides explicit authorization for the Schools Development Authority to use the design/build/operate/maintain procurement model for school facilities projects.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Creates financial rewards program in DOE for districts with high academic performance and low per pupil expenditures.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs Commissioner of Education to encourage implementation of Natural High Drug Prevention Program in school districts.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-3332
DiMaio/DePhillips/Munoz
Requires municipalities to share certain payments in lieu of property taxes with school districts; informs counties, school districts, and DCA of certain information related to property tax exemptions and abatements.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee
Creates Public Employee Pension and Health Care Benefits Reform Task Force.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Establishes Commission on Asian Heritage in DOE.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits minors 13 years of age and older to consent to behavioral health care services.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee
Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sexual assault prevention training program for high school athletic directors and coaches of interscholastic sports programs.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee
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
Permits high performing school districts to be monitored by the DOE under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) every seven years rather than every three years.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-3392
Reynolds-Jackson/Timberlake/Jasey
Requires student representative be appointed to each board of education of school district that includes high school.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-3394
Reynolds-Jackson/Carter/Jasey
"Laura Wooten's Law"; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics and provides annual center funding.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school districts to maintain and pay premiums for student accident insurance.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Eliminates partial and full State intervention under New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school bus drivers to retake certain knowledge test upon license renewal.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Requires $250,000 medical expense benefits coverage on a no-fault basis for school bus passengers; eliminates current exemption under motor bus PIP law.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Requires school district transportation supervisor to conduct monthly school bus condition inspection of contractors' buses and check for valid school bus driver's license.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Provides list of various assessments to satisfy State high school graduation proficiency test requirement.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing individualized education program for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes task force to study issues and make recommendations regarding Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
A-3550
Lampitt/Zwicker/Mosquera
Requires school district to report to DOE on various aspects of computer science courses.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires DOE to post link to NJSchoolJobs.com on homepage of its website and to promote link through social media.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes task force to examine leasing for nonpublic school facilities to school districts for purpose of implementing programs for which districts lack facility space.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
Requires provision of instruction on water safety in public school curriculum.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Includes administration of medication as nonpublic school nursing service.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Designates May of each year as "Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
"Children's Vaccination Bill of Rights"; provides children in State with certain protections concerning vaccines.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Provides tax levy cap adjustment in 2020-2021 through 2024-2025 school years for school districts that are spending below adequacy and losing State aid.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires boards of education to include instruction, and adopt instructional materials, on climate change.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes four-year Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant Program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
