NJASA Legislative Updates
November 26, 2019
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The following Legislative Activity took place November 14, 2019:

A-4147 Lampitt/Houghtaling/Zwicker
Requires school districts to conduct audit of security features of district buildings, grounds, and communication systems using standardized checklist and to submit audit to NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and DOE.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

A-4150 Lampitt/Egan Jones/Timberlake
Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

A-4151 Swain/Tully/Jasey
Requires school security training for persons employed by public and nonpublic schools in substitute capacity and for employees and volunteers of youth programs operated in school buildings.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

A-4978 Timberlake/Zwicker/Vainieri Huttle
Prohibits online education services from using and disclosing certain information, engaging in targeted advertising, and requires deletion of certain information in certain circumstances.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

A-5827 Jasey/Caputo
Establishes two-generational school readiness and workforce development pilot program for certain low-income households.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee

A-5828 Jasey/Vainieri Huttle
Requires certain documentation of needs of students with disabilities during school security drills and emergency situations and in school security plans; requires staff training on needs of students with disabilities in emergency planning.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5847 DeAngelo
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee

A-5862 Tully/Swain
Establishes pilot program in DOE to purchase and install electronic smoking device detectors in restrooms of certain public schools.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5878 Thomson
Requires all public school teachers and paraprofessionals working with autistic students to possess Registered Behavior Technician credential by 2020-2021 school year.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5896 Pinkin/Karabinchak
Establishes pilot program in which certain selected school districts equip school buses with global positioning systems and DOE develops school bus tracking application.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5906 Quijano
Establishes "School Opening and School Closing Student Safety Task Force" to review safety of students when schools open and close for school day.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-2742 Ruiz/Corrado
Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-2744 Ruiz/Corrado
Requires school districts to conduct audit of security features of district buildings, grounds, and communication systems using standardized checklist and to submit audit to NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness and DOE.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-2745 Ruiz/Corrado
Requires school security training for persons employed by public and nonpublic schools in substitute capacity and for employees and volunteers of youth programs operated in school buildings.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-3498 Greenstein/Cryan
Prohibits online education services from using and disclosing certain information, engaging in targeted advertising, and requires deletion of certain information in certain circumstances.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-4052 Kean, Jr./Ruiz
Establishes pilot program in DOE for special education students to attend college courses or vocational training programs.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

S-4115 Sweeney/Greenstein
Requires DOE and DCF to post drinking water lead level test results for school districts and child care centers on their websites.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-4141 Beach/Bateman
"Paul's Law"; authorizes parent or guardian to request use of individualized health care plan for student with epilepsy or seizure disorder.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-4200 Ruiz/Turner
Requires State to pay difference between federal allocation and total cost of reduced price breakfast or lunch; appropriates $4.5 million.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

S-4209 Cryan
Establishes School Security Task Force.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

SJR157 Pou / AJR118 McKnight/Timberlake/McKeon
Designates April of each year as "Financial Literacy Month" in New Jersey.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading

The following Legislative Activity took place November 18, 2019:

A-4062 Lampitt/Quijano
Requires Department of Agriculture to promote school meal programs.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-4238 McKnight/Lopez/Chaparro
Establishes task force to examine school discipline practices including racial disparities and effectiveness.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments , 2nd Reading

A-4856 Murphy
"Hunger-Free Students' Bill of Rights Act"; requires certain school meal information be provided to students' parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs; prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments , 2nd Reading

A-5901 Lampitt/Greenwald/Timberlake
Clarifies that school district is not required to restrict access to school meals if school meal bill is in arrears.
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading

A-5902 Lampitt
Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments , 2nd Reading

A-5903 Lampitt
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-5961 Schaer
Makes Fiscal Year 2020 supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 from General Fund to DOE to support nonpublic nursing services aid.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-5965 Bramnick
Prohibits entity that receives grant from New Jersey State Council on Arts from scheduling educational courses on days when local school district is closed for religious holiday.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee

A-5966 DiMaso
"Madalyn's Law"; requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate instruction on toxic shock syndrome and requires installation of signage in certain women's rooms to enhance public awareness of toxic shock syndrome.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5967 Peters
Establishes School Funding Commission to study school funding formula and prepare report that will serve as basis of new formula.       
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

A-5976 Carter
Requires DOE to maintain online listing of after school STEM learning opportunities.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee

A-5980 Quijano
Includes administration of medication as nonpublic school nursing service.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-2527 Ruiz/Turner
Requires Department of Agriculture to promote school meal programs.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

S-3628 Singleton
Requires institutions of higher education and public and nonpublic high schools and middle schools to adopt anti-hazing policies; expands activities encompassing criminal hazing and upgrades penalties for engaging in these activities.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

S-3945 Cunningham/Gill/Turner
"Create a Respectful and Open Workspace for Natural Hair Act"- CROWN Act; addresses discrimination under "Law Against Discrimination." based on traits historically associated with race, particularly focused on hair texture and style.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments , 2nd Reading

S-4257 Ruiz
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee