The following Legislative Activity took place February 24, 2020:
A-1104
Murphy/McKnight/Vainieri Huttle
"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.
Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
A-1630
Lampitt/Greenwald/Jasey/Timberlake/Downey
Requires school districts to take certain actions in circumstances when school meal bill is in arrears; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees.
Passed by the Assembly; Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
A-1632
Lampitt/Reynolds-Jackson/Caputo
Requires school district to establish "School Meal Fund" to assist students with school meal bill in arrears.
Requires that newly-purchased school buses be equipped with air conditioning and heating systems.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee
Requires replacement of the terms "mother" and "father" with the terms "parent or guardian" on all State blanks, forms, documents, and applications.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee
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
Provides anti-stigmatization protections to public school student whose school breakfast or school lunch bill is in arrears and requires school district to communicate about arrearages to parent and not to student.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires public and nonpublic secondary schools to annually conduct written or verbal substance use screening on all students using a particular screening program.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits approved private schools for students with disabilities to include in tuition calculation hourly rates for healthcare provider consultants which equal average hourly rates paid by certain public schools serving students with disabilities.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Task Force on Approved Private Schools for Students with Disabilities to study various issues including improving and streamlining tuition-setting process, funding, and fiscal accountability.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires State to reimburse school districts for costs of transporting homeless students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Permits approved private schools for students with disabilities to include in tuition calculation hourly rates for healthcare provider consultants which equal average hourly rates paid by certain public schools serving students with disabilities.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Task Force on Approved Private Schools for Students with Disabilities to study various issues including improving and streamlining tuition-setting process, funding, and fiscal accountability.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires State to reimburse school districts for costs of transporting homeless students.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Prohibits administration of assessments developed by Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Clarifies circumstances in which school board member may participate in volunteer activities.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Requires school districts to adopt policies concerning student use of sunscreen and sun-protective clothing at school and school-sponsored functions.
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
Designates May of each year as "Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Establishes Renewable and Efficient energy Financing Program; authorizes BPU to transfer up to $20 million annually in societal benefits charge revenues to New Jersey Infrastucture Bank for purposes of program.
Reported from Senate Committee with
Amendments
, 2nd Reading; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Requires Commissioner of Education to declare educational state of emergency for certain districts with low proficiency rates in language arts and literacy and provides for corrective measures.
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
Requires public school to provide timely notification to parents concerning results of any health screening conducted by school physician, school nurse, or other trained employee.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes two-year pilot program requiring certain law enforcement agencies to coordinate with local school districts to identify and assist at-risk youths.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Directs BPU to develop and implement electric school bus pilot program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee
Establishes task force to study presence of mercury in floors of certain facilities.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Creates priority hiring pool for public school employment of certain individuals who were previously employed in school districts that experienced reduction in State school aid.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Requires DOE to train teachers and administrators and monitor districts on bias and discrimination in special education classification.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Establishes five-year community schools pilot program.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
