NJASA Legislative Activity Update
June 21, 2022
The following legislative activity took place on June 9, 2022:

A-660 Verrelli/Karabinchak/McKnight
Establishes pilot program to create student mental health assistance programs in selected school districts.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-1841 Lampitt/Jasey
Revises definition of "harassment, intimidation or bullying" under "Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act."
Reported and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

A-1983 Mukherji
Requires municipalities, counties, and school districts to report cybersecurity incidents.
Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-3229 Lampitt
Requires that in-service training for school employees on safety and security include component on behavioral threat assessment.
Combined with A4075

A-3564 Thomson/Kean
Authorizes schools to administer commercial driver license exam and other motor vehicle services for school bus drivers.
Reported out of Assembly Committee

A-3835 Schaer
Requires boards of education and chief administrators of nonpublic schools to submit critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

A-3990 Stanley
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.
Reported from Assembly Comm. as a Substitute

A-4075 Moen, Jr.
Requires school districts to develop threat assessment teams at each school in the district.
Reported from Assembly Comm. as a Substitute

A-4086 Lampitt/Greenwald/Jaffer
Permits certain mental health professionals working in school districts to refer or help facilitate referral of students to private professional counselors.
Reported out of Assembly Committee

A-4178 Lopez/Speight/Carter/Murphy
Establishes Department of Early Childhood.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee

A-4222 Freiman/Egan/Calabrese
Expands working hours for minors; updates process for obtaining working papers for minors.
Reported out of Assembly Committee

S57 Corrado/Bramnick
Requires school buses that transport students with special needs to be equipped with certain safety features.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-1682 / S-2152 Beach/Singer/Thompson
Permits certain persons to drive Type S school buses.
Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute
 
S-2593 Diegnan, Jr./Corrado
Provides temporary one-year extension of service life of school buses for 2022-2023 school year; authorizes chief administrator to allow one-year extension in subsequent two school years.
Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee

S-2812 Johnson/Zwicker
Allows DOE to postpone New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum in certain circumstances.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
S-2815 Oroho/O’Scanlon, Jr.
Requires school districts to institute policies to improve emergency communications to increase school security.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

S-2816 Oroho/Testa, Jr.
Requires DOE to establish online school security resource clearinghouse.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
The following legislative activity took place on June 13, 2022:

A-1173 Jasey/Caputo/Reynolds-Jackson
Establishes two-generational school readiness and workforce development pilot program for certain low-income households.
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
 
A-2365 Danielson/Giblin/Jaffer
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
A-3668 McKeon/Tully/Conaway, Jr.
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation to provide State military impact aid to certain school districts.
Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee; Reported out of Assembly Committee
 
A-3834 Schaer
Makes certain changes to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educator grant program.
Transferred to Assembly Higher Education Committee; Reported and Referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
A-4250 Piperno/Eulner
Establishes "Responsible School Violence Prevention, Preparation, and Protection (RSVP-3) Pilot Program."
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
 
A-4252 Danileson
Makes supplemental appropriation of $1.2 million to DOE to provide additional State school aid to Franklin Township School District in Somerset County.
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

S-1559 Beach/Cruz-Perez
Permits non-instructional staff member retired from PERS to return to employment in school district for up to two years without reenrollment in PERS if employment commences during remainder of 2021-2022 and entirety of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee 
 
S-1755 Beach
Allows public libraries, boards of education, and local governments to dispose of certain personal property without advertising for bids.
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
 
S-1928 Gopal/Ruiz
Requires school food authorities to engage in public education campaigns and develop promotional materials to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals programs options.
Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments; Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-1929 Gopal/Pennacchio
Makes FY 2022 supplemental appropriation to provide State military impact aid to certain school districts.
Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee; Reported out of Assembly Committee
 
S-2831 Gopal/Greenstein
Provides project grants under "Securing Our Children's Future Fund" for career and technical education at county vocational school districts; appropriates $36,960,028.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee; Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
 
S-2833 Durr
Requires public referendum prior to local boards of education adopting or altering public school curriculum.
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
 
SR92 Oroho
Urges Attorney General and Department of Education to regularly update "Law Enforcement Directive No. 2007-1" and "School Safety and Security Manual: Best Practices Guidelines."
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee