Education

Assembly Bill 3799 · "Tabitha's Law"; requires parent or guardian to notify school administrators if pupil will be absent; requires school to notify parent in event of unexcused pupil absence.

Sent June 16, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3806 · Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public insitutions of higher education.

Sent June 16, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3816 · Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.

Sent June 16, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3777 · Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."

Sent June 12, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3766 · Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.

Sent June 9, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3682 · Limits school district per pupil administrative spending to 130% of the median per pupil administrative spending for districts of the same operating type, enrollment range, and district factor group.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3683 · Requires information on school district administrative spending be included in the budget referendum submitted to the voters, posted at budget public hearing, and printed on the sample ballot.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3685 · Provides that total annual out-of-state travel expenses of a board of education shall not exceed $3,000.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3687 · Requires the Commission on Higher Education to develop an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree program for foreign medical school graduates.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Reported out after 14 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3698 · Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to, or purchases of credits from, a federally qualified tuition program.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3727 · Limits the payment of transportation costs for homeless students.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3728 · Requires small school districts to share superintendents and school business administrators under certain circumstances.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3738 · Requires full-day kindergarten in all school districts by the 2005-2006 school year and establishes a Statewide uniform age requirement for enrollment in kindergarten.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3744 · Extends textbook sharing program to include all school equipment.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 513 · Requires county college board of trustees to provide certain notices of layoffs.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 2397 · Establishes the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals.

Sent June 5, 2003 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3624 · Permits a child who moves out of a school district due to a family crisis to remain enrolled in that district until the end of the school year.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3646 · Requires the approval of the Legislature for the elimination of the core curriculum content standards for world languages; and directs the State Board of Education to require the completion of 10 credits in world languages for a State-endorsed high schoo

Sent May 19, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3655 · Permits sending district board of education to have representative on receiving district board of education under certain conditions.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3663 · Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3666 · Requires Commissioner of Education to grant an equivalency or waiver under certain conditions.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Reported out after 17 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3669 · Establishes the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 179 · Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."

Sent May 19, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 558 · Requires State responsibility for tuition costs for certain children whose parents reside in a State facility.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 2021 · Provides explicit statutory authority for a trust to own an account under the NJBEST Program.

Sent May 19, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3590 · Requires Department of Education to establish an advanced placement incentive grant program; appropriates $300,000.

Sent May 15, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3616 · Provides unclaimed State Lottery prize money to fund a tuition aid grant pilot program for part-time students.

Sent May 15, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3617 · Establishes the New Jersey Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (NJHOPE) Scholarship Program.

Sent May 15, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3540 · Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 1% of income from DOE calculation of district factor group scores.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3543 · Provides that school bus driver charged with certain crimes or offenses shall be removed from contact with pupils and terminated from employment upon conviction.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3544 · Requires the placement of defibrillators in a public school complex.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 42 days

Assembly Bill 3545 · Prohibits State aid to public institutions of higher education which divest in businesses that invest in Israel.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3556 · Appropriates $40,000 in FY2003 to East Rutherford Boro School District for a study skills program for at-risk pupils.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3557 · Provides that school board may contract with photographer for yearbook and may not prohibit use of pictures made by other photographers.

Sent May 8, 2003 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3463 · Requires prequalification of certain persons who perform school construction management services. *

Sent May 5, 2003 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3465 · Allows students eligible for kindergarten enrollment in the subsequent school year to enroll in a choice district without prior enrollment in the sending district.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3502 · Provides that preliminary eligible costs will equal estimated actual costs for certain health and safety school facilities projects.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3504 · Requires the placement of defibrillators at public and independent institutions of higher education.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3505 · Requires the placement of defibrillators in certain public and nonpublic school buildings.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3507 · Requires certain change to school district teacher salary schedule under certain circumstances.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 2193 · Revises school bond law to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.

Sent May 5, 2003 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3411 · Requires applicants for school board employment and school bus driver to be notified of criminal history record check results within 60 days.

Sent March 6, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3416 · Requires DOE to make certain determinations concerning the provision of educational services to a child residing in a domestic violence shelter and modifies calculation of tuition under certain circumstances.

Sent March 6, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3421 · Grants Abbott district status to Salem City School District.

Sent March 6, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3430 · Requires school districts to fund certain child development assessments on resident children.

Sent March 6, 2003 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3431 · Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fight between students.

Sent March 6, 2003 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3391 · Establishes a limited education grant program for certain school districts sending pupils to a district that is experiencing overcrowding in its school facilities.

Sent March 3, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3362 · Provides that charter school administrators and trustees are subject to provisions of School Ethics Act.

Sent February 27, 2003 · Reported out after 7 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3377 · Establishes the Graduate Student Loan and Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $500,000.

Sent February 27, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3379 · Grants Abbott district status to the school districts of Buena Regional, Commercial Township, Fairfield Township, Salem City and Woodbine.

Sent February 27, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3385 · Allows school boards to establish 457 deferred compensation plans for employees.

Sent February 27, 2003 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 1947 · Requires school boards to mandate wearing of protective devices by pupils and teachers who are dealing with certain dangerous materials or processes and to ensure that teaching staff are properly trained. *

Sent February 27, 2003 · Reported out after 98 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3331 · Authorizes the State Board of Education to issue technology education endorsements and requires the board to continue issuing endorsements for industrial arts. *

Sent February 13, 2003 · Reported out after 112 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3317 · Authorizes school districts to increase surplus if long-range facilities plan demonstrates significant enrollment growth.

Sent February 10, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3323 · Requires county colleges to award college-credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.

Sent February 10, 2003 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3309 · Provides that elected school board members serve until expiration of terms if school district elects to become a Type I school district.

Sent February 6, 2003 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3314 · Requires radon testing and posting of radon test results at nonpublic schools.

Sent February 6, 2003 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3217 · Authorizes a county college board of trustees to grant voting rights to the graduating class representative on the board and requires the board chairman to cast deciding vote in the event of a tie under certain circumstances. *

Sent February 3, 2003 · Reported out after 122 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3256 · Requires principals and teachers of public schools to conduct an oral recitation before the opening of each school day.

Sent February 3, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3265 · Requires public school districts to apply all attendance and courses studied at county juvenile detention centers toward district requirements for graduation.

Sent February 3, 2003 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 408 · Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.

Sent January 23, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3179 · Provides additional State aid for school facilities projects in certain waiver districts.

Sent January 16, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3185 · Revises school bond law to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.

Sent January 16, 2003 · Reported out after 112 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3159 · Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.

Sent January 14, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3168 · Prohibits smoking on school buses, even if students are not present.

Sent January 14, 2003 · Reported out after 2 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3143 · Eliminates the industrial arts endorsement to the instructional certificate for public school teachers and replaces it with a technology education endorsement.

Sent January 9, 2003 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3149 · Authorizes counties to increase the number of appointed board members on county vocational school district boards of education.

Sent January 9, 2003 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3096 · Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.

Sent December 16, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3098 · Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties. *

Sent December 16, 2002 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3110 · "School Tax Offset Aid Act."

Sent December 16, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3114 · Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions. **

Sent December 16, 2002 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3125 · Provides procedure for the emergency administration of glucagon to a public or nonpublic school pupil.

Sent December 16, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 73 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3133 · Adds four legislative members to Amistad Commission.

Sent December 16, 2002 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3135 · Requires school districts to take all steps to ensure adequate security for students when school is open as a polling place and provides that school district costs shall be deducted from the itemized list of expenses submitted by the county board of elec

Sent December 16, 2002 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 1803 · Authorizes digitized student identification program; appropriates $252,000.*

Sent December 16, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3081 · Provides for instruction for elementary, middle and high school students in the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse.

Sent December 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3086 · Requires the State to pay the cost of providing a thorough and efficient education for pupils in certain State facilities.

Sent December 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3087 · Exempts New Jersey teachers' purchase of qualified teaching materials from sales and use tax.

Sent December 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3072 · Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.

Sent December 9, 2002 · Reported out after 150 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3078 · Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of religious observance.

Sent December 9, 2002 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2481 · Permits certain persons convicted of welfare fraud to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.

Sent November 25, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3023 · Permits any full-time employee of school board to attend annual New Jersey Education Association convention without loss of pay.

Sent November 25, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3026 · Establishes disciplinary procedure for school board members when charged with certain crimes.

Sent November 25, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3029 · Prohibits requiring school and county college employees to search for or handle explosive devices.

Sent November 25, 2002 · Reported out after 192 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3045 · Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.

Sent November 25, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3004 · Permits a student to participate in a voluntary survey if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents.

Sent November 18, 2002 · Reported out after 213 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 861 · Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to change any date in the school budget and election calendar due to a conflict with a day of religious observance.

Sent November 18, 2002 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2965 · Provides gross income tax deduction for three years of nursing pay for new enrollees in nursing education programs.

Sent November 7, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2979 · Makes position of treasurer of school moneys optional.

Sent November 7, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2982 · Allows the conditional hiring as a teacher under certain circumstances of persons who have made application for a certificate of eligibility to the State Board of Examiners.

Sent November 7, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1805 · Directs DOE to develop guidelines for the teaching of child victimization prevention techniques for use by districts to establish comprehensive programs.

Sent November 7, 2002 · Reported out after 224 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2951 · Allows emergent hiring of school employees pending criminal records check for one month with one month extension.

Sent October 28, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2952 · Recognizes American Sign Language as a world language for meeting high school graduation requirements.

Sent October 28, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2915 · Provides that the Commissioner of Education may not subsequently increase tentative per pupil tuition rate charged for disabled students enrolled in private schools for the disabled.

Sent October 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2929 · Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.

Sent October 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2932 · Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program; appropriates $2,000,000.

Sent October 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2942 · Provides that disabled students at institutions of higher education are eligible for reasonable substitution of specific courses required for the completion of degree requirements.

Sent October 21, 2002 · Reported out after 3 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2865 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 from the General fund to the Department of Education for apprenticeship training programs related to the "Educational Facilities Construction and Financing Act."

Sent October 10, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2866 · Appropriates $185,376 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for New Jersey City University.

Sent October 10, 2002 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2885 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the Teacher Quality Mentoring Program.

Sent October 10, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2886 · Permits school boards to adopt a voluntary substance abuse testing policy for student athletes.

Sent October 10, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2898 · Permits school bus operator to display "Stop When Red Lights Are Flashing" on rear of bus. *

Sent October 10, 2002 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2902 · Designated the "Capital and Educational Facility Financing Act."

Sent October 10, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2848 · Provides additional core curriculum standards aid for county vocational school district students who reside in Abbott districts.

Sent October 7, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1495 · Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission.

Sent October 7, 2002 · Reported out after 122 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2803 · Establishes a working group in the DOE to develop an approach to returning State-operated school districts to local control.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2808 · Establishes the Excellence in Teaching Scholarship Program and appropriates $500,000.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2809 · Establishes the National Board Certification Scholarship Program; appropriates $500,000.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2812 · Provides explicit statutory authority for a trust to own an account under the NJBEST Program.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2821 · Directs DOE to provide to every public school a sign stating the national motto, "In God We Trust," and permits principals and teachers to display additional copies.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2825 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $6,460,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for the Teacher Quality Mentoring Program.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2832 · Establishes the required level of State aid for the Abbott districts.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 795 · Strengthens screening procedures for school bus drivers.

Sent September 30, 2002 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2788 · Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force; appropriates $15,000.

Sent September 23, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2757 · Directs DOE to develop guidelines for the teaching of child victimization prevention techniques for use by districts to establish comprehensive programs.

Sent September 19, 2002 · Reported out after 273 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2769 · Provides that budget cap adjustment for the opening of a new school facility may be taken over several budget years in certain circumstances.

Sent September 19, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2770 · Revises operations of county educational audiovisual centers and authorizes establishment of regional centers.

Sent September 19, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2518 · Increases the term of officers of Educational Opportunity Fund board of directors from one year to two years.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Reported out after 147 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2691 · Allows individuals a credit against gross income tax equal to 50 percent of fair market value of school supplies and equipment donated to a public school.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2698 · Requires Commissioner of Education to notify certain public officials upon receipt of an application for a charter school.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Reported out after 18 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2703 · Authorizes digitized student identification program.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2707 · Requires amount by which actual State General Fund revenue exceeds anticipated State General Fund revenue for a fiscal year to be appropriated as State school aid.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2711 · Allows a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and the recipient's dependent child and spouse to receive tuition-free postgraduate education at any public institution of higher education.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2715 · Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 5% of income as reported on State Income Tax forms from calculation of district income for school aid purposes.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2716 · Provides annual State facilities aid payments to charter schools.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2717 · Provides State aid to Abbott district charter school students to reach 90% of maximum T&E amount.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2718 · Deletes language provision in FY 2003 annual appropriation act that delays State school aid payments and makes final aid payment at the option of the State Treasurer.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2723 · Requires Commissioner of Education to award a reasonable attorney's fee to school district or parent or guardian under certain circumstances in domicile proceedings.*

Sent September 12, 2002 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 118 · Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force; appropriates $15,000.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 240 · Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 487 · Provides for instruction for elementary, middle, and high school students in the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse.*

Sent September 12, 2002 · Reported out after 88 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 1402 · Provides that total annual travel expenses of a board of education shall not exceed $3,000.

Sent September 12, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2657 · Establishes a loan and loan redemption program for teachers of mathematics and science.

Sent September 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2633 · Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates. *

Sent June 30, 2002 · Reported out after 354 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2637 · Increases the percentage of Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund grants which may be used within student-support facilities.

Sent June 30, 2002 · Reported out after 92 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2647 · The "School Employees Contract Resolution and Equity Act."

Sent June 30, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2611 · Establishes the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Commission; appropriates $5,000.

Sent June 28, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2626 · Provides for notification of charges pending for a disqualifying crime or offense against a public or nonpublic school employee or a school bus driver who has previously undergone a criminal history background check. *

Sent June 28, 2002 · Reported out after 76 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2594 · Increases the maximum amount of bonds issued by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority for the Public Library Project Fund from $45 million to $95 million to provide library construction and technology grants.

Sent June 27, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 407 · Permits school districts to exceed the aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount when accepting bids for nonpublic school transportation in the case of subscription busing.

Sent June 27, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2583 · Requires school districts to provide certain parents with the school report card.

Sent June 24, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1625 · Provides that instruction in world languages shall not be required in public schools during the 2002-2003 school year and specifies how instruction shall be provided in the following years. *

Sent June 20, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2285 · Authorizes a municipal court to impose certain sanctions on children with a pattern of repeated unauthorized absences from school. *

Sent June 17, 2002 · Reported out after 161 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2466 · Provides that instruction in world languages shall not be required in public schools during the 2002-2003 school year.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2474 · School bond validating act.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Reported out after 213 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2482 · Provides that the three proprietary schools currently authorized to offer degree programs will have seats on the New Jersey Presidents' Council and that one proprietary school president shall sit on the executive board. *

Sent June 17, 2002 · Reported out after 105 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2496 · Requires candidates for initial teaching certificates to undergo criminal history record check.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2533 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from permitting direct solicitation of students 17 or younger for credit card accounts.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2545 · Provides that distance learning network aid for public school districts will continue beyond the 2001-2002 school year and establishes technoloy initiative State aid for nonpublic school students. *

Sent June 17, 2002 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2546 · Requires State responsibility for tuition costs for certain children whose parents reside in a State facility.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2547 · Permits persons convicted of certain third degree offenses to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.

Sent June 17, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2440 · Permits instruction on backpack safety to be included in the curriculum of elementary, middle, and high school students as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *

Sent June 13, 2002 · Reported out after 238 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2459 · Authorizes Commissioner of Education to award grants to certain school districts which are implementing a desegregation plan.

Sent June 13, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2463 · Directs State to purchase certain properties leased by Thomas Edison State College; makes appropriation therefor.

Sent June 13, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2465 · Clarifies the exemption from advertising of annual extensions of pupil transportation contracts.

Sent June 13, 2002 · Reported out after 4 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2391 · Requires written notice, transportation services, and payment for municipal services for out-of-district students enrolled in a district alternative education program.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2407 · Provides early childhood program aid to certain school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Reported out after 98 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2408 · Provides increased demonstrably effective program aid to school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Reported out after 98 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2410 · Requires each board of education to employ a certain number of substance awareness coordinators.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2413 · Authorizes school boards to adopt a drug testing policy of student athletes.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2414 · Authorizes an adjustment to school district budget cap in the amount of any increase in special education expenditures for the budget year.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Reported out after 172 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2417 · Allows a refundable gross income tax credit for education and training expenses for developmentally disabled children.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2420 · Authorizes transfer of any title at any point during the term of a local unit lease purchase agreement or contract.

Sent June 6, 2002 · Reported out after 186 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2367 · Provides that charter schools may be established only in certain school districts and requires State to pay all tuition and transportation costs.

Sent May 20, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 105 · Establishes the HOPE Scholarship Program Study Commission; appropriates $5,000.

Sent May 16, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2221 · Requires public institutions of higher education to assess each student a fee to be used to offset the cost of services provided by the municipality in which the institution is located.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2256 · Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students; appropriates $2,500,000.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2262 · Limits the location of new charter schools to only Abbott districts.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2267 · Establishes the level of State aid for the 2002-2003 school year.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2268 · Provides that certain school districts will be accorded the same treatment and subject to the same requirements as Abbott districts.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2272 · Requires each board of education to offer instruction in comprehensive family life education.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2278 · Supplemental appropriation of $17,302,599 for Extraordinary Needs Aid for certain school districts.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2283 · Provides for the designation of successor contributors in the event of the death of the original contributor in the NJBEST Program and allows anyone to make a contribution to an account. *

Sent May 9, 2002 · Reported out after 214 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2286 · Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Reported out after 39 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2291 · Establishes the Garden State New Millennium Loan and Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2293 · Provides for mandatory participation in school breakfast program for certain schools. *

Sent May 9, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 28 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2299 · Requires school district to establish preschool recruitment program under certain conditions.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2308 · Requires DOE to coordinate sharing of textbooks between school districts.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Reported out after 39 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2318 · Requires voter approval prior to the establishment of a charter school within certain school districts.

Sent May 9, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2135 · Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.

Sent March 26, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2160 · Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.

Sent March 26, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2166 · Strengthens screening procedures for school bus drivers.

Sent March 26, 2002 · Reported out after 244 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2169 · Requires the State Board of Education to adopt core curriculum content standards for technology.

Sent March 26, 2002 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2179 · Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2002-2003 school year; establishes the Save Our Schools Fund to finance increased State aid.

Sent March 26, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 106 · Provides that disabled students at institutions of higher education are eligible for reasonable substitution of specific courses required for the completion of degree requirements.

Sent March 25, 2002 · Reported out after 213 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 991 · Permits certain persons convicted of welfare fraud to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.

Sent March 25, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1130 · Protects pupils from being required to supply certain identifying information on materials distributed in class and prohibits materials distributed to pupils from including the information in an obvious manner.

Sent March 25, 2002 · Reported out after 171 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2083 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $300,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for violence prevention programs.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2097 · Makes certain bilingual education programs optional for a board of education.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2106 · Prohibits superintendent of schools from also serving as the school business administrator for a district.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2107 · Requires private contractors to suspend from duties involving contact with pupils school bus drivers charged with certain crimes or offenses.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2112 · Limits ballot question on reclassification of school district to once every five years.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Reported out after 304 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2113 · Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.

Sent March 18, 2002 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2043 · Provides access to the library record of a minor by the minor's parents or legal guardian under certain circumstances.

Sent March 14, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2056 · Establishes the NJ Teacher-Youth Mentoring Matchmaker Program in the DOE.

Sent March 14, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1974 · Requires a program of educational improvement assessment in State-operated school districts.

Sent March 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1983 · Permits instruction on the dynamics of family violence and child abuse as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent March 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1991 · Changes the composition of public college and university governing boards to include two student representatives.

Sent March 4, 2002 · Reported out after 430 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1994 · Requires school districts to report to DOE certain information on students removed from school pursuant to "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act."

Sent March 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 256 · Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.

Sent March 4, 2002 · Reported out after 94 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 384 · Provides that school pupil may not be on board a school bus unless driver is on board.

Sent March 4, 2002 · Reported out after 280 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1941 · Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.

Sent February 28, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1942 · Requires State Board of Examiners to issue certificates to certain school administrators who hold certification from other states.

Sent February 28, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1944 · Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain literacy advocacy programs. *

Sent February 28, 2002 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1849 · Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.

Sent February 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1874 · Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.

Sent February 21, 2002 · Reported out after 116 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1881 · Directs the State Board of Education to establish certification requirements for athletic coaches at public secondary schools.

Sent February 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1883 · Permits school districts to purchase property with surplus funds without voter approval and without indicating the item separately in the district's budget.

Sent February 21, 2002 · Reported out after 18 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1921 · Revises the calculation of State aid for school facilities projects.

Sent February 21, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1819 · Directs DOE to identify the content standards and progress indicators for districts which choose to acquaint students with the non-violence philosophy of certain leaders.

Sent February 11, 2002 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1821 · Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.

Sent February 11, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1697 · Establishes Violence Free School Zones for public elementary and secondary schools.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1714 · Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts and higher education institutions.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 91 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1717 · Requires school districts to establish plans for responding to emergencies and crises.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1719 · Directs the DOE to provide to every public school district George Washington's portrait to display; appropriates $135,000.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1721 · Excludes certain education savings account earnings from taxation under the gross income tax, and makes certain educational benefits available to the beneficiaries of those accounts.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1724 · Requires State responsibility for the educational costs of children in foster homes.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1732 · Strengthens screening procedures for school bus drivers.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 294 days

Assembly Bill 1736 · Concerns location of certain highway entry or exit ramps and schools.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1756 · Requires board of education to unseal and announce contents of bids for certain subcontracting only at regularly scheduled, public meetings of the board.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1760 · Designates the Department of Education Building as the "Matthew Feldman Building."

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1766 · Provides tuition assistance for children and spouses of New Jersey residents killed in the commission of a bias crime committed in retaliation for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1767 · Establishes a five year after-school pilot program in the Department of Education to discourage delinquency; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent February 4, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 906 · Supplemental appropriation of $10 million to the Department of State for the Educational Opportunity Fund Program.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1028 · Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500 and makes certain regional districts eligible for senior citizen stabilization aid.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1570 · Appropriates $1 million to Department of State for Ramapo College of New Jersey to create Center for International Education and Entrepreneurship.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1630 · Includes business broker in definition of real estate broker and salesperson.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 4 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1631 · The "New Jersey Pharmacist Business Assistance Act."

Sent January 31, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 4 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1645 · Permits students to satisfy high school graduation requirements by taking practical arts courses.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1680 · Provides that pupils may not be prohibited from using sign language on school property.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1684 · Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1685 · Establishes the Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism Program. *

Sent January 31, 2002 · Reported out after 462 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1690 · Authorizes Commissioner of Education to make adjustments in the school budget and election calendar and to certain notification dates for the 2002-2003 school year.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Reported out after 4 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1691 · Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds.

Sent January 31, 2002 · Reported out after 4 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 66 · Authorizes certain counties to increase the number of appointed board members on county vocational school district boards of education. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 289 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 72 · Provides that new ratables will be phased into the calculation of equalized valuation over a ten-year period in determining eligibility for State school aid.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 109 · Provides that student of limited English-speaking ability shall not be required to take certain tests.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 117 · Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 134 · Provides that certain special education treatment options or teaching methods shall be discontinued.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 149 · Establishes "State Special Education Services Fund" in DOE to finance the cost of special education programs and services for public school students.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 164 · Establishes a procedure for the diagnosis of reading ability of kindergarten, first and second grade pupils.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 180 · Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 191 · Revises State funding formula for public education.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 202 · Establishes the Excellence in Nursing Scholarship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 217 · Requires provision in certain board of education subcontracting agreements to assess the subcontractor a fee.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 118 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 243 · Establishes "Pledge for Life and Health" program for elementary school students.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 247 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 248 · Requires school districts to provide transportation to public school pupils living along hazardous routes.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 263 · Establishes a grant program in the Department of Human Services to provide start-up funding for the creation of after-school programs; appropriates $1,500,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 266 · Requires the State Auditor to audit school districts which receive State aid for school facilities projects.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 285 · Requires certain tax-exempt institutions to reimburse school districts for the local educational costs of students who reside in tax-exempt institutional facilities and are enrolled in the district.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 301 · Makes a supplemental appropriation of $700,000 to the College of New Jersey to renovate the WiIliam Green Farmhouse.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 335 · Requires student to stay in school and maintain at least 2.0 cumulative grade point average to acquire and retain driver's license.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 340 · Makes a supplemental appropriation of $3,000,000 to William Paterson University of New Jersey for asbestos removal projects.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 348 · Provides for reestablishment of local school board six months after creation of State-operated school district.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 376 · Provides fiscal rewards to school districts with low administrative expenditures.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 377 · Provides support for full-day kindergarten through the T&E budget.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 393 · Repeals prohibition against "negative check-off" fees on public institution of higher education tuition bills.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 407 · Forgives the reimbursement of State aid by former constituent district of a dissolved regional school district.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 416 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $73,000 for a grant to Union County College for Holocaust and Ethnic Studies Project.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 457 · Permits school districts to exceed the aid-in-lieu-of transportation amount when accepting bids for nonpublic school transportation in the case of subscription busing.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 149 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 459 · Requires report and recommendations to and a public hearing of the Senate and Assembly Education Committees with respect to certain information regarding part-time faculty at public institutions of higher education in New Jersey. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 474 · Provides alternatives concerning patterns of repeated unauthorized absences from school by a child between the ages of six and 16 years. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 247 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 545 · Establishes the Ergonomics in Education Study Commission.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 394 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 548 · Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 265 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 597 · Allows operators of school buses to obtain refunds of the motor fuels tax.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 612 · Requires sending districts to pay for the tuition and transportation costs of their students attending approved vocational programs at certain comprehensive high schools.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 642 · Amends the eligibility for additional supplemental stabilization aid for school districts with high senior citizen concentration.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 643 · Provides supplemental State aid to certain regional school district constituent municipalities to offset any tax increase associated with regionalization.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 647 · Provides additional supplemental stabilization aid to school districts located in Pinelands areas which experience declining enrollment.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 668 · Requires the award of Outstanding Scholars Recruitment Program scholarships to home-schooled students and prohibits the denial of a scholarship due to a student's lack of class rank.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 677 · Permits board of education to disqualify low bidder if any school district or the EDA in certain cases has had prior negative experience with the bidder. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 149 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 716 · Directs the State Board of Education to establish a preschool through grade 3 and a kindergarten through grade 8 endorsement to the instructional certificate and requires the preschool through grade 3 endorsement for preschool teachers. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 265 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 722 · Increases the number of sending school district representatives that may sit on certain receiving school district boards of education.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 726 · Conditions approval of charter school applications upon providing written documentation of adequate financial reserves.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 729 · Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2001-2002 school year.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 771 · Supplemental appropriation of $574,736 to Piscataway Township School District for the educational costs of children housed on the Rutgers campus.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 781 · The "Education Incentive Funding Program Act;" appropriates $1 million.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 783 · Requires a parent or guardian to sign consent form permitting pupil access to school district's interactive computer services.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 784 · Requires school boards to adopt a voluntary substance abuse testing policy for student athletes.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 272 days

Assembly Bill 786 · The "New Jersey Higher Education Performance -Based Accountability Act."

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 788 · Requires the Commission on Holocaust Education to monitor false information concerning the Holocaust disseminated over the Internet; appropriates $50,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 791 · Establishes the New Jersey Higher Education Internship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 797 · Permits a school district to use certain funds to establish a scholarship foundation.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 394 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 821 · Establishes subcommittee of local emergency councils to develop school crisis response action plans; appropriates $3 million.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 836 · Limits annual budget increases of four year public institutions of higher education.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 841 · Allows credit against corporation business tax for computer equipment donated to public or nonpublic schools in Abbott and certain other low-income districts. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 394 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 842 · Provides that the school district of residence for a child in a foster home shall be the present district of residence of the parent or guardian.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 51 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 845 · Provides that transportation of charter school student or aid in-lieu-of transportation will be provided based on certain maximum cost.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 867 · Provides additional State aid to certain school districts which send students to Abbott districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 877 · Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 118 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 879 · Establishes grant program to finance certain elementary school demonstration programs.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 881 · Provides for the reduction of the per pupil expenditure of certain constituent municipalities of regional school districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 893 · Prohibits school board from issuing a credit card to a member of the board.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 896 · Provides for annual meetings between local board of education and municipal governing body.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 919 · Establishes a public school choice pilot program for pupils residing in certain school districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 925 · Permits certain volunteers and family members to enroll in a public institution of higher education tuition-free and revises registration requirement for all institutions.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 948 · Requires driver's license suspension until age 21 for student who causes school disruption requiring make-up day.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 989 · Establishes the Public School Educational Funding Commission.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1000 · Creates the "School Tax Policy Funding Commission."

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1032 · Permits the refurbishment of school buses to extend the life of the bus by eight years.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1033 · Authorizes county vocational schools and technical institutes to employ non-certificated persons in post-secondary and adult continuing education programs.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1037 · Provides incentive grants for school districts to establish educational foundations.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1043 · Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1045 · Requires joint municipal planning board review of long-range facilities plans developed by regional school districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1051 · Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that teaching assistants have effective teaching skills.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1086 · Permits boards of education to establish comprehensive household safety education programs; appropriates $750,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1107 · "Standards and Assessments Accountability Act."

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1110 · Allows school districts to administer certain surveys to students only after receiving written informed parental consent.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 23 days

Assembly Bill 1137 · Requires that new teachers hired by licensed child care centers to provide preschool classes to Abbott district students be certified.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1139 · Establishes the Educational Technology Grant Program in the Department of Education.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1140 · Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 289 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1141 · Implements a pilot tuition aid grant program for part-time students using unclaimed lottery prize money. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 265 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1142 · Provides New Jersey certification as a school administrator or principal to any applicant with similar certification in another State.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1145 · Revises certain endorsements to the instructional certificate, requires certified teachers in licensed child care centers located in Early Childhood Program Aid districts, and establishes a loan program to assist in the attainment of certification.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1146 · Requires that student's disciplinary records be transferred to receiving district when student transfers districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 51 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1147 · Requires school boards to mandate wearing of protective devices by pupils and teachers who are dealing with certain dangerous materials or processes and to ensure that teaching staff are properly trained; appropriates $125,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1149 · Establishes a fund through which a receiving district would be reimbursed if it has to refund tuition moneys to a sending district because of an overpayment; appropriates $3 million.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1150 · Requires county college board of trustees to provide certain notices of layoffs.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1152 · Exempts teachers from foreign countries from teacher citizenship requirements and permits boards of education to temporarily employ such teachers.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1160 · Requires the Governor's annual budget recommendations to establish the State share of public school costs at 50 percent by dedicating growth in certain State revenues.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1165 · Establishes a gross income tax credit for full time enrollment at four year institutions of higher education, county colleges and accredited post-secondary schools in New Jersey.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1166 · Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1180 · Requires instruction on parenting as part of family life education.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1197 · Provides that no adjustment shall be made to State school aid for enrollment overcount in school years prior to 1997-98.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1301 · Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 27 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1309 · Provides for immediate restoration of school board when local control is reestablished in State-operated district.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1313 · Makes a supplemental appropriation of $50,000 for an endowment to the Wynona Moore Lipman Ethnic Studies Center to be established at Kean University.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1316 · Revises the definition of Abbott district to include certain county vocational school districts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1318 · Authorizes issuance of $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds to help finance library construction and renovation and appropriates $5,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1326 · Prohibits dissemination of student personal information on the Internet without parental consent.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 125 days

Assembly Bill 1329 · Establishes a gross income tax credit for enrollment at a New Jersey College or university.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1332 · Concerns subcontracting by public schools and higher education institutions.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Moved on without a report after 118 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1335 · Permits a board of education to adopt a salary policy in excess of three years and requires the payment of increments pursuant to an expired policy in certain circumstances.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1343 · Concerns employment rights of teaching staff at schools and programs subject to State takeovers.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1348 · Increases nonpublic pupil transportation to 30 miles from the pupil's residence.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1349 · Permits absence from school resulting from suspension to be counted as unexcused absence.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1350 · Requires the State Board of Education to adopt core curriculum content standards for technology.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 160 days

Assembly Bill 1362 · Requires charter school to notify resident school district of enrollment of students for next school year no later than January 15 and resident district to approve any enrollment after that date.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1363 · Permits home-schooled students to participate in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1372 · Limits minors' access to certain Internet materials in public schools and libraries.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1375 · Provides for posting of radon testing results in public schools.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 335 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1389 · Provides for the inclusion of certain district factor group A or B districts based on 1990 census data within the Abbott district definition.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1391 · Encourages the development of character education programs.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 27 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1399 · Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in public school districts to assist students with print disabilities.*

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 265 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1505 · Establishes the Higher Education Master Plan Commission in the Legislative Branch of State government. *

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 265 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1507 · Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in public or nonpublic schools in the State.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1508 · Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1513 · Concerns treatment of and penalties for certain truant and incorrigible pupils.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 321 days

Assembly Bill 1526 · Requires school districts to adopt harassment and bullying prevention policies.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 160 days

Assembly Bill 1561 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from permitting direct solicitation of students for credit card accounts.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1562 · Establishes Institute of Law and Mental Health; appropriates $95,000.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1568 · Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Governor's School of New Jersey.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1572 · Permits school boards to contract with certain organizations for education management services.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1575 · Requires voter approval of a school district lease purchase agreement.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1594 · Allows corporation business tax and gross income tax credits for contributions to certain entities providing educational scholarships to low-income children in New Jersey; provides an Educational Option Act.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1595 · Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1610 · Requires certain appointments to the board of trustees of a State College.

Sent January 8, 2002 · Reported out after 289 days · did not pass the General Assembly