Education

Assembly Bill 4426 · Prohibits certain voluntary associations from denying eligibility for State playoff competitions to teams and athletes from certain school districts and nonpublic schools.

Sent November 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4336 · Implements the economic indicator recommendations of the Commissioner of Education on Abbott district designation.

Sent June 30, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4339 · Provides that title to certain school district property will be conveyed by the district to the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.

Sent June 30, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4340 · Requires Commission on Higher Education to prepare report on certain State college personnel.

Sent June 30, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4304 · Requires public school districts to provide CPR training and certification as part of curriculum; requires DOE to provide CPR instructor training; requires certain teachers to obtain training in CPR instruction.

Sent June 27, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4305 · Establishes Task Force on Education Reform.

Sent June 27, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4232 · Requires school bus drivers to inspect bus for pupils remaining at end of route.

Sent June 23, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4263 · Extends useful life of certain school buses from 12 to 16 years.

Sent June 23, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4215 · Requires approval from appropriation committees of the Legislature for employee bonuses proposed by certain public institutions of higher education.

Sent June 20, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4222 · Prohibits outside employment by presidents of State colleges.

Sent June 20, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4226 · Establishes pilot program to study feasibility of regionalization of certain school districts; appropriates $150,000.

Sent June 20, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 500 · Authorizes school boards to adopt policy for drug testing certain students. *

Sent June 20, 2005 · Moved on without a report after 7 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 4181 · Exempts certain purchases by school food service providers from the sales and use tax.

Sent June 13, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4201 · Changes the voting requirements necessary to modify the method for apportioning costs in a regional district.

Sent June 13, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3904 · Establishes the Special Education Review Commission.

Sent June 9, 2005 · Reported out after 4 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 4146 · Provides that Commissioner of Education may not approve an exemption for a separate budget question that includes funds associated with school district librarians and library services included in prior year budget.

Sent June 9, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4152 · Requires compliance with testing provisions of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" only if those requirements are supported through federal funds.

Sent June 9, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 2417 · Establishes the Special Education Review Commission.

Sent June 9, 2005 · Reported out after 4 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 4099 · Adds two student representatives to board of governors of Rutgers University.

Sent May 16, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4102 · Establishes a State aid program for charter school facilities.

Sent May 16, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4115 · Changes criteria for continued receipt of NJ STARS scholarship after first year of enrollment in a county college.

Sent May 16, 2005 · Moved on without a report after 24 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 4093 · "County College Nursing Student Loan and Loan Redemption Program Act"; appropriates $2 million.

Sent May 12, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4022 · Extends the life of certain school buses from 12 to 15 years.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4023 · Requires public schools to include instruction on humane treatment of animals as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4029 · Clarifies designation of district of residence for pupils who reside on certain federal property.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4033 · Establishes a loan redemption program for certified vocational-technical education teachers employed in public schools in the State.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4036 · Authorizes public institutions of higher education to establish textbook rental programs.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 4039 · Provides that EDA and school districts must use school prototypes in the construction of school facilities projects.

Sent May 5, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3942 · The "Safe Schools and Communities Violence Prevention and Response Plan Act of 2000;" appropriates $5,100,000.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3948 · Establishes Office of Minority Teacher Recruitment in Department of Education.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3969 · Exempts New Jersey teachers' purchase of qualified teaching materials from sales and use tax.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3970 · Directs public school officials regarding the administration and implementation of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." *

Sent May 2, 2005 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3982 · Prohibits EDA or school district from entering into contract for payment of relocation costs of tenant or leaseholder until contract for purchase of site is executed.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3991 · Establishes date of initial employment with board of education as effective date of provisional teaching certificate and provides that novice teacher will be a teaching staff member for all purposes.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3993 · Prohibits use of public school corrective actions available under federal law unless actions are scientifically based and proven effective in bringing about desired organizational change.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Reported out after 17 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3994 · Establishes the Higher Education Study Commission.

Sent May 2, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3938 · Establishes School Asthma Protocol Task Force; appropriates $15,000.

Sent March 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 458 · Permits board of education to accept donations for purpose of providing property tax relief.

Sent March 14, 2005 · Reported out after 269 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3912 · Permits students with cystic fibrosis to self-administer medication.

Sent March 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3921 · Provides free legal counsel to parent or guardian of child with disability involved in certain disputes regarding child's education rights.

Sent March 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3931 · Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public school teaching staff members and to revise the Core Curriculum Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Educ

Sent March 10, 2005 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3909 · Allows a candidate for a teacher certificate an exemption to the grade point average requirement under certain circumstances.

Sent March 7, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3842 · Adds executive director of Joint Committee on the Public Schools to the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation.

Sent March 1, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3854 · Establishes the New Jersey School Counts County College Scholarship Program; appropriates $2,000,000.

Sent March 1, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3861 · Provides for compensation of teachers on appropriate salary guide and schedule after withholding of an increment.

Sent March 1, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3865 · Clarifies law concerning the administration of epinephrine to students with dual orders.

Sent March 1, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3904 · Establishes the Special Education Review Commission.

Sent March 1, 2005 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3908 · Increases the number of legislators serving on the Task Force to Study Attendance in Public Schools from four to eight. *

Sent March 1, 2005 · Reported out after 6 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3839 · Requires the State to provide State aid for public school adult high school programs.

Sent February 24, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3791 · Includes electronic communication in definition of public school "harassment, intimidation or bullying."

Sent February 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3804 · Establishes a Learning Through Listening Program in public school districts to assist students with print disabilities.

Sent February 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3823 · Clarifies the entities able to participate in school district joint self-insurance groups.

Sent February 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 646 · Allows a candidate for a teacher certificate an exemption to the grade point average requirement under certain circumstances. *

Sent February 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1453 · Eliminates maximum interest rate on bonds issued by school districts.

Sent February 14, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3752 · Requires that each school district budget receive a minimum percentage of 50% State support.

Sent February 7, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3768 · Permits criminal history record check for unpaid volunteers in schools and requires applicant to be reimbursed for costs of check; permits the reimbursement of paid school personnel for such costs.

Sent February 7, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3769 · Revises public school district budget cap adjustment for special education and establishes adjustments for utility costs, health benefits costs, legal fees, and membership dues for New Jersey School Boards Association.

Sent February 7, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3775 · Increases the number of legislators on the Amistad Commission from four to eight.

Sent February 7, 2005 · Reported out after 7 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3740 · Allows public school districts to maintain a 3% surplus in the 2005-2006 school year and each subsequent school year.

Sent January 24, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1397 · Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for students who are called to active duty for certain military operations. *

Sent January 13, 2005 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3680 · Revises school district budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, provides adjustment for utility costs and an appeal on administrative cost limits, and authorizes 3% surplus for 2006-2007

Sent January 13, 2005 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3718 · Requires public institutions of higher education to prorate salary for part-time faculty appointments based on salary for comparable full-time positions.

Sent January 13, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3698 · Prohibits supplemental compensation for unused sick leave for public school employees with an annual salary of $100,000 or more.

Sent January 11, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3711 · Requires school bus drivers to wear and visibly display photo identification.

Sent January 11, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3615 · Provides a temporary budget cap adjustment for salary increments or salary adjustments for school district employees that exceed 2.5% or the CPI, whichever is greater.

Sent January 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3620 · Revises the calculation of school district budget caps, eliminates the restrictions on the submission of separate proposal for additional spending, and requires a performance audit upon the submission of such proposals.

Sent January 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3625 · "Billy's Law;" directs Department of Education to establish a register of qualified educational facilities outside the State for special education students and establishes procedures for the placement of such facilities on the register.

Sent January 10, 2005 · Reported out after 56 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3665 · Increases the EDA bonding limit for the State share of school facilities projects.

Sent January 10, 2005 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3605 · Permits public school students involved in general election activities to be absent from school on election day.

Sent December 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3610 · Provides that public schools will not be in session on Veterans' Day of each year.

Sent December 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3576 · Allows public school districts to charge cable television companies to broadcast high school regular-season sports games.

Sent December 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3580 · Authorizes Commissioner of Education to reduce or eliminate any penalty imposed upon a school district which exceeds per pupil administrative cost limit for the district's region.

Sent December 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3598 · Establishes Task Force to recommend return-to-play guidelines following student-athlete head injuries.

Sent December 9, 2004 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2808 · Provides that a school district may finance energy savings improvements or renovations with a 15-year lease purchase agreement. *

Sent December 2, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3552 · Requires tax-exempt entities to reimburse school districts for the local educational costs of students who reside in tax-exempt housing and are enrolled in the district.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3561 · Prohibits public school districts from joining under certain circumstances voluntary associations which oversee Statewide interscholastic sports programs.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3562 · Requires that athletic facilities of public school districts and public institutions of higher education be made available for certain high school playoff games and meets. *

Sent December 2, 2004 · Reported out after 95 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3568 · Provides State aid to Abbott district charter school students to reach 90% of maximum T&E amount.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3570 · Requires State Board of Education to authorize African-American studies endorsement to the instructional certificate.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3571 · Requires social studies teachers to complete training in African-American studies.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3572 · Requires the Commissioner of Education to study and recommend a plan to implement a centralized Statewide instructional materials purchasing system.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Reported out after 95 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3573 · Clarifies that information developed by Amistad Commission for curriculum of public school districts may not be supplanted by information developed by another entity.

Sent December 2, 2004 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3518 · Establishes the Higher Education Master Plan Commission in the Legislative Branch of State government.

Sent November 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3525 · Revises calculation of school district budget caps, increases allowable surplus for public school districts, and revises adjustment for special education costs.

Sent November 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3542 · Establishes the "School Construction Review Commission."

Sent November 22, 2004 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3543 · Establishes a public school class-size reduction program; appropriates $42,000,000.

Sent November 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3503 · Requires school districts annually to measure the body mass index of public school pupils.

Sent November 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3488 · Limits annual increases in tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education to 2.5% or the CPI.

Sent November 8, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3491 · Revises calculation of budget caps, increases allowable surplus for public school districts, and eliminates restrictions on transfer of surplus.

Sent November 8, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3452 · Authorizes the issuance of $2,000,000,000 in general obligation bonds to finance the construction and renovation of higher education facilities; appropriates $5,000.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3457 · Authorizes the conferral of certain academic degrees by religious corporations.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3477 · 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 November 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3478 · Establishes October 1 as uniform eligibility date for admission to kindergarten in public school districts.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Reported out after 221 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3479 · Revises school district budget cap adjustments for special education and courtesy busing, makes permanent adjustment for insurance and domestic security, and provides adjustment for utility costs.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3480 · Establishes in the DOE a three-year community service pilot program for juniors in high school beginning in the 2005-2006 school year.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Reported out after 35 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3483 · Authorizes State Board of Examiners to issue credentials to serve as substitute teachers and substitute school nurses and to collect fees for the issuance of the credentials.

Sent November 4, 2004 · Reported out after 35 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Senate Bill 580 · Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and county special services school district into a single school district.

Sent October 25, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1044 · Authorizes colleges and universities to investigate the fitness of applicants for police officer.

Sent October 25, 2004 · Reported out after 133 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 1598 · Establishes in the DOE a three-year community service pilot program for juniors in high school beginning in the 2005-2006 school year. *

Sent October 25, 2004 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3428 · Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and county special services school district into a single school district.

Sent October 21, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3431 · Revises the calculation of courtesy busing school budget cap adjustment for courtesy busing performed along a hazardous route.

Sent October 21, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3362 · Appropriates $18.3 million in FY 2005 to the Department of Education to fully fund extraordinary special education costs.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Reported out after 52 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3363 · Directs an annual appropriation of $12 million for the support of professional development for teaching staff members.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3382 · Eliminates restrictions on the submission of separate school budget proposals for additional funds and maintains school district surplus at 3% in the 2005-2006 school year and thereafter.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3386 · Provides categorical State aid for public school district special education expenditures.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3402 · Allows corporation business tax credit for value of supplies and equipment donated to public schools.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3405 · Appropriates $70,000 in FY 2005 to the Department of Education to reimburse school districts for the costs of establishing programs for the prevention of harassment and bullying.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3410 · Authorizes boards of education to extend school day by one hour to make up for canceled days.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3419 · Ensures that school districts in Hunterdon, Warren and Sussex Counties continue to provide out-of-State transportation to certain nonpublic school pupils, despite population changes in the county.

Sent October 18, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3360 · Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide laptop computers and support services to pupils and teachers in public school districts.

Sent October 7, 2004 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3329 · Adds mayor to boards of trustees of the State colleges.

Sent October 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3341 · Requires school bus safety instruction in all school districts which provide pupil transportation.

Sent October 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3349 · Provides NJ STARS scholarship to certain students who had been enrolled in a dual enrollment program established by the students's high school and a county college.

Sent October 4, 2004 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3308 · Requires private vocational schools to provide adequate written notification when planning to close facilities.

Sent September 30, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3312 · Withholds State aid to public and independent institutions of higher education which increase tuition and fees by more than CPI.

Sent September 30, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3261 · 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 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3303 · Allows parents of dependent home-school children gross income tax credits for tuition expenses for certain gifted and talented distance learning classes.

Sent September 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3212 · Provides that graduates of regional or consolidated high schools with constituent municipalities located in different counties are eligible for resident tuition rates at certain county colleges.

Sent September 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3231 · Revises calculation of budget caps and increases allowable surplus for public school districts.

Sent September 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3245 · Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.

Sent September 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 112 days

Assembly Bill 3157 · Appropriates $537,965 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Kean University.

Sent September 13, 2004 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3184 · Establishes pilot program to provide incentive grants to public school districts which develop instruction programs in languages of critical need; appropriates $2,000,000.

Sent September 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3185 · Provides that children under care, custody or supervision of DYFS may not be home-schooled.

Sent September 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3189 · Reduces threshold amount for extraordinary cost special education State aid to $38,000 and by an additional $2000 for each subsequent school year.

Sent September 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3194 · Establishes Commission on the Funding of a Thorough and Efficient Public School Education to develop per pupil cost of providing a public school district regular education program.

Sent September 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3196 · Establishes certain nutritional restrictions on food and beverages served, sold or given away to pupils in public and certain nonpublic schools. *

Sent September 13, 2004 · Reported out after 0 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3089 · Provides that repayment of liquid assets by certain former constituent districts of dissolved limited purpose regional district be made over ten-year period.

Sent June 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1298 · Requires certain public entities to competitively bid in order to provide pupil transportation services to a local school district.

Sent June 24, 2004 · Reported out after 168 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3063 · Requires certain public entities to competitively bid in order to provide pupil transportation services to a local school district.

Sent June 21, 2004 · Reported out after 171 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3072 · Appropriates $300 million in FY 2005 to the Department of Education to make the June 22, 2005 State aid payment.

Sent June 21, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3077 · Appropriates $1,289,407 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Mercer County College.

Sent June 21, 2004 · Reported out after 101 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3085 · Provides additional State school aid to certain school districts with significant enrollment growth.

Sent June 21, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 1419 · Expands law providing penalty against teacher who leaves job prior to expiration of contract to include teachers at approved private schools for the disabled.

Sent June 21, 2004 · Reported out after 238 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 3012 · Prohibits State Board of Education from authorizing use of special review assessment as an alternative for meeting graduation requirements.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3024 · Expands law providing penalty against teacher who leaves job prior to expiration of contract to include teachers at approved private schools for the disabled.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Reported out after 245 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 3027 · Requires Abbott districts to fully fund text books, school supplies, teachers and libraries before spending on other district needs.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3028 · Eliminates public school district budget reduction appeals to Commissioner of Education.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3032 · Expands school breakfast program to all schools with 5% or more of the students eligible for free or reduced price meals.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3046 · Requires county colleges to award college credits to emergency medical technicians for certain training courses.

Sent June 14, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 3006 · Eliminates cap banking for public school districts.

Sent June 10, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2934 · Prohibits public school fund-raising activities which include unsupervised door-to-door sales by students.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2943 · Requires readings at two separate meetings before final passage of a policy by a board of education.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2944 · Requires public school districts to post policy manuals on internet; requires Department of Education to make internet server available to districts for posting of policy manuals.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2945 · Requires boards of education to permit public participation at board meetings.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2955 · Prohibits requiring school and county college employees to search for or handle explosive devices.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2957 · Requires public school district to provide paid time off when certain volunteer emergency aid workers are called to alarm during work hours.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Reported out after 126 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2963 · Permits public school districts to publish on internet certain notices which they are currently required to publish in newspaper.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2964 · Requires DOE to establish working group to develop a plan for the regional provision of special education services.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2968 · Eliminates the public vote on a school district budget which is within cap.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2973 · Requires the placement of defibrillators in public school buildings.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2980 · Requires the reporting of criminal offenses occurring on school property to law enforcement authorities.

Sent May 27, 2004 · Reported out after 263 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2905 · Prohibits sale of certain high-calorie beverages in public schools.

Sent May 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 112 days

Assembly Bill 2920 · Increases the amount of bonds issued by EDA for county vocational school district school facilities projects.

Sent May 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2882 · Specifies courses of study that a student may take in a county college located out of the county of residence.

Sent May 20, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2892 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing nonresident tuition fees on members of New Jersey National Guard and surviving children and spouses of Guard members killed in line of duty.

Sent May 20, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 133 days

Senate Bill 532 · Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student who is called to active duty for certain military operations.

Sent May 20, 2004 · Reported out after 238 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 776 · Clarifies the entities able to participate in school district joint self-insurance groups.

Sent May 20, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2859 · Appropriates $50,000 from the Jobs, Education and Competitiveness Fund to the Commission on Higher Education for Felician College.

Sent May 17, 2004 · Reported out after 17 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2865 · Requires New Jersey institutions of higher education to disseminate fire safety information about their facilities to students, parents or guardians, and employees.

Sent May 17, 2004 · Reported out after 119 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2870 · Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for instruction by public school districts on child abduction prevention.

Sent May 17, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2808 · Provides that a school district may finance energy savings improvements or renovations with a 15-year lease purchase agreement. *

Sent May 13, 2004 · Reported out after 21 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2811 · Directs Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines for instruction by public school districts on child abduction prevention.

Sent May 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2750 · Reduces senior citizen concentration rate required for receipt of senior citizen stabilization aid paid to public school districts.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Reported out after 143 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2752 · Mandates training of school bus drivers.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2764 · Prohibits students in interscholastic athletics from using certain substances; permits boards of education to offer instruction on the dangers of performance-enhancing substances.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Reported out after 280 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2765 · Requires public school districts to provide instruction on "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act" as part of core curriculum content standards.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2783 · Establishes the Department of Higher Education.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2785 · Requires school districts in all third class counties to provide out-of-State transportation to nonpublic school pupils if the school is within a certain mileage limit.

Sent May 10, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2795 · Adds two employees to the boards of trustees of the State colleges. **

Sent May 10, 2004 · Reported out after 143 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2657 · Requires Police Training Commission, in consultation with the Attorney General, to develop training course for safe schools resource officers and school liasions to law enforcement. *

Sent May 6, 2004 · Reported out after 165 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2669 · Eliminates various mandates imposed on public school districts.

Sent May 6, 2004 · Reported out after 581 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2678 · Requires parent receiving adoption subsidy to arrange for medical examination and enroll adopted child in school.

Sent May 6, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2746 · Directs Commission on Higher Education to establish a committee authorized to apply for federal grants on behalf of the State research universities.

Sent May 6, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2612 · Requires appointed board of education members and candidates for an elected board to reveal criminal convictions prior to assuming or running for office.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2613 · Requires public schools to weight courses in visual and performing arts equally with other courses worth same number of credits in calculating grade point average.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2641 · Raises the statutory threshold for the public advertisement of bids under the "State College Contracts Law" and makes other changes to that law.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Moved on without a report after 31 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2643 · Establishes New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC), a new State monitoring system for public school districts.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Reported out after 203 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2645 · Establishes the level of State school aid for the 2004-2005 school year.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2649 · Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500, reduces senior citizen concentration rate required for receipt of the aid, and makes certain regional districts eligible for the aid.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2652 · Directs school nurse to develop individual health care plans to ensure safety of students with diabetes.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 434 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing nonresident tuition fees on members of New Jersey National Guard and surviving children and spouses of Guard members killed in line of duty.

Sent May 3, 2004 · Reported out after 150 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Senate Bill 1192 · Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *

Sent May 3, 2004 · Reported out after 3 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2554 · Requires State aid for operating expenses of higher education institutions as a percentage of the State budget to equal national average.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2572 · Allows the receiving district in a sending-receiving relationship to restrict the number of students from its sending districts that are permitted to enroll in the interdistrict public school choice program.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2573 · Makes position of treasurer of school moneys optional.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2575 · Revises penalties for illegally passing school bus.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 84 days

Assembly Bill 2588 · Establishes enforcement and notice provisions for certain restrictions on distribution of election literature by school personnel.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2589 · The "Public School Employee Collective Bargaining Reform Act."

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2604 · Requires that driver education curriculum include information on automobile insurance.

Sent March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2608 · 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 March 15, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2481 · Requires acquisition of defibrillators for use in public and nonpublic high schools and training of certain personnel in usage; appropriates $900,000.

Sent March 11, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2526 · Prohibits use of public school district facilities and equipment to produce obscene materials.

Sent March 11, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2527 · Prohibits use of public school district facilities and equipment to produce obscene materials.

Sent March 11, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 500 · Establishes NJ STARS Program to provide scholarships for county college students. *

Sent March 4, 2004 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1248 · Concerns location of certain highway entry or exit ramps and schools.

Sent March 4, 2004 · Reported out after 0 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1724 · Directs the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Human Services to work with institutions of higher education in the development of certain family programs.

Sent March 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2463 · Establishes the NJ STARS Scholarship Program for county college students; appropriates $10 million.

Sent March 4, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 63 days

Assembly Bill 2448 · 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 February 26, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 81 days

Assembly Bill 2387 · Establishes the Public School Tuition Equity Study Commission.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2390 · Establishes the County School District Feasibility Study Commission.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2391 · Permits certain pupils to participate in interscholastic athletic programs.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Reported out after 324 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2398 · Provides that Commissioner of Education may not impose a minimum surplus requirement on public school districts.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2404 · Requires each public school to observe a period of silence on September 11 of each school year.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Reported out after 237 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2414 · Provides State matching funds to school districts in the amount of savings realized from the provision of educational or administrative services through an educational services commission.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2415 · Requires that certain information on school district expenditures and student achievement be printed on the ballot and sample ballot for the annual school election.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2417 · Requires the Commissioner of Education to study the issue of school district consolidation and to develop a plan to eliminate local school districts and establish a county-based educational system.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2424 · Requires public and independent 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 February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2427 · Provides that charter school administrators and trustees are subject to provisions of School Ethics Act.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2429 · Establishes a gross income tax credit for enrollment at a New Jersey college or university.

Sent February 24, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2356 · Prohibits the sale of foods high in sugar and sodium content in public schools.

Sent February 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 203 days

Senate Bill 193 · Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.

Sent February 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 315 · Permits boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs.

Sent February 23, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Senate Bill 337 · Provides that charter school administrators and trustees are subject to provisions of School Ethics Act.

Sent February 23, 2004 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 411 · Establishes a program to provide college scholarships to the parent, spouses and children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. *

Sent February 19, 2004 · Reported out after 329 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 696 · Prohibits public colleges from charging tuition to students who are parents, spouses or children of those killed, missing in action or disabled in Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom or in Operation Iraqi Freedom. *

Sent February 19, 2004 · Reported out after 329 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2332 · Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the New Jersey Better Education Savings Trust (NJBEST) Program.

Sent February 19, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2333 · Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.

Sent February 19, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2339 · Prohibits sale on school property of certain foods during school breakfast and lunch periods.

Sent February 19, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 207 days

Assembly Bill 200 · Provides for the annual selection of six school facilities demonstration projects under the State's school construction law. *

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2080 · Establishes the Commission on After-School Programs in DHS; appropriates $25,000.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2096 · Requires public school districts to include anger management instruction as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2099 · Regulates the use of cameras in public school restrooms.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2139 · Establishes minimum salary of $40,000 for teaching staff members in school districts and educational services commissions.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2141 · Requires nonpublic schools to establish procedures for the maintenance of, and access to, pupil records and authorizes parental review of tests.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2143 · Permits certain persons convicted of welfare fraud to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2144 · 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 February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2147 · Requires public school districts to prepare annual report on school district contracts.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2148 · Establishes a loan redemption program for teachers employed in public or nonpublic schools in the State.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2151 · Makes a supplemental appropriation of $700,000 to the College of New Jersey to renovate the WiIliam Green Farmhouse.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2153 · Requires high schools to include driving safety instruction as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2161 · Requires the placement of organ donation information and materials at public institutions of higher education.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 371 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2169 · Requires that newly-manufactured school buses be equipped with sensors.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 392 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2170 · Authorizes school districts that operate nonmandated preschool programs to collect tuition from parents or guardians of children enrolled in the program.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2187 · 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 February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2204 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from imposing nonresident tuition fees on members of New Jersey National Guard and surviving children and spouses of Guard members killed in line of duty.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 234 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2229 · Authorizes school boards to establish a firearm safety program.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2230 · Requires school districts to provide certain parents with the school report card.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2233 · Provides that public school pupils may choose not to participate in certain experiments involving animals and requires schools to provide alternative education projects.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 115 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2239 · 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 February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2249 · Permits boards of education to establish prepaid lunch programs.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2254 · Requires institutions of higher education to attempt to ascertain and make available information on crimes committed against students while studying abroad.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2257 · Permits a school district to use certain funds to establish a scholarship foundation.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Reported out after 98 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2267 · Exempts certain persons enrolled in public institutions of higher education from payment of undergraduate tuition at nonresident rates.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2268 · Requires school districts to establish plans for responding to emergencies and crises.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2276 · 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 February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2279 · Requires Commissioner of Education to designate a day in April on which 12th grade students will be provided a class on the importance of voter participation.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2281 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $300,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Education for violence prevention programs.

Sent February 9, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1557 · Adds four legislative members to Amistad Commission.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 2010 · Requires Office of Attorney General to provide annual gang education seminars for school administrators.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Reported out after 375 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 2012 · Establishes disciplinary procedure for school board members when charged with certain crimes.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2013 · Authorizes county board of education to impose income tax surcharge upon county residents for purpose of reducing or offsetting county school property taxes.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2020 · Requires the placement of defibrillators in certain public and nonpublic school buildings.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2023 · Requires two-way communications equipment on school buses.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2035 · Requires the establishment of a prequalification process for prospective bidders on public school district transportation contracts.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2036 · Authorizes a board of education to reject the lowest bid for a school transportation contract based on the school bus safety inspection record of the bidder.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2039 · Provides free tuition at public institutions of higher education for surviving spouses and dependent children of military personnel killed in performance of duties.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2040 · Establishes parental orientation program in the Abbott school districts.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2045 · Requires sending districts to pay for the tuition and transportation costs of their students attending approved vocational programs at certain comprehensive high schools.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2049 · Increases the amount of bonds issued for county college capital projects which qualify for State debt service aid support.

Sent February 5, 2004 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1918 · Requires certain testing and medical examinations of home-schooled children.

Sent January 26, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1958 · Regulates use of student Social Security numbers by institutions of higher education.

Sent January 26, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1975 · Requires the placement of defibrillators at public and independent institutions of higher education.

Sent January 26, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 2009 · 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 January 26, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1861 · Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education tuition and fee expenses.

Sent January 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1871 · Permits the establishment of sick leave banks for school employees.

Sent January 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1905 · Revises State funding formula for public education.

Sent January 22, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 110 · Establishes a grant program for school districts to establish substance abuse prevention programs for eighth grade students; appropriates $2,500,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 117 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 118 · Establishes the required level of State aid for the Abbott districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 152 · Establishes a procedure for the diagnosis of reading ability of kindergarten, first and second grade pupils.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 171 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 182 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 186 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 187 · Allows a gross income tax deduction for certain higher education loan payments.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 212 · Requires public school districts to apply all attendance and courses studied at county juvenile detention centers toward district requirements for graduation.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 51 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 217 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 218 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 224 · Permits school boards to contract with certain organizations for education management services.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 238 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 239 · Allows gross income tax credits for certain dependent educational expenses; provides a Parental Control and Involvement Act.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 247 · Provides explicit statutory authority for a trust to own an account under the NJBEST Program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 260 · Authorizes issuance of $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds to help finance library construction and renovation and appropriates $5,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 288 · Revises State funding formula for public education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 295 · Requires voter approval prior to the establishment of a charter school within certain school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 305 · Requires training in diabetes care for certain school employees and use of medical management plans in schools for students with diabetes.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 308 · Excuses students with conflicts of conscience from certain class requirements of public insitutions of higher education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 310 · Prohibits use of equipment and facilities to produce obscene materials in public school districts and public institutions of higher education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 311 · Prohibits institutions of higher education from using or displaying students' social security numbers.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 323 · Requires board of education to unseal and announce contents of bids for certain subcontracting only at regularly scheduled, public meetings of the board.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 324 · Designates the Department of Education Building as the "Matthew Feldman Building."

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 356 · Provides that student of limited English-speaking ability shall not be required to take certain tests.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 364 · Establishes a gross income tax credit for attendance at New Jersey county colleges.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 376 · Provides that certain special education treatment options or teaching methods shall be discontinued.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 379 · Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for certain literacy advocacy programs.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 389 · Authorizes Commissioner of Education to increase the State share of certain county vocational school district school facilities projects.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 114 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 396 · Permits school bus operator to display "Stop When Red Lights Are Flashing" on rear of bus.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 244 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 399 · Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren Counties.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 404 · Grants Abbott district status to the school districts of Buena Regional, Commercial Township, Fairfield Township, Salem City and Woodbine.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 410 · Excludes income of school district residents who rank in the top 1% of income from DOE calculation of district factor group scores.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 417 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $12 million from the General Fund to the Department of Education for Teacher Quality Mentoring.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 421 · Requires instruction on compulsive gambling to be included as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 443 · Directs the State Board of Education to establish certification requirements for athletic coaches at public secondary schools.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 444 · Permits school districts to purchase property with surplus funds without voter approval and without indicating the item separately in the district's budget.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 468 · Establishes a limited education grant program for certain school districts sending pupils to a district that is experiencing overcrowding in its school facilities.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 469 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 493 · Requires school district to establish preschool recruitment program under certain conditions.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 494 · Directs State to purchase certain properties leased by Thomas Edison State College; makes appropriation therefor.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 539 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 540 · Permits home-schooled students to participate in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 314 days

Assembly Bill 545 · Provides access to the library record of a minor by the minor's parents or legal guardian under certain circumstances.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 551 · Provides that budget cap adjustment for the opening of a new school facility may be taken over several budget years in certain circumstances.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 552 · Revises operations of county educational audiovisual centers and authorizes establishment of regional centers.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 558 · Authorizes school districts to increase surplus if long-range facilities plan demonstrates significant enrollment growth.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 562 · Eliminates voting on school district budget that is within the mandated cap.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 563 · Provides gross income tax deduction for three years of nursing pay for new enrollees in nursing education programs.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 565 · "Standards and Assessments Accountability Act."

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 571 · Eliminates requirement that school bus drivers be fingerprinted for license renewal.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 578 · Allows a refundable gross income tax credit for education and training expenses for developmentally disabled children.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 589 · Provides alternatives concerning patterns of repeated unauthorized absences from school by a child between the ages of six and 16 years.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 610 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 614 · Directs the DOE to provide to every public school district George Washington's portrait to display; appropriates $135,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 667 days

Assembly Bill 616 · Permits board of education to accept donations for purpose of providing property tax relief.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 695 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 620 · Establishes deadline and notice requirements for processing of teacher certification applications.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 638 · Provides that preliminary eligible costs will equal estimated actual costs for certain school facilities projects necessary to address a health hazard. *

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 642 · Requires Commissioner of Education to grant an equivalency or waiver under certain conditions.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 647 · Allows school districts to qualify for assistance under the New Jersey Shade Tree and Community Forestry Assistance Act.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 648 · Requires school bus driver to inspect bus, activate safety device at end of transportation route to ensure that no pupil has been left on board.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 652 · Requires the Commission on Holocaust Education to monitor false information concerning the Holocaust disseminated over the Internet; appropriates $50,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 653 · Establishes the New Jersey Higher Education Internship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 654 · Establishes Violence Free School Zones for public elementary and secondary schools.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 658 · Provides additional State school aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth and low per pupil property and income wealth.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 662 · Provides immunity from civil liability for school personnel and school bus contractor employees who use reasonable force or restraint to stop fights on school property or to defend themselves against a student assault. **

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 244 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 664 · Permits public school districts to include instruction on the problems of obesity as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 667 · Extends textbook sharing program to include all school equipment.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 704 · Amends the eligibility for additional supplemental stabilization aid for school districts with high senior citizen concentration.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 705 · Provides supplemental State aid to certain regional school district constituent municipalities to offset any tax increase associated with regionalization.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 725 · Permits school pupils to self-administer medication for certain medical conditions.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 749 · Establishes a five year after-school pilot program in the Department of Education to discourage delinquency; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 760 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 125 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 787 · Requires each board of education to offer instruction in comprehensive family life education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 808 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 811 · Establishes the Excellence in Nursing Scholarship Program; appropriates $5,000,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 816 · Increases public members on New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 13 days

Assembly Bill 824 · Permits a student to participate in a voluntary survey if the district sends prior written notification to the student's parents.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 830 · Includes transportation costs in the calculation of extraordinary special education costs incurred by public school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 842 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 855 · Establishes "Pledge for Life and Health" program for elementary school students.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 860 · Requires school districts to provide transportation to public and nonpublic school pupils living along hazardous routes. *

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 142 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 873 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 879 · Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 890 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 896 · Authorizes State Board of Education to issue technology education endorsement and endorsement for industrial arts. *

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 898 · Requires prequalification of certain persons who perform school construction management services.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 905 · Directs Commission on Higher Education to establish program to allow certain volunteers to enroll in four-year public institutions of higher education on tuition-free basis.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 916 · Establishes the Public School Educational Funding Commission.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 927 · Creates the "School Tax Policy Funding Commission."

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 954 · Increases senior citizen stabilization aid to $500 and makes certain regional districts eligible for senior citizen stabilization aid.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 995 · Establishes State and Federal Educational Mandate Review Commission in Department of Education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1014 · Prohibits public institutions of higher education from permitting direct solicitation of students for credit card accounts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1015 · Establishes Institute of Law and Mental Health; appropriates $95,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1019 · Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns for the Governor's School of New Jersey.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1020 · Appropriates $1 million to Department of State for Ramapo College of New Jersey to create Center for International Education and Entrepreneurship.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1027 · Requires that new teachers hired by licensed child care centers to provide preschool classes to Abbott district students be certified.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1029 · Requires candidates for teacher certification to complete technology training program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1030 · Provides New Jersey certification as a school administrator or principal to any applicant with similar certification in another State.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1032 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1033 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1034 · Requires county college board of trustees to provide certain notices of layoffs.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 51 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1040 · Prohibits superintendent of schools from also serving as the school business administrator for a district.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1041 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1042 · Establishes the level of State aid for the 2002-2003 school year.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1043 · Designated the "Capital and Educational Facility Financing Act."

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1046 · Revises school bond law to simplify refunding bonds and permit electronic bid proposals.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1051 · Provides for the election of school board members at November general election.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1091 · Establishes the Equity in Education Program in DOE to finance school district initiatives that target segregation.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1107 · Limits minors' access to certain Internet materials in public schools and libraries.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1109 · Provides for posting of radon testing results in public schools.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1141 · Establishes a public school choice pilot program for pupils residing in certain school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1193 · Authorizes school boards to adopt policy for drug testing certain students. *

Sent January 13, 2004 · Moved on without a report after 531 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1205 · Prohibits display of students' social security numbers by institutions of higher education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1210 · Permits the refurbishment of school buses to extend the life of the bus by eight years.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1211 · Authorizes county vocational schools and technical institutes to employ non-certificated persons in post-secondary and adult continuing education programs.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1214 · Provides incentive grants for school districts to establish educational foundations.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1219 · Provides grants to educational technology training centers to establish satellite facilities and maintain and upgrade equipment; appropriates $2.8 million.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1221 · Requires joint municipal planning board review of long-range facilities plans developed by regional school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1227 · Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that teaching assistants have effective teaching skills.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1232 · Requires State responsibility for the educational costs of children in foster homes.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1234 · Provides that certain school districts will be accorded the same treatment and subject to the same requirements as Abbott districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1235 · Requires each board of education to employ a certain number of substance awareness coordinators.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1241 · Permits any full-time employee of school board to attend annual New Jersey Education Association convention without loss of pay.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1242 · Requires the placement of defibrillators in a public school complex.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1243 · Limits the payment of transportation costs for homeless students.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1250 · Expands the Tuition Aid Grant program to part-time undergraduates.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1251 · Establishes the Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism Program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 517 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1259 · Permits persons convicted of certain third degree offenses to be employed by a school district or a DOE supervised entity after proving rehabilitation.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1266 · Requires Department of Education to establish an advanced placement incentive grant program; appropriates $300,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1267 · Provides unclaimed State Lottery prize money to fund a tuition aid grant pilot program for part-time students.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1268 · Establishes the New Jersey Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (NJHOPE) Scholarship Program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1271 · Establishes the Teaching Fellows Program and appropriates $155,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1272 · Clarifies role of community providers in early childhood education in the Abbott districts and specifies certain goals and services for that education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1296 · Provides early childhood program aid to certain school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1297 · Provides increased demonstrably effective program aid to school districts contiguous to Abbott districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1311 · Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to, or purchases of credits from, a federally qualified tuition program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1314 · Requires small school districts to share superintendents and school business administrators under certain circumstances.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1319 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 692 days

Assembly Bill 1322 · Requires written notice, transportation services, and payment for municipal services for out-of-district students enrolled in a district alternative education program.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1348 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1353 · Permits sending district board of education to have representative on receiving district board of education under certain conditions.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 125 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1355 · Provides that total annual out-of-state travel expenses of a board of education shall not exceed $3,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1363 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1376 · Requires applicants for school board employment and school bus driver to be notified of criminal history record check results within 60 days.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1377 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1386 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1387 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1412 · Makes certain bilingual education programs optional for a board of education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1426 · Provides for reestablishment of local school board six months after creation of State-operated school district.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1446 · Allows gross income tax deductions for contributions to the "NJBEST college savings program."

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1457 · Provides support for full-day kindergarten through the T&E budget.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1462 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1476 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1479 · Requires county colleges to award college-credits to firefighters for certain courses completed at county fire academies.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1525 · Requires instruction on parenting as part of family life education.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1540 · Provides that no adjustment shall be made to State school aid for enrollment overcount in school years prior to 1997-98.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1547 · Provides for immediate restoration of school board when local control is reestablished in State-operated district.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1551 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $95,000 for FY 2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center. *

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1552 · Revises the definition of Abbott district to include certain county vocational school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1556 · Provides additional core curriculum standards aid for county vocational school district students who reside in Abbott districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 125 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1575 · Requires school districts to fund certain child development assessments on resident children.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1579 · Raises age requirement of compulsory school attendance from 16 to 18 years old.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1586 · Grants Abbott district status to Salem City School District.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 125 days · then passed the General Assembly, and became law

Assembly Bill 1608 · 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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1631 · Requires the Commission on Higher Education to develop an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing degree program for foreign medical school graduates.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1662 · "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 January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1677 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $73,000 for a grant to Union County College for Holocaust and Ethnic Studies Project.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1686 · Requires instruction on the Founding Fathers of the United States as part of the Core Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1694 · Provides annual State facilities aid payments to charter schools.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1702 · Establishes the Graduate Student Loan and Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $500,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1714 · 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 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1753 · Requires Department of Education to encourage boards of education to offer instruction in media literacy.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 37 days · did not pass the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1772 · Establishes Joseph V. Doria, Jr., Ed.D New Jersey Legislative Fellows Program; appropriates $50,000.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the General Assembly

Assembly Bill 1809 · Authorizes assessment of educational facilities construction fees by boards of education under certain circumstances.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1815 · Makes supplemental appropriation of $100,000 for FY 2004 to Kean University to fund the Wynona M. Lipman Ethnic Studies Center.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 37 days

Assembly Bill 1823 · Requires the consolidation of administrative services of certain school districts.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days

Assembly Bill 1830 · Establishes tuition aid grant pilot program for part-time county college students.

Sent January 13, 2004 · Stopped in committee after 0 days