NJEA has taken a position on a number of current legislative issues that impact public education, public school students, and school employees.
A 4679: Directs Commissioner of Education to develop sensitivity training program for high school athletic directors, coaches, and sports officials of interscholastic athletic sports programs
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A 455 S 1149: Student Loan Ombudsman
A 2131 A 2132 A 2139: Net neutrality bills
A 1893 S 2045: Establishes Working Group on Deaf Education and directs DOE to develop parent resource guide and select early intervention assessments for use in identifying language delays in deaf and hard of hearing children
S 1865 A 2431: Requires health insurers to limit patient cost-sharing and provide appeal process concerning certain prescription drug coverage
S 1000 A 1833: Requires health benefits coverage for juvenile depression screenings
S 253 A 841: Provides for establishment of county college certificate programs to meet needs of certain regional employers
S 3516 A 1094: Concerns employer inquiries about worker’s wage and salary experience
A 4446 S 2861 A 4592 S 3081: Requires health curriculum for public school students in grades kindergarten through 12 to include instruction on mental health
S 3258 A 4710: Strengthening “Gifted and Talented Education Act”; establishes school district responsibilities in educating gifted and talented students
A 4150: Requires meeting between student and appropriate school personnel after multiple suspensions or proposed expulsion from public school to identify behavior or health difficulties
A 5369 “Patient Protection Act”; establishes requirements concerning the transfer and referral of certain patients receiving health care services
S 858 A 674: Requires teachers of health and physical education in grades kindergarten through six in public schools to possess the appropriate endorsement to the instructional certificate, and includes a “grandfather” provision
S 2804 A 4310Requires young children entering public schools or Head Start Programs for first time to have comprehensive eye examination completed
S 3042 A 4619 Creates subaccounts for SHBP and SEHBP health care services and prescription drug claims; requires procurement by State of third-party medical claims review
AR 131: Urges President and Congress of United States to restore “net neutrality” in federal law
A 3040: Requires newborn infants be screened for spinal muscular atrophy
A 1426: Concerns counseling for children who were either physically present or who may have seen or heard act of domestic violence
A 4956 S 2980 A 5324 S 2982 Provides that school district may not condition student enrollment in district on fact that MVC does not have name or address of parent or guardian on file Clarifies that child may not be excluded from public school based on membership in protected category under ‘Law Against Discrimination’ or immigration status
S 3160 A 4865: Establishes pilot program in DOE to provide later school start times for high school students
S 1790 A 2903: Concerns law regarding failure to pay wages
A 1711 S 875: Establishes the Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights
S 2690 S 2727 A 3993 A 2214: Prohibits pharmacy benefits managers from engaging in “clawback” and “gag clause” practices
A 769 S 1130: Requires school districts to incorporate age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education in grades preschool through 12 as part of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
A 3664 A 3395Concerns arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff. Concerns subcontracting agreements entered into by public school districts.
A 4112 S 2676: Requires boards of education and nonpublic schools to provide law enforcement authorities with copies of blueprints and maps of schools and school grounds
A 1094: Concerns employer inquiries about worker’s wage and salary experience
A 3141 S 703: Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit and match minority men to teach in certain failing schools under alternate route program
A 2031 S 1339: Enhances enforcement and oversight of behavioral health parity laws
A 4181: Clarifies that employees of renaissance school projects are in State administered retirement systems
S 2 A 2: Modifies school funding law to eliminate adjustment aid and State aid growth limit; allows adjustment to tax levy growth limitation for certain school districts
A 4121: Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results
A 1888: Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus
A 4110: Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts
A 997 S 1208: Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in entities that avoid Superfund obligations to State
A 2001 S 2455: Transfers county college employees and retirees from membership in SEHBP to membership in SHBP
S 2489 A 425: Displaying Child Abuse Hotline in Schools
A 1181 S 160 A 1217 S 2259 A 2757 S 2374 A 2758 S 2376 A 2759 S 2245 A 2761 S 102 S 2465: Gun Bills
AJR 29: Youth Smoking Prevention and Awareness Month
S 365 A 764: Requires public school buildings to be equipped with an emergency light and panic alarm
A 1094: Amends the “Law Against Discrimination,” to strengthen protections against employment discrimination and promote equal pay for women
A 3840 S 396: Forbids members of the State Investment Council from voting on transactions concerning investment with which a member has certain financial or familial conflicts and requires removal for violations thereof.”
S 427 A 865: Bars persons under the age of 18 from marrying or entering into a civil union
A 2193 S 1816: Directs the SBE to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate
A 542: Requires Opioid Antidote in Schools
A 1: Diane B. Allen Equal Pay Act
A 1827 S 2171: Concerns earned sick leave
A 764: Requires public school buildings to be equipped with an emergency light and panic alarm
A 3381: which requires school districts to report allegations of sexual misconduct to prospective employers even if there is no misconduct; also requires a twenty-year look back on employment history of any allegations where there was no misconduct
ACR 145: Urges Congress to protect NJ taxpayers from the negative impact of recently enacted federal tax legislation
A 455 S 1149: Student Loan Ombudsman
A 455 S 1149 Student Loan Ombudsman NJEA supports A-455 (Schaer, Quijano, Mukherji, Holley, Danielsen)/S-1149 (Cunningham, Brown). NJEA Continue reading