NJEA has taken a position on a number of current legislative issues that impact public education, public school students, and school employees.
To look up the text of a bill, please go to the New Jersey legislature’s website, https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/, and use the bill search on the right-hand side.
A 3902: Permits extension of certain deadlines applicable to local government units under emergency circumstances
A 3902 Permits extension of certain deadlines applicable to local government units under emergency circumstances A 3902 (Wimberly, Coughlin, Continue reading
AJR 27: Designates April of each year as “County College Month” in New Jersey
A 681: Expands scope of law prohibiting age discrimination
A 1104; A 1630; A 1631 A 1632: “Hunger-Free Students’ Bill of Rights Act”: requires certain school meal information be provided to students’ parents; establishes protocols for identifying eligible students for meal programs: prohibits stigmatizing student with bill in arrears; Clarifies that school district is not required to restrict access to school meals if school meal bill is in arrears; Requires school districts take certain actions to increase participation in free or reduced priced meal programs; prohibits shaming students with school meal bills in arrears; prohibits certain district actions in collecting unpaid school meal fees
A 1040: Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control
A 192: Establishes “New Jersey STEM Scholars Grant Pilot Program” in Department of Education
A 1459: Prohibits the sale of certain children’s products containing lead, mercury, or cadmium
S 3770 A 6118: Establishes the New Jersey Economic and Fiscal Policy Review Commission to consider “employee retirement, health care, and other benefits, (AKA, a permanent Pathway to ‘Progress’ Commission)
ACR 215 SCR 163: Urges Congress to Reauthorize “Violence Against Women Act.”
S 237 S 854: Requires new civics instruction in middle and high schools; requires school districts to use DOE’s curriculum guidelines for civics; and requires DOE to provide funding to enhance civics instruction. “Laura Wooten’s Law”; Requires civics instruction in middle school; authorizes New Jersey Center for Civic Education to provide curricula, professional development and technical assistance for middle and high school civics and provides annual center funding
S 237 S 854 S-237- Requires new civics instruction in middle and high schools; requires school districts to use DOE's curriculum guidelines for Continue reading