2022 Position Statements Archives - Page 2 of 6

S 791 S 2305
S 791: Expands requirements for health insurance carriers concerning prostate cancer screening and requires coverage be provided without cost sharing
S 2305: Requires health insurers to cover colorectal cancer screenings recommended by United States Preventive Services Task Force and eliminates cost-sharing requirements for certain colonoscopies

S 791 (Singleton) S 2305 (Gopal, Greenstein) NJEA opposes these bills because they make a change to the School Employees Health Benefits Plan (SEHBP) without going through the Plan Design…

S 2475: Established Department of Early Childhood

S 2475 (Ruiz, Cunningham) Early childhood covers birth to eight years of age. Currently, early childhood services are spread across four deparmtnets. This can result in fragmented services which are…

S 2350 S 2661
S 2350: Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Load Redemption Program in Higher education Student Assistance Authority
S 2661: Established New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program

S 2350 (Gopal, Ruiz) S 2661 (Codey) New Jersey is experiencing a shortage of teachers, one the state needs to address. These bills will incentivize people to become teachers by…

S 1975: Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commissioner of Education

S 1975 (Pou) International student exchange placement organizations are not registered anywhere in New Jersey. Having them register with the Department of Education will give school districts a list of…

S 381: Establishes “New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission” to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs

S 381 (Rice, Cryan) Before and after school programs and summer programs are important to families. Currently, they are coordinated by many different state agencies which have different policies. This…

A 1197: Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education

A 1197 (Jasey, Lampitt, McKnight) NJEA supports this bill which will expand eligibility for food assistance for students age 18-50 enrolled in an institution of higher education. Currently, students must…

A 1282: Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants

A 1282 (Stanley, Haider, Timberlake) NJEA supports this pilot program for electric school buses. Clean energy school buses are an important step to helping the environment. What’s more, the bill…

A 2365 A 2368
A 2365: Requires Department of Agriculture to engage in public education campaign to educate parents and guardians of students about existing and expanding school meals program options in New Jersey
A 2368: Requires schools to provide free school breakfasts and lunches to students from working class, middle-income families; designated as “Working Class Families’ Anti-Hunger Act.”

A 2365 (Danielsen, Giblin, Jaffer), A 2368 (Coughlin, Lampitt, Jasey) NJEA believes that no student should go hungry. Children who are hungry in school cannot achieve their best socially, emotionally,…

S 2008: Establishes “Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act.”

S 2008 (Singleton, Madden) Our health care professionals, including those that serve the medical needs of our students, should be lauded for their efforts on behalf of our kids and…

A 3565: Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses

A 3565 (Kean, Thomson) NJEA supports this common-sense measure to address some of the current shortages in the transportation sector. The bill allows flexibility to ensure the continuity of sufficient…

S 2475: Established Department of Early Childhood

S 2350 S 2661
S 2350: Establishes Grow Your Own Teacher Load Redemption Program in Higher education Student Assistance Authority
S 2661: Established New Jersey Educator Scholarship Program

S 1975: Requires registration of international student exchange visitor placement organizations with Commissioner of Education

S 381: Establishes “New Jersey Out-of-School Time Advisory Commission” to review before-school, after-school, and summer programs

A 1197: Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education

A 1282: Requires DEP to develop and implement electric school bus program; provides for $15 million in first year and $15 million annually in subsequent two years to DEP, subject to availability, to provide grants

S 2008: Establishes “Health Care Heroes Violence Prevention Act.”

A 3565: Authorizes certain individuals to drive Type S school buses

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