A 1271: Permits excused absences for students who attend civic events.
A 1271 (Stanley, Rooney) The best way for students to become participants in democracy is to be engaged starting at an early age. This bill allows students in grades 6-12…
S 896 : Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing.
S 896 (Turner, Greenstein) NJEA supports S 896 and encourages you to do the same. Read testimony given by NJEA Vice President Steve Beatty in support of S896. Related New…
S 525: Enhances and allocates funds for pre-apprenticeship programs.
S 525 (Ruiz, Singleton) As students seek post-secondary opportunities, it is important there be opportunities other than four-year degrees. Pre-apprenticeship programs provide students these opportunities. Youth Transitions to Work programs…
S 528: Requires certain additional school district personnel to complete training program on suicide prevention.
S 528 (Ruiz, Pou): NJEA supports ensuring that all who interact with students are prepared to recognize the signs of any student exhibiting suicidal tendencies. All educators are currently trained in…
S 1677: 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.”
S 1677 (Ruiz): NJEA believes that no student should go hungry. Children who are hungry in school cannot achieve their best socially, emotionally, or academically. By making students from working-class,…
S 724: Directs Commissioner of Education to establish three-year pilot program to increase reading levels of certain students; appropriates $1 million.
S 724 (Codey): This bill establishes a three-year pilot program in six districts across the state that will provide general education students, who are not reading at grade level by…
S 715: Establishes commission to study effects on adolescents of smart phone and social media usage in school
S 715 (Codey) This bill creates a commission that will look at smart phones and the usage of social media on adolescents. Social media has both good and bad effects.…
A 1197: Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for certain students attending institutions of higher education.
NJEA Supports A 1197 and encourages you to do the same.
A 2365 A 2368 ACR 109A 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 JerseyA 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.” ACR 109: Urges United States Congress to pass “Universal School Meals Program Act of 2021.”
A 2365 (Danielsen, Giblin, Jaffer), A 2368 (Coughlin, Lampitt, Jasey), ACR 109 (Murphy, Park, Calabrese) NJEA believes that no student should go hungry. Children who are hungry in school cannot achieve their best socially, emotionally,…
S 1104: Revises requirements and process for temporary courtesy licenses and certificates issued by State Board of Examiners, NJ Board of Nursing, and other professional and occupational licensing boards to nonresident military spouses
S 1104 (Stanfield, Pou) This legislation extends the timeframe for which a temporary instructional license in the state of New Jersey can be valid for nonresident military spouses holding an out-of-state…