PTEA Government Relations Chair – Lisa Sudfield

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• Tell Senators to change health benefit premium sharing laws June 30, 2018
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• Stop the Camden schools takeover June 30, 2018
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• 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 June 22, 2018
  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 NJEA is not taking a position at this time. However, we do believe that it is important to outline what we think about this bill and how […] The post S 2 A 2: Modifies school funding law to e […]
• A 4121: Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results June 22, 2018
  A 4121 Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results NJEA supports A-4121 (Pinkin, Pintor Marin, DeAngelo).  This bill would require, within one year after the bill is enacted into law, the Department of Education (DOE) and the Department of Children and Families […] The post A 41 […]
• S 2303: Requires establishment of Work and Learn Consortiums by certain educational institutions to establish certificate and degree programs identified in high labor-demand industries June 22, 2018
  S 2303 Requires establishment of Work and Learn Consortiums by certain educational institutions to establish certificate and degree programs identified in high labor-demand industries NJEA supports S-2303 (Sweeney, Ruiz, Cunningham).  This bill will promote the creation of college-based programs that combine education and job training to better equip student […]
• A 841: Provides for establishment of county college certificate programs to meet needs of certain regional employers June 22, 2018
  A 841 Provides for establishment of county college certificate programs to meet needs of certain regional employers NJEA supports A-841 (Land, Andrzejczak, and Calabrese.)  This bill directs the New Jersey Community College Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development to consult with county colleges to develop certificate programs that connect regional […]
• A 1888: Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus June 22, 2018
  A 1888 Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus NJEA supports A-1888 (Muoio, Benson, Vaineri Huttle, Gusciora, Caputo, Zwicker, Eustace) which would establish a minimum ratio of school bus aides to special needs students on a school bus.  This bill will ensure that a school bus […] The post A 1888: Requires mi […]
• A 4110: Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts June 22, 2018
  A 4110 Requires certain school buses to be equipped with lap and shoulder seat belts  NJEA supports A-4110 (Lopez, Benson, Swain, Tully).  This bill would require that new school buses be equipped with lap and should seat belts. Federal law requires lap-shoulder seat belts on smaller buses; for large school buses, however, there is no […] The post A 4110: Re […]
• S 2489: Displaying Child Abuse Hotline in Schools June 19, 2018
  S 2489 Displaying Child Abuse Hotline in Schools NJEA supports S-2489 (Cruz-Perez, Turner) which requires a board of education to prominently display information about the Department of Children and Families’ (DCF) State Central Registry, a toll free hotline for reporting child abuse in each school of the district. NJEA believes the health and welfare of […] […]
• A 997 S 1208: Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in entities that avoid Superfund obligations to State June 19, 2018
  A 997 S 1208 Prohibits investment of pension and annuity funds by State in entities that avoid Superfund obligations to State NJEA opposes A-997 (Rooney, Johnson, Schaer, Pinkin)/S-1208 (Beach, Oroho). This bill would direct the State Investment Council and the Director of the Division of Investment to identify entities that have an equity tie with […] The p […]