NJEA Position Statements

 Issue

Bill Number 

• Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act

• Criminal History Record Check

• Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program

• Continuation of Health Insurance Coverage 

• School Bus Requirements for Transporting the Disabled

• State Investment Council Voting Conflicts

• Basic Skills Training

• Task Force for Improving Public School Services 

• Raising the Age for Compulsory School Attendance       

• Establishing Standards on Mold Hazards

• Janet’s Law

• Tabitha's Law

• New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program

• Improvements to Charter School Law

• Increases Hourly Minimum Wage

• State Shortage of Math and Science Teachers

• Safe Playing Fields Act 

• Notification to Students Prior to Voluntary Survey 

• Stability in Special Ed. Programming 

• Reporting & Disclosure of Public Funds

• Temp. Instructional Cert. for Out-of-State Military Spouses 

• TEACHNJ Act

• Moratorium on Virtual Charter Schools

• FY 2013 Budget

• Grades 7 through 12 Career Exploration Report

• Unemployment benefits appeals

• County Vocational School Pupil Directory

• Support Special Olympics USA Games

• New Jersey Epilepsy Task Force Addition and Extension

• Gun violence prevention

•  Concerns Arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff

• Authorizes a teacher leader endorsement to the instructional certificate.

• Transfer of Education Benefits to War Vet Dependents 

• Objection to Educational Adequacy Report

• Take a Veteran to School Day

• Paycheck Fairness Act

• Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission

• Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act 

• Sharing of Services

• Increase Minimum Wage

• Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program

• School Bus Communications Equipment

• Survivor Benefits

• Notification to Students Prior to Voluntary Survey 

• Loan Redemption Program 

• Task Force for Improving Public School Services 

• Promotion of Shared Services

• School Bus Requirements for Transporting the Disabled

• Raising the Age for Compulsory School Attendance

• Tabitha's Law

• Classroom Temperature Control Guidelines and Standards

• Increase Minimum Wage

• Basic Skills Training

• VETeach Pilot Program

•  Safe Playing Fields Act

•  Subcontracting Safeguards

•  Health Coverage for Substance-Use Disorders

• TEACHNJ Act

• County-Wide Purchasing System

• Upgrades crimes for street gang activity on school property

• Penalties for Illegally Passing a School Bus

• State Shortage of Math and Science Teachers

• Statutory exemptions from mandatory student immunizations

• Anti-Bullying Programs and Training

• Increasing Aid to "Super-Growth" Districts

• Support Special Olympics USA Games

• Health insurance coverage for student athlete physicals

• Children’s Sudden Cardiac Events Reporting Act

• Temporary Instructional Cert. for out-of-state miliary spouses

• Stability in Special Ed. Programming

• Pilot to increase length of school day and school year

• FY 2013 Budget

• Reporting & Disclosure of Public Funds

•  Concerns Arbitration for certain non-teaching school staff

• Response to Intervention Initiative

• New Jersey Epilepsy Task Force Addition and Extension 

• Grades 7 through 12 Career Exploration Report 

• County Vocational School Pupil Directory

• Building Our Future Bond Act

• New Jersey Innovation Inspiration School Grant Pilot Program

• Increases NJ’s Hourly Minimum Wage to $8.25 

• Objection to Educational Adequacy Report 

• Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

• World Autism Awareness Day

• Disability History and Awareness Month

• Take a Veteran to School Day

• Urges Congress to Pass "Paycheck Fairness Act"