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NJ S2067

NJ S2067
Requires minimum of one school bus aide for every 15 special needs students on school bus.


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Introduced
03/03/2022
In Committee
03/03/2022
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/08/2024

Introduced Session

2022-2023 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill requires a board of education or a contracted service provider that provides pupil transportation services to ensure that a school bus has on board at least one school bus aide for every 15 students with special needs. The bill requires this aide-to-student ratio to be maintained at all times when a school bus is transporting students with special needs or a combination of students with special needs and general education students. For purposes of this bill, a "student with special needs" is a student who is classified as eligible for special education programs and services, but does not include a student who is classified as eligible for special education programs and services solely on the basis of a "specific learning disability," as that term is defined in the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act."

AI Summary

This bill requires a board of education or a contracted service provider that provides pupil transportation services to ensure that a school bus has at least one school bus aide for every 15 students with special needs. This aide-to-student ratio must be maintained at all times when the school bus is transporting students with special needs or a combination of students with special needs and general education students. For the purposes of this bill, a "student with special needs" is defined as a student who is classified as eligible for special education programs and services, but does not include a student who is classified as eligible solely on the basis of a "specific learning disability" as defined in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 03/03/2022)

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