Bill > A1888

Introduced Session

This bill establishes a minimum ratio of school bus aides to special needs students on a school bus. Under the bill, a board of education or a contracted service provider that provides pupil transportation services must 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."

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Daniel Benson (D)*,  Ralph Caputo (D)*,  Timothy Eustace (D)*,  Reed Gusciora (D)*,  Elizabeth Muoio (D)*,  Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*,  Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D),  JoAnn Downey (D),  Robert Karabinchak (D),  Pam Lampitt (D),  Yvonne Lopez (D),  Angela Mcknight (D),  Gabriela Mosquera (D),  Carol Murphy (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D),  Gary Schaer (D), 

Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee (on 07/26/2018)