[Third Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 2436

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman  LISA SWAIN

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  P. CHRISTOPHER TULLY

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Assemblyman  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Somerset)

Senator  JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Jones, Assemblymen Chiaravalloti, Karabinchak, Assemblywoman Reynolds-Jackson, Assemblyman Houghtaling, Senators Holzapfel, Singer, Assemblywomen McKnight and Lopez

SYNOPSIS

     Requires certain school district transportation supervisors to complete educational program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As amended by the Senate on September 27, 2018.

An Act concerning school district transportation supervisors and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

     1.    ³a.³  Beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, a school district transportation supervisor who is newly hired or who has less than 11 years of experience as a school district transportation supervisor shall be required, as a condition of employment, to provide evidence to the board of education of satisfactory completion of the School Transportation Supervisors ¹Certification¹ Program offered by the Center for Government Services at Rutgers ¹, the State¹ University ¹of New Jersey^{1 2}or any other certification program designated by the Commissioner of Education².  ³The certification program shall include courses focused on the statutes and regulations that govern school transportation operations.³  The transportation supervisor ³[shall bear the full] and the school district shall determine who bears³ the cost of the program.

³b. (1) A school district transportation supervisor who is employed on the effective date of this act, who has less than 11 years of experience as a school district transportation supervisor and has not completed the School Transportation Supervisors Certification Program or other designated certification program, shall complete the certification program within four years of the effective date of this act.

(2) A school district transportation supervisor who is employed after the effective date of this act, who has less than 11 years of experience as a school district transportation supervisor and has not completed the School Transportation Supervisors Certification Program or other designated certification program, shall complete the certification program within four years of his date of employment.³

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.