ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 1701

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: MARCH 4, 1996

      The Assembly Education Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 1701.

      This bill provides that a board of education may require its employees, and shall require any candidate for employment who has received a conditional offer of employment, to undergo a physical examination. Under the current statute, all current employees of a school board are required to undergo a physical exam annually and the board may require a physical exam of any candidate for employment. The bill makes clear that screening for tuberculosis or fitness examinations for bus drivers as required under any statute or regulation would not be affected.

      As reported by committee this bill is identical to Senate Bill No. 99 (1R).