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From the ECS State Policy Database - Highlighted Policies


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the state.

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

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Signed into law 01/2008

Finance


P-12
Funding Reform Act of 2008
A.B. 500
Enacts the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 to creates a fair, equitable and predictable funding formula based on student characteristics; relates to the base per pupil amounts used to determine a district's base cost, the calculation of a district's adequacy...

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Signed into law 06/2007

Special Education


P-12
Autism Awareness Teacher Training
A.B. 4055; S.B. 2558
Requires candidates for teaching certificates and current teachers to receive instruction in autism awareness and methods of teaching students with autism.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A4500/4055_R2.PDF...

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Adopted 06/2005

Health--Nutrition


P-12
Model School Nutrition Policy
Nutrition Rule, Department of Agriculture
State Board of Agriculture has approved Agriculture Department's amended Nutrition Rule. Will be phased in. By September 1, 2006, districts are required to adopt a school nutrition policy. By September 1, 2007, districts must match their policies to the Model ...

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Signed into law 06/2004

Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges


Postsec.
Scholarships For County College Students
S.B. 1192
Establishes the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship Program (NJ STARS) to provide scholarships for students attending New Jersey county colleges on a full-time basis in a curriculum leading to a degree. Scholarships awarded under the progr...

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