Bill Text: NJ A4072 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-17 - Approved P.L.2013, c.277. [A4072 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-A4072-Amended.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit, select, and train veterans for school security positions in school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on November 25, 2013, with amendments.
An Act establishing a school security position pilot program and supplementing chapter 41 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall establish a three-year pilot program that provides for the training and placement of veterans in school security positions available in school districts. The purpose of the pilot program shall be to increase school security by utilizing the skills of veterans.
b. The commissioner, in consultation with the 1[Adjutant] Attorney1 General 1[of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs]1, shall establish policies and procedures for the recruitment, selection, and training of veterans eligible to participate in the pilot program, and for matching the selected veterans to school security positions available in school districts. The policies shall evaluate the level of skills, training, experience, fitness, and other qualifications deemed necessary for a veteran to serve in a school security position.
c. A school district that wants to participate in the pilot program shall submit an application to the commissioner in such form as required by the commissioner. The school district, as part of the application, shall include information on the security needs of the school district, the number of school security positions at each school, the rate of turnover in these positions, and other information as required by the commissioner.
d. The commissioner shall select up to 12 school districts for participation in the pilot program. The commissioner shall select districts in the northern, central, and southern regions of the State and shall seek a cross section of school districts from urban, suburban, and rural areas of the State.
In selecting the pilot school districts, the commissioner shall consider the security needs of the district as reflected in the data reported in the commissioner's annual report on violence, vandalism, and harassment, intimidation, or bullying in the public schools, as required under section 3 of P.L.1982, c.163 (C.18A:17-48).
e. Three years following
the establishment of the pilot program, the commissioner shall submit a report
to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991,
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). The report shall contain information on the
implementation of the pilot program, the effectiveness of veterans
in school security positions, and the recommendations of the commissioner and
the 1[adjutant general] Attorney General1 on the
advisability of continuing, expanding, or modifying the program.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
