Bill Text: NJ A4270 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes substance abuse disorder in list of disabilities that qualify student for State special education and related services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A4270 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A4270-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Includes substance abuse disorder in list of disabilities that qualify student for State special education and related services.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning students with substance abuse disorder and amending N.J.S.18A:46-1.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:46-1 is amended to read as follows:
18A:46-1. As used in this chapter, a child with a disability shall mean and include any child who has: an intellectual disability, a visual impairment, an auditory impairment, a communication impairment, a neurological or perceptual impairment, an orthopedic impairment, a chronic illness, an emotional disturbance impairment, multiple disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, a traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, a substance abuse disorder, a specific learning disability, or is deaf-blind, or a pre-schooler with a disability.
(cf: P.L.2017, c.131, s.34)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would include "substance abuse disorder" in the list of disabilities that would qualify a child for special education and related services under State law.
