Status of bills heard in Assembly Educ. Committee June 22, 2009, as posted 6-23-09 NJ Leg. website

The only bill posted for a vote at this time is A4141/Non-operating District Elimination & Merger

GSCS update:

Status of bills heard in Assembly Educ. Committee June 22, 2009, as posted 6-23-09 NJ Leg. website

The only bill posted for a vote at this time is A4141/Non-operating District Elimination & Merger

                          http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/BillsForAgendaView.asp

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1489 DATED:  JUNE 22, 2009

      The Assembly Education Committee favorably reports Assembly Bill No. 1489.

      This bill prohibits a board of education from charging a student, or the student’s parent or legal guardian, a fee to participate in extracurricular activities. The bill, however, allows a board to charge a fee for the reimbursement of costs associated with equipment and supplies necessary to participate in the extracurricular activity if the board provides the parent or guardian with documentation of those costs. However, a board that charges such a fee may not exclude from participation in extracurricular activities any student whose parent or guardian is unable to pay the fee because of financial hardship. In determining financial hardship under the bill the criteria would be the same as the Statewide eligibility standards for free and reduced price meals under the State school lunch program.