A2440 • 2026

Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: McCoy, Tennille R.
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.

What This Bill Does

Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.
Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Directs State Board of Education to require that when individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2440

ASSEMBLY, No. 2440

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman TENNILLE R. MCCOY

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Directs State Board of Education to require that when
individualized education program (IEP) team is developing IEP for student prone
to regression, it must consider consistency of staffing.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning special education programs and amending
P.L.2013, c.19.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2013,
c.19 (C.18A:46-54) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.���
a.
���� The State
Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to require school districts to
develop a plan to establish stability in special education programming.� The
plan shall take into account the consistency of the location, curriculum, and
staffing in the provision of special education programs and services.

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b.
��� The State board
regulations shall also require that when developing an individualized education
program (IEP) with the parent or guardian of a student who is prone to
regression due to frequent changes in location including, but not limited to,
students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team shall consider,
among other factors, the consistency of the location of services when
determining in-district special education placements.

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c.���� The State board
regulations shall also require that when developing an IEP with the parent or
guardian of a student who is prone to regression including, but not limited to,
students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team shall consider,
among other factors, the consistency of staffing when determining in-district
special education placements.

(cf: P.L.2013, c.19, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill directs the State
Board of Education to require that when an individualized education program
(IEP) team is developing an IEP with a parent or guardian of a student who is
prone to regression including, but not limited to, students diagnosed with
autism spectrum disorder, the IEP team must consider, among other factors, the
consistency of staffing when determining in-district special education
placements.