S1376 • 2026

Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Lagana, Joseph A.
Last action: 2026-03-02
Official status: Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.

What This Bill Does

Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Topic: Budget and Appropriations Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-03-02 New Jersey Legislature
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires public schools that offer student psychological services to offer remote sessions.
Topic:
Budget and Appropriations
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S1376 TR

SENATE, No. 1376

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA

District 38 (Bergen)

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators Ruiz, McKnight and Singleton

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public schools that offer student
psychological services to offer remote sessions.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As reported by the Senate Education Committee with
technical review.

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An Act

concerning student psychological services and
supplementing chapter 40 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a.� A school district,
charter school, or renaissance school project that employs a school
psychologist and offers in-person school psychology services to students in
grades kindergarten through 12, or any combination thereof, shall permit
students to attend counseling sessions or meetings of any kind with the school
psychologist for counseling purposes, through virtual or remote means, unless
the school psychologist determines that in-person counseling is in the best
interest of the student.

���� b.� Nothing in subsection a.
of this section shall be construed to prohibit any student from attending an
in-person counseling session or meeting with a school psychologist employed by
the school district, charter school, or renaissance school project.

���� c.� As used in this section,
�school psychologist� means a person who holds a New Jersey standard
educational services certificate with a school psychologist endorsement.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year after
the date of enactment.