Requires school report card to include information about placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.

S1773 TR

SENATE, No. 1773

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senators A.M.Bucco, Corrado, Space and O'Scanlon

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school report card to include information
about placement of graduates, including apprenticeships.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act
concerning information on school performance reports
and amending P.L.1995, c.235.

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

�������
1.�� Section 3 of
P.L.1995, c.235 (C.18A:7E-3) is amended to read as follows:

����� 3.�� Report
cards issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.235 (C.18A:7E-2) shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information for:

����� a.�� the
school district and for each school within the district, as appropriate:

����� (1)� results
of the elementary assessment programs;

����� (2)� results
of the Early Warning Test;

����� (3)� results
of the High School Proficiency Test;

����� (4)� daily
attendance records for students and professional staff;

����� (5)� student
graduation and dropout rates;

����� (6)� annual
student scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test;

����� (7)� total
student enrollment, percentage of limited English proficient students,
percentage of students in advanced placement courses, and any other school
characteristics which the commissioner deems appropriate;

����� (8)�
instructional resources including teacher/student ratio, average class size and
amount of instructional time per day, as calculated by formulas specified by
the commissioner;

����� (9)�
a written narrative by the school principal or a designee which describes any
special achievements, events, problems
,
or initiatives of the school or
district;

����� (10)
�data identifying the number and nature of all reports of harassment,
intimidation, or bullying;

����� (11)
�indicators of student career readiness;

����� (12)
�the number and percentage of students who were chronically absent, as defined
in rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Education within 90
days of the effective date of P.L.2018, c.23 (C.18A:38-25.1 et al.), including
the number and percentage of students who were chronically absent disaggregated
by multiple student subgroups to be determined by the commissioner;

����� (13)
�the number, percentage, and demographics, including race, gender, disability,
grade level, and eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch under the National
School Lunch Program, of students who received one or more suspensions or
expulsions or who were reported to or arrested by law enforcement, by category
of offense, pursuant to the provisions of the Uniform State Memorandum of
Agreement Between Education and Law Enforcement Officials;
[
and
]

����� (14)
�the number of school psychologists, school counselors, social workers, student
assistance coordinators, and other mental health professionals employed by, or
under contract with, the school district to provide mental health services to
students, and the ratio of students to the total number of mental health
professionals providing services in the school and the district;
[
and
]

����� (15)
�the number of school safety specialists; and

�����
(16)�
the number of students achieving placement following graduation, including
placement in an apprenticeship; and

����� b.�� the
school district, as appropriate:

����� (1)� per
pupil expenditures and State aid ratio;

����� (2)� percent
of budget allocated for salaries and benefits of administrative personnel;

����� (3)� percent
of budget allocated for salaries and benefits of teachers;

����� (4)� percentage
increase over the previous year for salaries and benefits of administrative and
instructional personnel;

����� (5)� the
number of administrative personnel and the ratio of administrative personnel to
instructional personnel;

����� (6)�
a profile of the most recent graduating class concerning their educational or
employment plans following graduation; and

����� (7)�
any other information which the commissioner deems appropriate.

����� For
the purposes of this section, the Commissioner of Education shall establish a
uniform methodology for the reporting of the data concerning administrative
personnel on a full-time equivalent basis.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.387, s.1)

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