ASSEMBLY MILITARY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
ASSEMBLY, No. 292
with committee amendments
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: OCTOBER 17, 2022
The Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee reports
favorably Assembly Bill No. 292 with committee amendments.
As amended, this bill requires the Department of Education to
maintain an indicator for military-connected students in its student-
level database. The bill also requires the Commissioner of
Education to annually report statistics on the academic engagement
and outcomes of these students, including attendance rates,
performance on the State assessments, and high school graduation
rates. The reported information must be consistent with the
provisions of federal law that protect the confidentiality of student
records. The bill also allows a parent or guardian to opt their child
out of being identified as a military-connected student, in which
case the student’s classroom teacher will not be notified upon
enrollment.
This bill was prefiled for introduction in the 2022-2023 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.
COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
The committee amended the bill to provide that the requirements
of the bill would take effect immediately and first apply to the first
full school year following the date of enactment. The amendments
also allow a parent or guardian to opt their child out of being
identified as a military-connected student, in which case the
student’s classroom teacher will not be notified upon enrollment.
The amendments also remove notification of post-secondary plans
from a required report.