Requires DOE and DCF to establish online reporting systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results.
This bill requires New Jersey's Department of Education (DOE) and Department of Children and Families (DCF) to create online systems for schools and child care centers to report lead testing results in drinking water. Schools (required to test since 2016) and child care centers (required since 2017) must submit their test results electronically within 90 days of the systems launching, with results made publicly searchable on department websites. The bill also mandates that DOE and DCF jointly produce a report within two years detailing lead contamination levels, remediation needs, and state assistance recommendations. This aims to create a centralized public database to better track lead issues and inform future funding or support for affected facilities.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Dec 5, 2024
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1
Committee
2
Dec 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Dec 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
upper
2 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Linda Greenstein
DDemocratic
P
Raj Mukherji
DDemocratic
Co
Declan O'Scanlon
RRepublican
Co
Shirley Turner
DDemocratic
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