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NJ S3916
Bill
Status
3/12/2026
Primary Sponsor
Angela Mcknight
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AI Summary
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Requires New Jersey's criteria for identifying specific learning disabilities under IDEA to permit response-to-intervention processes and other alternative research-based procedures
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Prohibits the use of severe discrepancy between intellectual ability and achievement as a method for determining specific learning disabilities, effective in the fourth full school year after enactment
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Bars school boards from using any single procedure as the sole criterion for determining whether a student has a specific learning disability or for determining appropriate educational programs
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Mandates that evaluations be sufficiently comprehensive and include assessment of basic psychological processes to identify all special education and related services needs
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Directs the State Board of Education to promulgate regulations implementing these requirements
Legislative Description
Establishes requirements concerning methods for determining whether student has specific learning disability under federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Education
Last Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
3/12/2026