New Jersey – Lawmakers from the New Jersey Legislature successfully enacted legislation addressing school security vulnerabilities throughout the state.
SIA commends state Sen. Patrick Diegnan, D-N.J., for his instrumental leadership introducing two sets of companion bills that allow local school districts to use emergency reserve funds to finance school security improvements and another bill that mandates the incorporation of certain school security measures during the architectural designs of future school construction projects.
Respectively, NJ S. 2241/A. 2158 and NJ S. 2439/ A.3348 were supported by SIA—and in Fall 2016, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., signed both pieces of legislation into law.