SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

ASSEMBLY, No. 3340

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  DECEMBER 4, 2025

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3340 (1R).

      As amended, this bill allows an advanced practice nurse and a physician assistant to provide the required written determination documenting a student’s need for confinement at the student’s residence or other treatment setting in order for a school district to provide home instruction due to the student’s temporary or chronic health condition or need for treatment. Under State Board of Education regulations, this documentation may only be provided by the student’s physician. The bill’s provisions are in addition to any other State Board of Education requirements in regard to a student’s receipt of home instruction from the school district.

      As amended and reported by the committee, Assembly Bill No. 3340 (1R) is identical to Senate Bill No. 1763, which was also amended and reported by the committee on this date.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:

      The committee amended the bill to increase the minimum number of cumulative school days, for which a written determination for the need for home instruction is required, from 15 days to 17 days.