Bill Text: NJ A469 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to The College of New Jersey to expand technology education teacher preparation program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee [A469 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A469-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman JOSEPH R. MALONE, III
District 30 (Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Makes supplemental appropriation of $500,000 to The College of New Jersey to expand technology education teacher preparation program.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
A Supplement to "An Act making appropriations for the support of the State Government and the several public purposes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 and regulating the disbursement thereof," approved July 8, 2006 (P.L.2006, c.45).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. In addition to the amounts appropriated under P.L.2006, c.45, there is appropriated out of the General Fund the following sum for the purpose specified:
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74 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 30 Educational, Cultural and Intellectual Development 36 Higher Educational Services 2470 The College of New Jersey GRANTS-IN-AID |
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82-2470 Institutional Support .......................................................... |
$500,000 |
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Total Grants-In-Aid Appropriation, |
$500,000 |
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The College of New Jersey ............................................. |
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Special Purpose: |
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82 Technology Education Teacher Preparation Program.................................... |
($500,000) |
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2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill makes a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 from the General Fund to The College of New Jersey to fund its technology education teacher preparation program.
The College of New Jersey operates the only accredited technology education teacher preparation program in the State. The program currently graduates approximately 25 students annually. However, the Technology Educators Association of New Jersey has recently released a report which indicates that: in recent years the number of applicants for advertised technology education teacher positions has been getting smaller; the demand for technology teachers far outweighs the current supply; in some cases school districts have discontinued technology programs when certified teachers retire; the adoption of new core curriculum content standards for technological literacy and the newly-established teaching license endorsement for technology education will increase the demand for certified technology education teachers; and a survey of New Jersey middle and high schools has revealed that approximately 27% of current technology education teachers are planning to retire within the next five years and approximately 50% are planning to retire within the next ten years.
The association has estimated that the State will need to add over 500 new technology education teachers within the next five years and over 900 within the next ten years to maintain the current supply of technology education teachers.
