Bill Text: NJ S1845 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-03 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee [S1845 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2012-S1845-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 1845

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

215th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MAY 3, 2012

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  ROBERT W. SINGER

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Creates special education unit within the Office of Administrative Law.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning special education and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    

     1.a.  The Director and Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Law shall establish within the Office of Administrative Law a special education unit consisting of administrative law judges having expertise in special education law.  The number of administrative law judges in the special education unit shall be proportional to the number and complexity of special education cases referred to the office. 

     b. Upon the establishment of the special education unit, all contested cases, as defined in section 2 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-2), concerning special education law referred to the Office of Administrative Law shall be assigned to and adjudicated by the administrative law judges in the special education unit. 

 

     2. This act shall take effect on the 90^th day following enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would establish a unit within the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) dedicated to special education cases. The special education unit would consist of administrative law judges having expertise in special education law.  The number of administrative law judges in the unit would be proportional to the number and complexity of special education cases referred to the OAL. 

     Under the bill, all contested cases concerning special education law referred to the Office of Administrative Law would be assigned to and adjudicated by the administrative law judges in the special education unit. 

     In the view of the sponsor, special education cases require particular expertise and these cases merit consideration by judges who are especially knowledgeable in this area.