SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2558

with committee amendments

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JUNE 25, 2020

      The Senate Education Committee favorably reports Senate Bill No. 2558 with committee amendments.

      As amended, this bill provides that individuals attending school-sponsored graduation exercises between July 1, 2020 and August 31, 2020, who have graduated from the school or were employed by the school in the immediately preceding school year will, for purposes of any insurance coverages afforded the school’s registered and enrolled student population beginning July 1, 2020 or for the purposes of any insurance coverages afforded the school’s employees beginning on that date, be considered included in the enrolled and registered student population or be considered as a school employee, as applicable, while attending the graduation exercises.

      The committee amended the bill to extend the insurance coverage provided under the bill to graduation exercises that are held by August 31, 2020. The bill in its original form only extended the insurance coverage to graduation exercises held between July 1, 2020 and July 31, 2020. The amendments also extend the insurance coverage under the bill to school employees attending graduation exercises between these dates.