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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *"
+description: "Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "220"
+identifier: "S 896"
+citation: "New Jersey S 896 (220)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TEACHERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Caputo, Ralph R.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e238235-0c8d-4194-ad88-9c11dd43e54c"
+source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
+source_hash: "58c0b9a565a1a5eea07ca8d717555e5348bda6f8dada3fb427f7ef477239dde0"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey S 896 (220) — Prohibits State Board of Education from requiring completion of performance-based assessment as condition of eligibility for certificate of eligibility with advanced standing or certificate of eligibility. *
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/896_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/896_R1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint ABU 6/27/22 3R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/896_R3.HTM)
+4. **Reprint AED 5/19/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/896_R2.HTM)
+5. **Reprint Conditional Veto 10/17/22 4R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1000/896_R4.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
+- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
+- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
+- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
+- Bergen, Brian — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Calabrese, Clinton — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Clifton, Robert D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
+- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
+- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
+- DiMaio, John — cosponsor (person)
+- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
+- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
+- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
+- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
+- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Guardian, Donald A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
+- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
+- McCarthy Patrick, Bethanne — cosponsor (person)
+- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
+- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
+- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sarlo, Paul A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Sawyer, Beth — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanfield, Jean — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Thomson, Edward H. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Umba, Brandon E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
+- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A677/3562 (ACS/1R)
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
+- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (40-0) `passage`
+- **2022-09-22T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Senate `executive-veto`
+- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading on Concur with Governor's Recommendations (37-0)
+- **2022-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
+- **2022-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2022-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
+- **2022-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.129. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e238235-0c8d-4194-ad88-9c11dd43e54c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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