---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 1876"
citation: "New Jersey S 1876 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caputo, Ralph R.", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/130e1089-79f1-48fe-9a91-ba6c4d792781"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "90ac8861b071dc1cca230c8716b7419bb7487e1948a607a5b13bd17d1599b770"
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 1876 (218) — Requires Commissioner of Education to include data on chronic absenteeism and disciplinary suspensions on School Report Card and requires public schools to make certain efforts to combat chronic absenteeism.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1876_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S2000/1876_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Caputo, Ralph R. — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment (38-0) (Ruiz) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A2192 (1R)
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.23. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/130e1089-79f1-48fe-9a91-ba6c4d792781`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).