---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training."
description: "Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 372"
citation: "New Jersey S 372 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Rice, Ronald L.", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f513fd64-24ad-4fae-82f3-2d8de6f3bd1e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e2a3016325b4079472d86765e59415d70e9feeb6918a0fb5a83cf1fa989efa45"
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 372 (218) — Requires Commissioner of Education to develop guidelines to encourage high school students to participate in apprenticeship training.

## 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/S0500/372_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Rice, Ronald L. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- DiMaso, Serena — cosponsor (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Land, R. Bruce — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Milam, Matthew W. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+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`
- **2018-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A131
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.96. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f513fd64-24ad-4fae-82f3-2d8de6f3bd1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).