---
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).