---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain underperforming schools under alternate route program.*"
description: "Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain underperforming schools under alternate route program.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 703"
citation: "New Jersey S 703 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION", "MINORITY", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasey, Mila M.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8aa0f387-7ea8-4014-b4d9-978bd28034a0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ef1cc18888879156a4d0ffe2b6b3fa75965e59d2e5e6768ab4becb632001f667"
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 703 (218) — Establishes pilot program in DOE to recruit disadvantaged or minority men to teach in certain underperforming schools under alternate route program.*

## 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/S1000/703_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S1000/703_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — 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`
- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-12-06T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-0) `passage`
- **2019-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3141 (1R)
- **2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-1-0) `passage`
- **2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.102. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8aa0f387-7ea8-4014-b4d9-978bd28034a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).