---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE.*"
description: "Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 3982"
citation: "New Jersey S 3982 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CURRICULA", "SCH BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Morales, Carmen Theresa", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38204073-27b7-48eb-967c-8c7fcb97f81f"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "1297425c9b7486318f58a7f5c22965a62990856d7be7f181bf4d4d7d456600fe"
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 3982 (221) — Requires certain information be provided to parent at least two business days prior to annual Individualized Education Program (IEP) team meeting; establishes IEP Improvement Working Group in DOE.*

## 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/2024/S4000/3982_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint of Substitute AED 5/8/25 1R SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3982_R1.HTM)
3. **Senate Committee Substitute SED 3/17/25 SCS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S4000/3982_U1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Senate committee as a substitute — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- Morales, Carmen Theresa — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Abdelaziz, Al — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-16T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported from Senate Committee as a Substitute, 2nd Reading
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5492 (1R)
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (80-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2025-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2025-07-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.107. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38204073-27b7-48eb-967c-8c7fcb97f81f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).