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19 Jun: Senate Approves Turner/Doria/Girgenti Bill To Protect Private School Educators

TRENTON – The Senate today gave unanimous approval to legislation sponsored by Senators Shirley Turner, Joseph Doria and John Girgenti that would define any assault on a nonpublic school teacher or administrator as an aggravated assault.

“No teacher should ever have to worry about being assaulted by a student,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer and Chair of the Senate Education Committee. “But the penalty for harming a teacher should not be dependent on whether that individual teaches in a public or private school. Charging tuition shouldn’t result in less stringent punishments for students acting in such a deplorable way.”

08 Jun: Senate Education Committee Approves Turner/Girgenti Bill To Protect Private School Educators

TRENTON – The Senate Education Committee today gave unanimous approval to legislation sponsored by Senators Shirley Turner and John Girgenti that would define any assault on a nonpublic school teacher or administrator as an aggravated assault.

“Whether an individual teaches in a public or private school, they should enjoy the same protections against bodily harm while performing their duties,” said Senator Turner, D-Mercer and Chair of the Committee. “Just because a parent pays tuition for their student to attend a school, it doesn’t give that student any more of a right to assault the faculty of that school.”