Sexual Assaults on Trenton School Buses?! Special needs students MUST have more bus aides NOW!

Let’s get bill S2757/A4332 out of committee and into law! Contact New Jersey state committee chairs and tell them to move forward and get this bill heard in committee! Scroll down for contact information.

Multiple special needs children have been assaulted on Trenton school buses in the past 8 months! These outrageous incidents have coincided with the district’s switch to using large 52-seat buses to transport special needs students, who in the past were taken to and from school in smaller buses supervised by 1 bus aide. Under current conditions, however, 1 bus aide on such a large bus is dangerous.

A bill currently in the state legislature would help protect New Jersey’s children by requiring 1 bus aide for every 15 special needs students on a school bus. The Special Parent Advocacy Network (SPAG) is recommending calls, emails and letters to support the bill, S2757/A4332, sponsored by Senators Shirley Turner (D-15) and Teresa Ruiz (D-29) and Assemblymembers Liz Muoio (D-15), Daniel Benson (D-14) and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-37).