Bill Text: NJ A902 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A902 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A902-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Dunn
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the school calendar and supplementing chapter 36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A board of education shall close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general election.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Current law provides each board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates on which the schools of the district will be in session, in accordance with law. This bill requires a board of education to close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general election.
