Bill Text: NJ A943 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that public schools will not be in session on general election days when Office of President of the United States is on ballot.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A943 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A943-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman DAVID C. RUSSO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
Assemblywoman JOAN M. VOSS
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblywoman CONNIE WAGNER
District 38 (Bergen)
Assemblyman PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that public schools will not be in session on general election days when Office of President of the United States is on ballot.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the public school calendar for certain election days and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The school calendar adopted by a board of education of a public school district shall provide that school is not in session on the day of a general election when the Office of President of the United States is on the ballot.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a board of education of a public school district to adopt a school calendar providing that school is not in session on the day of a general election when the Office of the President of the United States is on the ballot.
Many New Jersey public schools serve as polling sites during elections and the high voter turnout generated by presidential elections strains the ability of the school district and municipal authorities to provide crowd control and security. Even routine security procedures are difficult to enforce when large numbers of voters turnout in schools occupied by children.
