Bill Text: NJ S2878 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-20 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S2878 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2022-S2878-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 2878

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

220th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 20, 2022

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

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.