STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning school calendars 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. The Commissioner of Education shall annually recommend the dates on which a school district may close the schools of the district for a spring break. If a school district determines to close the schools of the district for a spring break, the district shall consider the recommendation of the commissioner as part of its scheduling.
b. On an annual basis, the commissioner shall inform school districts of the recommended dates of spring break no later than June 30th of the prior school year.
2. This act shall take effect in the 2023-2024 school year, except the commissioner may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to annually recommend the dates on which a school district would be permitted to close its schools for a spring break. In order to assist school districts in the development of their school calendars, the commissioner is required to inform the school districts of the dates for spring break no later than June 30th of the prior school year.
The bill would take effect in the 2023-2024 school year, but the commissioner would recommend the dates for spring breaks for that school year no later than June 30, 2023, and no later than June 30 every year thereafter.