Bill Text: NJ S657 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S657 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S657-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
217th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes three-year moratorium on increases in charter school enrollment.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning charter school enrollment and supplementing P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. For a period of three years beginning with the start of the 2015-2016 school year, the Commissioner of Education shall not approve any increase in the number of spaces available for student enrollment in a charter school beyond the maximum enrollment number that was approved by the commissioner in the school's initial application for a charter or an amendment to the charter approved prior to the effective date of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill provides that for a three-year period beginning with the start of the 2015-2016 school year, the Commissioner of Education will not approve any increase in the number of spaces available for student enrollment in a charter school beyond the maximum enrollment number that was approved by the commissioner in either the school's initial charter application or an amendment to the school's charter that was approved prior to the bill's effective date.
