Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Permits 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 may close the schools of the district on the day of a primary election or 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 clarifies that a board of education may close the schools of the district on the day of a primary election or general election.