Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BRANDON E. UMBA
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywomen Flynn and Matsikoudis
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Education to attend State Board of Education meetings.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning meetings of the State Board of Education and amending N.J.S.18A:4-7.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:4-7 is amended to read as follows:
18A:4-7. The [state board] State Board of Education shall hold public meetings at least once in each month at such times as its rules may prescribe and at such other times and such places within the [state] State as in its judgment may be necessary, but no meeting shall commence later than eight P.M. The Commissioner of Education, or an assistant commissioner designated by the commissioner, shall attend all public meetings of the State Board.
(cf: N.J.S.18A:4-7)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill amends current law to expressly require the Commissioner of Education, or an assistant commissioner designated by the commissioner, to attend all public meetings of the State Board of Education. Pursuant to the current by-laws of the State Board of Education, the commissioner or the commissioner’s designee is required to attend the State Board’s meetings as part of the commissioner’s duties as Secretary of the State Board. This bill will statutorily require the commissioner or an assistant commissioner to attend all public meetings of the State Board.