STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires Commissioner of Education approval for publicly funded out-of-State travel by school district employees and board of education members of certain school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning publicly funded out-of-State travel by school district employees and board of education members and supplementing P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:55-3 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the superintendent of schools of a school district, which according to the most recent information reported by the Department of Education in the Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending, or in any successor guide or document, derives 70 percent or more of the district’s total revenue from State aid revenue sources, shall obtain the prior written approval of the Commissioner of Education in order for any school district employee to attend a publicly funded out-of-State travel event, provided that the superintendent has approved the travel pursuant to subsection f. of section 15 of P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:11-12). The superintendent of schools shall obtain the prior written approval of the commissioner before seeking the approval of a majority of the full voting membership of the board of education pursuant to subsection f. of section 15 of P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:11-12).
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a school district, which according to the most recent information reported by the Department of Education in the Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending, or in any successor guide or document, derives 70 percent or more of the district’s total revenue from State aid revenue sources, shall obtain the prior written approval of the Commissioner of Education in order for any board of education member to attend a publicly funded out-of-State travel event. The board shall obtain the prior written approval of the commissioner before seeking the approval of a majority of the full voting membership of the board pursuant to subsection g. of section 15 of P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:11-12).
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the prior written approval of the Commissioner of Education for publicly funded out-of-State travel by school district employees and board of education members of certain school districts. The bill applies to school districts that according to the most recently available information derive 70 percent or more of the district’s total revenue from State aid revenue sources.
Under the bill, the superintendent of schools is to obtain the prior written approval of the commissioner in order for any school district employee to attend a publicly funded out-of-State travel event, provided that the superintendent has approved the travel pursuant to current law. The superintendent of schools is to obtain the commissioner’s approval before seeking approval by a majority of the full voting membership of the board of education pursuant to current law.
The bill also requires the board of education of a school district to obtain prior written approval of the commissioner in order for any board of education member to attend a publicly funded out-of-State travel event. The board is to obtain the commissioner’s approval prior to obtaining the approval of a majority of the full voting membership of the board pursuant to current law.