Sponsored by:
Senator KRISTIN M. CORRADO
District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.
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 shall annually adopt a school calendar that includes at least three days that may be used to close the schools of the district for inclement weather or other emergencies.
2. This act shall take effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires a board of education to include at least three days that may be used to close the schools of the district in the event of inclement weather, such as snow, or other emergencies.
Current law provides each board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates between which the schools of the district will be open, in accordance with law. Some of the requirements established under current law include: 1) the school year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30; and 2) schools being in session for 180 days each school year to receive State funding.
This bill would additionally require the board of education to proactively include at least three days that may be used to close the schools of the district in the event of inclement weather or other emergencies.