An Act concerning the annual audit of the 2020-2021 school district fiscal year.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:23-1, N.J.S.18A:23-3, or any other provision of law to the contrary, a school district’s annual audit report of the 2020-2021 school fiscal year conducted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:23-1 shall be completed not later than January 31, 2022 and submitted to the Commissioner of Education not later than February 5, 2022. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a school district shall submit the Audit Summary for the 2020-2021 school year to the Department of Education not later than January 4, 2022.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved October 27, 2021.