Bill Text: NJ A5224 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits New Jersey Schools Development Authority and school districts from selling or leasing school buildings for school purposes if building conditions pose risk to students or staff.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-04 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A5224 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A5224-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Prohibits New Jersey Schools Development Authority and school districts from selling or leasing school buildings for school purposes if building conditions pose risk to students or staff.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the sale or lease of school buildings and supplementing P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) and chapter 20 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The New Jersey Schools Development Authority shall not authorize the sale or lease of a school building for school purposes, if conditions in the school building pose a risk to the health and safety of students or staff. Any necessary repairs or renovations to address the conditions shall be completed prior to the execution of the contract of sale or the lease agreement for the school building.
2. A school district shall not authorize the sale or lease of a school building for school purposes, if conditions in the school building pose a risk to the health and safety of students or staff. Any necessary repairs or renovations to address the conditions shall be completed prior to the execution of the contract of sale or the lease agreement for the school building.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill prohibits both the New Jersey Schools Development Authority and school districts from authorizing the sale or lease of a school building for school purposes, if conditions in the school building pose a risk to the health and safety of students or staff. The bill also requires that any necessary repairs or renovations to address the conditions that are posing a risk to the health and safety of students or staff must be completed prior to the execution of the contract of sale or lease agreement for the school building.
