Bill Text: NJ A5716 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-08-23 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A5716 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A5716-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VALERIE VAINIERI HUTTLE
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER P. DEPHILLIPS
District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
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 close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general election.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Current law provides each board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates on which the schools of the district will be in session, in accordance with law. This bill requires a board of education to close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general election.
