Sponsored by:
Senator RAJ MUKHERJI
District 32 (Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes method for appointing and electing board of education members of certain school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning school board membership and supplementing chapter 12 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. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a school district located in a city of the first class that has adopted a “Mayor-Council Plan” of government pursuant to the provisions of the “Optional Municipal Charter Law,” P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.) shall consist of nine members, with three members appointed by the mayor, three members appointed by a majority of the members of the council, and three members who shall be elected by the legal voters of the district at an annual school election in the district.
b. Each member shall be elected or appointed for a term of three years as follows:
(1) in the first full school-year following the date of enactment of this act, one member appointed by the mayor, one member appointed by the council, and one member elected by the legal voters of the district;
(2) in the second full school-year following the date of enactment of this act, one member appointed by the mayor, one member appointed by the council, and one member elected by the legal voters of the district; and
(3) in the third full school-year following the date of enactment of this act, one member appointed by the mayor, one member appointed by the council, and one member elected by the legal voters of the district.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes methods for appointing and electing board of education members of certain school districts.
Under the bill, the board of education of a school district located in a city of the first class that has adopted a “Mayor-Council Plan” of government pursuant to the “Optional Municipal Charter Law” is to consist of nine members, with three members appointed by the mayor, three members appointed by a majority of the members of the council, and three members elected by the legal voters of the district at the annual school election in the district.
The bill provides for new members to be phased onto the board over a three-year period, with one member appointed by the mayor, one member appointed by the council, and one member elected by the legal voters of the district in each of the three school years following the bill’s effective date. Each member is to serve a term of three years.