STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ALEX SAUICKIE
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblywoman DAWN FANTASIA
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Inganamort
SYNOPSIS
Requires school district receiving 70 percent or more of revenue from State aid to post certain information concerning out-of-State travel expenditures on Internet website.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning school district accountability and supplementing P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:55-3 et al.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a school district, which according to the most recent information reported by the Department of Education in the Taxpayers’ Guide to Education Spending, or in any successor guide or document, derives 70 percent or more of the district’s total revenue from State aid revenue sources, shall post on its Internet website information related to out-of-State travel expenditures by the district. The information posted pursuant to this section shall include, but not be limited to:
a. travel vouchers;
b. itemized expenses for transportation, meals, lodging, and registration or other conference fees;
c. the total number of school district employees and board of education members who received reimbursement for travel expenditures to attend out-of-State travel events during the school year;
d. the title, dates, and a summary of any out-of-State travel event attended by a school district employee or board of education member; and
e. any other information the Commissioner of Education deems necessary.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the boards of education of certain school districts to post on their Internet websites information on out-of-State travel expenditures. A school district would be subject to the provisions of the bill if the most recently available information indicates it derives 70 percent or more of its total revenue from State aid revenue sources. Pursuant to the bill, the district is required to post: (1) travel vouchers; (2) itemized expenses for transportation, meals, lodging, and registration or other conference fees; (3) the total number of school district employees and board of education members who received reimbursement for travel expenditures to attend out-of-State travel events during the school year; (4) the title, date, and a summary of any out-of-State travel event attended by a school district employee or board of education member; and (5) any other information deemed necessary by the Commissioner of Education.