Bill Text: NJ A4212 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes board of education voting requirements for appointment of superintendent of schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-10-06 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A4212 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A4212-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Changes board of education voting requirements for appointment of superintendent of schools.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the voting requirements for the appointment of a superintendent of schools and amending N.J.S.18A:17-15.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:17-15 is amended to read as follows:
18A:17-15. The board of education of a Type I district and of any Type II district, now having or hereafter authorized to have a superintendent of schools, may, by contract appoint, for a term of not less than three nor more than five years and expiring July 1, a superintendent of schools by the recorded roll call majority vote of the [full] eligible membership of the board.
A superintendent of schools may be appointed for a like term also in any other Type II district or in any other two or more Type II districts as follows:
Application for the establishment of the office of superintendent of schools for a district or for two or more districts which determine to share a superintendent shall be made to the county superintendent of the county or the county superintendent of each of the counties in which such district or districts are situate and if said application is agreed to in writing by such county superintendent or county superintendents and shall be approved by the commissioner and the State board, the board of education of such a district so applying may appoint a superintendent of schools for a single district in the manner hereinbefore provided or may appoint a superintendent for two or more districts in the manner provided by section 4 of P.L.1996, c.111 (C.18A:17-24.1).
As used in this section, "eligible membership of the board" means those members without a conflict of interest who are permitted to vote on the appointment of the superintendent of schools.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.111, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, the recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of a board of education is required to appoint the school district's superintendent of schools. This bill would alter the voting requirement for the appointment of the superintendent to require a roll call majority vote of the eligible membership of the board. "Eligible membership of the board" is defined as those members of the board without a conflict of interest who are permitted to vote on the appointment.
