Bill Text: NJ A517 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Decreases the threshold percentages of student enrollment necessary for a sending school district to obtain representation on a receiving school district board of education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee [A517 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-A517-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN F. AMODEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Assemblyman VINCENT J. POLISTINA
District 2 (Atlantic)
SYNOPSIS
Decreases the threshold percentages of student enrollment necessary for a sending school district to obtain representation on a receiving school district board of education.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning sending school district representation on a receiving district board of education and amending and supplementing P.L.1995, c.8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 2 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.2) is amended to read as follows:
2. A school district which is sending pupils to another school district pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8 shall have representation on the board of education of the receiving school district as follows:
a. (1) If the pupils of the sending district comprise less than [10] 7.5 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district will be enrolled, the sending district shall have no representation on the receiving district board of education.
(2) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least [10] 7.5 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district will be enrolled, the sending district shall have one representative on the receiving district board of education.
b. If the total number of pupils of two or more sending districts, which do not qualify for representation under subsection a. of this section, comprise at least [15] 10 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending districts will be enrolled, they shall have collectively two representatives on the receiving district board of education. The annual designation of the representatives, in the event more than two districts collectively qualify under this subsection, shall be rotated among the boards of education of the sending districts according to a schedule determined by the joint agreement of the boards.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, the number of representatives designated by the sending districts to be additional members shall not exceed three additional members on a receiving board with originally nine or more members, two additional members on a receiving board with originally seven or eight members, and one additional member on a receiving board with originally less than seven members. In the event that this restriction results in an unequal representation of sending districts, the annual designation of the representative or representatives shall be rotated among the boards of education of the sending districts according to a schedule determined by the joint agreement of the boards.
d. A representative of a sending district board of education shall be designated at the meeting of the board which is closest in time to the annual organizational meeting of the receiving district board of education and shall serve a one-year term beginning with the organizational meeting of the receiving district board. The representative shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the receiving district board of education.
e. The calculation of percentages required under this section shall be based on the number of pupils reported as of the last school day prior to October 16 of each prebudget year.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.138, s.65)
2. (New section) Notwithstanding the provision of subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.2) to the contrary, in the case of a sending school district which becomes eligible for representation on a receiving school district board of education pursuant to P.L. c. (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the sending district representative shall be designated at the first meeting of the sending district board of education that occurs following the effective date of that act. Thereafter the sending district representative shall be designated in accordance with the provision of subsection d. of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.2).
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill decreases the percentage thresholds of student enrollment necessary for a sending school district to obtain representation on a receiving school district board of education.
Currently, if the pupils of a sending district comprise less than 10 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district are enrolled, the sending district will not have representation on the receiving district board of education. If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 10 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in those grades, the sending district will have one representative on the receiving district board of education. This bill decreases the percentage required for sending district representation from 10 percent to 7.5 percent.
Also under current law, if the total number of pupils of two or more sending districts comprise at least 15 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district are enrolled, the sending districts will have collectively two representatives on the receiving district board of education. This bill decreases the percentage from 15 percent to 10 percent.
