Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
SYNOPSIS
Requires limited purpose regional school districts to coordinate with constituent districts regarding school calendar and curriculum.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning limited purpose regional school districts and supplementing chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The board of education of a limited purpose regional school district shall meet and work with the constituent school districts of the regional district, on at least an annual basis, to:
a. coordinate the school calendars of the limited purpose regional school district and the constituent school districts in order to ensure consistency across the districts; and
b. review and analyze the curriculum of each constituent school district to facilitate consistency in the educational program and in the articulation and alignment of the curriculum of students who will attend the constituent school districts and the limited purpose regional school district.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the board of education of a limited purpose regional school district to meet and work with the constituent school districts of the regional district, on at least an annual basis, to: (1) coordinate the school calendars of the limited purpose regional district and the constituent districts in order to ensure consistency across the districts; and (2) review and analyze the curriculum of each constituent school district in order to facilitate consistency in the educational program and in the articulation and alignment of the curriculum of students who will attend the constituent districts and the limited purpose regional district.