Bill Text: NJ S2712 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school business administrator to annually report to board of education on district contracts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Substituted by A1499 (1R) [S2712 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S2712-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator PETER J. BARNES, III
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school business administrator to annually report to board of education on district contracts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning school district contracts and supplementing N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. By July 1 of each school year, the school business administrator shall submit a written report to the board of education on school district contracts. The report shall include: a list of all district contracts that will be awarded, subject to renewal, or expire during the school year; and an explanation of all applicable federal and State laws, rules, and regulations relating to those contracts.
b. Prior to the execution, extension, or renewal of any school district contract that was not included in the report prepared pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the school business administrator shall notify the board of education in writing of all applicable federal and State laws, rules, and regulations relating to the contract.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill imposes new reporting requirements on school business administrators in order to ensure that the school district is in compliance with all federal and State laws, rules, and regulations relating to district contracts. The bill directs the school business administrator to submit a written report to the board of education on school district contracts by July 1 of each school year. Under the bill, the report must include: a list of all district contracts that will be awarded, subject to renewal, or expire during the school year; and an explanation of all applicable federal and State laws, rules, and regulations relating to those contracts. The bill also provides that prior to the execution, extension, or renewal of a school district contract that was not included in the report, the school business administrator must notify the board of all applicable federal and State laws, rules, and regulations relating to the contract.
