Bill Text: NJ S3191 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-21 - Approved P.L.2017, c.140. [S3191 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-S3191-Chaptered.html
An Act concerning the voting rights of certain school board members and amending P.L.1995, c.8.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.1) is amended to read as follows
1. In addition to the members of the board of education of a Type I and Type II school district provided by law, in a school district which is receiving pupils from another district or districts pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8, there shall be an additional member as provided pursuant to section 2 of this act to represent the board of education of each sending district. Any additional member shall be a member of the board of education of a sending district designated annually by the board of that district and shall be eligible to vote on the following matters before the receiving district board of education:
a. Tuition to be charged the sending district by the receiving district and the bill lists or contracts for the purchase, operation or maintenance of facilities, equipment and instructional materials to be used in the education of the pupils of the sending district;
b. New capital construction to be utilized by sending district pupils;
c. Appointment, transfer or removal of teaching staff members providing services to pupils of the sending district, including any teaching staff member who is a member of the receiving district's central administrative staff; [and]
d. Addition or deletion of curricular and extracurricular programs involving pupils of the sending district;
e. Any matter directly involving the sending district pupils or programs and services utilized by those pupils;
f. Approval of the annual receiving district budget;
g. Any collectively negotiated agreement involving employees who provide services utilized by sending district pupils;
h. Any individual employee contracts not covered by a collectively negotiated agreement, if those employees provide or oversee programs or services utilized by sending district pupils; and
i. Any matter concerning governance of the receiving district board of education including, but not limited to, the selection of the board president or vice-president, approval of board bylaws, and the employment of professionals or consultants such as attorneys, architects, engineers, or others who provide services to the receiving district board of education.
(cf: P.L.1996, c.103, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill broadens the voting rights of representatives of sending districts who are eligible for membership on the receiving district board of education. The current statute permits the representatives to vote on the tuition which the receiving district will charge the sending district and certain bill lists or contracts; new capital construction to be utilized by sending district pupils; the appointment, transfer or removal of certain teaching staff members and professional administrative staff; and the addition or deletion of curricular and extracurricular programs involving pupils of the sending district. This bill provides that the representative would also vote on any matter directly involving the sending district pupils or programs and services utilized by them; approval of the annual receiving district budget; any collectively negotiated agreement involving employees who provide services utilized by sending district pupils; any individual employee contracts not covered by a collectively negotiated agreement, if those employees provide or oversee programs or services utilized by sending district pupils; and any matter concerning governance of the receiving board, including, but not limited to, the selection of the board president and vice-president, approval of board bylaws, and the employment of professionals or consultants such as attorneys, architects, engineers, or others who provide services to the receiving district board of education.
Extends voting rights of representatives of sending districts on receiving district board of education.
