Bill Text: NJ S773 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows DOE to postpone New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum in certain circumstances.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S773 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S773-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator GORDON M. JOHNSON
District 37 (Bergen)
Senator ANDREW ZWICKER
District 16 (Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Allows DOE to postpone New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum in certain circumstances.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11 of P.L.1975, c.212 (C.18A:7A-11) or any other section of law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education may grant a request to postpone the comprehensive review under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum for one school year for any school district in which a school or schools of the district have been damaged, destroyed, or lost as a result of a disaster or hazardous weather event.
b. A board of education seeking to postpone the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall pass a resolution directing the superintendent to request the postponement.
c. The Commissioner of Education shall determine whether the requested postponement is granted or denied within 15 business days of receipt of the request.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows the Commissioner of Education to postpone the comprehensive review under the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJQSAC) for one school year for any school district in which a school or schools of the district have been damaged, destroyed, or lost as a result of a disaster or a hazardous weather event.
Also under the bill, a board of education seeking to postpone the NJQSAC due to damage to a school building as a result of a disaster or hazardous weather event will pass a resolution directing the superintendent to request the postponement. Upon receipt of the request, the Commissioner of Education will have 15 business days to grant or deny the request.
The NJQSAC is the State's monitoring and district self-evaluation system for public school districts. The goal of the NJQSAC is to ensure that all school districts are operating at a high level of performance.
