S 2548 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Authorizes school district that moves its annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for budget year and subsequent budget year.

This bill allows New Jersey school districts that have moved their annual school election to November to submit separate proposals for additional spending for either the current budget year, the subsequent budget year, or both. Currently, districts moving elections to November face challenges because approved spending increases must be implemented immediately, making budget planning difficult. The bill specifically prohibits districts from applying "banked" tax levy increases to the subsequent year if they submit a separate proposal for that year's spending. This change provides greater flexibility for school districts to align their budget planning with the timing of their November elections, and would first apply to the 2024-2025 school year.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2024 Last action Dec 22, 2025
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Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Dec 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Amendment (Voice) (Ruiz)
upper
Jun 24, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
Jun 24, 2024
Committee
Transferred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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