A 205 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires legislative approval of State Board of Education rules and regulations; repeals equity regulations.

This bill requires New Jersey's State Board of Education to obtain legislative approval for all new rules, amendments, or readoptions of existing rules through a concurrent resolution passed by both legislative chambers. It also permanently repeals the "Managing for Equity in Education" regulations (N.J.A.C.6A:7), which were recently adopted to address school equity. The State Board must now submit proposed rules to the Legislature for approval before implementation, and the Office of Administrative Law must include the legislative resolution when filing rule notices. This directly affects the State Board of Education (which loses unilateral rule-making authority) and school districts previously governed by the repealed equity regulations.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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