S 328 New Jersey Senate · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Increases sending district representation on receiving district's board of education in certain circumstances.

This bill changes how school districts sending students to another district (sending districts) gain representation on the receiving district's school board. Currently, a sending district gets one voting representative if its students make up at least 10% of the receiving district's enrollment in relevant grades. The bill adds new rules: - Sending districts collectively meeting a 10% threshold (instead of the current 15%) in specific counties (third-class, 100,000-120,000 population per 2020 census) qualify for one representative. - Sending districts may collectively get one representative (with board approval) if they hit 10% enrollment, even without meeting the 15% threshold. - If enrollment is below 10%, sending districts get a non-voting representative. The bill also caps total additional voting representatives at three (depending on the board size) and requires annual rotation of representatives among sending districts.
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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 in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
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Doug Steinhardt
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