STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman MILA M. JASEY
District 27 (Essex and Morris)
Assemblyman RALPH R. CAPUTO
District 28 (Essex)
Assemblywoman ELIANA PINTOR MARIN
District 29 (Essex)
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Tucker, Assemblymen Johnson, McKeon, Assemblywomen Timberlake and Reynolds-Jackson
SYNOPSIS
Requires that if a school district satisfies 80% or more of the required NJ Quality Single Accountability Continuum standards in an area of district effectiveness under State intervention, the State must return that area to local control.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Education Committee with technical review.
An Act concerning school districts under State intervention and supplementing chapter 7A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, if a school district under partial or full State intervention satisfies 80 percent or more of the quality performance indicators in any of the areas of school district effectiveness under State intervention, the State shall immediately withdraw from intervention in those areas. The Commissioner of Education and State Board of Education may not use any other factor in determining to withdraw from intervention in an area of school district effectiveness.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.