ASSEMBLY, No. 416

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 1996 SESSION

By Assemblymen KELLY and ZECKER

An Act concerning membership in the New Jersey School Boards Association and amending N.J.S.18A:6-45, N.J.S.18A:6-46 and N.J.S.18A:6-50.

    Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

    1. N.J.S.18A:6-45 is amended to read as follows:

    18A:6-45. There is established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "New Jersey School Boards Association." All boards of education of the various school districts in this State [shall] may be members of the association.

(cf: P.L.1970, c.104, s.1)

    2. N.J.S.18A:6-46 is amended to read as follows:

    18A:6-46. Each of the district boards of education which chooses to be a member of the association shall select annually one of its members as a delegate to the association.

(cf: P.L.1970, c.104, s.2)

    3. N.J.S.18A:6-50 is amended to read as follows:

    18A:6-50. For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the association, the various district boards which are members of the association shall pay the necessary expenses incurred by its delegates, and shall appropriate annually such sums for dues as may be assessed by the association at any delegates meeting. The assessment of dues shall be made upon a graduated scale and shall be made only upon two-thirds vote of the delegates present at such delegates meeting, after notice of the taking of such vote shall have been given to each district board in writing at least 60 days before such delegates meeting. However, the dues assessed any board of education shall not be increased for any year by more than [33 1/3 % of the dues assessed that board during the preceding year] the maximum permissible precentage increase in the district's net budget for the budget year as determined pursuant to section 85 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:7D-28). Dues shall be payable by the [custodian] treasurer of school moneys of the school district to the treasurer of the association.

(cf: P.L.1973, c.120, s.1)

    4. This act shall take effect immediately.

STATEMENT

    This bill amends current law to provide that the membership of district boards of education in the New Jersey School Boards Association shall be optional. Presently, all boards of education of the various school districts in this State are required to be members of the association. The bill also limits the annual increase in dues payable to the Association to the percentage increase permitted to each district under the school budget caps.

Makes membership in the New Jersey School Boards Association optional and limits annual dues increases.