SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

SENATE, No. 1031

 

with committee amendments

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MAY 2, 1996

 

      The Senate Education Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1031 with committee amendments.

      This bill clarifies the voting rights of representatives of sending districts who are eligible for membership on the receiving district board of education. The current statute permits the representatives to vote on the tuition which the receiving district will charge the sending district, and this bill would permit the representatives also to vote on the operating budget for any facilities or staff providing services to pupils of the sending district upon which the tuition charge is based. In addition, language is added to make clear that the representatives may vote on the appointment, transfer or removal of professional administrative staff who provide services to pupils of the sending district.

      The committee adopted amendments which delete the word "directly" in both subsections being revised in order to clarify further the services on which the sending district representatives may vote.