SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 1884

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: AUGUST 25, 1997

      The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1884.

      The purpose of this bill is to make several changes in the current law regarding the administration of school elections and special school elections.

      Specifically, the bill:

      1) Eliminates the requirement that seven notices of each school election be posted no less than 10 days prior to that election in each municipality holding a school election;

      2) Requires that no school election be held within 30 days before or after another election rather than 20 days, as provided for by current law; and

      3) Requires a board of education to give the municipal clerk or clerks, as the case may be, and the county board of elections no less than 60 days' notice, in writing, of its intention to hold a special election.