S 170

SENATE, No. 170
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ
District 29 (Essex and Hudson)
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates
for spring break in school districts.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act concerning school calendars and supplementing chapter
36 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
���� Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a. The Commissioner of
Education shall annually recommend the dates on which a school district may
close the schools of the district for a spring break.� If a school district
determines to close the schools of the district for a spring break, the district
shall consider the recommendation of the commissioner as part of its
scheduling.
���� b.��� On an annual basis, the
commissioner shall inform school districts of the recommended dates of spring
break no later than June 30th of the prior school year.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment, except
the commissioner may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as
shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Education to annually recommend the dates on which a school
district may close its schools for a spring break.� In order to assist school
districts in the development of their school calendars, the commissioner is required
to inform the school districts of the dates for spring break no later than June
30th of the prior school year. The bill is to take effect in the first full
school year following the enactment date of the bill.