ASSEMBLY, No. 3677 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 221st LEGISLATURE INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2024
ASSEMBLY, No. 3677
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Sponsored by: Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Assemblyman WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN District 5 (Camden and Gloucester) SYNOPSIS Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT As introduced.
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman BENJIE E. WIMBERLY
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman WILLIAM W. SPEARMAN
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the salaries of charter school administrators and supplementing P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.). Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Any salary caps adopted by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted under subsection j. of N.J.S.18A:7-8 shall also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person assuming administrative responsibility of a charter school. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. STATEMENT Under current law, the executive county superintendent of schools is required to review and approve, according to standards adopted by the Commissioner of Education, all employment contracts for superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators in school districts within the county. Pursuant to this section of law, the commissioner adopted regulations at N.J.A.C.6A:23A-1.2 establishing salary caps for superintendents based upon the enrollment in the district. This bill provides that the salary caps are to also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person assuming administrative responsibility of a charter school.
An Act concerning the salaries of charter school administrators and supplementing P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Any salary caps adopted by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted under subsection j. of N.J.S.18A:7-8 shall also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person assuming administrative responsibility of a charter school.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Under current law, the executive county superintendent of schools is required to review and approve, according to standards adopted by the Commissioner of Education, all employment contracts for superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools, and school business administrators in school districts within the county. Pursuant to this section of law, the commissioner adopted regulations at N.J.A.C.6A:23A-1.2 establishing salary caps for superintendents based upon the enrollment in the district. This bill provides that the salary caps are to also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person assuming administrative responsibility of a charter school.