ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
STATEMENT TO
SENATE, No. 2837
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
DATED: JUNE 6, 2024
The Assembly Education committee reports favorably Senate Bill
No. 2837.
This bill authorizes school districts without a board of school
estimate to submit to the voters of the district at a special school
election a separate proposal or proposals for permission to raise
additional funds for the subsequent school budget year beyond the
district’s authorized tax levy for that year.
Under current law, a school district may submit to the voters at the
annual school election, a separate question or proposal for permission
to raise additional funds for the budget year beyond the district’s
authorized tax levy. This bill would allow districts to submit proposals
to voters at a special school election to raise such additional funds for
the subsequent school budget year. Special school elections may
occur in January, March, September, and December. A separate
proposal or proposals may only be submitted on a date of a special
election once during a school year. Nothing in the bill is to be
construed to prohibit the submission to the voters of a question for the
approval of capital projects on the same special election date as the
submission of a separate proposal for additional funds.
As reported by the committee, Senate Bill No. 2837 is identical to
Assembly Bill No. 4084, which was also reported by the committee on
this date.