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A1691 • 2026

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

Education Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
  • Topic: State and Local Government Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Topic:
State and Local Government
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A1691

ASSEMBLY, No. 1691

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER

District 22 (Somerset and Union)

Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV

District 31 (Hudson)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school districts to close schools on days of
general and primary elections.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act
concerning the school calendar 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 board of education
shall close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on
the day of a primary election for the general election.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Current law provides each
board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates on which
the schools of the district will be in session, in accordance with law.� This
bill requires a board of education to close the schools of the district on the
day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general
election.