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A4581 • 2026

Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.

Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.

Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires boards of education to post on website information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4581

ASSEMBLY, No. 4581

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires boards of education to post on website
information summarizing payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts
payable.�

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

concerning certain financial information
provided by a board of education and supplementing chapter 22 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.� A board of education
shall post for public inspection on its website a summary of its payroll, total
accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable. The board shall also post a
summary document that outlines in a user-friendly manner the board�s major
categories of expenditures and identifies the vendors selected through
competitive bidding or competitive contracting to provide goods and services.

���� b.��� The information required
pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be posted on the website in a
prominent and easily accessible location and in a format approved by the
Commissioner of Education.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each board
of education to post for public inspection on its website a summary of its
payroll, total accounts payable, and weekly accounts payable. The bill also
requires each board to post a summary document that outlines in a user-friendly
manner the board�s major categories of expenditures and identifies the vendors
selected through competitive bidding or competitive contracting to provide goods
and services.

���� Under the bill, the
information must be posted in a prominent and easily accessible location and in
a format approved by the Commissioner of Education.