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A4862 • 2026

Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.

Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Sauickie, Alex
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.

Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires school calendar to include certain days for inclement weather and emergencies.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4862

ASSEMBLY, No. 4862

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 4, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school calendar to include certain days for
inclement weather and emergencies.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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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 annually adopt a school calendar that includes at least three days that
may be used to close the schools of the district for inclement weather or other
emergencies.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a board of
education to include at least three days that may be used to close the schools
of the district in the event of inclement weather, such as snow, or other
emergencies.

���� Current law provides each
board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates between
which the schools of the district will be open, in accordance with law.� Some
of the requirements established under current law include: 1) the school year
beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30; and 2) schools being in session for
180 days each school year to receive State funding.

���� This bill would additionally
require the board of education to proactively include at least three days that
may be used to close the schools of the district in the event of inclement
weather or other emergencies.