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A4983 • 2026

Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.

Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.

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
2026-05-07
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.

Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides county vocational school districts with authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4983

ASSEMBLY, No. 4983

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 7, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ALEX SAUICKIE

District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides county vocational school districts with
authority to choose name in manner that more accurately reflects mission.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning county vocational school districts and
supplementing chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.�

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� Notwithstanding the provisions
of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a county vocational
school district established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of
the New Jersey Statutes may be known by any name chosen by the board of
education of the district.

���� b.� Whenever, in any law,
rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative
proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to a county vocational school
district, the same shall mean and refer to a school district established
pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes
regardless of the name chosen by the board of education of the district.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would provide
statutory authority for school districts providing vocational-technical
education in the State to be known by any name chosen by the district�s board
of education.� Currently, county vocational school districts refer to
themselves, without clear authority, by various names, including: institutes of
technology; technical schools; technical school districts; technical education
centers; schools of technology; polytechs; and vocational-technical schools.�
Under this bill, county vocational school districts will have the statutory
authority to choose names for their educational institutions that more
accurately reflect the mission of those institutions.� Today�s career and
technical education schools are very different from the �trade schools� of the
past.� These schools are offering rigorous, hands-on learning opportunities
that prepare all types of students for college and careers in a wide variety of
fields.� The names by which they are known should be allowed to reflect the
exciting and challenging high school choice they offer the students of New
Jersey.