A5167 • 2026

Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Karabinchak, Robert J.
Last action: 2026-06-30
Official status: Substituted by S170
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.

What This Bill Does

Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Topic: Substituted by another Bill Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Substituted by S170
2026-06-23 New Jersey Legislature
Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
2026-06-23 New Jersey Legislature
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-06-15 New Jersey Legislature
Reported and Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
2026-06-01 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates for spring break in school districts.
Topic:
Substituted by another Bill
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A5167

ASSEMBLY, No. 5167

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 1, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Kearney

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires Commissioner of Education to recommend dates
for spring break in school districts.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning school calendars and supplementing chapter
36 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. The Commissioner of
Education shall annually recommend the dates on which a school district may
close the schools of the district for a spring break.� If a school district
determines to close the schools of the district for a spring break, the district
shall consider the recommendation of the commissioner as part of its
scheduling.

���� b.��� On an annual basis, the
commissioner shall inform school districts of the recommended dates of spring
break no later than June 30th of the prior school year.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect in the first full school year following the date of enactment, except
the commissioner may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as
shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the
Commissioner of Education to annually recommend the dates on which a school
district may close its schools for a spring break.� In order to assist school
districts in the development of their school calendars, the commissioner is required
to inform the school districts of the dates for spring break no later than June
30th of the prior school year. The bill is to take effect in the first full
school year following the enactment date of the bill.