S170 • 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: Diegnan, Patrick J., Jr.
Last action: 2026-06-30
Official status: Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-13-0)
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: Passed both Houses 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
Passed by the Senate (27-13)
2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Substituted for A5167
2026-06-30 New Jersey Legislature
Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (66-13-0)
2026-06-01 New Jersey Legislature
Reported from Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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S170 TR

SENATE, No. 170

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator� M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex and Hudson)

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 reported by the Senate Education Committee with
technical review.

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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.