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S3246 • 2026

Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.

Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Turner, Shirley K.
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.

Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires each board of education to adopt policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district facilities.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3246

SENATE, No. 3246

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires each board of education to adopt policy
establishing temperature control standards and guidelines for school district
facilities.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning temperature control of public school
buildings and supplementing chapter 33 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statutes.�

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

���� 1.��� Each board of education
shall adopt a policy establishing temperature control standards and guidelines
for school district facilities.� The policy shall ensure, to the greatest
extent feasible, that school buildings provide students with a temperature-controlled
environment that is conducive to learning.� The policy shall:

���� a.���� require, in each school
building in the district, that a staff member be designated to monitor
compliance with the standards and initiate permitted corrective measures;

���� b.��� establish a protocol to
follow in instances where classroom temperatures are identified as being not
conducive to learning;

���� c.���� identify what
temperature control measures are permitted in accordance with local building
and fire codes;

���� d.��� be informed by the
temperature standards outlined in N.J.A.C.12:100-13.3(a)4 of the Indoor Air
Quality Standard established by the Department of Labor and Workforce
Development; and

���� e.���� require corrective
measures be addressed, where feasible, by action outlined in
N.J.A.C.12:100-13.3(a)1 of the Indoor Air Quality Standard established by the
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

���� 2.��� The Department of
Education and the Department of Health shall jointly develop guidance to assist
school districts in establishing and implementing a policy concerning
temperature control.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect on July 1 of the school year following enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each board
of education to adopt a policy establishing temperature control standards and
guidelines for school district facilities.� The policy must ensure, to the
greatest extent feasible, that school buildings provide students with a
temperature-controlled environment that is conducive to learning.� The policy
must:

���� 1) require that a staff member
is designated in each school building in the district to monitor compliance
with the standards and initiate permitted corrective action;

���� 2) establish a protocol to
follow in instances where classroom temperatures are identified as being not
conducive to learning;

���� 3) identify what temperature
control measures are permitted in accordance with local building and fire
codes;

���� 4) be informed by the Indoor
Air Quality Standard established by the Department of Labor and Workforce
Development; and

���� 5) require that corrective
measures be addressed, where feasible, by action outlined in the Indoor Air
Quality Standard.

���� The bill directs the
Department of Education and the Department of Health to jointly develop
guidance to assist school districts in establishing and implementing a policy
concerning temperature control.