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S3247 • 2026

Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.

Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.

Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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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

Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3247

SENATE, No. 3247

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2., 2026

Sponsored by:

tSenator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides that any superintendent salary caps adopted
by the commissioner will apply to charter school administrators.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the salaries of charter school
administrators and supplementing P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� Any salary caps adopted
by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted under subsection j. of
N.J.S.18A:7-8 shall also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person
assuming administrative responsibility of a charter school.

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

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, the
executive county superintendent of schools is required to review and approve,
according to standards adopted by the Commissioner of Education, all employment
contracts for superintendents of schools, assistant superintendents of schools,
and school business administrators in school districts within the county.� Pursuant
to this section of law, the commissioner adopted regulations at
N.J.A.C.6A:23A-1.2 establishing salary caps for superintendents based upon the
enrollment in the district.� This bill provides that the salary caps are to
also apply to a charter school lead person, or other person assuming
administrative responsibility of a charter school.