S3291 • 2026

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

Education Elections

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Corrado, Kristin M.
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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Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.

What This Bill Does

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires school districts to close schools on days of general and primary elections.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3291

SENATE, No. 3291

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� KRISTIN M. CORRADO

District 40 (Bergen, Essex and Passaic)

Senator� ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT

District 31 (Hudson)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires school districts to close schools on days of
general and primary elections.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning the school calendar 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 board of education
shall close the schools of the district on the day of a general election or on
the day of a primary election for the general election.

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

STATEMENT

���� Current law provides each
board of education with the discretion to annually determine the dates on which
the schools of the district will be in session, in accordance with law.� This
bill requires a board of education to close the schools of the district on the
day of a general election or on the day of a primary election for the general
election.