New Jersey A 723: Prohibits disqualification of certain minority-owned and women-owned businesses for certification.

Bill Text

A723 

ASSEMBLY, No. 723 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman GREGORY P. MCGUCKIN

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

Assemblyman PAUL KANITRA

District 10 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires members of State Board of Education to 
attend meetings in person to be recorded as present.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning State Board of Education meetings and 
amending N.J.S.18A:4-7.� 

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

���� 1.� N.J.S.18A:4-7 is amended 
to read as follows:

���� 18A:4-7. The [state board] State 
Board of Education shall hold public meetings at least once in each month 
at such times as its rules may prescribe and at such other times and such 
places within the [state] State 
as in its judgment may be necessary, but no meeting shall commence later than 
eight P.M. A member of the State Board of Education shall only be recorded 
as present if the member attends the meeting in person, except as may be 
otherwise determined during a state of emergency declared by the Governor.

���� All public meetings of the 
State Board of Education, including any portion of a public meeting designated 
for public comment, shall be accessible to the public both in person and 
virtually. A link for virtual access to the meeting shall be publicly available 
on the State Board of Education�s Internet website. For any public meeting in 
which the State Board of Education accepts public comment, members of the 
public shall be permitted to make comments by means of remote communication.� 

(cf: N.J.S.18A:4-7)

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that a 
member of the State Board of Education may only be recorded as present if the 
member attends the meeting in person, except as may be otherwise determined 
during a state of emergency declared by the Governor.

���� The bill also requires all 
public meetings of the State Board of Education to be accessible to the public 
both in person and virtually. A link providing virtual access to meetings is 
required to be publicly available on the State Board of Education�s website. 
Finally, for any meeting in which the State Board of Education accepts public 
comment, the bill stipulates that members of the public will be able to provide 
comments by means of remote communication.