New Jersey A 4539: Establishes "Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act."

Bill Text

A4539 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4539 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires each school district to annually submit 
interscholastic athletic opportunity report to the Commissioner of Education. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning interscholastic athletic opportunities for 
public school students and supplementing chapter 11 of Title 18A of the New 
Jersey Statutes.� 

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

���� 1.��� a.� By October 15 of 
each year, a school district shall submit to the Commissioner of Education a 
report on interscholastic athletic opportunities provided to male and female 
students in middle schools and high schools in the district in the previous school 
year.� The interscholastic athletic opportunity report shall include for each 
school in the district:

���� (1)�� the total number of 
students enrolled in the school, by gender;

���� (2)�� a listing by gender of 
each varsity, junior varsity, freshman, or other team that competed in 
interscholastic athletic competition;

���� (3)�� the total number of 
student athletes on each team;

���� (4)�� the total value of 
contributions and purchases made on behalf of each team by booster clubs, 
alumni, and any other nonschool sources;

���� (5)�� the total amount of 
school district expenditures for each team;

���� (6)�� itemized school district 
expenditures for each team, including expenditures for travel, uniforms, 
equipment and supplies, compensation of coaching staff, athletic trainers, or 
any other employees, and the maintenance, repair, and expansion of athletic facilities;

���� (7)�� the total number of 
athletic trainers, including the amount of time spent by each athletic trainer 
with each team;

���� (8)�� the total number of head 
and assistant coaches per team, and information on whether each coach is a 
full-time or part-time employee of the district; and

���� (9)�� the total number of 
competitions scheduled and played per� team.

���� A school district shall post 
its interscholastic athletic opportunity report on its website by November 1 of 
each year.� 

���� b.��� For purposes of this 
section, �athletic facilities� means locker rooms, playing fields, gymnasiums, 
arenas, athletic training rooms, stadiums, weight rooms, or any other location 
used by student athletes and their coaches for sports training, practice, competition, 
and coaching in middle schools and high schools.� 

���� 2.��� a.� The commissioner 
shall develop and distribute to each school district a reporting form for the 
submission of the information required pursuant to section 1 of this act.� The 
commissioner shall post all submitted athletic opportunity reports on the Department 
of Education�s website.�� 

���� b.��� The commissioner shall 
by January 15 of each year prepare a report that summarizes the information 
contained in the interscholastic athletic opportunity reports submitted 
pursuant to section 1 of this act on interscholastic athletic opportunity by 
gender.� Upon its completion, the report shall be transmitted to the Governor, 
the Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, 
c.164 (C.52:14-19.1).

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each school 
district to annually submit to the Commissioner of Education a report on 
interscholastic athletic opportunities provided to male and female students in 
middle schools and high schools in the district in the previous school year.

���� The bill directs the 
commissioner to develop and distribute to each school district a reporting form 
for the submission of the interscholastic athletic opportunity report.� The 
commissioner must post all submitted interscholastic athletic opportunity reports 
on the Department of Education�s website.� Under the bill, the commissioner 
must annually prepare a report that summarizes the information contained in the 
interscholastic athletic opportunity reports that were submitted by school 
districts on interscholastic athletic opportunity by gender. The bill provides 
that, upon its completion, the report will be transmitted to the Governor, the 
Lieutenant Governor, and the Legislature.����