BOE Trustees to Discuss Moving School Elections to November

Although it is not certain if a decision to move the annual school board election to November will be made this week, Board of Education trustees plan to continue  discussion on the matter during this week’s work session meeting.

Josephine Ciocia, Board of Education president, says discussion has begun among members of the board during committee meetings but the plan is to really sit down this week and discuss whether or not they will go with the option to move the school elections to November.

A law passed this month in the Assembly gives school districts the option of moving annual school board elections from April to November as a way of saving election costs and is also expected to increase voter turnout.

Also under the new law, school budget tax levies that come within the 2 percent cap no longer have to be presented to the public for a vote.

School boards all over the state are currently weighing the options and some have already made their decisions to move to November such as and Wayne.

In other districts such as .     

Ciocia said the matter will likely be addressed during the public meeting this coming Thursday night.