Upper Township BOE Seeks Expanded Voting Rights in Ocean City

Members of the Upper Township Board of Education would like the right to vote on certain matters that affect their students who attend school in the Ocean City School District, The Ocean City Gazette reports.

Board members say a 2009 New Jersey Appellate Court ruling that banned representatives from sending districts from voting on a solicitor prohibits them from voting on matters that do pertain to their students, according to the report.

They are also not permitted to vote for the Board’s president or vice president, or on candidates seeking to fill a board vacancy.

They are permitted to vote on other matters that impact their students.

Earlier this year, the New Jersey School Board Association voted to ask the state to expand voting rights of sending districts, according to the report.

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