Schools
School Board Candidacy Deadline Today
Candidates' nominating petitions are due to county clerk by today at 4 p.m.
Today is the last chance to get on the ballot in November for the Millburn-Short Hills Board of Education. Those interested in runningmust file their nominating petitions by 4 p.m. today in order to be eligible to run in the November.
“Serving on a school board is a challenging and rewarding form of public service,” said John Bulina, president of the New Jersey School Boards Association. “It certainly is one way to make a profound impact on your community.”
The NJSBA has developed an online School Board Candidate Kit that informs people about candidacy requirements and the responsibilities of a board of education member. Included in the kit are:
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By now, you should have your nominating petition pretty much ready to go. The candidate’s nominating petition – the document that places their name on the ballot – must be submitted to the county clerk, not the local board of education office, for November school elections. In the general election, to be held on November 6, there are 468 school board seats available in New Jersey school districts on the ballot.
More than 85 percent of New Jersey school boards elected to take advantage of January legislation allowing school elections to be moved to November. Districts that adopted the change are no longer required to submit the proposed budget to the voters as long as it remains at or below the state's 2-percent levy cap.
“I encourage any citizen who sincerely cares about the future of children in their community to consider school board candidacy,” said Bulina.
For more information on candidacy, click here or call 888-88-NJSBA.
Patch will check in later to see who is throwing their hat into the ring for the three seats currently occupied by Eric Siegel, Sam Levy and Mark Zucker.
Siegel and announced his intention to run and Zucker has announced that he will not.
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