New Jersey Free Public Schools Amendment (2015)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The New Jersey Free Public Schools Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. At least two versions of such an amendment were proposed in the 2014-2015 legislative session. Identical measures Assembly Concurrent Resolution 16 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 26 would have described "the manner in which the Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools" by amending Article VIII, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution. Another set of identical measures, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 46 and Senate Concurrent Resolution 31, would have created "a method of providing for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools and allocating all income tax receipts to school districts" by amending Article VIII, Section 1, paragraph 7 and Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution.

Text of measure

ACR 16/SCR 26

ACR 16 or SCR 26 would have appeared as follows:

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ACR 46/SCR 31

ACR 48 or SCR 31 would have appeared as follows:

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Support

ACR 16/SCR 26 supporters

• Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose (R-24), sponsor
• Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24), sponsor
• Sen. Steven Oroho (R-24), sponsor
• Assemblyman Michael Carroll (R-25), cosponsor
• Assemblyman David Russo (R-40), cosponsor
• Assemblywoman Mary Pat Angelini (R-11), cosponsor
• Assemblyman David Rible (R-30), cosponsor
• Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-25), cosponsor
• Sen. Dawn Addiego (R-8), cosponsor
• Sen. Diane Allen (R-7), cosponsor
• Sen. Christopher Bateman (R-16), cosponsor
• Sen. Jennifer Beck (R-11), cosponsor
• Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-39), cosponsor
• Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23), cosponsor
• Sen. Joseph Kryillos, Jr. (R-13), cosponsor
• Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-26), cosponsor
• Sen. Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-21), cosponsor
• Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-40), cosponsor
• Sen. Robert Singer (R-30), cosponsor
• Sen. Christopher Connors (R-9), cosponsor

ACR 46/SCR 31 supporters

• Assemblyman John DiMaio (R-23), sponsor
• Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose (R-24), sponsor
• Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R-23), sponsor
• Assemblyman David Wolfe (R-10), sponsor
• Sen. Michael Doherty (R-23), sponsor
• Sen. Joseph Pennacchio (R-26), sponsor
• Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-25), cosponsor
• Sen. Steven Oroho (R-24), cosponsor
• Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-39), cosponsor
• Sen. Kevin O'Toole (R-40), cosponsor
• Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24), cosponsor
• Assemblyman Michael Carroll (R-25), cosponsor
• Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-39), cosponsor

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution

At the time in New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments had two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature could either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions. This measure did not receive the necessary supermajority required for a 2014 ballot placement. However, the measure could still be placed on the November 2015 ballot.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2015 ballot measures
• New Jersey 2015 ballot measures
• List of New Jersey ballot measures

External links

• Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 16, as introduced
• Senate Concurrant Resolution No. 26, as introduced
• Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 46, as introduced
• Senate Concurrant Resolution No. 31, as introduced

Footnotes

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