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Public Schools Committee, New Jersey State Legislature
The Public Schools Committee is a joint committee of the New Jersey State Legislature.[1]
Per the Senate and General Assembly Rules, joint committees of the New Jersey State Legislature are appointed by the President of the Senate and by the Speaker of the House. Joint committees are assigned at the start of each annual session.[2][3]
See rules: Senate Rules 2020-2021
See rules: Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021
Function
| “ | The Joint Committee on the Public Schools provides an ongoing study of the system of free public schools; it's financing, administration and operations, as well as to make recommendations for legislative action.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org
2023-2024 legislative session
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Public Schools Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2020-2021 legislative session
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Public Schools Committee, 2020-2021 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Public Schools Senate Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Ronald Rice, Co-Chair | • Diane Allen | |||
| • Nilsa Cruz-Perez | • Christopher Bateman | |||
| • Linda Greenstein | • Samuel Thompson | |||
| • Teresa Ruiz | ||||
| Public Schools Assembly Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Mila Jasey, Co-Chair | • BettyLou DeCroce | |||
| • Ralph Caputo | • Donna Simon | |||
| • Sheila Oliver | • David Wolfe, New Jersey | |||
| • Benjie Wimberly | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2011 legislative session.
| Public Schools Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Ralph Caputo | • Scott Rumana | |||
| • Mila Jasey | • Brian Rumpf | |||
| • Nellie Pou | • David Wolfe | |||
| • Joan Voss | • Diane Allen | |||
| • Sandra Cunningham | • Christopher Bateman | |||
| • Donald Norcross | ||||
| • Ronald Rice | ||||
| • Teresa Ruiz | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "New Jersey Legislature Committees and Membership 2020-2021 Legislative Session," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Rules of the General Assembly 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 10.1)
- ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Senate Rules 2020-2021," accessed March 2, 2021(Section 12.1)
- ↑ New Jersey State Legislature, "Joint Committee on the Public Schools," accessed March 2, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
