NJ Lawmakers To Introduce Bill Requiring School Boards To Approve School Closures
Prompted by reorganization of schools in Newark
TRENTON — Prompted by Newark Superintendent Cami Anderson's wide-spreadreorganization of the city's schools, lawmakers and activists will gather in Trenton Thursday to support a new bill that would require local boards of education to approve any proposed school closing.
Sen. Ronald Rice, (D-Essex) and Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman are the primary sponsors of the Stop Forced Public School Closures Act, to be introduced shortly.
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