New Jersey Democrats Want to Order School Districts on When They Can and Can’t Have Spring Break Recess

New Jersey spring break bill would guide school calendar decisions statewide

Trenton, NJ – A proposal introduced in the New Jersey Legislature would require the state’s top education official to recommend when school districts should schedule spring break, inserting a new level of coordination into how academic calendars are set across the state. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. of Middlesex County, stops short of mandating specific dates but directs districts to consider state guidance when planning time off.

The bill tasks the Commissioner of Education with a...