Please be advised that board approved resolutions must be received at NJSBA offices by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. Resolutions received timely in the proper format will be considered by the Resolutions Subcommittee at its meeting, to be held remotely, on Oct. 28, 2025. The Delegate Assembly is scheduled for Nov. 22, 2025, more information about the Delegate Assembly can be found here.

Resolutions should be emailed to Lauren Liu (lliu@njsba.org). Resolutions should also be sent by regular mail with a cover letter requesting consideration to:

Resolutions, November 2025 Delegate Assembly

Attn: Lauren Liu

New Jersey School Boards Association

413 West State Street

Trenton, New Jersey 08618

In accordance with the Association Bylaws, the Resolutions Subcommittee will only consider resolutions that have been submitted timely by boards that are in good standing with NJSBA.

The Resolutions Subcommittee will, upon request by the body that has submitted a resolution, extend an opportunity to appear before it or a subcommittee to present the resolution. Rules for the conduct of such appearances are attached. Please note that in accordance with the rules, all requests for appearances must be made in writing and received by NJSBA by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21.

After the Oct. 28 meeting, a report of the Resolutions Subcommittee will be sent by email to school business administrators, county association presidents, board presidents, and delegates.

The report will include all resolutions received by the Resolutions Subcommittee for the Delegate Assembly agenda, and all action taken.

The agenda materials (including the background materials and the  Resolution Subcommittee’s recommendations on all resolutions to be presented to the Delegate Assembly) will also be available to all district boards of education and school board members on NJSBA’s website www.njsba.org/da in time to permit consideration of the issues by district boards of education before the Delegate Assembly. All committee reports with recommendations for delegate action and proposed bylaws amendments will also be placed on the website.

The agenda materials are specially bound in the NJSBA Delegate Assembly (DA) Handbook for the convenience of district board delegates. The DA Handbook will be mailed on Nov. 3 to the board delegates who request the Handbook by Oct. 31. Please note: The DA Handbook will not be automatically mailed to registrants. It will only be sent to those who request a hard copy by the Nov. 3 deadline. In addition, an electronic copy of the DA Handbook will be available online by Nov. 18.

Emergency resolutions admitted to the Delegate Assembly agenda by the Emergency Resolutions Subcommittee will be e-mailed the week of the meeting to preregistered delegates and placed on NJSBA’s website.

Each district board should be represented at the meeting by its formally appointed delegate or alternate; as outlined in the Association Bylaws, Article IV, Section 2 “Delegates.”

Each district board shall be represented in the Association by one delegate or alternate, who shall be a voting member of such district board and who shall be elected or appointed in such manner, and for such term, as may be determined by his or her district board. State-operated school districts shall be represented by a delegate and alternate selected from among the members of the state- operated district board of education appointed pursuant to the statutes governing state-operated school districts. The delegates and alternates from state-operated school districts need not be voting members of the state- operated district board of education. The selection of the delegates and alternates shall be made at the annual organizational meeting of each district board of education or, in the case of a state-operated school district, as soon as practicable after the creation of the district and the appointment of the state- operated district board of education.

The full text of the memorandum, along with RULES FOR THE CONDUCT OF APPEARANCES BEFORE THE RESOLUTIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OR ANY SUBCOMMITTEE THEREOF, can be found here.