The 2022 School Election and Budget Procedures Calendar posted by the New Jersey Department of Education on Nov. 3, 2021, has changed to accommodate a recent state law (P.L.2022, c.1) that changed the date of this year’s governor’s budget address from Feb. 22 to March 8, according to a memo from the NJDOE.
The change in the date of the budget address and the subsequent notification of state aid figures will affect a few local district deadlines.
The NJDOE’s school finance webpage contains the revised 2022 School Election and Budget Procedures Calendar. This 2022 calendar supersedes previous versions.
The NJDOE has changed several key dates to provide boards sufficient time to prepare and submit an itemized budget to the executive county superintendent of schools. Most importantly, the following revisions have been made to the date that the district budget is due to the NJDOE County Office of Education:
- Type II districts with an April election (including regional school districts) moved from March 4, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 1 in the revised calendar).
- Type II districts with a November election (including regional school districts) moved from March 21, 2022, to March 28, 2022 (reference Table 2 in the revised calendar).
- Type 1 districts moved from March 4, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 3 in the revised calendar).
- School districts under state intervention moved from March 4, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 4 in the revised calendar).
- County vocational districts moved from March 4, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 5 in the revised calendar).
- County special services school districts moved from March 4, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 6 in the revised calendar).
- Educational services commissions moved from March 8, 2022, to March 17, 2022 (reference Table 7 in the revised calendar).
The above represents a summary of the key revision for each district type. However, the NJDOE strongly recommends reviewing the entire table of dates that applies to your district.