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JANUARY 23, 2012 ATTACHMENT M
Resolution to Eliminate the Vote on the Annual Budget and to Move the Election Of School Board Members to the General Election in November
Whereas,
P.L. 2011, c.202 S-3148 provides that a local school district may adopt a resolution to eliminate the vote on its annual school budget that is within the statutory cap imposed by the State of New Jersey, and the above legislation provides that the above action would require districts to hold their annual election for school board members in November during the regular general election, and the Ridgewood Board of Education has determined that the statutory restrictions on the local levy tax increase for annual school appropriations is appropriate and sufficient to control and maintain a thorough and efficient education for the children of Ridgewood, and the Ridgewood Board of Education, consistent with the budgetary restrictions expressed above, believes that dispensing with annual school budget votes will save taxpayer dollars, and the Ridgewood Board of Education believes that school board member elections in November will attract a far greater number of voters than typically vote in April elections, and the Ridgewood Board of education believes that the elimination of the vote on the school budget and the movement of the board member election to November is in the best interest of the Ridgewood community, and the Ridgewood Board of Education understands that this decision shall remain in effect for a minimum of four years, Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that the Ridgewood Board of Education does hereby determine that it will eliminate the vote on its annual school budget which shall be within the statutory cap and become effective for the 2012-13 budget, and Be It Further Resolved, that the Ridgewood Board of Education does hereby determine that the election of school board members will occur at the annual general election in November, 2012.
