N.J. committee OKs bill giving districts the power to move school elections to Nov.

The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved a bill that gives school districts, towns, and voters the power to decide whether to move school elections to coincide with the general elections in November. Doing that would also eliminate the requirement to hold a vote on school budgets unless the school districts propose to increase their tax levies more than the state-imposed 2 percent cap. The new timetable could be adopted if at least 15 percent of district voters who cast their ballots in the last election for Assembly sign a petition approving it. http://bit.ly/s5lVDh