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Board to draft letter asking legislators to fix school-board petition process
Summary
Vice President Josie Curzio asked the board to draft a letter to local legislators seeking a legislative fix so school board election petition rules align with other elections; trustees agreed to draft and review the letter before the next meeting.
Vice President Josie Curzio asked the board to draft a letter to the district's state legislators asking them to consider changes to the school-board election petition process so it works like other election law processes and does not "reopen the nominating process" when a candidate withdraws.
"I would ask the board to send, what I would like is for us to send a letter, to our local legislators, senator Rawlinson, senator Harcum, assemblyman B. Pan, and assemblyman Slater," Curzio said, asking to have a draft ready for review at the next meeting. Board members agreed to let Curzio prepare a draft and to review it before formal action.
Curzio and others said the change would harmonize education-law petition rules with general election law procedures and avoid confusion in close election timelines. The board did not adopt the letter at the meeting; members asked for a review cycle so trustees could provide input before it is finalized.
