Want To Run For School Board? Deadline Monday In Many Bergen County Districts

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Positions on school boards in towns in New Jersey are unpaid, but you have the chance to influence young minds. You also help determine how educational resources and taxes are allocated and spent.

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For the towns in New Jersey who have school board elections this Nov. 5 — the same day as the General Election — the deadline to file the appropriate paperwork and signatures with your local county officials is this Monday, July 29, at 4 p.m.

Double check with your town clerk and county clerk to find out the best place to get forms and drop them off. In most cases, you should bring petitions to the Bergen County clerk.

One town noted, "As of July 19, 2022, the Office of the Bergen County Clerk will NOT be accepting electronic petitions. The acceptance of electronic petitions was dependent upon the continuing of the Public Health Emergency as initially declared by Governor Murphy by Executive Order 103."

Completed and notarized nominating petitions will be filed with the Bergen County Clerk's Elections Division - One Bergen County Plaza, Room 130 in Hackensack no later than 4 p.m. Monday.

For additional forms and details, visit the NJ School Board website.