"Empower the Principal Act"; eliminates local school superintendents and prohibits schools from having more than one assitant or vice-principal.

The "Empower the Principal Act" (A393) eliminates local school superintendents and assistant superintendents in New Jersey school districts, prohibiting boards of education from reappointing or hiring new superintendents. It transfers superintendent duties to executive county superintendents, who will have general supervision over all school districts in their county while having a non-voting seat on school board meetings. The bill also prohibits schools from employing more than one vice-principal or assistant principal, giving principals direct oversight over their individual schools. The legislation repeals existing provisions related to superintendents and modifies rules for sharing school business administrators. The effective date is the first full school year following enactment.