Establishes educational service agencies for procuring custodial and food services in schools and ensures certain employee rights for affected employees.
This bill creates county-level educational service agencies (ESAs) that school districts must use to procure custodial and food services. It requires all school districts in a county to join the local ESA, which will negotiate master contracts for these services - replacing direct contracts between schools and private vendors. The bill specifically protects service employees (like cafeteria workers and custodians) by guaranteeing "recall rights," ensuring they can return to their previous jobs in seniority order if their former contractor is replaced by the ESA. This affects school districts, private service contractors, and approximately 10,000+ food/custodial workers across New Jersey.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
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Tennille McCoy
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