8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2006


                   INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
                   __________________________________________
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          New Jersey                  1-10518                22-2553159
          __________                  _______                __________
  (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission             (IRS Employer
         of incorporation)          File Number)         Identification No.)


        Park 80 West/Plaza Two, Saddlebrook, NJ              07663
        _______________________________________              _____
        (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (201) 703-2265


                                 Not Applicable
                                 ______________
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.03    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in
             Fiscal Year

(a)      On January 17, 2006, the Board of Directors of Interchange Financial
         Services Corporation (the "Corporation") amended the Corporation's
         bylaws to add Section 11 to Article II of the bylaws to establish
         procedural and informational requirements with respect to shareholder
         nominations of individuals for election to the Corporation's Board of
         Directors. The amendment, which became effective on January 17, 2006,
         is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)      The following document is filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on
         Form 8-K:

         Exhibit No.  Description
         ___________  ___________

         3.2          Amendment to the bylaws of the Corporation





                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



         Dated:  January 23, 2006      INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL
                                       SERVICES CORPORATION



                                       By:  /s/ Charles T. Field
                                            ____________________
                                       Name:    Charles T. Field
                                       Title:   SVP and Chief Financial Officer





                                  Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.       Description
___________       ___________

3.2               Amendment to the bylaws of Interchange Financial Services
                  Corporation

EX-3.(II)

                                                               EXHIBIT 3.2
                                                       AMENDMENT TO BYLAWS


                                    AMENDMENT

                                  TO BYLAWS OF

                   INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION

                            ADOPTED JANUARY 17, 2006

By resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Interchange Financial
Services Corporation (the "Corporation"), on January 17, 2006, the Board of
Directors authorized the following amendment to the Corporation's bylaws:

The following is added to the Corporation's bylaws as Section 11 of Article II:

         Section 11 - Board of Director Nominations

                  Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors, or a
         committee thereof, shall select nominees for election as Directors. No
         nominations for Directors except those made by the Board of Directors
         or such committee shall be voted upon at a meeting of shareholders
         unless other nominations by shareholders are made in accordance with
         the provisions of this Section 11, the provisions of any guidelines
         established by the Board and any charter of, or guidelines established
         by, any committee of the Board of Directors responsible for selecting
         or recommending nominees for election as Directors.

                  Nominations of individuals for election to the Board at a
         meeting of shareholders may be made by any shareholder of record of the
         Company entitled to vote for the election of Directors at such meeting
         who provides timely notice in writing to the Secretary as set forth in
         this Section 11. To be timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered
         to or received by the Secretary not later than the following dates: (i)
         with respect to an election of Directors to be held at an annual
         meeting of shareholders, sixty (60) days in advance of date on which
         the proxy statement relating to the previous year's annual meeting of
         shareholders was released to shareholders; and (ii) with respect to an
         election to be held at a special meeting of shareholders for the
         election of Directors, the close of business on the tenth (10th) day
         following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to
         shareholders. For purposes of this Section 11, notice shall be deemed
         to first be given to shareholders when disclosure of such date of the
         special meeting of shareholders is first made in a press release
         reported to Dow Jones News Services, Associated Press or comparable
         national news service, or in a document publicly filed by the Company
         with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14
         or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.



                  A shareholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person
         whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election
         as a Director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence
         address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of
         such person, (iii) such person's written consent to serve as a
         Director, if elected, (iv) a statement that such person is not
         ineligible to serve as a Director pursuant to Article 10 of this
         Section including the reasons why; and (v) such other information
         regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be
         required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the
         proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (whether or not
         the Company is then subject to such rules); and (b) as to the
         shareholder giving the notice (i) the name and address of such
         shareholder, (ii) the class and number of shares of the Company which
         are owned of record by such shareholder and the dates upon which he or
         she acquired such shares, (iii) a statement that such shareholder would
         not be ineligible to serve as a Director pursuant to Article 10 of
         this Section, including the reasons why, (iv) a description of all
         arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and nominee and
         any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to
         which the nominations are to be made by the shareholder, and (v) the
         identification of any person employed, retained or to be compensated by
         the shareholder submitting the nomination or by the person nominated,
         or any person acting on his or her behalf to make solicitations or
         recommendations to shareholders for the purpose of assisting in the
         election of such Director, and a brief description of the terms of such
         employment, retainer or arrangement for compensation.

                  At the request of the Board, or any committee of the Board
         responsible for selecting or recommending nominees for election as
         Directors, any person nominated for election as a Director shall
         furnish to the Secretary that information required to be set forth in a
         shareholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee
         together with the required written consent.

                  The Board or any committee of the Board responsible for
         selecting or recommending nominees for election as Directors shall, in
         its reasonable discretion, determine and declare to the meeting that a
         nomination was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance
         with the provisions hereof, and, if the Board or any such committee
         should so determine, shall declare to the meeting that such nomination
         was not properly brought before the meeting and shall not be
         considered.

                  Nothing contained in this Section 11 shall require proxy
         materials distributed by the Company to include any information with
         respect to nominations by shareholders.

Except as hereby specifically amended, the bylaws of the Corporation shall be
and remain in full force and effect.

The foregoing is certified as an amendment to the bylaws of the Corporation,
adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors effective as of January 17,
2006.


/s/ Nicholas R. Marcalus
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Nicholas R. Marcalus, Secretary
January 17, 2006