Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:20-13. Sale of real estate charged with private bequest When any such testator shall make a charge on any real estate so devised to any board of education, of any legacy or bequest to any other person in trust or otherwise, then no direction for the sale thereof shall be made…

18A:20-14. Sale; when ordered If it shall be made to appear to the court by any person or persons whom it may concern that such sale may be had without prejudice to the public welfare and the best interests of the school or schools for whose benefit the devise was made, and that …

18A:20-15. Conveyance; title of purchaser A deed given pursuant to such directions and made by such person as may be designated by the court shall convey to the purchaser an estate in fee simple absolute, freely and fully discharged from the trust and any charge thereon created b…

18A:20-16. Investment of proceeds under direction of superior court The moneys arising from any such sale shall be invested, under the direction of the superior court, by and in the name of the board of education to whom the real estate so sold shall have been devised and shall b…

18A:20-17. Equipping and establishing playgrounds, etc., funds The board of education of any district may establish public playgrounds and recreation places of such size and dimensions and in such locations within or without the district as it shall deem suitable, and may lease, …

18A:20-18. Transfer by municipality to board of education Whenever the governing body of a municipality, in which any public playground and recreation place has been established, shall determine by resolution that it is advisable that it be relieved of the maintenance, control, a…

18A:20-19. Funds for maintenance of playgrounds and recreation places Whenever any board of education has established any public playground or recreation place, or has assumed the maintenance, control, and management of a public playground or recreation place, it shall include in…

18A:20-2. Purchase and sale of property in general The board of education of any district may, in and by its corporate name, acquire, by purchase or lease, receive, hold, hold in trust and sell and lease real estate and personal property and may take and condemn lands and other p…

18A:20-2.1. Transfer of title of painting or work of art to municipality; public display The board of education of any school district owning a painting or other work of art may by resolution transfer title thereto to the municipality in which the school district is located and t…

18A:20-2.2 Use of school district surplus funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes. 2. a. A school district may expend any of its surplus funds for the joint acquisition of land for recreation and conservation purposes with a municipality, notwith…

18A:20-20. Control and regulation of playgrounds and recreation places The board of education shall have full control over all lands, public playgrounds, and recreation places acquired or leased by it, pursuant to law, and may adopt suitable rules for the use thereof, and the con…

18A:20-21. Supervisors and other employees The board shall appoint such supervisors, instructors, teachers, custodians, and employees as it shall think necessary for the proper maintenance, control, and management of such public playgrounds and recreation places, and shall fix th…

18A:20-22. School districts joining with municipality or county in equipment and operation The board of education of any district may join with the governing body of any municipality, or the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the district is located, in acquiring,…

18A:20-23. Local improvement assessments; payment of The board of education of any type II district may, in its discretion, pay assessments made against any of its real estate on account of special benefits conferred by any local improvement made by any municipality in which the …

18A:20-24. Funds; how raised The money with which to pay the assessments may be raised by the issuance of bonds or any other means authorized by law for raising of money for school purposes. L.1967, c.271.

18A:20-25. Insurance of property Every board of education shall keep all insurable property, real and personal, of the district insured against loss or damage by fire and, in its discretion, against other loss or damage. L.1967, c.271.

18A:20-26. Board of education of city district may insure in municipal fund Where a municipal insurance fund is established in any city and insurance fund commissioners appointed, the board of education of the city school district may in its discretion by resolution provide that …

18A:20-27. Each building and its contents insured separately Each school building and its contents insured in such municipal insurance fund shall be insured separately and for definite and determined sums respectively, except where the insurance fund commissioners have insured th…

18A:20-28. Fixing and payment of premiums The insurance fund commissioners of such city may fix reasonable rates of premium for all insurance carried on school buildings and school property of the school district by the fund, and the board of education shall pay forthwith to the …

18A:20-29. Investment of premiums All moneys received by the insurance fund commissioners for premiums on school buildings and school property insured in the municipal insurance fund of the city, except so much as may be necessary to pay premiums upon insurance placed upon any of…

18A:20-3. Acquisition of outstanding interest in real property Any district which holds any real estate or interest therein may acquire any outstanding interest therein by condemnation in the manner provided by law relating to the taking and condemnation of property for public pu…

18A:20-30. Appropriations to municipal fund The body having control of the finances of any city wherein the school buildings and other school property of the city school district are insured in the municipal insurance fund may, from time to time, if in its judgment advisable, app…

18A:20-31. Adjustment and payment of losses In case of loss incurred by fire or other casualty insured against on any building or contents insured in the municipal insurance fund and not insured in an insurance company, if the loss be total, the commissioners shall pay the whole …

18A:20-32. Commissioners may insure buildings and property in insurance companies Whenever the insurance fund commissioners of any city deem it expedient, they may place insurance on school buildings and school property, insured in the municipal insurance fund, with insurance com…

18A:20-33. Insurance money; use for reconstruction or repair Whenever any of the school buildings and the furnishings thereof in any school district have been or shall have been partially or totally destroyed by fire or other casualty, the insurance moneys received by the board o…

18A:20-34. Schoolhouse, rooms; permitted usage 18A:20-34. The board of education of any district may, pursuant to rules adopted by it, permit the use of any schoolhouse and rooms therein, and the grounds and other property of the district, when not in use for school purposes, for…

18A:20-34.1 Rules, regulations relative to child care services, programs 3. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1999…

18A:20-36. Commissioner may order alteration or abandonment of buildings The commissioner may direct the entire or partial abandonment of any building used for school purposes and may direct the making of such changes therein as to him may seem proper. L.1967, c.271.

18A:20-37 Purchase of certain types of securities; definitions. 1. a. When authorized by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all its members the board of education of any school district may use moneys, which may be in hand, for the purchase of the following types of securit…

18A:20-38. Record of receipt; report; filing; transmittal of securities to depository When said securities are received by the school district, the secretary shall duly record the receiving thereof in an appropriate manner and at the next regular or special meeting after such rec…

18A:20-39. Securities not to be canceled; sale; resolution Securities of a school district, purchased by it, shall not be canceled but may be sold as and when directed by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the board of education. L.1977, c. 177, s. 3, eff…

18A:20-4. Acceptance and use of gifts The board of education may accept any gift or grant of land with or without improvement, and of money or other personal property, without additional authorization or authority, and may: a. Expend any such money or use any such personal proper…

18A:20-4.1 Type II districts; acquisition of property without authorization of voters. 18A:20-4.1 The board of education of any Type II school district may without authority first obtained from the voters of the district: (a) Rent, on a year-to-year basis, or for a term not to ex…

18A:20-4.2 Powers of boards concerning real property. 18A:20-4.2. The board of education of any school district may, for school purposes: (a) Purchase, take and condemn lands within the district and lands not exceeding 50 acres in extent without the district but situate in a muni…

18A:20-4.3. Construction, alteration or repair work upon premises to be leased to board of education; public work Any construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration or repair work, or maintenance work, including painting and decorating, done under private contract for any p…

18A:20-4.4. Contract provision for payment of prevailing wage rate; necessity Every contract in excess of $2,000.00 for any public work contracted for by a private party acting under an express agreement for subsequent lease by a board of education shall contain a provision stati…

18A:20-4.5. Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay prevailing wage; determination and effect If any public work shall be contracted for by a private party acting under an express agreement or understanding for subsequent lease by a board of education, and if it shall be f…

18A:20-40. Testing for radon in public school building 3. a. Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, every public school building used as a public school in the State shall be tested for the presence of radon gas or radon progeny at least once every f…

18A:20-5 Disposition of property and title of purchaser. 18A:20-5. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any district by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership may dispose, by sale or oth…

18A:20-6 Public sale; advertisement; exceptions. 18A:20-6. Any lands or rights or interests therein sold by any board of education, except lands conveyed as part of a lease purchase agreement pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:20-4.2(f), shall be sold, after advertisement of public sale, to …

18A:20-7. Sale at fixed minimum prices; rejection of bids a. In the case of public sales the board may by resolution fix a minimum price with or without the reservation of the right, upon the completion of said public sale, to accept or reject the highest bid made thereat, a stat…

18A:20-8 Exchange of lands. 18A:20-8. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any school district, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership, may exchange any lands owned by it and not need…

18A:20-8.1 Transfer of land for vocational school purposes. 1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any school district or regional school district may, by resolution, transfer land to the board of educati…

18A:20-8.2 Lease of school lands. 1. a. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of land, whether there is a building thereon or not, or part or all of a scho…

18A:20-9 Conveyance of certain school property for public, civic purposes for nominal consideration. 18A:20-9. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of lan…

18A:20-9.1. Conveyance of certain sewer lines to a municipality Upon the request or with the concurrence of the governing body of a municipality the board of education of any district is authorized to convey and transfer, without consideration, its right, title and interest in an…