Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:7F-37 Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning school districts. 2. For the purposes of sections 2 through 4 and sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-37 through C.18A:7F-39 and C.18A:7F-41 and C.18A:7F-42): "Adjusted tax levy" means the amount raised b…

18A:7F-38 School district budget increase limited. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a school district shall not adopt a budget pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5 and 18A:7F-6) with an increase in its adjusted tax levy…

18A:7F-39 Proposal submission required to increase adjusted tax levy, certain circumstances. 4. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.44) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2010, c.44) c. A school district may submit to the voters at the annual school election, or on such other date a…

18A:7F-4.1 Findings, declarations relative to core curriculum content standards and cross-content workplace readiness standards. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the five cross-content workplace readiness standards, which are a part of the core curriculum content st…

18A:7F-4.2 Adoption of core curriculum content standards for technology. 2. a. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the State Board of Education shall adopt core curriculum content standards in the area of technology. b. The State board shall convene a committee com…

18A:7F-4.3 Information relative to organ donation given to students in grades 9 through 12. 3. a. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the organ procurement organizations designated pursuant to 42 U.S.C.s.1320b-8 to serve in the State of New Jersey, shall review the…

18A:7F-4.4 New Jersey Student Learning Standards, information literacy; definition. 1. a. As used in this act, the term "information literacy" means a set of skills that enables an individual to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the…

18A:7F-4.5 Committee, established, standards, review. 2. The Department of Education shall convene a committee comprised of educators, the majority of which shall include certified school library media specialists, as well as teaching staff members across a broad spectrum of subj…

18A:7F-4.6 Public hearings, comment. 3. Prior to adopting New Jersey Student Learning Standards concerning information literacy, the State board shall conduct at least one public hearing in the northern part of the State, at least one public hearing in the central part of the Sta…

18A:7F-4.7 Effective date; adopted standards, concurrent. 4. This act shall take effect immediately. The standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to subsection b. of section 1 of P.L.2022, c.138 (C.18A:7F-4.4) shall occur concurrent with each update to the New J…

18A:7F-41 Supplementation of accounts, establishment of reserve accounts by board of education or board of school estimate. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary: a. A board of education or board of school estimate, as appropriate, may supplem…

18A:7F-42 Rules, regulations. 7. a. Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-37 et al.), the Commissioner of Education shall promulgate emergency rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 2 through 6 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F…

18A:7F-43 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Funding Reform Act of 2008." L.2007, c.260, s.1.

18A:7F-44 Findings, declarations relative to school funding reforms. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Constitution of the State of New Jersey states that the Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free pub…

18A:7F-45 Definitions relative to school funding reform. 3. As used in P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) and P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-1 et al.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "At-risk pupils" means those resident pupils from households with a househ…

18A:7F-46 Review, update of core curriculum content standards; Educational Adequacy Report, development of T & E standards. 4. a. The State Board of Education shall review and update the core curriculum content standards every five years. The standards shall ensure that all child…

18A:7F-48 Calculation of equalization aid. 6. Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year and for each school year thereafter, the amount of equalization aid for the budget year shall equal the total Statewide equalization aid calculated pursuant to section 11 of this act for the preb…

18A:7F-49 Determination of base per pupil amount; grade level weights. 7. The commissioner shall determine, based on the standards established pursuant to section 4 of this act, a base per pupil amount, and shall develop appropriate weights reflecting the differing costs of provi…

18A:7F-5 Notification of districts of aid payable; budget submissions. 5. As used in this section, "cost of living" means the CPI as defined in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45). a. Within 30 days following the approval of the Educational Adequacy Report, the commissione…

18A:7F-5.2 Sale, lease-back of textbooks; funds classification. 4. a. Proceeds from the sale and lease-back of textbooks and non-consumable instructional materials shall not be considered miscellaneous local general fund revenue for the purpose of calculating the net budget. b. A…

18A:7F-5.3 Additional supporting documents for budget submissions relative to certain school employees. 4. a. In addition to other items prescribed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), the Commissioner of Educati…

18A:7F-5.4 Submission of temporary budget for the school year. 41. A board of education of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1) and which has determined to submit a…

18A:7F-5.5 Proposals for additional funds. 42. In the case of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1), if the voters authorize the proposal or proposals for additional…

18A:7F-5.6 Recertification of sums to be raised. 43. In the case of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1), if the voters approve a proposal or proposals for addition…

18A:7F-5.7 Actions deemed necessary for taxation purposes. 44. The Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs and the Director of the Division of Taxation in the Department of the Treasury , in consultation with the Commissioner o…

18A:7F-50 Calculation of weighted enrollment for each school district. 8. a. The weighted enrollment for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: WENR = (PW x PENR) + (EW x EENR) + (MW x MENR) + (HW x HENR) where PW is the applica…

18A:7F-51 Calculation of adequacy budget. 9. a. The adequacy budget for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: AB = (BC + AR Cost + LEP Cost + COMB Cost + SE Census) x GCA where BC is the district's or county vocational school d…

18A:7F-52 Determination of equalization aid. 10. Each school district and county vocational school district shall receive equalization aid predicated on a local share determined by district property wealth and district income. a. Each district's local share shall be calculated as…

18A:7F-53 Calculation of equalization aid. 11. Each school district's and county vocational school district's equalization aid shall be calculated as follows: EQAID = AB - LSHARE provided that EQAID shall not be less than zero; and where AB is the district's adequacy budget calcu…

18A:7F-54 Access to full-day preschool; calculation of preschool education aid. 12. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) (1) In the case of a school district that received preschool education aid in the 2024-2025 school year, preschool education aid shall be calculated as f…

18A:7F-54.1 Preschool expansion grants, annual opportunity, criteria. 6. a. The Department of Education shall, within the limit of funds appropriated, annually provide at least one opportunity to award preschool expansion grants in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2025, c.10…

18A:7F-55 Calculation of special education categorical aid. 13. a. Special education categorical aid for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: SE = (RE x SEACR x AEC x 1/3) x GCA where RE is the resident enrollment of the schoo…

18A:7F-56 Calculation of security categorical aid. 14. Security categorical aid for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: SA = ((RE x $70) + (ARENR x ARSA)) x GCA where RE means the school district's or county vocational school…

18A:7F-57 Calculation of State aid for transportation. 15. a. Each school district's and county vocational school district's State aid for transportation shall consist of base aid (BA) and an incentive factor (IF) determined as follows: BA = (BA1 x IF) + BA2 where BA1 = CP1 x P1+…

18A:7F-58 Adjustment aid; educational adequacy aid. 16. a. (1) For the 2008-2009 school year, each school district and county vocational school district shall receive adjustment aid in such amount as to ensure that the district receives the greater of the amount of State aid calc…

18A:7F-5c Adjustments to school budget calendar, notification of nontenured personnel. 3. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to make any adjustments to the school budget calendar and to the date for the notification of nonte…

18A:7F-5d Required local share. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection b. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) or any other law to the contrary, in the 2019-2020 through 2024-2025 school years, a school district's required local share shall equal 102% of the budg…

18A:7F-6 Approval of budget by commissioner. 6. a. The commissioner shall not approve any budget submitted pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of this act unless he is satisfied that the district has adequately implemented within the budget the thoroughness and efficiency stan…

18A:7F-60 Conditions for disbursement of funds. 18. The Commissioner of Education shall not authorize the disbursement of funds to any district until the commissioner is satisfied that all educational expenditures in the district will be spent effectively and efficiently in order…

18A:7F-61 Percentage of district's district aid for 2008-09. 19. Notwithstanding any law or regulation to the contrary, for the 2008-2009 school year a district's district aid percentage calculated for purposes of the provisions of section 10 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-10) shall…

18A:7F-62 Calculation of aid for choice student in choice district, resident enrollment. 20. For the purpose of calculating all forms of State aid pursuant to P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) for a choice student in a choice district, the student shall be counted in the resid…

18A:7F-63 Inclusion of facilities projects in SDA district budget. 21. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) or P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) to the contrary, an SDA district as defined in section 3 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-3) may inclu…

18A:7F-64 Determination of amount of State school aid. 2. When determining the amount of State school aid that shall be awarded to a school district pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) or any other law, the Commissioner of Education shall not consid…

18A:7F-65 Commercial valuation stabilization aid. 1. a. In addition to any other State school aid provided pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.), a school district may receive, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education, commercial valua…

18A:7F-66 Efficiency of expenditures. 2. In the case of a school district that receives commercial valuation stabilization aid pursuant to section 1 of this act, the commissioner may take such action as is deemed necessary and appropriate to ensure the efficiency of school distri…

18A:7F-67 Definitions relative to financing of school districts. 3. As used in P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-67 et al.): "State aid differential" means the difference between the sum of a school district's or county vocational school district's allocations of equalization aid, special…