Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:18A-67 Submission of received proposals. 40. a. Once received, proposals shall be submitted to the design professional or designated employee retained by the contracting unit. No proposal shall be considered until certification is issued by the design professional or designat…

18A:18A-68 Regulations. 41. Notwithstanding the provisions of the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to the contrary, the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall adopt, immediately upon filing wit…

18A:18A-7 Emergency contracts. 18A:18A-7. Emergency contracts. Any contract may be negotiated or awarded for a board of education without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, notwithstanding that the contract price will exceed the bid threshold when an emergency affe…

18A:18A-8 Contracts not to be divided. 18A:18A-8. Contracts not to be divided. a. No contract in the aggregate which is single in character or which necessarily or by reason of the quantities required to effectuate the purpose of the contract includes the provision or performance…

18A:18A-8.1 Rules. 56. For the purpose of ensuring consistency between the "Local Public Contracts Law, " P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.), and the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Departm…

18A:18A-9 Periodic solicitation of bids. 18A:18A-9. Periodic solicitation of bids. Every board of education shall, on an annual basis or at such lesser intervals to be fixed by it, solicit by public advertisement the submission of bids for the provision or performance of goods or…

18A:18B-1 Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this act: a. "Fund" means a joint self-insurance fund established by a school board insurance group pursuant to this act. The joint self-insurance fund is a fund of public moneys from contributions made by members of a school board in…

18A:18B-10. Current expense item A board of education which enters into a contract pursuant to this act is authorized to pay the premiums required by that contract and shall include the funds necessary for the payment of these premiums as a current expense item in the annual scho…

18A:18B-2 Insurance authorized. 2. Insurance authorized. Any board of education is authorized to insure, contract or provide for any insurable interest of the district or board in the manner authorized by section 3 of P.L.1983, c.108 (C.18A:18B-3), for the following: a. Any loss …

18A:18B-3. School board insurance group a. Any two or more boards of education may form and become members of a school board insurance group. A board of education may take this action by resolution of the board. Through membership in a school board insurance group, a board of edu…

18A:18B-4 Bylaws of the group; trustees; powers. 4. Bylaws of the group; trustees; powers. a. The bylaws of any school board insurance group shall: (1) Set forth a statement of purposes of the group; (2) Set forth provisions for organization of the group, including governance by …

18A:18B-4.1 Participation in joint cash management and investment program. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, and in addition to the powers otherwise conferred by law, the trustees of a joint insurance fund established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.108 …

18A:18B-5. Trustees; number and qualifications The board of trustees of any school board insurance group shall have no fewer than three nor more than 15 trustees. Each trustee shall be a natural person 18 years of age or older who is a resident of this State. A majority of the tr…

18A:18B-6. Trustees; compensation No trustee shall be paid a salary, except that the written trust instrument may provide for reimbursement for actual expenses incurred on behalf of the trust fund and for compensation not to exceed $200.00 for any day or portion of a day spent at…

18A:18B-7. Review of bylaws; investigations by the Commissioner of Insurance 7. Review of bylaws; investigations by the Commissioner of Insurance. a. No school board insurance group, nor any joint self-insurance fund of the group, may begin functioning as a means of providing ins…

18A:18B-7.1. Rules, regulations 5. Within 180 days after the effective date of this 1995 amendatory and supplementary act, the Commissioner of Insurance shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate its purposes pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.4…

18A:18B-8. Joint insurance fund permitted In any county which has established an insurance fund pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:10-6 or is a member of a joint insurance fund pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 372 (C. 40A:10-36 et seq.), the board of education of the county vocational school locate…

18A:18B-9. Minimum contract terms Any contract entered into between the board and the governing body of the fund shall, at a minimum, specify the type and scope of coverage to be afforded, the premium basis for all insurance carried, and the terms and conditions for withdrawal by…

18A:19-1 Expenditures of funds on warrant only; requisites; exceptions. 18A:19-1. Except as provided in subsection b. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, the money or funds of the board of education in the custody of the secretary or treasurer of school moneys shall be expended by the secretary o…

18A:19-10 Payroll bank accounts; checks for compensation. 18A:19-10. In a district which does not have a treasurer of school moneys, the secretary shall pursuant to N.J.S.18A:19-1 draw and deposit the warrants in separate bank accounts as a net payroll account and agency account …

18A:19-11. Signature of payroll checks by deputy If the treasurer of the school moneys of the district is the custodian of the municipality composing it, such payroll checks may be signed by a deputy or a municipal officer who serves as such municipal custodian, if the deputy is …

18A:19-12 Interest payable on certain warrants not immediately paid. 18A:19-12. When a warrant for the payment of current expenses of a public school is drawn and issued and there are no funds for payment of the same, the warrant shall bear legal interest until such time as the s…

18A:19-13. Petty cash funds The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the establishment and operation by a board of education of petty cash funds, pursuant to rules of the state board. L.1967, c.271.

18A:19-14. Funds derived from pupil activities All funds derived from athletic events or other activities of pupil organizations shall be administered, expended and accounted for pursuant to the rules of the state board. L.1967, c.271.

18A:19-15. Listing of payments Each board of education shall maintain a current and updated listing of payments made for: a. legal fees; b. consulting fees, including negotiating fees; and c. contracts for maintenance. Each list shall specify payees and amounts received during th…

18A:19-2 Requirements for payment of claims; audit of; claims in general. 18A:19-2. Except as provided in subsection b. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, a claim or demand against a school district shall not be paid by the secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, unless the clai…

18A:19-3 Verification of claims, demands. 18A:19-3. Except as provided in subsection b. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, all claims and demands, that equal or exceed 15 percent of the bid threshold amount established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:18A-3, except for payrolls and debt service, shall be v…

18A:19-4 Audit of claims; warrants for payments; exemptions. 18A:19-4. a. All claims and demands against the board of education, except those which are to be paid from funds derived from athletic events or other activities of pupil organizations, shall, unless otherwise provided …

18A:19-4.1 Account or demand; audit; approval. 4. A board of education may, by resolution, designate a person in addition to the secretary to audit any account and demand to be paid pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, and provide for approval of the account or demand by …

18A:19-9 Compensation of teachers, etc., payrolls. 18A:19-9. Payment of the compensation of teachers and other employees may be made on the basis of payrolls certified by the president and secretary of the board and the chief school administrator, stating the names and amounts to…

18A:20-1. Title in board of education The title to the property, real and personal, of each school district, and the title to all property, real and personal, which shall be acquired for school purposes in the district, is vested and shall vest in the board of education of the di…

18A:20-10. Lands conveyed on condition Whenever any district has heretofore received a conveyance of lands subject to a recital or condition in the deed of conveyance, substantially providing that the land and premises conveyed are intended to be conveyed for the express purpose …

18A:20-11. Property devised in trust When any person dies and by his last will and testament gives, devises and bequeaths any real estate to any board of education, by whatever name or names the board may be designated, in trust to take and receive the rents, issues, and profits …

18A:20-12. Proceedings to sell; when authorized If any building upon the property so devised is or becomes old, dilapidated and greatly in need of extraordinary repairs, or if any such building is not well adapted or becomes not well adapted for business or other purposes for whi…

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…