Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

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…

18A:20-9.2 Sale of school property to nonprofit private school for students with disabilities. 1. 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 is no longe…

18A:21-1. Capital projects; description The capital projects which may be undertaken by a board of education, for any lawful purposes, the cost whereof may be provided for from taxes, or by the issuance of bonds, as provided by this chapter, are as follows: 1. The acquisition by …

18A:21-2. Authorization; establishment of accounts 18A:21-2. The board of school estimate of any district having such a board and the board of education of any other district may establish a capital reserve account pursuant to this article which may be maintained and used as in t…

18A:21-3 Earnings credited to capital reserve accounts. 18A:21-3. The account shall be established by resolution of the board of school estimate or the board of education, as the case may be, in such form as shall be prescribed by the commissioner, a true copy of which shall be f…

18A:21-4. Use of capital reserve accounts. 18A:21-4. A board of education may in any school year draw against its capital reserve account, up to the amount of the balance therein, to the extent that the withdrawal is anticipated as a revenue in the school budget for the then curr…

18A:21-5. Maintenance of capital reserve accounts 18A:21-5. The capital reserve account of each district shall be maintained by the local district, in accordance with procedures to be established by the commissioner. L.1967, c.271; amended 1990,c.52,s.41

18A:22-1. Number of members; appointments; vacancies There shall be in each type I district a board of school estimate, which shall consist of two members of the board of education appointed by it, two members of the governing body of the municipality appointed by it, and the may…

18A:22-10 Fixing date, etc. for public hearing. 18A:22-10. Upon the preparation of its budget, each board of education shall fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing upon said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the pu…

18A:22-11. Notice of public hearing 18A:22-11. The board of education shall cause notice of such public hearing and the statement annexed to the budget to be published at least once in at least one newspaper published in the district and if no newspaper be published therein, then…

18A:22-12 Contents of notice. 18A:22-12. The notice shall also set forth that said budget will be on file and open to the examination of the public between reasonable hours to be fixed therein and at a place to be named therein, from the date of said publication until the date of…

18A:22-13. Public hearing; objections; heard, etc. On the date and at the time and place, so fixed, the board of school estimate or the board of education, as the case may be, shall hold such public hearing at which the taxpayers and other interested persons shall have an opportu…

18A:22-14. Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount 18A:22-14. At or after the public hearing but not later than April 8, the board of school estimate of a type I district shall fix and determine by official action taken at a public meeting of…

18A:22-15. Appropriations, how made The governing body of each municipality comprising a type I district shall, upon the receipt of the certificate of the board of school estimate: a. Appropriate the amount, so certified, for the use of the public schools in the district for the …

18A:22-16. Resumption of school year appropriations Nothing in this article shall prevent the resumption by the governing body of each municipality comprising such district of the method of making appropriations for the use of the public schools in the district on the school year…

18A:22-17. Tax ordinance; assessment, levy and collection of appropriations; notice of intent to appeal amount of appropriation The governing body of the municipality shall include the amount so appropriated in its tax ordinance, and the same shall be assessed, levied and collect…

18A:22-18 Capital projects; appropriations; estimation. 18A:22-18. When a board of education of a type I district shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to sell school bonds to raise money for any capital project authorized by law, it shall prepare and deliver to each…