Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:51-16. Approval of program or contract by commissioner requisite Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no board of education shall participate in any educational television program or enter into any contract which may be disapproved by the commissioner as being inc…

18A:51-17. Termination of participation Any board which has become a participant in any educational television organization may terminate its participation therein at the end of any school year by giving to such organization not less than 30 days' written notice of the board's wi…

18A:51-2. County educational audiovisual aids commission The supervision, management and control of such center shall be vested in a county educational audiovisual aids commission which shall consist of seven members who shall serve without compensation. Three members of the comm…

18A:51-3. Appointed members of commission The first members of the commission shall be appointed forthwith by the county superintendent of the county upon notification that it has been determined to establish such a center and they shall serve until June 30 next ensuing. L.1967, …

18A:51-4. Election of members of commission; terms; vacancies On or before said June 30 and annually thereafter, the county superintendent shall call a meeting of all of the members of the boards of education of the participating school districts for the election of permanent mem…

18A:51-5. Organization of commission; officers; rules and bonds Each county educational audiovisual aids commission shall organize by the election of a chairman and a vice chairman from its own membership and shall adopt rules for the establishment and maintenance of said center.…

18A:51-6. Powers and duties of commission The commission shall provide, maintain and furnish educational audiovisual aids to the public schools of the participating school districts and shall provide such facilities, and may incur such expenses as it may deem necessary for said p…

18A:51-7. Assessment for maintenance of audiovisual aids center 18A:51-7. The commission shall assess against the participating school districts a sum which, together with any anticipated State aid and private donations, shall be required for the establishment and maintenance of …

18A:51-8. Budget procedure On or before September 30 of each year the commission shall prepare a tentative budget of the sums required by said commission in carrying on its activities for the ensuing year so itemized as to make it readily understandable, together with a statement…

18A:51-9. Statement to be forwarded to commissioner; state aid to audiovisual aid centers Each county educational audiovisual aids commission shall forward to the commissioner, on or before September 1 of each year, a statement of its organization and its proposed program of oper…

18A:52-1. Furnishing by boards of education The boards of education in municipalities containing a population of over 10,000 may provide for the employment of lecturers on the natural sciences and kindred subjects in the public schools in any such municipality, in the evenings, f…

18A:52-2. Books and other equipment provided Such boards may purchase the books, stationery, charts, and other things necessary and expedient to conduct the lectures successfully, which they may direct. L.1967, c.271.

18A:52-3. Admission free; number and frequency of lectures No admission fee shall be charged. At least one school in each ward or subdivision of each municipality, where practicable, shall be designated by the board of education for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of t…

18A:53-1. Maintenance of museum facilities by boards of education The board of education of any school district may provide by contract and appropriate funds for the support and maintenance of existing museum facilities and services for the educational or recreational use and ben…

18A:53-2. Facilities maintained Such museum facilities and services may include exhibition in a museum building or elsewhere of subjects of natural, historical, educational, scientific, industrial or cultural nature; operation of arts, crafts and other hobby workshops; conduct of…

18A:54-1. Definitions As used in this chapter, "vocational education" means any education the controlling purpose of which is: (a) to fit for profitable employment; (b) to provide training which is supplemental to the daily employment; or (c) to fit for homemaking, according to t…

18A:54-10. Apportionment of sums appropriated Whenever the money appropriated for vocational schools by the legislature, together with the amount certified by the commissioner to the director of the division of budget and accounting in the department of the treasury for apportion…

18A:54-10.1. Private vocational schools; contracts to provide vocational education courses; qualifications For the purpose of providing vocational education courses on an individual or group basis, boards of education may, according to rules prescribed by the commissioner and app…

18A:54-10.2. Rules for qualifications for eligibility to enter contracts The rules prescribed pursuant to section 1 of this act shall include, but shall not be limited to, teacher qualifications, maximum class size, facilities and safety. L.1977, c. 290, s. 2, eff. Dec. 6, 1977.

18A:54-10.3. Inspection of records Each private vocational school entering into a contract pursuant to section 1 of this act shall make its records available for inspection by the commissioner or his designated representative. L.1977, c. 290, s. 3, eff. Dec. 6, 1977.

18A:54-10.4. Contracts; terms; approval Any contract entered into shall be in accordance with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations. The commissioner shall approve in writing all such contracts prior to their execution. L.1977, c. 290, s. 4, eff. Dec. 6, 1977.

18A:54-11. County vocational school not to include certain cities County vocational schools organized after July 1, 1931, shall not, except as otherwise in this chapter provided, include the territory within the school district boundaries of any city having a resident public scho…

18A:54-11.1. County vocational school districts, when to include cities Any county vocational school district created or organized subsequent to July 1, 1962 in a county of the second class having a population of not less than 375,000 nor more than 425,000 inhabitants, shall incl…

18A:54-11.2. County vocational school districts, assumption, etc., of city vocational education system The board of education of each county vocational school district and the board of education of each city referred to above in section 18A:54-11.1, are each hereby authorized and…

18A:54-11.3. Transfer of teaching staff members and employees to new district All principals, teachers and employees of the school district in any city referred to above in section 18A:54-11.1 and who are employed in or assigned to the system of vocational education in any such c…

18A:54-12. Establishment by board of chosen freeholders on recommendation of state board When it has been determined by resolution of the state board that a need exists in any county for county vocational schools, the state board shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the boa…

18A:54-12.1 Establishment of one board of education. 8. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a board of chosen freeholders may, by resolution, establish one board of education for the county special services school district established pursuant to sectio…

18A:54-12.2 Reference to consolidated board. 9. If a board of chosen freeholders establishes a board of education pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2007, c.222 (C.18A:46-47), whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceed…

18A:54-13. Establishment by election on request of voters In any county having a population not exceeding 100,000 inhabitants, there may be established and maintained a vocational school to be known as the "vocational school in the county of " (here insert the name of the county …

18A:54-14. Establishment in second-class counties by board of chosen freeholders In any second-class county of this state in which there does not presently exist a vocational school established under the laws of the state, the board of chosen freeholders of such county may, by a …

18A:54-16 Boards of education of county vocational schools. 18A:54-16. For each county system of vocational schools established in accordance with this chapter, there shall be a board of education consisting of the county superintendent of schools and four persons to be appointed…

18A:54-16.11. Third class counties of 80,000 to 105,000; board members Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes to the contrary, in all counties of the third class with a population greater than 80,000 but less than 105,000 as of the lat…

18A:54-16.12. Third class counties of 70,000 to 105,000; board members; successors; terms; vacancies The board members elected pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c. 30 (C. 18A:54-16.1), for the school year preceding the year in which this act takes effect shall remain in office u…

18A:54-16.14 Appointment of additional board members, county vocational schools, certain. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2005, c.299 (C.18A:54-16.14 et al.) to the contrary, if a county of the first class which has a county vocational school board of education with seve…

18A:54-16.8. Counties of third class of 110,000 to 125,000; board of education; members; appointment Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, in all counties of the third class with a population greater than 110,000 but less t…

18A:54-16.9. Third class counties of 70,000 to 105,000; board members; term of office The board members elected pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c. 30 (C. 18A:54-16.1), for the school year preceding the year in which this act takes effect shall remain in office until their succ…

18A:54-17. Qualifications of board members Each member of a board of education for county vocational schools shall be a citizen and resident of the county and shall have been such citizen and resident for at least three years immediately preceding his becoming a member of the boa…

18A:54-18. Organization of boards of education Each board of education for county vocational schools shall organize annually on November 1 by the election of a president and vice-president, unless November 1 shall fall on Sunday, in which case the board shall organize on the foll…

18A:54-19. Board body corporate; name Each such board of education shall be a body corporate and shall be known as and called "the board of education of the vocational school in the county of " (here insert the name of the county in which such school shall be located). L.1967, c.…

18A:54-2. Investigation and approval of establishment by commissioner The commissioner shall investigate the necessity for the introduction of vocational education and report thereon, from time to time, to the state board. Subject to the approval of the state board and to such ru…

18A:54-20. Powers of board 18A:54-20. The board of education of a county vocational school district may: a. Purchase, sell, and improve school grounds, erect, purchase, lease, enlarge, improve, and repair school buildings, including any building or buildings for school purposes o…

18A:54-20.1. Enrollment of pupils in county vocational schools, funding a. The board of education of each school district or regional school district in any county in which there is a county vocational school district shall send to any of the schools of the county vocational scho…

18A:54-20.3 Pupil directory information provided to county vocational school district. 1. a. As used in this section, "pupil directory information" means a pupil's name and address. b. The board of education of a school district or regional school district located in a county in …

18A:54-21. Rules for organization and management of county vocational schools The state board shall prescribe rules for the organization, management and control of such schools. L.1967, c.271.

18A:54-22. Teachers, principals, superintendents, assistant superintendents; directors and assistant directors; rights and privileges All teachers, principals, directors and assistant directors of boards of education of county vocational schools shall have all rights and privileg…

18A:54-23.1. Receiving pupils from other counties; county vocational school districts with post secondary vocational-technical education Every county vocational school district board of education providing post secondary vocational-technical education shall, to the extent its fac…