Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:64-96 New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. 3. a. There is established the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium which shall consist of the following member universities: The College of New Jersey; Kean University; Montclair State University; the New Jersey Institute of …

18A:64-97 Board of directors. 4. a. The consortium shall have a board of directors that shall set strategic priorities and metrics to guide the consortium's grant-making and other initiatives, as well as to approve grants pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2018, c.111 (C.18A:64-100). b…

18A:64-98 Executive director. 5. a. The board shall appoint and employ an executive director, and fix the executive director's compensation and conditions of employment. The executive director shall be the chief executive, administrative, and operational officer of the consortium…

18A:64-99 Collaboration among member universities. 6. The consortium shall be a collaborative effort among the member universities. Each member university shall focus its initiatives on one area of expertise and the board of directors shall decide on each member university's focu…

18A:64A-1. Definitions 18A:64A-1. As used in this chapter: a. "Base year" means the fiscal year two years prior to that in which the budget is to be implemented; provided, however, for determining the level of State aid for fiscal 1982, the "base year" shall be the fiscal year th…

18A:64A-10. County college board officers The board of trustees of a county college shall organize annually in November by the election of a chairman, vice chairman and such other officers as the board shall determine. L.1967, c.271; amended by L. 1985, c. 173, s. 1, eff. May 31,…

18A:64A-11. Boards of trustees bodies corporate; designation, custody and responsibility for property and management and control of college; annual report 18A:64A-11. The board of trustees shall be a body corporate and shall be known as the "board of trustees of ........" (here i…

18A:64A-12 General powers of board. 18A:64A-12. For the effectuation of the purposes of this chapter, the board of trustees of a county college in addition to such other powers expressly granted to it by law, is hereby granted the following powers: a. To adopt or change the name …

18A:64A-13 Teaching staff, employees and administrative officers other than president; rights and privileges. The teaching staff employees and administrative officers other than the president of the county college are hereby held to possess all the rights and privileges of teache…

18A:64A-13.1 County college employee permitted to waive health care coverage. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a county college that enters into a contract providing group health care benefits to its employees may allow any employee who is eligi…

18A:64A-13.1a Premiums paid by county college employees. 16. Commencing on the effective date of P.L.2010, c.2 and upon the expiration of any applicable binding collective negotiations agreement in force on that effective date, employees of a county college shall pay 1.5 percent …

18A:64A-13.2 County college board of trustees, notices of certain layoffs; required. 1. The board of trustees of a county college shall provide to a member of the non-academic support staff who has been employed for at least one year a notice not less than 30 days prior to the da…

18A:64A-14. Selling, giving or leasing property to boards 18A:64A-14. Counties, municipalities, school districts or special schools may sell, give or lease any of their property, including county or municipal funds, to the board of trustees of a county college. L.1967, c.271; ame…

18A:64A-15. Boards of school estimate Each county college shall have a board of school estimate. In the case of a county college established by one county, such board shall consist of the chairman of the board of chosen freeholders, two members of the board of chosen freeholders …

18A:64A-16. Appointments to boards of school estimate; filling vacancies; secretary; powers Appointments to the board of school estimate shall be made annually on or before December 1 and any vacancy in the board's membership by reason of the resignation, death or removal of any …

18A:64A-17. Method of fixing amounts necessary for operation and capital outlay expenses of college; certification; apportionment between participating counties 18A:64A-17. On or before February 1 in each year, the board of trustees of the county college shall prepare and deliver…

18A:64A-18. Appropriation of amounts to be raised by boards of chosen freeholders and raising by taxation The board of chosen freeholders shall, upon receipt of the certificate, appropriate the amount of the operation expenses certified therein, in the same manner as other approp…

18A:64A-19. Issuance of bonds 18A:64A-19. (1) Whenever the board of trustees of a county college shall decide that it is necessary to raise money for the purpose of acquiring or improving lands or buildings for use by the college or erecting, enlarging, improving, altering, recon…

18A:64A-2. Petition to establish a college 18A:64A-2. When the board of chosen freeholders of one or more counties, after study and investigation, shall deem it advisable for such county or counties to establish a county college, such board or boards of county freeholders may pet…

18A:64A-20. Emergency appropriation for college purposes 18A:64A-20. If the board of trustees shall determine that it is necessary in any school year to raise money in addition to the amount in its annual budget for such year for: (1) current expenses for the operation and mainte…

18A:64A-21. First year's estimates of expenses, etc.; preparation, delivery 18A:64A-21. Notwithstanding the time limitations specified in N.J.S.18A:64A-17, during the calendar year in which the board or boards of chosen freeholders first establish a county college, the board of t…

18A:64A-22. Annual budget requests for State support of colleges. 18A:64A-22. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Council of County Colleges shall submit to the State Treasurer, the Secretary of Higher Education, the Governor, and the Legislature an annual budget r…

18A:64A-22.1 County college capital project aid. 1. Whenever the funds appropriated are insufficient to satisfy the State's share of capital projects for county colleges pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-22, additional State support for such projects shall be made available to counties i…

18A:64A-22.2 Action by State Treasurer. 2. Whenever the State Treasurer shall determine that he is unable to provide State support for a capital project of a county college pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-22 within the limit of available State appropriations, the State Treasurer shall …

18A:64A-22.3 Issuance of bonds, notes. 3. At any time within one year of the certification by the State Treasurer to the board of chosen freeholders, the county college at which the capital project is located, and the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority pursuant to sectio…

18A:64A-22.4 Deduction from gross debt. 4. Such additional borrowing, if entered into by the county, shall constitute a deduction from the gross debt of such county and shall not be considered in determining its net debt for debt incurring purposes. L.1971,c.12,s.4; amended 1997,…

18A:64A-22.5 Issuance of temporary notes. 5. Any board of chosen freeholders or other legally empowered issuer which has authorized such additional bonds may issue temporary notes in anticipation of the issuance of permanent bonds to the extent permitted by applicable law. L.1971…

18A:64A-22.6 Debt service certification; appropriation, payment of funds. 6. Within 10 days after issuance of any bonds or notes entitled to the benefits of this act, the treasurer of the county issuing such bonds or notes, or if applicable, the treasurer of the other legally emp…

18A:64A-22.6a. Designation of paying agent; payments of state aid No bonds or notes entitled to the benefits of this act shall be issued unless there is designated therefor a paying agent or paying agents, at least one of which is a bank or trust company authorized to do business…

18A:64A-22.7 Investments of proceeds; disposition of earnings. 7. On January 10 in each year the county treasurer or the treasurer of the other legally empowered issuer shall certify and pay to the State Treasurer the amount of the earnings received by the county or the issuer du…

18A:64A-22.8. Bonds or notes not debt or liability of state Bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State but are dependent for repayment upon appropriatio…

18A:64A-23. Acceptance of students residing in other counties; required certificates; charges to home counties 18A:64A-23. a. Each county college shall, to the extent its facilities will permit accept students who are residents of any other county in the State. b. Any person desi…

18A:64A-23.1. Job training course 1. As used in this act, "job training course" means any course of instruction which will provide the individual with an identifiable job skill and will assist the individual in gaining reemployment, any course of instruction which is part of a tr…

18A:64A-23.2. County college courses 2. Each county college shall permit a person who has been in the labor market for at least two years and is unemployed or has received a layoff notice as a result of a factory or plant closing to enroll without payment of tuition in a job trai…

18A:64A-23.3. Eligibility for continued participation in program In order to remain eligible for participation in this program, the unemployed worker shall be required to maintain a passing grade in the job training course in which he is enrolled. L.1983, c. 470, s. 3, eff. Jan. …

18A:64A-23.4. Rules, regulations 4. The Commissioner of Labor shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. Regulations of the State Board of Higher Education implementing this act shall remain in full force and effect until modified or …

18A:64A-23.5 Direct assistance to students; access to social service supports. 2. Each county college shall work with a representative of the county board of social services designated pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2025, c.312 (C.18A:64A-29.1) to provide direct as…

18A:64A-24. Joinder in operation of county colleges by other counties 18A:64A-24. If the board of trustees of a county college shall determine that it is in the best interest of the college to allow one or more additional counties to join in the operation of said county college a…

18A:64A-25. Referenda for other purposes permitted Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit or prevent the referenda procedure specified in chapter 37 of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. L.1967, c.271.

18A:64A-25.1. Short title; citation This article shall be known and may be cited as the "County College Contracts Law" . L.1982, c. 189, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.

18A:64A-25.10 Joint purchases by county colleges, municipalities or counties; authority. 10. The board of trustees of two or more county colleges may provide jointly by agreement for the purchasing of work, materials or supplies for their respective colleges, or one or more count…

18A:64A-25.11. Contents of agreement a. Such agreement shall set forth the categories of work, materials or supplies to be purchased, the manner of advertising for bids and of awarding of contracts, the method of payment by each participating county college, municipality or count…

18A:64A-25.11a County college authorized to participate in cooperative pricing system. 2. a. A county college is authorized to be a participating contracting unit in a cooperative pricing system established pursuant to the laws of this State. b. A county college may make purchase…

18A:64A-25.13 Specifications generally. 13. All specifications for any purchase, contract or agreement governed by this article shall be drafted in a manner to encourage free, open and competitive bidding. In particular, no specifications under this article may: a. Require a stan…

18A:64A-25.14 Advertisements for bids; bids; general requirements; notice of revisions. 14. a. All advertisements for bids shall be published in a legal newspaper sufficiently in advance of the date fixed for receiving the bids to promote competitive bidding but in no event less …

18A:64A-25.15. Bids to conform to specifications; rejection of bids No bid shall be accepted which does not conform to the specifications furnished therefor. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as depriving any county college of the right to reject all bids. L.19…