Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:7G-32 "County Vocational School District Facilities Rehabilitation Fund." 58. a. There is hereby created a special fund in the Department of Education which shall be entitled the "County Vocational School District Facilities Rehabilitation Fund." The fund shall be maintained …

18A:7G-33 Process for prequalification of contractors. 59. The development authority shall establish a process for the prequalification of contractors that desire to bid on school facilities projects. A contractor shall not be permitted to bid on such a school facilities project …

18A:7G-34 Prequalification process, submission requirements. 60. a. The prequalification process shall include a requirement that the contractor proposing to submit bids on a school facilities project submit a statement under oath on a form designated by the development authority…

18A:7G-34.1 Contractor, good standing, school facilities projects, corrective action plan. 15. a. As part of the application process established under section 59 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-33) for the prequalification of a contractor that desires to bid on school facilities proj…

18A:7G-35 Validity of contractor's prequalification classification. 61. a. A contractor's prequalification classification shall be valid for 24 months. A contractor shall be reclassified after the 24-month period in order to remain eligible to bid on school facilities projects. b…

18A:7G-36 Mandatory uniform performance evaluation of contractors. 62. a. A mandatory uniform performance evaluation shall be conducted on all school facilities projects undertaken by the development authority. The evaluation shall, at a minimum, include cost, schedule adherence …

18A:7G-37 Submission of sworn contractor certification; requirements. 63. a. A prequalified contractor seeking to bid school facilities projects, and any subcontractors required to be named under P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) shall, as a condition of bidding, submit a sworn …

18A:7G-38 Program to provide additional funding for apprenticeship programs. 64. a. The Commissioner of Education, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, shall establish a program to provide additional funding for apprenticeship programs register…

18A:7G-39 False, deceptive, fraudulent statement by contractor in certifications, penalty. 65. Any contractor who willfully makes, or causes to be made, a false, deceptive or fraudulent statement in the certifications required pursuant to P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.), shall…

18A:7G-4 Long-range facilities plan; facilities efficiency standards; time lines. 4. a. By December 15, 2000 and by October 1, 2005, each district shall prepare and submit to the commissioner a long-range facilities plan that details the district's school facilities needs and the…

18A:7G-40 Prequalified contractors exempt from other prequalifying process. 66. A contractor who has been prequalified as a bidder on school facilities projects in accordance with the process established by the development authority pursuant to section 59 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A…

18A:7G-41 Procedure for obtaining prequalified status; short-form application. 68. If a contractor on the effective date of this act has a current, valid classification from the Division of Property Management and Construction, it may obtain prequalified status under this act by …

18A:7G-41.1 Definitions relative to construction of school facilities projects; competition for contracts. 1. a. As used in this section: "affiliate" means any firm or person having an overt or covert relationship such that any one of them directly or indirectly controls or has p…

18A:7G-42 Registration of apprentices. 69. All apprentices shall be registered through the approved federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training program. L.2000,c.72,s.69.

18A:7G-43 Office of Fiscal Integrity in School Construction. 70. There is established in the Office of the Attorney General the Office of Fiscal Integrity in School Construction. The office shall perform its duties under the direction of the Attorney General and shall cooperate a…

18A:7G-45 Conveyance of certain school buildings and land to New Jersey Schools Development Authority; conditions. 14. a. In the event that the development authority funds 100% of the cost of the acquisition of land for the construction of a school facilities project and as a res…

18A:7G-46 Acquisition of land in SDA district; submission of land inventory. 15. If land is necessary to be acquired in connection with a school facilities project in an SDA district, the board of education of the district and the governing body of the municipality in which the d…

18A:7G-47 Approval of site plan in SDA district; procedure. 16. a. Whenever the board of education of an SDA district submits to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) information on a proposed preferred site for…

18A:7G-47.1 "Emergent Condition Remediation Program" established. 20. a. There is hereby created within the development authority an Emergent Condition Remediation Program to provide for the financing of emergent projects in the public schools of SDA districts, which public schoo…

18A:7G-47.2 SDA district, school facilities project management, contracts, limitations, scope. 19. a. The development authority and an SDA district to which the development authority has delegated management of a school facilities project, as well as any contractor or consultant …

18A:7G-47.3 SDA district, school facilities project management, cooperative pricing system, agreement, prohibited. 21. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an SDA district to which the development authority has delegated management of a …

18A:7G-48 Projects in certain districts with prior approval; construction, financing under prior law. 17. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) to the contrary, a school facilities project of a district, other than an Abbott district, with a distr…

18A:7G-5 Undertaking and financing of school facilities in certain districts. 5. a. The development authority shall undertake and the financing authority shall finance the school facilities projects of SDA districts. b. In the case of a district other than an SDA district, State …

18A:7G-5.1 No construction of school within 1,000 feet of an existing entry, exit ramp of a highway; exceptions. 5. a. A school shall not be constructed within 1,000 feet of an existing entry or exit ramp of a highway unless, during the planning and design of the proposed school,…

18A:7G-5.2 Public school facilities, certain, security measures required. 1. a. In the case of new school construction undertaken by a district or the development authority, in addition to the Best Practices Standards for Schools under Construction or Being Planned for Constructi…

18A:7G-5a County vocational school district, construction, issuance of bonds by county improvement authority to finance school facilities project. 1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) or any other section of law to the contrary, the board of …

18A:7G-5b County improvement authority, agreement, school facilities project construction, issue bonds, financing. 5. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) or any other section of law to the contrary, the board of education of a district other th…

18A:7G-6 Applicability of C.18A:7G-5 to demonstration projects; exceptions. 6. The provisions of section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) shall pertain to school facilities projects designated to be demonstration projects except as otherwise provided in this section. a. For the i…

18A:7G-7 Approval of preliminary eligible costs. 7. a. Preliminary eligible costs for construction of new school facilities and additions to school facilities, characterized by an increase in the square footage of the school facility, shall be approved only if necessary for reaso…

18A:7G-8 Calculation of number of unhoused students. 8. a. The number of unhoused students shall be calculated as the number of FTE students who are projected to be enrolled in kindergarten, grades 1 through 12, and special education services pupil educational programs provided i…

18A:7G-9 Distribution of State debt service aid. 9. a. State debt service aid for capital investment in school facilities for a district other than an SDA district which elects not to finance the project under section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), shall be distributed upon …

18A:8-1. Municipalities as separate school districts; exceptions Each municipality shall be a separate local school district except as otherwise provided in this chapter and except that each incorporated village shall remain a part of the district in which it is situated at the t…

18A:8-10. Answer to petition by other municipalities and board of education The governing body of any other municipality in the school district and the board of education thereof shall, within 15 days after service of a copy of the petition upon it, file an answer thereto with th…

18A:8-11. Contents of answer to petition In such answer said municipality may: a. Consent to the granting of the application; or b. Oppose the same because, if the same be granted-- 1. An excessive debt burden will be imposed upon the remaining district, 2. An efficient school sy…

18A:8-12 Petition, hearing relative to effect of proposed separations. 18A:8-12. Within 15 days after the filing of the answers to the petition, the Commissioner of Education shall hold a hearing thereon at the request of any interested party and shall consider the effect of the …

18A:8-13 Grant or denial of petition. 18A:8-13. Within 60 days after the receipt of the petition and answers, the Commissioner of Education shall grant the application and determine the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be assumed by the remaining and new districts, respectively…

18A:8-14. Submission of question at special election If the application be granted, the county superintendent shall, within 30 days thereafter, fix a day, between the first day of April next ensuing and the first day of December next occurring after said first day of April, and a…

18A:8-15. Notices, advertisements and conduct of election; certification of results The amount of indebtedness to be assumed by the proposed new district and the effect of such indebtedness upon the borrowing margin of the municipality and the proposed new district shall be state…

18A:8-16. Effective date of creation of new district after adoption of question If the question is adopted at said election, the municipality initiating the proceeding shall be created a separate type II school district upon the beginning of the next ensuing school year. L.1967, …

18A:8-17. Name of new and remaining districts The name of the new district shall be the board of education of the (name of municipality) in the county of and the name of the remaining district shall be the board of education (name of municipality) in the county of . L.1967, c.271…

18A:8-17.1. Board may adopt new title for district In any district composed of two or more municipalities one at least of which has changed its name, the board of education, by resolution passed by a two-thirds vote of its members and with the approval of the commissioner, may ad…

18A:8-18. Board of new district 18A:8-18. The members of the board of education of the original district shall continue in office as members of such district until the creation of the new district and the members of said board who reside in the new district shall also be members …

18A:8-19. Date of constitution of first boards of education of new and remaining districts The first boards of education of the new district and the remaining district shall be constituted as of the tenth day following the election. L.1967, c.271.

18A:8-2. Certain new municipalities as type II districts Whenever a new municipality other than a city is created from parts of two or more municipalities, such municipality shall be a separate type II school district from the time of appointment of the board of education for the…

18A:8-20 Powers, duties of first boards of education of new, remaining districts. 18A:8-20. The first board of education of the new district and the first board of education of the remaining district shall each prepare and submit, if applicable, to the voters of the district, as …

18A:8-21. Boards of education of new and remaining districts with elected members; powers, etc. The board of education of the new district, and the board of education of the remaining district, to which members are first elected shall not take charge and control of the schools of…