Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:12-20 Indemnity of members of boards of education against cost of defense. 18A:12-20. Whenever a civil, administrative, criminal or quasi-criminal action or other legal proceeding has been or shall be brought against any person for any act or omission arising out of and in th…

18A:12-21. Short title 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Ethics Act." L.1991,c.393,s.1.

18A:12-22. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature find and declares: a. In our representative form of government it is essential that the conduct of members of local boards of education and local school administrators hold the respect and confidence of the people. These board …

18A:12-23. Definitions 3. For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Administrator" means any officer, other than a board member, or employee of a local school district who (i) holds a position which requires a certificate that authori…

18A:12-23.1 Applicability of "School Ethics Act" to charter school administrators, trustees. 1. The provisions of the "School Ethics Act," P.L.1991, c.393 (C.18A:12-21 et seq.) shall apply to an administrator and a member of the board of trustees of a charter school that is estab…

18A:12-24. Conflicts of interest 4. a. No school official or member of his immediate family shall have an interest in a business organization or engage in any business, transaction, or professional activity, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties…

18A:12-24.1 Code of Ethics for School Board Members. 5. A school board member shall abide by the following Code of Ethics for School Board Members: a. I will uphold and enforce all laws, rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, and court orders pertaining to schools…

18A:12-25. Disclosure statements of employment, contracts or business with schools 5. a. On a form to be prescribed by the commission and to be filed annually with the commission, each school official shall state: (1) whether any relative of the school official or any other perso…

18A:12-26. Financial disclosure statement 6. a. Each school official shall annually file a financial disclosure statement with the School Ethics Commission. All financial disclosure statements filed pursuant to this act shall include the following information which shall specify,…

18A:12-27. School Ethics Commission 7. a. There is hereby established in the State Department of Education a commission to be known as the "School Ethics Commission." The commission shall consist of nine members, not more than five of whom shall be from the same political party: …

18A:12-28. Staff appointments; duties; powers 8. a. The commission may appoint professional employees and clerical staff and may incur expenses which are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it fo…

18A:12-29 Complaint procedures. 9. a. Any person, including a member of the commission, may file a complaint alleging a violation of the provisions of this act or the Code of Ethics for School Board Members as set forth in section 5 of P.L.2001, c.178 (C.18A:12-24.1), by submitti…

18A:12-29.1 Appeal of determination of School Ethics Commission. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, any appeal of a determination of the School Ethics Commission shall be to the Commissioner of Education whose determination shall be a fina…

18A:12-3 Cessation of membership. 18A:12-3. Whenever a member of a local or regional board of education shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the district, or of any constituent district of a consolidated or regional district which he represents, or shall become mayor or a me…

18A:12-30. Imposition of sanctions 10. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law or regulation to the contrary, the sanctions authorized by this act may be imposed on any school official pursuant to the procedures established in section 9 of this act. However, nothing in th…

18A:12-31. Advisory opinions 11. A school official may request and obtain from the commission an advisory opinion as to whether any proposed activity or conduct would in its opinion constitute a violation of the provisions of this act. Advisory opinions of the commission shall no…

18A:12-32. Jurisdiction preempted on pending matters 12. The commission shall not process any complaint, issue a final ruling or issue any advisory opinion on a matter actually pending in any court of law or administrative agency of this State. L.1991,c.393,s.12.

18A:12-33 Training program; requirements. 13. a. Each newly elected or appointed board member shall complete during the first year of the member's first term a training program to be prepared and offered by the New Jersey School Boards Association, in consultation with the New Je…

18A:12-34. Rules, regulations 14. The State Board of Education may promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedures Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1991,c.393,s.14.

18A:12-4. Compensation of members A member of a board of education shall receive no compensation for his services. L.1967, c.271.

18A:12-5. Application of subarticle The provisions of this subarticle shall apply to type I school districts. L.1967, c.271.

18A:12-6. Boards; number of members The board shall consist of 5 or 7 members as provided by ordinance of the municipal governing body, except that it shall consist of 9 members in districts in cities of the first class, and in districts in which it has been so determined by refe…

18A:12-7. Boards; appointments; vacancies The boards of education shall be appointed by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality constituting the district. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be reported forthwith by the secretary of t…

18A:12-8. When appointed; commencement of terms In districts, other than those in cities of the first class, the members of the board shall be appointed between April 1 and April 15 and their terms of office shall begin on May 16, next succeeding, and in districts in cities of th…

18A:12-9. Terms of members of boards Of boards consisting of 5 members, one shall be appointed each year for a term of 5 years, of boards consisting of 9 members, 3 shall be appointed each year for terms of 3 years, and of boards consisting of 7 members, 3 shall be appointed in t…

18A:13-1. Application of chapter; government of regional districts The provisions of this chapter shall apply to regional school districts and to all former union graded schools and the affairs of such districts shall be conducted and governed by the provisions of this title rela…

18A:13-10 Annual elections. 18A:13-10. The board of education of each regional district shall provide for the holding, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.), of an annual school election for the regional district. At such election there shall be …

18A:13-11. Vacancies in membership of board; filling Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled from the constituent districts represented by the former incumbents in the same manner as vacancies in the membership of boards of education of type II districts having e…

18A:13-12 Election of officers. 18A:13-12. The board shall hold a regular meeting forthwith after its first appointment, and annually thereafter on any day between May 1 and May 7, inclusive, following the annual school election in April, at which it shall organize by the electio…

18A:13-13 Appointment of secretary. 18A:13-13. The board shall appoint a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board, for the term of one year beginning on July 1, or January 15 in the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, follo…

18A:13-14 Treasurer of school moneys; appointment; term; bond. 18A:13-14. The board may appoint a treasurer of school moneys who shall not be a member or employee of the board and it shall fix his salary. His term of office shall expire annually on June 30 of each year, or Januar…

18A:13-15. Acquisition of lands without districts The board of education of any regional school district may from time to time acquire for school purposes, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, lands or premises not exceeding 45 acres in extent and situated in whole or in part …

18A:13-16. Special police services; contracts with municipalities The board of education of any regional district may contract with the municipality in which any of its regional schools are located for such special police services as may be required for the safety of its students…

18A:13-17 Submission of budget; other questions to voters; adherence to procedures. 18A:13-17. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2023, c.289) b. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in April or November, the regional board of education shall fix a…

18A:13-2. Types of regional districts Regional school districts shall be of two types: a. "all purpose regional districts" organized for all the school purposes of the municipalities included within such regional districts; b. "limited purpose regional districts" organized to pro…

18A:13-23 Apportionment of appropriations. 18A:13-23. The annual or special appropriations for regional districts, including the amounts to be raised for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds payable by the district, shall be apportioned among the municipalities included wi…

18A:13-23.3. Modification of apportionment of appropriations 5. A regional district may modify the manner in which the amounts to be raised for annual or special appropriations for the district, including the amounts to be raised for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds pa…

18A:13-24. Appropriations; certification; apportionment; assessment and collection among constituent districts The amounts to be raised for annual or special appropriations and for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds for regional districts shall be certified by the region…

18A:13-26. Authorization; issuance; maturities, sales and lien of bonds Bonds or notes of a regional school district shall be issued in the corporate name of the district, and shall be authorized and issued, in accordance with the law governing the issuance of bonds by type II di…

18A:13-27. Newly created regional districts; issuance of temporary bonds or notes for current expenses; submission to voters, etc. Whenever the boards of education of all local school districts proposing to create a regional district shall determine by identical resolutions that …

18A:13-28. Authorization of bonds upon formation of regional district The board of education of each local district proposing to create or to join in the creation of the regional district or the board of education of any regional district and of each local district proposing to u…

18A:13-29. Issuance of bonds of constituent district by all purpose regional district If in any consolidated district, or local district comprising two or more municipalities, which is comprised in an all purpose regional district, the issuance of bonds of said consolidated distr…

18A:13-3. Constituent municipalities as constituent districts In every all purpose regional district the constituent municipalities of the regional district shall be construed to be the constituent districts of the regional district after the dissolution pursuant to this chapter …

18A:13-30. Issuance of bonds for acquisition of lands to include buildings, equipment, etc. Every resolution, proposition, question or proposal heretofore or hereafter adopted by the legal voters of: 1. Any regional district then in existence, or 2. Each local district proposing …

18A:13-31. Authority to purchase and sell property of constituent district Whenever at an election held to create or enlarge a regional district and at that or a subsequent election a resolution for the purchase of real or personal property or both from one or more of the constit…

18A:13-32. Application of proceeds of sale of property The board of education of each constituent district from which any purchase of real property is made pursuant to section 18A:13-31 may expend all or any part of the proceeds of any such sale together with any interest thereon…