Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:13-34 Creation of regional school district, apportionment of appropriations. 18A:13-34. If the boards of education of two or more local districts, or the board of education of a consolidated district, or of a district comprising two or more municipalities, and the commissione…

18A:13-34.2. Impact assessment 6. The Department of Education shall provide to the board of education of a school district proposing to join or create a regional school district and to the board of education of a regional school district proposing to modify its method of apportio…

18A:13-34.3 Phase-in payment schedule; transitional methodology. 12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-34 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education may permit the board of education of a regional district and the board or…

18A:13-34a Board of education for newly created regional district. 1. Notwithstanding any section of law to the contrary, the boards of education proposing to form a newly created regional school district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the…

18A:13-34b Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; newly created regional district. 18. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the boards of education proposing to form a newly created regional distric…

18A:13-35. Certification and determination of the result of referendum to create regional district The secretary of each local district, so proposed to be included in the proposed regional district, shall certify to the county superintendent of the county, in which such district …

18A:13-35.1 Proposal to form regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board of education. 13. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a proposal to form a limited purpose or all purpose regional district is submitted to the voters purs…

18A:13-36 Apportionment of membership of board of newly created regional district. 18A:13-36. Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.45 (C.18A:13-34a), the executive county superintendent or executive county superintendents of any county or counties, in which su…

18A:13-37. First board of education; appointment The county superintendent of each county in which there is located any constituent district of a newly created regional district shall appoint from among the citizens of each constituent district in his county, qualified as require…

18A:13-38. Allocation of terms for first elective board The county superintendent or county superintendents appointing the first board of education of a regional district shall allocate the initial elective terms for the first elective members of said board in the following manne…

18A:13-39 Election of first members of board. 18A:13-39. The first elected members of the board of a newly created regional district shall be elected at the annual election to be held in the calendar year first succeeding the year in which the election for the creation of the dis…

18A:13-4. Supervision by county superintendent Each regional school district shall be under the supervision of the county superintendent of the county in which the constituent districts having the greatest amount of ratables are situate. L.1967, c.271.

18A:13-40 General powers and duties of board of newly created regional districts. 18A:13-40. The board of education of a newly created regional district may, prior to taking charge and control of the educational facilities of the regional district, do all other acts and things wh…

18A:13-40.1 Coordination of limited purpose regional school districts with constituent districts. 1. The board of education of a limited purpose regional school district shall meet and work with the constituent school districts of the regional district, on at least an annual basi…

18A:13-41 Taking charge and control of educational facilities of schools in newly created regional districts. 18A:13-41. A regional board of education of a newly created regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the constituent districts in …

18A:13-42. Pension and tenure rights; certain teachers transferred to regional districts; preserved Whenever a regional district has been created subsequent to April 1, 1951, or shall hereafter be created, for high school or junior high school education, the tenure and pension ri…

18A:13-43 Enlargement of districts; special election. 18A:13-43. If the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts, and the commissioner or his representative, after consultation, study and investigation, shall de…

18A:13-44. Certification of results of election for enlargement of regional district The secretary of the regional district and of each local district, which is included in the proposal to enlarge the regional district, shall certify to the county superintendent of the county in …

18A:13-44.1 Proposal to enlarge regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board, boards of education. 14. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a proposal to enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district is submitted to t…

18A:13-45. Corporate existence and name; assumption of indebtedness The corporate existence of an enlarged regional district shall be continued without interruption from the date of its original creation notwithstanding its enlargement and its corporate name shall remain unchange…

18A:13-46 Enlargement of regional districts; new board members; reapportionment. 18A:13-46. Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of P.L.2017, c.45 (C.18A:13-46.1), the executive county superintendent of the county in which any new constituent district of an enlarged regional…

18A:13-46.1 Apportionment of membership of enlarged district board of education. 3. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of law to the contrary, the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts determine…

18A:13-46.2 Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; enlarged regional district. 19. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of educa…

18A:13-47. Enlarged regional districts; educational facilities; powers of board The regional board of education of an enlarged regional district shall not take charge and control of the educational facilities, being provided for pupils in the classes or grades included in the reg…

18A:13-47.1 Definitions. 1. As used in sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2 through C.18A:13-47.8): "Board of education" means and includes the board of education of a local school district, consolidated school district, non-operating school district, and the bo…

18A:13-47.10 Tenure, seniority rights recognized, preserved. 10. Notwithstanding section 3 of P.L.1995, c.294 (C.18A:6-31.5) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a limited purpose or all purpose regional district is formed or enlarged, the tenure and se…

18A:13-47.11 Withdrawal from local district to form, enlarge regional district; conditions. 11. a. Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a board of education of a local school district or of a local school district constituting part of a limited purp…

18A:13-47.2 Grant program established. 2. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall establish a grant program, within the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program, the purpose of which shall be to provide…

18A:13-47.3 Application to grant program; criteria, feasibility study. 3. a. The boards of education or governing bodies of two or more school districts seeking to form a limited purpose or all purpose regional district and that wish to apply for funding under the grant program e…

18A:13-47.4 Application review; feasibility study reimbursement. 4. a. The division shall review all applications submitted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3) and shall only approve applications that meet the eligibility criteria set forth in subsection b. o…

18A:13-47.5 Regional district formation, conditions. 5. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.294 (C.18A:6-31.4) or of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a regional district is formed following the approval of an application pursu…

18A:13-47.6 Reimbursement, election costs; criteria. 6. The Department of Education shall reimburse participating districts for any costs incurred to hold an election to establish or enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district provided that the decision to establis…

18A:13-47.7 Receipt of grant award application, notice. 7. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall provide notice to the Senate President, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leade…

18A:13-47.8 Grant program implementation report, content. 8. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall submit a report on the implementation of the grant program established pursuant t…

18A:13-47.9 Expiring employment salary guide and terms and conditions. 9. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever the salary guide and terms and conditions of employment of one or more school districts seeking to join a newly formed or existing limi…

18A:13-48. Dissolution of local districts; original boards to function until taking over of schools Whenever any local district has joined or shall join in a. Creating or enlarging an all purpose regional district, or b. The formation of a limited purpose regional district and th…

18A:13-49. Principals, teachers and employees transferred All principals, teachers and employees in the employ of any dissolving local district shall be transferred to and continue in their respective employments in the employ of the regional school district and their rights to t…

18A:13-5. Conduct of regional district elections, votes required 18A:13-5. Elections in regional districts shall be conducted as in other local districts except that in any such elections, unless otherwise provided by this Title, the total vote of the entire regional district, wi…

18A:13-50 Transfers; funds; personal property, books, etc., obligations of indebtedness. 18A:13-50. Upon the dissolution of any local district the officer having custody of the funds of such district shall deliver all of the funds of the dissolved district in his possession to th…

18A:13-51. Investigation as to advisability of withdrawal, dissolution; application; procedures 1. The board of education of any local school district constituting part of a limited purpose regional school district or the governing body of the municipality constituting a constitu…

18A:13-52 Report; feasibility study. 2. The executive county superintendent shall, within 60 days after such request, file with the governing bodies of the municipalities constituting the regional district and the boards of education of all of the constituent school districts and…

18A:13-53. Calculation of amount of indebtedness to be assumed 3. The county superintendent shall calculate the amount of indebtedness relating to buildings, grounds, furnishings, equipment and additions thereto so to be assumed on the basis of the proportion which the replacemen…

18A:13-54. Petition for permission to submit to voters for approval of withdrawal, dissolution; proof of service 4. The municipal governing body or the board of education of the withdrawing district or the municipal governing body and the board of education of each constituent di…

18A:13-55. Answer; filing; contents The governing body of any municipality constituting a constituent district or the board of education of any such constituent district and the board of education of the regional district shall, within 15 days after service of a copy of the petit…

18A:13-56 Review of petition; hearing; actions by commissioner. 6. The Commissioner of Education shall review the petition and answers for a determination as to whether or not the petition should be granted, and if so, the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be assumed by the rema…

18A:13-57. Fixing date of election 7. If the application be granted, the county superintendent shall, after conferring with the boards of education of the constituent districts, fix a day and a time on said day for holding a special school election, at which time the question whe…