N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-7
Student admissions to charter school.
Status: in_force

7. A charter school shall be open to all students on a space available basis and shall not discriminate in its admission policies or practices on the basis of intellectual or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, status as a person with a disability, proficiency in the English language, or any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district; however, a charter school may limit admission to a particular grade level or to areas of concentration of the school, such as mathematics, science, or the arts. Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-8), a charter school shall not establish criteria to evaluate prospective students and shall not impose qualifications for enrollment on a student selected through a random selection process established pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-8). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit use of a weighted admission lottery in furtherance of a charter school seeking the enrollment of a cross section of the community’s school age population pursuant to subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-8). L.1995, c.426, s.7; amended 2017, c.131, s.26; 2025, c.276, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-24.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-24.5
Position of shared superintendent, business administrator not tenurable
Status: in_force

8. The position of shared superintendent or shared business administrator shall not be a tenurable position. If two or more boards of education appoint an individual from within one of the school districts to a shared position, the individual shall retain all tenure rights accrued in the positions in which he previously served within the district. However, in no event shall the districts be required to appoint a tenured individual from within any of the districts to fill a shared position. L.1996,c.111,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17A-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17A / Section 17A-3
Executive superintendent; duties and powers
Status: in_force

The executive superintendent shall be the chief executive officer and administrator of the district. Pursuant to rules and regulations established by the board of education, the executive superintendent shall have responsibility and general supervision over the organization and the educational, managerial, and fiscal operations of the district, including the schools therein, under rules and regulations prescribed by the State board. He shall have supervisory authority over all officers and employees, professional and nonprofessional, of the district, all of whom shall report to him, and he shall prescribe their duties. He shall keep himself informed as to the condition and progress of the educational, managerial, and fiscal operations of the district and shall report thereon, from time to time, to, and as directed by, the board and he shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board employing him. He shall have a seat on the board of education employing him and the right to speak on all educational, managerial, and fiscal matters at meetings of the board but shall have no vote. L.1975, c. 169, s. 3, eff. Aug. 4, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54A-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54A / Section 54A-2
Liberal construction
Status: in_force

This act shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof. L.1968, c. 182, s. 2, eff. July 19, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:68-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 68 / Section 68-4
Revocation of license
Status: in_force

18A:68-4. Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the Commission on Higher Education. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.196.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7B-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as "The State Facilities Education Act of 1979." L.1979, c. 207, s. 1, eff. Sept. 25, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-23
State Board of Higher Education equipment purchase, allocation of funds transferred
Status: in_force

23. The functions, powers and duties of the State Board of Higher Education, including the approval of the equipment purchase and allocation of funds, under the "Higher Education Equipment Leasing Fund Act," P.L.1993, c.136 (C.18A:72A-40 et seq.) shall, following July 1, 1994, be exercised by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. Any final action taken by the State Board of Higher Education prior to July 1, 1994, including the approval of an equipment purchase or allocation of funds, under this bond act shall be unaffected by the provisions of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-1 et al.) and such final action is hereby ratified and confirmed. L.1994,c.48,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:10-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 10 / Section 10-4
Secretary to give notice of meeting
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to give notice of the first regular meeting accordingly.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-31
System to certify contributions
Status: in_force

The retirement system shall certify to each employer the proportion of each member's compensation to be deducted, and to facilitate the making of deductions the retirement system may modify the deduction required by a member of such amount as shall not exceed 1/10 of 1% of the compensation upon the basis of which the deduction is to be made. There shall be credited in the annuity savings fund to the individual account of each member any amounts so deducted or contributed by him. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 15, eff. April 29, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-29.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.1
Certification of amounts to be raised
Status: in_force

The board of school estimate shall, on or before the last named date, make two certificates of the amount, signed by at least three of its members, one of which certificates shall be delivered to the board of education of the county vocational school district and the other to the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the school is situated.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-11
Military training; referendum
Status: in_force

If the state board does not require the course in military training to be included in courses in health, safety and physical training, the question of the inclusion thereof, in such courses to be given in any district, shall be submitted to the legal voters of the district by referendum when the board of education of the district so determines by resolution or when a petition signed by at least 10% of the legal voters of the district requests the question to be so submitted. In districts in which annual school elections are held the petition shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education and the question shall be submitted at the next ensuing annual, or at a special school election following the nineteenth day after the filing of the petition and in all other districts the petition shall be filed with the clerk of the municipality and the question shall be submitted at the next ensuing general election following the thirty-fourth day after the filing of the petition.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-70 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-70
Answer to petition
Status: in_force

The governing body of any constituent municipality of the all purpose regional district and the board of education of the all purpose regional district shall, within 15 days after service of a copy of the petition upon it, file an answer to the petition with the commissioner and serve a copy of the answer upon the governing body of every other constituent municipality and upon the board of education of the all purpose regional district and the county superintendent. The answer shall set forth matters similar to those described in section 6 of this act. L.1989,c.90,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-46 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-46
Membership of association.
Status: in_force

2. The association shall consist of six voting members to be appointed as follows: one member from each member institution's boards of trustees, appointed by the members thereof. In addition the presidents of the member institutions shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members. Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses. L.1985, c.161, s.1; amended 1994, c.48, s.108; 1999, c.46, s.36; 2012, c.45, s.72; 2017, c.178, s.41; 2025, c.218, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:21-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 21 / Section 21-5
Maintenance of capital reserve accounts
Status: in_force

18A:21-5. The capital reserve account of each district shall be maintained by the local district, in accordance with procedures to be established by the commissioner. L.1967, c.271; amended 1990,c.52,s.41
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-20.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-20.1
Enrollment of pupils in county vocational schools, funding
Status: in_force

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 school district each pupil who resides in the school district or regional school district and who has applied for admission to and has been accepted for attendance at any of the schools of the county vocational school district. The board of education shall pay tuition for each of these pupils to the county vocational school district pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the board of education of a school district or regional school district maintaining a vocational school or schools pursuant to article 2 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. b. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive pupils from districts without the county so far as their facilities may permit. c. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive such funds as may be appropriated by the county pursuant to N.J.S.18A:54-29.2 and shall be entitled to collect and receive from the sending districts in which each pupil attending the vocational school resides, for the tuition of that pupil, except for a post-secondary vocational education pupil, a sum not to exceed the actual cost per pupil as determined for each vocational program classification, according to rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board. Whenever funds have been appropriated by the county, the county vocational school district may charge a fee in addition to tuition for any pupils who are not residents of the county. The fee shall not exceed the amount of the county's per pupil appropriation to the county vocational school district. d. The tuition and nonresident fee, if any, shall be established not later than January 15 in advance of the school year by the board of education. The tuition for each program category shall be at the same rate per pupil for each sending district whether within or without the county, and 10% of the tuition amount and nonresident fee, if any, shall be paid on the first of each month from September to June by or on behalf of the board of education of each sending district. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.62). L.1990,c.52,s.71; amended 1991,c.62,s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-14
Definitions relative to adoption of harassment and bullying prevention policies
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Electronic communication" means a communication transmitted by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, cellular phone, computer, or pager; "Harassment, intimidation or bullying" means any gesture, any written, verbal or physical act, or any electronic communication, whether it be a single incident or a series of incidents, that is reasonably perceived as being motivated either by any actual or perceived characteristic, such as race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or a mental, physical or sensory disability, or by any other distinguishing characteristic, that takes place on school property, at any school-sponsored function, on a school bus, or off school grounds as provided for in section 16 of P.L.2010, c.122 (C.18A:37-15.3), that substantially disrupts or interferes with the orderly operation of the school or the rights of other students and that: a. a reasonable person should know, under the circumstances, will have the effect of physically or emotionally harming a student or damaging the student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm to his person or damage to his property; b. has the effect of insulting or demeaning any student or group of students; or c. creates a hostile educational environment for the student by interfering with a student's education or by severely or pervasively causing physical or emotional harm to the student. L.2002, c.83, s.2; amended 2007, c.129, s.1; 2010, c.122, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-35
Loans, interest rates, administrative fees.
Status: in_force

18A:66-35. Any member who has at least 3 years of service to his credit for which he has contributed as a member may borrow from the retirement system, an amount equal to not more than 50% of the amount of his accumulated deductions, but not less than $50.00; provided, that the amount so borrowed, together with interest thereon, can be repaid by additional deductions from compensation, not in excess of 25% of the member's compensation, made at the same time compensation is paid to the member. The amount so borrowed, together with interest on any unpaid balance thereof, shall be repaid to the retirement system in equal installments by deduction from the compensation of the member at the time the compensation is paid or in such lump sum amount to repay the balance of the loan but such installment shall be at least equal to the member's rate of contribution to the retirement system and at least sufficient to repay the amount borrowed with interest thereon. Not more than two loans may be granted to any member in any calendar year. Notwithstanding any other law affecting the salary or compensation of any person or persons to whom this article applies or shall apply, the additional deductions required to repay the loan shall be made. The rate of interest for a loan requested by a member prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) shall be 4% per annum on any unpaid balance thereof. For a loan requested after the effective date of that act, the rate of interest per annum shall be a commercially reasonable rate as required by the Internal Revenue Code to be determined by the State Treasurer on that effective date, and on January 1 of each calendar year thereafter. An administrative fee in an amount set by the State Treasurer for each calendar year may be charged for any loan requested after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.). Loans shall be made to a member from his accumulated deductions. The interest earned on such loans shall be treated in the same manner as interest earned from investments of the retirement system. Amended 1968, c.228, s.4; 1971, c.121, s.18; 1981, c.212, s.1; 2007, c.92, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-18
Retirement rights of former municipal hospital employees
Status: in_force

The acquisition of the hospital by the university shall not alter the retirement anticipation of any former municipal employee of the hospital. a. Upon the effective date of the acquisition of the hospital by the university the former municipal employees of the hospital who continue as employees of the university and who are members of a municipal retirement system established pursuant to P.L.1954, c. 218, as amended and supplemented (C. 43:13-22.3 et seq.), shall continue their membership in such retirement system. Following the year of such acquisition, the university shall pay annually to such retirement system on behalf of such members the amount of the employer's contribution as would have been required of the municipality under the terms of said P.L.1954, c. 218. b. Upon the effective date of the acquisition of the hospital by the university, the former permanent municipal employees of the hospital who are not members of such municipal employees' retirement system and who anticipated the receipt of a pension from the municipality under the provisions of chapter 4 of Title 43 of the Revised Statutes or the "General Noncontributory Pension Act," P.L.1955, c. 263 (C. 43:8B-1 et seq.) shall continue their eligibility for such pension to be paid by the municipality. When any such pension shall be paid by the municipality on the basis of service rendered with the municipality and subsequently with the university the university shall annually pay to the municipality on account of such pension an amount which shall be in the same proportion as the employee's years of service with the university bear to his total service upon which the pension has been calculated. L.1970, c. 102, s. 18. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 14, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-9
Powers of council
Status: in_force

9. The council shall have perpetual succession and shall have the following powers: a. To make, amend, and repeal rules and bylaws for its own governance and guidance not inconsistent with State or federal law; b. To adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; c. To maintain an office at such place or places within the State as it may designate; and d. To sue and be sued in its own name and to retain legal counsel of its choosing. L.1994,c.48,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72E-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72E / Section 72E-4
Inapplicability of prohibition of disbursements to denominational schools
Status: in_force

The provisions of N.J.S. 18A:62-2 shall not be applicable to this act. L.1980, c. 154, s. 4, eff. Nov. 26, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54G-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54G / Section 54G-2
Findings, declarations relative to arts based curriculum pilot program
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Although there currently exists support for the arts in education within the public schools of this State, there is a vast difference in how local school districts implement arts education and a significant number of students graduate from New Jersey schools without any exposure to the arts; b. The Literacy in the Arts Task Force, created in 1987 by the Legislature to examine the state of arts education in New Jersey, recommended that schools include both intensive arts experiences and integration of the arts across an interdisciplinary curriculum and urged districts to adopt a curriculum framework using the arts as a means of providing all students the tools for an effective and more enriched learning experience; c. Since the Literacy in the Arts Task Force completed its work, there have been a number of other developments at the State and national level which have affirmed the value of incorporating the arts into the school curriculum as a strategy to engage and challenge students and thus advance their motivation and level of academic achievement; d. The value of infusing the arts into the public school curricular core has been supported and advanced through the revision of New Jersey's State Goals for Education in 1992, the Department of Education's draft of Core Curriculum Standards, the Department of Education's Strategic Plan for Systemic Change, and the national education reform effort embodied in the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, all of which have pointed to the arts as a mechanism to improve the ability of students to think critically and to solve problems; and e. In an era in which states and the federal government are searching for ways in which to advance the educational achievement of at-risk students, research has indicated that an arts-based curriculum offers a powerful tool to effectuate student academic achievement by increasing the motivation of students who may be disaffected from the learning process. There is empirical evidence that academic disciplines such as reading, writing, languages, social studies, science and math are reinforced through an arts-infused curriculum. The Legislature further finds, therefore, that a program which provides for the development of arts-infused model schools can serve an important public policy function by determining if the strategies utilized by the model schools are effective and can be successfully replicated in districts throughout the State to enhance overall student performance. L.1996,c.117,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-14.2
Contract or lease for electronic data processing for another school district; combination of records and information
Status: in_force

a. Any board of education may by contract or lease provide electronic data processing services for the board of education of another school district, and may undertake with such other board of education the joint operation of electronic data processing of their several official records and other information relative to their official activities, services and responsibilities. b. The records and other information originating with any board of education participating in such a contract or lease may be combined, compiled, and conjoined with the records and other information of any and all other participating local units for the purposes of such electronic data processing; and any provisions of law requiring such records to be kept confidential or to be retained by any board of education or any officer or agency thereof shall be deemed to be isolated thereby. L.1982, c. 161, s. 2, eff. Oct. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-2c — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-2c
Meeting relative to suspension, expulsion of student.
Status: in_force

1. a. In the event a student has experienced multiple suspensions or may be subject to a proposed expulsion from public school, the principal shall convene a meeting, as soon as practicable, between the student and a school psychologist, a school counselor, a school social worker, a student assistance coordinator, or a member of the school's intervention and referral services team. The principal may convene such a meeting, if after the student has been suspended for the first time, the principal upon evaluation deems such a meeting appropriate. The purpose of the meeting shall be to identify any behavior or health difficulties experienced by the student and, where appropriate, to provide supportive interventions or referrals to school or community resources that may assist the student in addressing the identified difficulties. b. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall make available to school districts a list of current resources that may be of assistance as referral services for students under subsection a. of this section. The resources may include, but need not be limited to, the New Jersey MentalHealthCares information and referral service, and county or local programs that provide youth services for mental health or substance use disorder. c. The requirements of subsection a. of this section shall not apply when a student's immediate removal or suspension from the school's regular education program is required pursuant to the provisions of the "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act," P.L.1995, c.127 (C.18A:37-7 et seq.); section 2 of P.L.1979, c.189 (C.18A:37-2.1); or section 1 of P.L.1995, c.128 (C.18A:37-2.2); or in any other instance in which the safety and security of other students or school staff requires the student's immediate removal from school. In these instances, the meeting required pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall take place as soon as practicable following the student's removal from the school's regular education program. d. The provisions of this section shall be construed in a manner consistent with the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act," 20 U.S.C. s.1400 et seq. e. The State Board of Education may promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the provision of this act. L.2019, c.479, s.1; amended 2023, c.177, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-42
NJBEST scholarship; conditions.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-42. a. An amount of no less than $500 shall be provided by the State for the qualified higher education expenses of a designated beneficiary at the time of a qualified withdrawal provided that: (1) the contributor demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the authority, that the contributor participated in the program for at least four years by making a qualifying minimum initial deposit or qualifying minimum annual contributions, or both, as shall be determined by the authority, for a designated beneficiary; (2) the designated beneficiary demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the authority, attendance or enrollment in a higher education institution in this State; and (3) either the contributor, if an individual, or the designated beneficiary demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the authority, that the contributor or designated beneficiary is a New Jersey resident. b. The amount provided under subsection a. of this section shall meet the requirements of a qualified scholarship within the meaning of section 117 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.117, for a designated beneficiary satisfying the requirements of subsection a. of this section. c. A designated beneficiary shall not receive more than one State scholarship provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section. amended 2020, c.81.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:51-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 51 / Section 51-6
Powers and duties of commission
Status: in_force

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 purpose, but shall not make expenditures or commitments in any year in excess of the funds available for that year. The commission may contract with nonprofit, private schools within the county to provide, maintain and furnish educational audiovisual aids to such private schools. Before contracting with any nonprofit, private school, the commission shall submit the terms of the contract to the member boards for review, which terms shall include a description of the educational audiovisual aid to the furnished, the amount of payment and the time for payment. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 274, s. 1, eff. Jan. 12, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-2
Secretary
Status: in_force

The secretary of the board of education shall serve as secretary of the board of school estimate without additional compensation.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:12-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-22
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

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 members and administrators must avoid conduct which is in violation of their public trust or which creates a justifiable impression among the public that such trust is being violated. b. To ensure and preserve public confidence, school board members and local school administrators should have the benefit of specific standards to guide their conduct and of some disciplinary mechanism to ensure the uniform maintenance of those standards among them. L.1991,c.393,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.10
Review, further inquiries.
Status: in_force

5. a. After reviewing the information disclosed under subsection b. of section 2 of this act and finding an affirmative response to any of the inquiries in paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 2 of this act, the prospective employer, prior to determining to continue with the applicant's job application process, shall make further inquiries of the applicant's current or former employer to ascertain additional details regarding the matter disclosed. b. A school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider may employ or contract with an applicant on a provisional basis for a period not to exceed 90 days pending review by the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider of information received pursuant to section 2 of this act, provided that all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) the applicant has complied with subsection a. of section 2 of this act; (2) the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider has no knowledge or information pertaining to the applicant that the applicant is required to disclose pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 2 of this act; and (3) the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider determines that special or emergent circumstances exist that justify the temporary employment of the applicant. L.2018, c.5, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-19
Tuition of pupils attending schools in another district.
Status: in_force

18A:38-19. Whenever the pupils of any school district are attending public school in another district, within or without the State, pursuant to this article, the board of education of the receiving district shall determine a tuition rate to be paid by the board of education of the sending district to an amount not in excess of the actual cost per pupil as determined under rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board, and such tuition shall be paid by the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of the sending district out of any moneys in his hands available for current expenses of the district upon order issued by the board of education of the sending district, signed by its president and secretary, in favor of the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of the receiving district. amended 2001, c.285; 2007, c.260, s.61; 2010, c.39, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64L-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64L / Section 64L-1
Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service established
Status: in_force

1. a. There is established a Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service (CPTAS) at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The purpose of the CPTAS shall be to provide, upon request, information and advice to counties and municipalities on coastal protection methods in order to assist coastal counties and municipalities in making decisions and undertaking projects to protect, preserve, restore, enhance, and create beaches, dunes, and other coastal area resources and in constructing and maintaining coastal protection structures and devices such as jetties, bulkheads, sea walls, groins, piers, and boardwalks. b. The establishment of the CPTAS pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall become effective upon the signing of an agreement of acceptance thereof by the Stevens Institute of Technology with the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. L.1993,c.176,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-86 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-86
General Fund appropriations.
Status: in_force

4. There is annually appropriated from the General Fund to the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority a sum of $1,000,000 for costs associated with loan redemption pursuant to section 2 of this act. L.2021, c.384, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-20
Discrimination; prohibition
Status: in_force

No pupil in a public school in this State shall be discriminated against in admission to, or in obtaining any advantages, privileges or courses of study of the school by reason of race, color, creed, sex or national origin. L.1973, c. 380, s. 1, eff. Jan. 14, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-6.1g — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-6.1g
Five-year period for review of substantive changes.
Status: in_force

149. For a period of five years after the effective date of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.), any substantive changes that result in the diminution, deterioration or reduction to essential health care services currently provided by University Hospital, including but not limited to, emergency, pediatric, surgical, family health, outpatient ambulatory diagnostic, treatment and clinical services, cancer treatment services and all services essential to maintaining level one trauma status, shall be subject to review by the University Hospital Community Oversight Board and approval by the Department of Health and Senior Services through a licensing review process. In determining whether to approve a substantive change in an essential service provided by University Hospital, among the factors the Department of Health and Senior Services shall consider is whether that service will continue to be provided to the greater Newark community through collaborative or other arrangements with area hospitals. University Hospital shall provide quarterly financial statements to the Department of Health and Senior Services which shall be posted on the hospital's public Internet website. L.2012, c.45, s.149.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-116 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-116
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

6. The authority shall adopt in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of sections 1 through 4 of this act. The Office of the Secretary of Higher Education shall adopt in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of section 5 of this act. L.2021, c.26, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71-78.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71 / Section 71-78.2
Eligibility for tuition credit.
Status: in_force

2. In order to be eligible to receive tuition credit at a county college, county vocational school or county technical institute, a person shall agree to serve as a member of a volunteer fire company or volunteer first aid or rescue squad or association for a minimum of four years and sign an agreement with the municipality in which the squad or association is located pledging four years of service in exchange for the tuition credit. Following each year of volunteer service performed, the volunteer or the spouse or dependent child shall be entitled to receive tuition credit of up to $600, not to exceed a maximum of $2,400 for the member, children and spouse over a four-year service period. L.1998,c.145,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-53.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-53.2
Annual fiscal monitoring report, Secretary of Higher Education.
Status: in_force

2. In addition to submitting the annual audit pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2009, c.308 (C.18A:3B-51), a public institution of higher education shall submit an annual fiscal monitoring report to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education according to a schedule and in a format established by the secretary. L.2023, c.115, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-84 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-84
NJ STARS Program.
Status: in_force

4. There is hereby created the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) Program for county college students. It shall be the duty of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to administer the program. L.2004,c.59,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-6.1
Definition.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act, “public schools” means a school operated by local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a charter school, a renaissance school project, an educational services commission, or any other local education agency. L.2025, c.208, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-34
Appointment of director
Status: in_force

As soon as may be practicable after the establishment of the center, the participating institution or institutions, in consultation with and under regulations adopted by the commission, shall appoint a director of the center. The participating institutions through the director shall: a. Administer and operate the center; b. Appoint, remove and transfer personnel; c. Establish programs in the center to conduct biomolecular research in the agricultural and environmental sciences; and d. Take all action necessary and proper for the operation of the center. L. 1985, c. 366, s. 6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-44
Payment of amounts raised to custodian; use.
Status: in_force

18A:22-44. The amounts so raised, levied and collected shall be paid to the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, for the district as other school moneys are paid and shall be used to pay the principal and interest due upon any notes which may have been issued in anticipation thereof as they severally mature and for the purposes so authorized. amended 2010, c.39, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-44
Responsibilities, duties of commission.
Status: in_force

3. The commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a. To provide, based upon the collective knowledge and experience of its members, assistance and advice to the public and nonpublic schools of this State with respect to the implementation of Italian and Americans of Italian heritage cultural and educational programs; b. To meet with county and local school officials and other interested public and private organizations, for the purpose of assisting with the planning, coordination or modification of courses of study dealing with issues, matters and subjects concerning or relating to the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage; c. To survey and catalog the extent and breadth of Italian and Americans of Italian heritage cultural awareness and educational programs presently being incorporated into the curricula and taught in the school systems of this State; to inventory those Italian and Americans of Italian heritage exhibits and resources which may be incorporated into courses of study at various locations throughout the State and, upon request, to assist the State Department of Education and other educational agencies in the development and implementation of Italian and Americans of Italian heritage cultural awareness and educational programs. In furtherance of this responsibility, the commission shall be authorized to contact and cooperate with existing Italian and Americans of Italian heritage public or private nonprofit resource organizations and may act as a liaison concerning issues and topics involving and relating to the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage to members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives and the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly; d. To compile a roster of individual volunteers who are willing to share their knowledge and experience in classrooms, seminars and workshops on subjects concerning and relating to the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage. These volunteers may be scholars, clergymen, community relations professionals and other persons who, by virtue of their experience, training or interest, have acquired personal or academic knowledge of the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage and who are willing to share that knowledge with students and teachers; e. To coordinate events observing the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage and to seek volunteers who are willing and able to participate in commemorative events that will enhance student awareness of the significance of the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage; f. To prepare reports for the Governor and the Legislature regarding its findings and recommendations to facilitate the inclusion of Italian and Americans of Italian heritage studies and special programs memorializing the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage in the educational system of this State; and g. To develop, in consultation with the State Department of Education, curriculum guidelines for the teaching of subjects and topics concerning and relating to the culture, history and heritage of Italians and Americans of Italian heritage. To the greatest extent practicable, each board of education shall incorporate those guidelines as part of the curriculum for its district's elementary and secondary school students. L.2001,c.343,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:68-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 68 / Section 68-11.2
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: a. "Institution of higher education" means an institution of collegiate grade in New Jersey licensed by the Commission on Higher Education or otherwise authorized under N.J.S.18A:68-6 and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. b. "Educational loan" means either (1) a loan which is made for the purpose of defraying the cost of attendance by one or more students at the institution of higher education making such loan or (2) a loan to an employee of an institution of higher education for the purpose of defraying the costs of post-secondary school education of the employee or of the spouse or child of the employee. L.1977,c.123,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.202.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-23
Local improvement assessments; payment of
Status: in_force

The board of education of any type II district may, in its discretion, pay assessments made against any of its real estate on account of special benefits conferred by any local improvement made by any municipality in which the district is located.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46A-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46A / Section 46A-4
Eligibility for auxiliary services
Status: in_force

Auxiliary services shall be provided only to those children who would be eligible for such services if they were enrolled in the public schools of the State. L.1977,c.192,s.4; amended 1990,c.52,s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-34
Receipt and disposition of moneys.
Status: in_force

18A:17-34. In a district which appoints a treasurer of school moneys, the treasurer shall receive and hold in trust all school moneys belonging to the district from whatever source derived free of any control by the governing body of any municipality comprised in said district, except such moneys as are derived from athletic events or other activities of pupil organizations of the district, and he shall, when required by resolution of the board, deposit the same or such part thereof as may be designated in any bank or banking institution of this State designated by it as a depository of school moneys, which may include the State of New Jersey Cash Management Fund, created pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1977, c.281 (C.52:18A-90.4), and thereafter school moneys shall be deposited only in the depository or any of the depositories so named and the treasurer shall, upon depositing the same therein, be relieved from liability for any loss thereof which may be caused by reason of such deposit. amended 1977, c.281, s.8; 1981, c.174, s.7; 2010, c.39, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-20
Annual report to legislature
Status: in_force

The state board shall report annually to the legislature in regard to all matters committed to its care.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3-15.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-15.4
Out-of-State degrees.
Status: in_force

4. An in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may not offer, advertise, or by agreement with an out-of-State institution, offer or advertise any academic degree from any out-of-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school when three-quarters or more of the degree requirements are obtained by course work completed at the institution in New Jersey unless the degree program was approved by the Board of Higher Education prior to July, 1994, or has been reviewed by the New Jersey Presidents' Council pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-8) or is a degree program at an institution specifically exempted from the provisions of N.J.S.18A:68-6. No in-State university, college, business, trade or vocational school may deliver such a degree program unless licensed by the Commission on Higher Education, following review by the council. L.1986,c.87,s.4; amended 1994, c.48, s.37; 1999, c. 46, s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-19
Subpoenas; penalty
Status: in_force

The state board may issue subpoenas signed by its president and secretary compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers in any part of the state before it or before any of its committees or before the commissioner or one of his assistants. Any person who shall neglect or refuse to obey the command of the subpoena or who, after appearing, shall refuse to be sworn and testify, except such refusal be on grounds recognized by law, shall in either event be liable to a penalty of $100.00 for each offense to be recovered by the state board of education in a civil action. Such penalty when recovered shall be paid into the treasury of the state.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-11
Appointment of director
Status: in_force

As soon as may be practicable, the participating institution or institutions, in consultation with and under regulations adopted by the commission, shall appoint a director of the center. L. 1985, c. 104, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-11
Participating contracting unit in competitive pricing system.
Status: in_force

11. a. The university is authorized to be a participating contracting unit in a cooperative pricing system or a joint purchasing agreement established pursuant to the laws of this State. b. The university may make purchases and contract for services through the use of a nationally recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing agreement, including a cooperative purchasing agreement in existence as of the effective date of P.L.2016, c.50 (C.18A:64-63.1 et al.), in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of subsection b. of section 7 of P.L.1996, c.16 (C.52:34-6.2). c. The State Treasurer may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), which are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section. L.2017, c.178, s.11; amended 2023, c.65, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-28.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-28.4
Improvement of county college education.
Status: in_force

8. The council shall encourage and aid movements which it deems necessary for the improvement of county college education and shall, from time to time, make recommendations to the Governor, Legislature and Commission on Higher Education regarding the coordination of the county colleges on matters of mutual interest and concern. L.1989,c.141,s.8; amended 1994,c.48,s.148.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-97 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-97
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

13. The Secretary of Higher Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of sections 6 through 12 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.18A:3B-90 through C.18A:3B-96). L.2021, c.27, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-8
Salary deductions for government bonds
Status: in_force

Salary deductions for government bonds. Whenever one or more of the persons employed by a board of education shall agree, in writing, to participate in any plan for the purchase of bonds of the United States government the board may, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership direct the secretary of the board to deduct from the salaries of such employees as shall participate in such plan under such rules as may be established by the board specified amounts for the purchase of bonds and pay the total amount of such deductions directly or indirectly to the Federal Government for such bonds, and the making of any such deductions shall be construed as voluntary payments by the employee. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1979, c. 391, s. 12, eff. Feb. 6, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54G-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54G / Section 54G-1
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Arts Create Excellent Schools (ACES) Pilot Program Act." L.1996,c.117,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-44
Right of disabled veterans to certificate
Status: in_force

When by law or by the rules and regulations of the state board of public accountants, the state board of architects, the board of bar examiners, the supreme court or the board of nurses, applicants are required to possess preliminary qualifications according to standards prescribed by any of such statutes, rules and regulations or by the commissioner, a citizen of this state who has served in the military or naval forces of the United States in a war, has been wounded or disabled in line of duty, and has completed any of the vocational institutional courses in a college or school authorized and prescribed by the federal government, shall, upon filing with the commissioner a certificate certifying that such citizen has completed any of such courses, obtain from the commissioner a certificate certifying that such person is qualified for the study of any of the professions named in this section. Such certificate of the commissioner shall be the equivalent of the preliminary certificates or the requisite academic counts prescribed by the statutes, rules and regulations or by the commissioner.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.8
Regulations for use of nebulizer in schools.
Status: in_force

3. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall adopt regulations requiring each public school board of education to develop policies for the administration of asthma medication through the use of a nebulizer by the school nurse or other person authorized by regulation. The regulations shall include: a. a requirement that each certified nurse or other person authorized to administer asthma medication receive training in airway management and in the use of nebulizers and inhalers consistent with nationally recognized standards, including, but not limited to, those of the National Institutes of Health and the American Association of Allergy and Immunology; and b. a requirement that each pupil authorized to use asthma medication pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.308 (C.18A:40-12.3), or a nebulizer have an asthma treatment plan prepared by the physician of the pupil, which shall identify, at a minimum, asthma triggers, the treatment plan, and such other elements as shall be determined by the State Board of Education. L.2001, c.61, s.3; amended 2012, c.17, s.77.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-5.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-5.3
Guidelines for, training of teachers instructing infected students
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall also provide curriculum guidelines for the training of all teachers who instruct students with Lyme disease which emphasizes the special needs and problems of students with the disease, in order to provide information about how best to teach those students. Each school district shall annually provide training to all teachers who instruct students with Lyme disease, based upon the guidelines. L.1991,c.488,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:51-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 51 / Section 51-9
Statement to be forwarded to commissioner; state aid to audiovisual aid centers
Status: in_force

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 operation for the next ensuing school year, together with an estimate of the amount of State aid, calculated as hereinafter provided, to which it will be entitled for that school year and it shall certify, on or before the next June 30, the amount raised by assessments and private donations for the purposes of such audiovisual center for the said school year and if the amount so raised by assessments or private donations or both for any one school year, for the establishment and maintenance or for the maintenance of such aids center shall be not less than the sum of $500.00, and if the commissioner shall approve such organization and program he shall thereupon certify to the Director of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury that there shall be paid to the custodian of moneys of the commission an amount equal to the amount so raised by assessments and private donations out of any funds appropriated by law for said purposes, which amount shall be paid on the warrant of said director drawn on the State Treasurer in favor of the custodian of moneys of the commission except that the amount so to be paid by the State to any such commission shall not exceed the sum of $5,000.00 in any 1 year nor shall it exceed the sum expended by the commission for educational audiovisual aids purchased by it in any year after the first 5 annual payments have been made. If the sum appropriated by the State for State aid to county educational audiovisual centers in any 1 year shall be less than the total amounts so certified by the commissioner, each commission shall be entitled to be paid its proportionate share of the total amount so appropriated. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 224, s. 1, eff. Dec. 5, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-13
Immunity for personnel.
Status: in_force

6. No action of any kind in any court of competent jurisdiction shall lie against any teaching staff member, including a student assistance coordinator, any school nurse or other educational personnel, medical inspector, examining physician or any other officer, agent or any employee of the board of education or personnel of the emergency room of a hospital because of any action taken by virtue of the provisions of this act, provided the skill and care given is that ordinarily required and exercised by other such teaching staff members, nurses, educational personnel, medical inspectors, physicians or other officers, agents, or any employees of the board of education or emergency room personnel. L.1987, c.387, s.6; amended 1992, c.158, s.1; 2009, c.54, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-35
Validity of contractor's prequalification classification.
Status: in_force

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. Any material changes relevant to the prequalification process shall be reported by the contractor to the development authority in writing within 10 days. Based on the information provided, the development authority may change the classification or revoke prequalification for cause. The development authority may revoke a contractor's prequalification if the contractor fails to report material changes relevant to the prequalification process within 10 days. L.2000, c.72, s.61; amended 2007, c.137, s.40; 2023, c.311, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-88 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-88
State college risk management group, formation, membership.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any two or more four-year public institutions of higher education may form and become members of a public college risk management group. A four-year public institution of higher education may take this action by resolution of the governing board of the institution. Through membership in a public college risk management group, a four-year public institution of higher education may participate in any joint liability funds, risk management programs or related services offered or provided by the group. The group shall have the power to establish funds for coverages authorized in section 2 of P.L.2010, c.99 (C.18A:64-86 et seq.) and to jointly purchase insurance or coverages under a master policy or contract of insurance for participating members. The group shall have the power to take other actions necessary to developing, administering, and providing risk management programs, joint liability funds, joint insurance purchases, and related services. b. The bylaws of the public college risk management group shall provide that any four-year public institution of higher education may join the group, provided it agrees to comply with the standards for membership, including risk management programs, which shall be established by the group, and may be a member as long as it complies with the standards for membership. c. A public college risk management group may sue or be sued for the liabilities and coverages authorized by section 2 of P.L.2010, c.99 (C.18A:64-86 et seq.) and shall appoint a natural person residing in this State or a corporation authorized to do business in this State as its agent for service of process. The group shall notify the commissioner and the Office of the Attorney General of the appointment. d. A public college risk management group shall not be considered or deemed to be an insurance company or an insurer under the laws of this State and the development, administration or provision by a group of joint liability funds, risk management programs, and related services shall not constitute the transaction of insurance or the conducting of an insurance business. A group shall not be subject to the provisions of Title 17, Subtitle 3 of the Revised Statutes. L.2010, c.99, s.3; amended 2023, c.65, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72F-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72F / Section 72F-2
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Within New Jersey colleges and universities minority faculty members with doctoral degrees in certain academic disciplines, notably the physical and life sciences, engineering, mathematics, management, computer science, environmental sciences, and statistics, are underrepresented in comparison to nonminority faculty members with doctorates. b. There is in the United States a serious shortage of minority doctoral degree graduates in the academic disciplines cited above from which New Jersey colleges and universities can recruit faculty members. c. The colleges and universities in New Jersey currently face difficult problems in recruiting and retaining minority faculty members with doctoral degrees in the academic disciplines cited above. d. Rutgers, The State University and the State colleges have cooperated in implementing a pilot program, the Minority Advancement Program in Teaching and Research, whereby eligible State college minority faculty members or other minorities admitted to the State university in a doctoral degree program in certain academic disciplines are provided grant, loan and other support opportunities to assist them in completing the academic degree requirements and to increase the pool of potential minority faculty members holding doctoral degrees. L.1984,c.189,s.2; amended 1994, c.48, s.271; 1999, c.46, s.53.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-7
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this act. 1987, c. 389, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-33.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-33.5
Subject to local requirements
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and except with regard to facilities which are directly related to the provision of educational services, any development of real property held by the Board of Governors of Rutgers, The State University or held by the State and in the custody of the university, shall be subject to local land use planning and zoning requirements. L. 1988, c. 180, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-35b — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-35b
Findings, declarations concerning a Statewide library network.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that promoting cooperation among the various types of libraries in New Jersey will provide this State's residents with full and equal access to library materials and programs not currently available within their communities; that increased cooperation and access will help control the cost of maintaining local libraries, while providing for improved services; that establishing a library network can best be accomplished by assisting libraries to form cooperatives on a regional basis and by having the State Library promote, coordinate and fund such cooperative efforts, as well as provide and coordinate library services on a Statewide basis. L.1983,c.486,s.2; amended 1986, c.174, s.1; 2001, c.137, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-64 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-64
Determination of amount of State school aid.
Status: in_force

2. When determining the amount of State school aid that shall be awarded to a school district pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) or any other law, the Commissioner of Education shall not consider a school district's receipt of federal funds pursuant to section 8002, 8003, 8007, or 8008 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. s.7702, 7703, 7707, or 7708) in any manner that would cause the school district to be awarded less State school aid than the district would have been awarded had the district not received the federal funds. Such funds shall not be considered when calculating the district's undesignated general fund balance pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-7). L.2015, c.46, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.43
Civil action brought on behalf of county college.
Status: in_force

9. a. A county college as defined in and subject to the provisions of the "County College Contracts Law," P.L.1982, c.189 (C.18A:64A-25.1 et seq.), shall implement and comply with the provisions of P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-55 et al.), except that the county college shall rely on the list developed by the State Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-57). b. If the county college determines that a person or entity has submitted a false certification concerning its engagement in investment activities in Iran pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-58), the county college shall report to the New Jersey Attorney General the name of that person, and the Attorney General shall determine whether to bring a civil action against the person or entity to collect the penalty prescribed in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of section 5 of P.L.2012, c.25 (C.52:32-59). The county college may also report to the county college attorney the name of that person, together with its information as to the false certification, and the county college attorney may determine to bring such civil action against the person to collect such penalty. L.2012, c.25, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-4
Terms; salaries; supervisor's expense; state aid
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall fix the terms of office and compensation of the supervisor and other members of the child study team. Their salaries shall be paid as other State salaries are paid by warrants drawn by the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting on the State Treasurer, on orders issued by the commissioner. All claims for expenses of the supervisor, for each county in which he shall serve, shall be paid after being audited by the county superintendent on orders issued by the county superintendent and drawn on the county treasurer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, the State shall reimburse each county no more than $750.00 for the expenses of the supervisor in any 1 year. All claims for expenses of the supervisor which exceed the sum of $750.00 shall be paid by the county. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1975, c. 336, s. 1, eff. March 3, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-35
Board of education; composition; terms; vacancies
Status: in_force

For each county special services school district established in accordance with this act there shall be a board of education consisting of the county superintendent of schools, ex officio, and six persons to be appointed by the director of the board of chosen freeholders with the advice and consent of the remaining members of such board. In any county having a county mental health board, the chairman thereof, or his designee, shall also serve as an ex-officio member of the board of education but shall not be entitled to vote on any matter before the board. The appointive members shall serve for terms of 3 years commencing as of July 1 of the calendar year in which they are appointed and to continue until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that of those first appointed two shall be appointed for terms of 1 year, two for 2 years, and two for 3 years. Vacancies in the board caused by the death, resignation or removal of a member shall be reported forthwith by the secretary of the board to the director of the board of chosen freeholders, who, by the next regular meeting of the board of chosen freeholders and in the manner herein prescribed for making appointments for a full term, shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. L.1971, c. 271, s. 7, eff. July 27, 1971. Amended by L.1979, c. 352, s. 1, eff. Jan. 29, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-69 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-69
Initial appointment; boards of governors and trustees
Status: in_force

The board of governors and board of trustees shall be appointed as soon as practicable after the effective date of this act. L.1982, c. 42, s. 20, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-67 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-67
Guaranty.
Status: in_force

16. There may be required from any person bidding on any purchase, contract or agreement, advertised in accordance with law, that the bid be accompanied by a guaranty payable to the State college that, if the purchase, contract or agreement is awarded to him, he will enter into a contract therefor. The guaranty shall be in the amount of 10% of the bid but not in excess of $20,000.00, except as otherwise provided herein, and may be given, at the option of the bidder, by certified check, cashier's check or bid bond. For a construction contract the guaranty shall be in the amount of 10% of the bid. In the event that any law or regulation of the United States imposes any condition upon the awarding of a monetary grant to any State college, which condition requires a guaranty in an amount other than 10% of the bid or in excess of $20,000.00, the provisions of this section shall not apply and the requirements of the law or regulation of the United States shall govern. The college may require a bid guaranty alone without also requiring a performance bond or other security in the contract. L.1986,c.43,s.16; amended 2005, c.369, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-27 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-27
Effect of partial invalidity; severability.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-27. Effect of Partial Invalidity; Severability. If any clause, sentence, article, paragraph, section or part of this act be adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid, that judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, article, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment has been rendered. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-26
Waiver.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Department of Agriculture may grant a waiver of the requirements of this act to a school district subject to the requirements of this act that lacks the staff, facilities, or equipment to sponsor the federal Summer Food Service Program, or the means to finance the hiring or acquisition of such staff, facilities, or equipment, if a waiver is requested by the school district. The Department of Agriculture also may grant a waiver for one year to a school district if a different sponsor currently runs the federal Summer Food Service Program within the same community. b. A school district that requests a waiver pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall report to the Department of Agriculture, in the manner prescribed by the department, its reasons for requesting a waiver. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, a description of the specific impediments to implementing the program and actions that could be taken to remove those impediments or, where applicable, the identification of the sponsor that currently runs the program within the same community. L.2018, c.28, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-31.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-31.1
Tenure to continue
Status: in_force

Whenever any district is divided into two or more districts those persons having tenure, in office, position or employment in such district, shall continue to have tenure in the district which comprises the territory in which they were serving at the time of the division; the persons having tenure in office, position or employment in such district whose services were not exclusively confined to the territory comprising any one of the districts as so divided, at the time of the division, shall be employed, if their services are so required, in the district having the highest number of pupils in average daily attendance during the second academic year preceding the academic year in which the new district is created as certified by the department and those persons having tenure in office, position or employment in the original district who are not employed by the board of education of either district shall retain the seniority and tenure rights acquired in the original district and shall be employed in accordance therewith as vacancies occur in either the original district or the new district before any other persons are so employed in similar offices, positions or employments.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-17
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

49. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair, annul or affect any vested rights, grants, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises, or advantages heretofore obtained or enjoyed by the university or any constituent unit thereof, under any authority or any act of this State or under any grant, deed, conveyance, transfer, lease, estate, remainder, expectancy, trust, gift, donation, legacy, devise, endowment or fund, all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed except insofar as the same may have expired, be or have been repealed or altered, or may be inconsistent with this act or with existing provisions of law; subject however, thereto and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trust, duties, and liabilities to which the same are subject. L.2012, c.45, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.34
Financial literacy instruction.
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Education shall require that a school district incorporate in each of the grades six through eight financial literacy instruction to pupils enrolled in those grades. The purpose of the instruction shall be to provide middle school students with the basic financial literacy necessary for sound financial decision-making. The instruction shall meet the requirements established by the State board and shall: a. be appropriate to, and reflect the age and comprehension of, the students enrolled in the particular grade level; and b. include content on budgeting, savings, credit, debt, insurance, investment, and other issues associated with personal financial responsibility as determined by the State board. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with sample instructional materials and resources that may be used to support the implementation of the financial literacy instruction requirement. L.2018, c.167, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-10
Secretary; annual report
Status: in_force

The secretary shall, at the close of each fiscal year, present to the board a detailed report of its financial transactions during such year and file such copies thereof with the county superintendent as shall be required by the commissioner and he shall also make report on or before August 1 of each year of such matters, in such manner and form, as shall be prescribed by the commissioner.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-5.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-5.8
Depression screening programs; report and evaluation.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop a report, or contract with a research institution or organization to develop a report, evaluating depression screening programs in school districts participating in the Mental Health Screening in Schools Grant Program established pursuant to section 2 of this act as well as other school districts that have developed depression screening programs. In developing the report, the commissioner or contracted research organization or institution shall analyze the data forwarded to the Department of Education and the Department of Children and Families pursuant to subparagraph (g) of paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 2 of this act. The study shall include information on: (1) the costs of the programs to the districts and to parents or legal guardians of students, as well as any co-pays received by practitioners as part of the depression screening programs; (2) the number of students identified as at risk of depression by the depression screenings in each district; (3) the number of students who were provided mental health services as a result of the screenings; (4) the number of students who were identified as needing follow-up services; (5) the number of school staff members involved in the depression screening process and the time spent administering the screening; (6) best practices utilized by the districts or mental health providers in implementing the depression screening programs; (7) the health, academic, and safety benefits associated with establishing a depression screening program and an evaluation of any potential negative impacts on school districts and families that may be associated with implementing a depression screening program; and (8) findings and recommendations concerning additional resources that may be necessary to screen adolescents for depression and to provide follow-up services to adolescents who have exhibited abnormalities in depression screenings. b. Within 300 days following September 1 of the first full school year following the date of enactment, the report developed pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be submitted to the Department of Education, the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Families, the Joint Committee on the Public Schools, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). L.2021, c.237, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-67 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-67
Application for authorization; grant of authorization; certificate; publication of notice of certificate; conclusiveness of validity of bonds
Status: in_force

Any board of education desiring to issue bonds under this act shall file application for authorization to do so with the Division of Local Finance in the Department of Community Affairs. The application shall be on such form, and shall contain such information as said division may specify by rule or regulation, and shall be acted upon within 30 days after filing. The authorization, if granted, may be made contingent upon compliance with terms and conditions therein specified, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of the division, or shall be supplemented by such certificate in instances for which terms and conditions are specified, stating that the provisions of this act have been complied with and that the bonds to be issued will be valid and binding obligations of the issuing board, and of any guaranteeing municipality when such guaranty is provided. The certificate shall be conclusive proof of the validity of the said bonds and of the fact that the same are governmental obligations for a public purpose, and such conclusive proof shall not be open to question or challenge in any place or proceeding. The issuing board shall cause notice of said certificate to be published in such manner and at such times as the certificate directs, and no proceeding to challenge the certificate or the conclusive effect thereof shall be instituted after the expiration of 30 days from the first publication of said notice. L.1971, c. 36, s. 2, eff. March 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-14.2
Distribution of report
Status: in_force

This report shall be distributed to each public and private secondary school in this State, and upon request, to any citizen of this State. L.1969, c. 178, s. 2, eff. Oct. 14, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-31.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-31.3
Improvement plan; report on progress; monitoring.
Status: in_force

4. a. Within six months following the establishment of a school district under full State intervention, the commissioner shall present to the Joint Committee on the Public Schools the improvement plan developed by the district. b. On an annual basis the commissioner shall provide a report to the committee on the progress made in the implementation of the improvement plan and the prospects for the State's withdrawal from intervention. c. The Joint Committee on the Public Schools, in cooperation with the commissioner, may develop a plan for monitoring the administration of a school district under full State intervention and the implementation of the improvement plan. The plan developed by the committee shall include provisions for independent documentation and assessment. L.1987,c.400,s.4; amended 2005, c.235, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4A-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4A / Section 4A-2
New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
Status: in_force

2. a. The New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education is created and established in the Executive Branch of the State Government. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the commission is allocated within the Department of Education, but notwithstanding this allocation, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any board or officer thereof. The commission shall consist of 25 members, including the Commissioner of Education and the chair of the executive board of the Presidents' Council, serving ex officio, and 23 public members. Public members shall be appointed as follows: three public members shall be appointed by the President of the Senate; three public members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly; and 17 public members shall be appointed by the Governor, no less than six of whom shall at the time of their appointment be members of the New Jersey Advisory Council on Holocaust Education, created pursuant to Executive Order No. 17 of 1982 and continued pursuant to Executive Order No. 87 of 1984, Executive Order No. 168 of 1987 and Executive Order No. 225 of 1990, and further continued pursuant to Executive Order No. 14 of 1990. The public members shall be residents of this State, chosen with due regard to broad geographic representation and ethnic diversity, who have served prominently as spokespersons for, or as leaders of organizations which serve members of religious, ethnic, national heritage or social groups which were subjected to genocide, torture, wrongful deprivation of liberty or property, officially imposed or sanctioned violence, and other forms of human rights violations and persecution at the hands of the Nazis and their collaborators during the Nazi era, or they shall be residents who are experienced in the field of Holocaust education. b. Each public member of the commission shall serve for a term of three years, except that of the initial members so appointed: one member appointed by the President of the Senate, one member appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, and four members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of one year; one member appointed by the President of the Senate, one member appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, and four members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of two years; and one member appointed by the President of the Senate, one member appointed by the Speaker of the General Assembly, and five members appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of three years. Public members shall be eligible for reappointment. They shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the term of the successor of any incumbent shall be calculated from the expiration of the term of that incumbent. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. c. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but they shall be entitled to reimbursement for all necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. d. The commission shall annually elect a chairman from among its members. It shall meet upon the call of the chairman or of a majority of the commission members. The presence of a majority of the authorized membership of the commission shall be required for the conduct of official business. e. The commission shall appoint an executive director, who shall serve at its pleasure and shall be a person qualified by training and experience to perform the duties of the office. L.1991,c.193,s.2; amended 1994, c.48, s.45; 2003, c.288.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-7
Budgets; preparation.
Status: in_force

18A:22-7. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of education of every school district having a board of school estimate shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate, on or before March 22 in each year, and the board of education of every other school district shall prepare a budget for the school district for the ensuing year, on or before March 22. In the case of a school district with an annual school election in November, the board of education of every school district having a board of school estimate shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate, on or before April 20 in each year, and the board of education of every other school district shall prepare a budget for the school district for the ensuing year on or before April 20. amended 1978, c.136, s.7; 1979, c.23, s.12; 1992, c.159, s.12; 1995, c.278, s.37; 2013, c.280, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-49 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-49
Executive director; duties, compensation.
Status: in_force

5. The association shall employ an executive director, who shall be responsible for the administration of all the activities of the association including staff services. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the association. The salary of the executive director and all other personnel shall be determined by the association. L.1985,c.161,s.5; amended 1999, c.46, s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72B-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B-19
Maintenance of funds; audit of records
Status: in_force

5. Funds received by an institution pursuant to this act shall be maintained in a separate ledger account. Each institution shall cause an audit of such account and of enrollment figures to be made annually by a certified public accountant and forwarded to the treasurer. The treasurer shall have the right to audit institutional records pertaining to this act. Each institution also shall furnish to the treasurer a copy of its audited annual financial statement. L.1979,c.132,s.5; amended 1994,c.48,s.244; 1999,c.46,s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-86.7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-86.7
Construction of act relative to application, admissions procedures.
Status: in_force

7. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a four-year public or independent institution of higher education to admit a student eligible for a scholarship under this act or to waive its admission standards and application procedures; except that the institution shall apply the same admission standards and application procedures that it applies to all other transfer students. L.2005, c.359, s.7; amended 2008, c.124, s.8; 2012, c.8, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-86.4b — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-86.4b
Current NJ STARS II recipients unaffected.
Status: in_force

7. In the case of a student who is receiving a scholarship under the NJ STARS II Program in the 2011-2012 academic year and is in the third academic year of study or was eligible to receive an NJ STARS II scholarship in the 2011-2012 academic year for the third academic year of study but did not receive the scholarship because the student's tuition or tuition and fees, as applicable, was fully covered by other available forms of State and federal need-based grants and merit scholarships, the student shall receive an NJ STARS II scholarship for the student's fourth academic year of study in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2005, c.359 (C.18A:71B-86.1 et seq.) as the same read before the effective date of P.L.2012, c.8 (C.18A:71B-85.6 et al.). L.2012, c.8, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-9
Administration of oaths without charge.
Status: in_force

18A:7-9. The executive county superintendent may, without charge, administer oaths. Amended 2007, c.63, s.50.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-78 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-78
Tuition reimbursement program for certain STEM teachers in public schools.
Status: in_force

5. a. There is established in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority a tuition reimbursement program for teachers of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) in the State. The program shall provide reimbursement for a portion of the eligible tuition expenses incurred by the participant in completing a master's degree or Ph.D. program in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics or in completing 30 credits in a coherent sequence of courses in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. The annual amount of State funds appropriated to the tuition reimbursement program shall not exceed $500,000. The authority shall notify the Legislature when the funds have been fully expended or committed. b. A program participant shall enter into a contract with the authority for a specified four-year period of service in which the participant agrees to teach STEM classes in a public school in the State following the participant's completion of a master's degree or Ph.D. program in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics or the completion of 30 credits in a coherent sequence of courses in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. The agreement shall specify the program participant's dates of required service and the total amount of reimbursement of eligible tuition expenses to be received by the participant in return for service. c. The tuition reimbursement for a program participant shall equal 25 percent of the participant's eligible tuition expenses, up to $5,000, in return for each full school year of teaching STEM classes under the program. The total tuition reimbursement amount for a program participant, for four full school years of service, shall not exceed $20,000 of the participant's eligible tuition expenses. A teacher shall be required to complete four full school years of service in order to be eligible to receive tuition reimbursement under the program. d. The authority shall advertise the availability of the program and engage in outreach activities with potential participants. L.2019, c.401, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-34.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-34.1
Contractor, good standing, school facilities projects, corrective action plan.
Status: in_force

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 projects, the development authority shall seek certification from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development and the Department of the Treasury that the contractor is in substantial good standing with the respective department or has entered into an agreement with the respective department that includes a practical corrective action plan for the contractor. b. 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 projects, the development authority shall undertake a moral integrity review, which shall include a criminal history record check, judgment search, and lien search of: (1) the contractor; (2) the contractor's corporate directors or officers; (3) any employee of the contractor who serves in a supervisory capacity or that is empowered to make discretionary decisions with respect to bids or contracts for public works contracts; or (4) any individual who owns five percent or more of any class of stock in the corporation or is a five percent or more partner in the firm. c. The development authority shall not approve the application of a contractor for prequalification to bid on a school facilities projects if the contractor has been convicted of a criminal offense under local, State, or federal law or if, at the time of the application, the contractor is disbarred, suspended, or disqualified from State, development authority, or federal government contracting. d. The development authority shall not approve the application of a contractor for prequalification to bid on school facilities projects if the contractor is prohibited from contracting with any public body pursuant to subsection d. of section 1 of P.L.2019, c.366 (C.34:1A-1.16). L.2023, c.311, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-39.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-39.2
Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.
Status: in_force

13. The provisions of N.J.S.18A:66-39 as amended by P.L.2010, c.3, and section 10 of P.L.2010, c.3 (C.18A:66-39.1), concerning persons who become members of the retirement system on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3 shall not apply to a person who at the time of enrollment in the retirement system on or after that effective date transfers service credit, as permitted, from another State-administered retirement system or fund of which the person was a member immediately prior to the effective date and continuously thereafter, but shall apply to a former member of the retirement system who has been granted a retirement allowance and is reenrolled in the retirement system on or after that effective date after becoming employed again in a position that makes the person eligible to be a member of the retirement system. L.2010, c.3, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-11
Contents of answer to petition
Status: in_force

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 system cannot be maintained in the remaining district without excessive costs, 3. Insufficient pupils will be left in the remaining district to maintain a properly graded school system, or 4. Of any other reason, which it may deem to be sufficient; or c. Request that if the petition be granted, the amount of debt which the remaining district would be required to assume, calculated as hereinbefore provided, be reduced for the reason that-- 1. Such amount of indebtedness, together with all other indebtedness of the municipality would be excessive, 2. The amount of expenditure for debt service which would be required would be so great that sufficient funds would not be available for current expenses without excessive taxation, or 3. Such amount of indebtedness is inequitable in relation to the value of the property to be acquired by the remaining district and would materially impair the credit of the municipality or such districts and the ability to pay punctually the principal and interest of their debt and to supply such essential educational facilities and public improvements and services as might reasonably be anticipated would be required of them.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-63 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-63
Subject to laws
Status: in_force

12. Joint purchases and all agreements pertaining thereto shall be subject to all provisions of law. L.1986,c.43,s.12; amended 1994,c.48,s.114.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-17
Expenses paid by State, reimbursement.
Status: in_force

18A:66-17. The expenses of administration of the retirement system shall be paid by the State of New Jersey. Each employing school district shall reimburse the State for a proportionate share of the amount paid by the State for administrative expense. This proportion shall be computed as the number of members under the jurisdiction of such employing school district bears to the total number of members in the system. The pro rata share of the cost of the administrative expense shall be included with the certification by the board of trustees to the Commissioner of Education, the State Treasurer and to each employing school district. The commissioner shall deduct the amount so certified from the certification, to the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, of State aid payable to such employing school district under the provisions of P.L.1954, c.85. Similar reimbursement shall be made to the State by institutions and districts to which P.L.1954, c.85 does not pertain. For purposes of this section, during the term of the lottery contribution made pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.8) the expenses of the Lottery Enterprise shall not be considered to be expenses of the retirement system but shall be paid in accordance with section 6 of P.L.2017, c.98 (C.5:9-22.10). amended 1971, c.121, s.7; 2017, c.98, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.10
Reimbursement to school.
Status: in_force

5. A public or nonpublic school shall apply to the Department of Education for reimbursement of the costs incurred in implementing the provisions of this act. The department is authorized to accept contributions of funds to reimburse public and nonpublic schools for those costs. L.2001,c.61,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-8
Compliance with terms and conditions of financial aid.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-8. Compliance with Terms and Conditions of Financial Aid. A person shall not be awarded financial aid under this chapter unless the person has complied with all the regulations, rules, and requirements adopted by the authority for the award, regulation and administration of financial aid programs under this chapter. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-10
Compliance with regulations, standards.
Status: in_force

18A:74-10. In order to participate in any apportionment made according to the provisions of this chapter, municipalities and counties shall comply with the regulations and standards which have been, or which may be, prescribed by law or recommended by the State Librarian for the operation and improvement of free public libraries to provide efficient and effective library services, to insure public benefit and convenience therefrom and to achieve the objects of this chapter. amended 2001, c.137, s.34; 2010, c.87, s.45.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-61 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-61
Taking title to and control of grounds, buildings and furnishings by districts; assumption of indebtedness.
Status: in_force

11. The withdrawing district and the remaining districts, or each constituent district in the event of a dissolution, shall take title to and control of all school grounds and buildings, and the furnishings and equipment therein, other than those which had been rotated or shared among the regional schools, situated in their respective districts on the effective date of withdrawal or dissolution as established by the commissioner. The county superintendent shall allot a fair proportion of the shared or rotated furnishings and equipment to the withdrawing district or to each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution. Upon the assumption of title, each board shall also assume such amount of the indebtedness of the original regional school district as shall have been determined by the commissioner. In the event of a withdrawal, the withdrawing district shall pay to the regional board of education, at least five days before it becomes due, the amount of the principal and interest of the assumed indebtedness; such principal and interest shall be paid by the regional board, together with such amount due on its assumed indebtedness, at and when it becomes due and payable. In the event of a dissolution, the county superintendent and commissioner, in determining the amount of indebtedness to be assumed by each constituent district, shall give due regard to the value of school buildings and grounds being conveyed to the constituent district in which those buildings and grounds are located. L.1975, c.360, s.11; amended 1977, c.279, s.5; 1993, c.255, s.10; 2015, c.95, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:11-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-8
Adoption of dress code policy for schools permitted
Status: in_force

2. a. A board of education may adopt a dress code policy to require that students wear a school uniform if the policy is requested by the principal, staff and parents of an individual school and if the board determines that the policy will enhance the school learning environment. Any policy adopted which requires the wearing of a uniform shall include a provision to assist economically disadvantaged students. The board shall hold a public hearing prior to the adoption of the policy and shall not implement the policy with less than three months' notice to the parents or guardians of the students. The specific uniform selected shall be determined by the principal, staff, and parents of the individual school. b. The board of education may provide a method whereby parents may choose not to comply with an adopted school uniform policy. If the board provides such a method, a student shall not be penalized academically or otherwise discriminated against nor denied admittance to school if the student's parents choose not to comply with the school uniform policy. c. A dress code policy adopted pursuant to this section shall not preclude students who participate in a nationally recognized youth organization which is approved by the board of education from wearing organization uniforms to school on days that the organization has scheduled a meeting. L.1996,c.93,s.2
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-12
Petition, hearing relative to effect of proposed separations.
Status: in_force

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 proposed separation upon the educational and financial condition of both the new and remaining districts on the basis of the allegations of the petition and answers and of any other factors which might have been alleged in the answers as hereinbefore provided. amended 2015, c.95, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36C-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-12
Conveyance of land by board of education to renaissance school project.
Status: in_force

12. Whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of land is no longer desirable or necessary for school purposes it may authorize the conveyance thereof, for a nominal consideration, to a renaissance school project established pursuant to P.L.2011, c.176 (C.18A:36C-1 et seq.). The president and secretary of the board shall be authorized to execute and deliver a conveyance for the same in the name and under the seal of the board, which conveyance shall be subject to a condition providing that the land shall be used by the renaissance school project for school purposes, and in the event that the property shall cease to be used for those purposes, the property shall thereupon revert to and the title thereof shall vest in the board of education making the conveyance thereof hereunder. L.2011, c.176, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-24.9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-24.9
Law supersedes "Interlocal Services Act".
Status: in_force

12. The provisions of P.L.1996, c.111 (C.18A:17-24.1 et al.) shall govern the sharing of a superintendent or school business administrator by two or more boards of education and shall not be deemed inconsistent with the provisions of P.L.1973, c.208 (C.40:8A-1 et seq.) insofar as that act may authorize the subcontracting of school district administrative services. L.1996,c.111,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-19
Records and reports of tuberculosis testing; disposition; inspection
Status: in_force

All records and reports of tuberculosis testing conducted by or under the auspices of a board of education shall be the property of the board, and shall be filed with the medical inspector as confidential information except that such records and reports shall be open for inspection by officers of the State Department of Health and of the local board of health, of the municipality in which the pupil resides and of the municipality in which the school is located. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 5, eff. April 15, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-34
Attendance officers in counties other than counties of first class; duties; terms; salaries
Status: in_force

Whenever a majority of the boards of education of any county other than counties of the first class has by resolution requested the appointment of a county attendance officer or officers and, upon investigation, the commissioner and the state board shall deem the appointment of a county attendance officer or officers to be for the best interest of the schools of that county, the commissioner shall appoint, subject to the approval of the state board, a suitable person or persons to be known as the county attendance officer or officers for the county who shall perform in all districts of the county exclusive of city school districts such duties as may be prescribed by rules of the state board. Each county attendance officer shall have the same power to enforce the compulsory school law and rules connected therewith as is conferred upon attendance officers appointed by local boards of education. If any such person so appointed a county attendance officer is in possession of a proper visiting teacher's certificate, in full force and effect, such county attendance officer shall be designated "home and school counsellor," and such "home and school counsellor," in addition to the powers of a county attendance officer, shall have all the powers of a visiting teacher. The term of office of such county attendance officer shall be for one year and the commissioner shall fix the salary of such county attendance officer or officers with the approval of the state board.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-8
Exclusion of pupils whose presence is detrimental to health and cleanliness
Status: in_force

The principal may, upon the recommendation of the school physician or the school nurse, if either of them are present in the building, exclude from school any pupil who has been exposed to a communicable disease or whose presence in the school room certified by the medical inspector as detrimental to the health or cleanliness of the pupils in the school, and in the absence from the building of the school physician or school nurse, the classroom teacher may exclude the pupil from the classroom and the principal may exclude the pupil from the school building and the principal or the classroom teacher, as the case may be, shall notify the parent, guardian or other person having control of the pupil of the reason for his exclusion.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-15.3
Letter designation restricted
Status: in_force

3. A person shall not append to his name any letters in the same form designated by the Commission on Higher Education as entitled to the protection accorded to an academic degree unless the person has received from a duly authorized institution of higher education the degree or certificate for which the letters are registered. For the purposes of this section, a duly authorized institution of higher education means an in-State institution licensed by the Commission on Higher Education or an out-of-State institution licensed by the appropriate state agency and regionally accredited or seeking accreditation by the appropriate accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Education or the United States Department of Education. L.1986,c.87,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.15
Bids to conform to specifications; rejection of bids
Status: in_force

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.1982, c. 189, s. 15, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.4
Three-year limitation; exceptions.
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Education may maintain the criminal record and application documents on a candidate for no longer than three years from the date of determination as to the candidate's qualification or disqualification for employment with an employer. The three-year retention limitation shall not apply to statistical data on crimes and any other offenses or an ongoing list of candidates who are qualified or disqualified. All documents submitted by a candidate and all criminal history record information shall be maintained by the commissioner in a confidential manner. L.1986,c.116,s.4; amended 1987, c.164, s.3; 1998, c.31, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72F-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72F / Section 72F-3
Definitions relative to minority faculty advancement.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Eligible discipline" means an academic discipline in which minority individuals are underrepresented as determined by the Commission on Higher Education in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Educational Opportunity Fund and the New Jersey Presidents' Council. b. "Faculty member" means any person employed full-time by a New Jersey college or university to perform primarily teaching, research, or administrative duties for 10 or more months per academic year. c. "Minority" means any person who is a member of a racial-ethnic group that has been historically disadvantaged in obtaining access to equal educational opportunities. d. "Program" means the Minority Faculty Advancement Program created pursuant to this act. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1999, c.46.) f. "Eligible student participant" means a minority student enrolled in a doctoral degree program in an eligible discipline, as defined in this section, at any New Jersey college or university that qualifies for and agrees to participate in the program. g. "New Jersey college or university" means any public or independent institution of higher education in the State licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. L.1984,c.189,s.3; amended 1994, c.48, s.272; 1999, c.46, s.54.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-46 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-46
No action for damages for action by officials
Status: in_force

No action for damages shall lie against the State board, any State official, or any board of education or any of its officers because of any action taken by virtue of the provisions of this chapter. L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-43
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey College Student and Parent Consumer Information Act." L.2009, c.197, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.13
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

3. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to implement the provisions of this act which shall be effective for a period not to exceed 12 months following the effective date of P.L.2012, c.11 (C.18A:26-2.11 et seq.). The regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2012, c.11, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-26
Authorization; issuance; maturities, sales and lien of bonds
Status: in_force

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 districts, and the outstanding bonds and notes of a regional school district shall be a lien upon the real estate, situate in all the constituent school districts in the regional district, and the personal estates of the inhabitants of all of such constituent districts, as well as the public property of said constituent districts and of the regional district, shall be liable for the payment thereof. All bonds and notes issued by or for regional districts shall be dated and sold in all respects in accordance with the provisions of this title and shall mature within the period or respective periods of time prescribed by such provisions, in each case computed from the date of such bonds.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12
Closing schools during epidemic
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of health of any municipality shall declare any epidemic or cause of ill health to be so injurious or hazardous as to make it necessary to close any or all of the public schools in the municipality, the board shall immediately serve notice on the board of education of the school district situated in the municipality that it is desirable to close the school or schools. Upon receipt of the notice the board of education may close the schools under its control, or such of them as may be designated by the board of health. The schools so closed shall not be reopened until the board of education is satisfied that all danger from the epidemic or cause of ill health has been removed.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-18.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-18.5
Annual report.
Status: in_force

4. The multidisciplinary treatment team shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Departments of Education, Corrections, Children and Families, and Human Services on October 1, 1986 and thereafter on or before October 1 of each year. The annual report shall contain the number of cases submitted to the Commissioner of Human Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families, and the Commissioner of Corrections pursuant to subsection c. of section 2 of this act, the type and severity of the handicapping condition involved with each case, and other necessary information. The annual report shall not contain individually identifying information. L.1986, c.32, s.4; amended 2006, c.47, s.99.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-66 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-66
Agreements between authority and institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

8. The authority may enter into an agreement with a public or private institution of higher education to finance the acquisition of higher education technology infrastructure by the institution. In entering into an agreement with a public or private institution of higher education, the authority shall include in the agreement such provisions as may be necessary to ensure that the institution shall provide a matching amount at least equal to the amount of the grant provided. L.1997,c.238,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-92 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-92
Appropriation, payment, funds, premiums.
Status: in_force

7. Funds for premiums required by the contract between the governing body of the four-year public institution of higher education and the board of trustees of the public college risk management group shall be appropriated and paid as set forth in the contract in the same manner as appropriations are made for other expenses of the four-year public institution of higher education. L.2010, c.99, s.7; amended 2023, c.65, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-43.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-43.1
"Library," "library record" defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act: a. "Library" means a library maintained by any State or local governmental agency, school, college, or industrial, commercial or other special group, association or agency, whether public or private. b. "Library record" means any document or record, however maintained, the primary purpose of which is to provide for control of the circulation or other public use of library materials. L. 1985, c. 172, s. 1, eff. May 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-71 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-71
Investment of proceeds; disposition of excess borrowed over authorizations; reserve for payment of bonds
Status: in_force

Because the amounts actually borrowed on bonds issued pursuant to this act, together with amounts borrowed on bonds issued under other laws, may from time to time exceed the total amount authorized by law to be borrowed and expended for school purposes, any excess so borrowed from time to time shall be held in a reserve to be applied to meet redemptions and maturities. Where the amount to be invested is less than such limit as may be specified by the bond resolution, or is reasonably expected to be invested for a short period, the same may be temporarily invested in a certificate or certificates of deposit or other similar investment, of the fiscal agent or any other financial institution authorized to do business in this State. In other cases the investments may be made in such manner as other funds of a board of education may be invested, or the issuing board may negotiate and enter into an agreement for the making of investments for its account, either in a separate account or in a common fund with other like investments for other boards of education, by the State Investment Council in the Department of the Treasury, which council is hereby authorized to enter into and perform such agreements and to make investments in any security or securities in which it may be authorized to make investments under any of the laws applicable to it. L.1971, c. 36, s. 6, eff. March 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.1
Certification for director of athletics
Status: in_force

To be eligible for appointment as the director of athletics in any public secondary school an applicant shall possess a supervisory certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners. L.1991,c.17,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:23-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 23 / Section 23-4
Preparation and distribution of synopsis or summary
Status: in_force

The secretary of the board shall prepare or have prepared a synopsis or summary of the annual audit and recommendations, prior to the holding of the meeting of the board of education to take action thereon; a copy of which synopsis or summary shall be available for distribution to interested parties at the meeting.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-25.11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-25.11
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

5. The task force shall issue a report of its recommendations to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than 18 months after the organization of the task force. The task force shall issue reports of any new or updated recommendations on at least a biennial basis. L.2019, c.107, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-11.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-11.3
Establishment of "breakfast after the bell" program in certain public schools.
Status: in_force

2. a. Every public school in which 70 percent or more of the students enrolled in the school on or before the last school day before October 16 of the preceding school year were federally eligible for free or reduced price meals under the National School Lunch Program or the federal School Breakfast Program, shall establish a breakfast after the bell program. b. (1) (a) No later than six months following the effective date of P.L.2018, c.25 (C.18A:33-11.2 et seq.), each school district shall submit, to the Department of Agriculture, a plan for the establishment of a breakfast after the bell program for all grades at each of the district's schools that are subject to the requirements of this section. The plan shall comply with the requirements of the federal School Breakfast Program. (b) No later than the first full school year following the submission of the plan, the school district shall establish a breakfast after the bell program in each of its schools that are subject to the requirements of this section, in accordance with the plan submitted pursuant to this paragraph. (2) (a) No later than six months after the effective date of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.), each school district shall submit, to the Department of Agriculture, a revised breakfast after the bell plan for each school in the district that is subject to the requirements of this section. The revised plan shall comply with federal School Breakfast Program requirements and the provisions of section 12 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-14a). (b) No later than the first full school year following the submission of a revised plan pursuant to this paragraph, the school district shall modify the breakfast after the bell program operating in each of its schools that are subject to the requirements of this section, as may be necessary to implement the provisions of the revised plan. (3) The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall review each revised plan submitted pursuant to this subsection and make recommendations, if necessary, regarding how a school's breakfast after the bell program can operate most effectively, in accordance with the federal School Breakfast Program requirements and the provisions of section 12 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-14a). The Department of Agriculture shall notify each school district that submits a plan pursuant to this subsection of the completion of the department's review, and of any recommended changes to the plan, within 90 days after receipt thereof. c. Upon application, a school district may be granted a waiver by the Department of Agriculture of the requirements of this section for any school in which more than 70 percent of eligible students received a meal under the school breakfast program during the preceding school year. A school district that requests a waiver shall provide relevant information, as may be required by the Department of Agriculture, to justify the request. d. No later than three months after the effective date of P.L.2018, c.25 (C.18A:33-11.2 et seq.), the Department of Agriculture shall provide each school district with a list of resources that are available for the purposes of this section. L.2018, c.25, s.2; amended 2022, c.104, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-41.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-41.8
Findings, declarations relative to protective eyeware for children participating in sports.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Eye injuries are the leading cause of preventable blindness and visual impairment in children, and most injuries occurring in school-aged children are sports-related; b. Every 16 minutes a child incurs a sports-related eye injury severe enough to require a visit to the emergency room; c. According to Prevent Blindness America, 90% of all eye injuries can be avoided by the use of appropriate eye protection; and d. It is necessary and prudent to educate parents and children about sports-related eye injuries in order to reduce the needless loss of sight that can occur during sports activities. L.2013, c.183, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-48 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-48
Contracts with consent of advisory committee; members.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-48. Contracts with Consent of Advisory Committee; Members. All contracts provided for in N.J.S.18A:71B-47 shall only be entered into by the authority with the advice and consent of an advisory committee consisting of the following: the Dean of Cook College, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, or a designee; the President of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association; the Secretary of the New Jersey Veterinary Medical Examining Board; and four New Jersey veterinarians appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-80 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-80
Payment of benefits
Status: in_force

Benefits under such group policy or policies shall be paid by the company to such person, if living, as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the insurance company through the policyholder, otherwise to the executors or administrators of the member's estate. A member may file with the insurance company through the policyholder and alter from time to time during his lifetime, as desired, a duly attested written nomination of his payee for the death benefit. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 37, eff. April 29, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-16.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-16.1
Immunity for reporting harassment, intimidation, or bullying at certain private schools.
Status: in_force

1. In the event that the State Board of Education requires approved private schools for students with disabilities to develop, adopt, and implement a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying on school grounds, a member of a board of directors or an employee of an approved private school for students with disabilities who promptly reports an incident of harassment, intimidation, or bullying to the appropriate school official designated by the school's policy or to any school administrator, and who makes this report in compliance with the procedures in the school's policy, is immune from a cause of action for damages arising from any failure to remedy the reported incident. L.2017, c.274, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-52 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-52
Policies, procedures for reports of wrongdoing, confidentiality.
Status: in_force

7. In accordance with standards established by the Attorney General, the governing board of a public research university or State college shall establish written policies and procedures that provide confidentiality in the reporting of alleged wrongdoing at the institution and protect employees from retaliatory action in accordance with the provisions of the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act," P.L.1986, c.105 (C.34:19-1 et seq.). L.2009, c.308, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-14
Contracts for acceptance of personnel; provisions; term; annual report
Status: in_force

1. The designated State official of a party State may make one or more contracts on behalf of his State with one or more other party States providing for the acceptance of educational personnel. Any such contract for the period of its duration shall be applicable to and binding on the States whose designated State officials enter into it, and the subdivisions of those States, with the same force and effect as if incorporated in this agreement. A designated State official may enter into a contract pursuant to this article only with States in which he finds that there are programs of education, certification standards or other acceptable qualifications that assure preparation or qualification of educational personnel on a basis sufficiently comparable, even though not identical to that prevailing in his own State. 2. Any such contract shall provide for: (a) Its duration. (b) The criteria to be applied by an originating State in qualifying educational personnel for acceptance by a receiving State. (c) Such waiver, substitutions, and conditional acceptances as shall aid the practical effectuation of the contract without sacrifice of basic educational standards. (d) Any other necessary matters. 3. No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall be for a term longer than 5 years but any such contract may be renewed for like or lesser periods. 4. Any contract acceptance by a receiving State of educational personnel on the basis of the completion by educational personnel of a program of educational preparation shall specify the earliest date or dates on which originating State approval of the program or programs involved can have occurred. No contract made pursuant to this agreement shall require acceptance by a receiving State of any persons qualified because of successful completion of a program prior to January 1, 1954. 5. The certification or other acceptance of a person who has been accepted pursuant to the terms of a contract entered into pursuant to this agreement shall not be revoked or otherwise impaired because the contract has expired or been terminated; provided, however, that any receiving State may revoke or suspend any certificate or other qualifying document on any ground which would be sufficient for revocation or suspension of a certificate or other qualifying document initially granted or approved in the receiving State. 6. A contract committee composed of the designated State officials of the contracting States or their representatives shall keep the contract under continuous review, study means of improving its administration, and report no less frequently than once a year to the appropriate education agencies of the contracting States. L.1969, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-24
Powers, Secretary of Higher Education.
Status: in_force

24. a. The general powers of supervision and control of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Montclair State University include the power to visit the university to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to enforce an observance of the laws of the State. b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Montclair State University, through its board of trustees, shall have the care, custody, control, and title of such property acquired through a merger or consolidation occurring on or after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.65 (C.18A:64N-9.1 et al.), including through or with a subsidiary corporation created by the university, with one or more other nonprofit corporations formed and operated primarily for educational purposes and exempt under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)), subject to the visitorial powers of the Secretary of Higher Education at the request of the Governor. Any transfer of property owned by the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to the university shall be in accordance with subsection (g) of N.J.S.18A:72A-5. L.2017, c.178, s.24; amended 2023, c.65, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:58-33.26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 58 / Section 58-33.26
Resolution by state board of education; submission of ordinance or proposal authorizing issuance of bonds by local board; endorsement
Status: in_force

a. If the State Board of Education shall find that any such school district is not able to provide the suitable educational facilities described hereinabove the State Board of Education shall by resolution determine (1) that such school district is entitled to receive additional State school building aid pursuant to this act, (2) the number of pupils in resident enrollment in such school district on September 30, 1976 for purposes of computation under this act or the number of handicapped pupils between the ages of 13 and 21 whose vocational education needs were not met prior to the enactment of this act, (3) the principal amount of bonds (which amount is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "entitlement" ) which are to be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this act, and (4) the maturity schedule for such principal amount of bonds approved by said board. b. At any time within 2 years after the adoption by the State Board of Education of the resolution referred to in subsection a. with respect to a particular school district, said school district may submit to the Commissioner of Education a copy of a proposal or ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds entitled to the benefits of this act in accordance with said resolution, provided that such ordinance or proposal had not been adopted, approved or become effective prior to January 1, 1978, and to make or provide any and all investigations, determinations, endorsements, certifications, considerations, approvals, restrictions, limitations, consents, resolutions, estimates or approvals, which may be required or provided by this act with respect to any such ordinance or proposal, school district or school district projects or educational facilities, as if such ordinance or proposal had not been adopted, approved or become effective, and any bonds authorized by such ordinance or proposal shall be entitled to all the benefit of this act. If no such proposal or ordinance is submitted within 2 years the said resolution shall be of no further force and effect and the commissioner shall so notify said school district. The Commissioner of Education shall be and is hereby authorized to endorse upon any copy of such proposal or ordinance a certification thereof as being the proposal or ordinance as to which a determination of the State Board of Education has been made as aforesaid, and such indorsement shall be made in such form or manner as said commissioner shall determine. L.1978, c. 74, s. 5, eff. July 13, 1978. Amended by L.1980, c. 33, s. 1, eff. June 3, 1980: L.1980, c. 162, s. 1, eff. Dec. 1, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-23
Transfer of employees
Status: in_force

All employees of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry are hereby transferred to the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Nothing in this act shall be considered to deprive any person of any tenure rights or of any right or protection provided him under any pension law or retirement system or any other law of this State. L.1970, c. 102, s. 23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.20
Application to offer program of study for the teacher leader endorsement.
Status: in_force

3. a. An institution of higher education, an educational organization, or other non-profit entity, or a combination thereof, may apply to the Department of Education to offer a program of study for the teacher leader endorsement. b. The Commissioner of Education shall approve programs of study that meet the standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2015, c.111 (C.18A:26-2.22). The commissioner shall consider the recommendations of the Teacher Leader Endorsement Advisory Board. c. Any data collected from the approved providers of the program of study shall be provided to the Teacher Leader Endorsement Advisory Board to support the board's work. The data collection shall protect individuals' privacy, and notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1963, c.73 (C.47:1A-1 et seq.), the data shall not be accessible to the public. L.2015, c.111, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.29
Criteria for employment of substitute teacher.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a candidate for a substitute teacher credential who is enrolled in a regionally accredited institution of higher education and who is applying between the effective date of this act and June 30, 2023 shall present a minimum of 30 semester-hour credits completed at the institution at the time of applying for the substitute credential. A candidate applying for a substitute teacher credential under this section shall be at least 20 years of age. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict school districts from establishing additional criteria for the employment of substitute teachers under this section. b. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Education to examine issues and develop recommendations as to whether the timeline established pursuant to subsection a. of this section should be extended to continue allowing candidates for substitute teaching credentials to present a minimum of 30 semester-hour credits completed at the time of applying for the substitute credential. The commissioner shall issue a final report of findings and recommendations to the Governor, to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), and to the State Board of Education no later than one year after the application period expires on June 30, 2023. L.2021, c.87, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-26.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-26.1
Guidance on identifying English language learners for gifted and talented programs.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop guidance for school districts concerning the identification of English language learners for gifted and talented programs. The purposes and objectives of the guidance shall be to: (1) assist school districts in identifying English language learners in grades kindergarten through 12 who are gifted and talented so that they may be matched with programs that will help them achieve in accordance with their full capabilities; and (2) provide guidelines on appropriate identification methods that may help reduce the underrepresentation of English language learners in gifted and talented programs. b. The guidance developed by the commissioner shall include, but not be limited to, information on: recognizing and addressing potential challenges in the process of identifying English language learners who are gifted and talented; the use of multiple methods and measures in assessing the eligibility of English language learners for gifted and talented programs; and the importance of professional development for and collaboration among teachers in the identification process, including teachers of English language learner programs, teachers of gifted and talented programs, and general classroom teachers. L.2017, c.171, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-7
Exclusion of pupils who are ill
Status: in_force

When there is evidence of departure from normal health of any pupil, the principal of the school shall upon the recommendation of the school physician or school nurse exclude such pupil from the school building, and in the absence from the building of the school physician or school nurse, the classroom teacher may exclude the pupil from the classroom and the principal may exclude the pupil from the school building.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-32.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-32.1
Periodic benefits payable under Workers' Compensation Law; salary deductions paid by employer; retirement benefits application
Status: in_force

18A:66-32.1. a. If any member of the retirement system receives periodic benefits payable under the workers' compensation law during the course of his active service, in lieu of his normal compensation, his regular salary deductions shall be paid to the retirement system by his employer. Such payments shall be computed, in accordance with N.J.S.18A:66-29, at the rate of contribution on the base salary subject to the retirement system, just prior to the receipt of the workers' compensation benefits. The moneys paid by the employer shall be credited to the member's account in the annuity savings fund and shall be treated as employee contributions for all purposes. The employer will terminate the payment of these moneys when the periodic benefits payable under the workers' compensation law are terminated or when the member retires. The member for whom the employer is making such payments, will be considered as if he were in the active service. b. An application for retirement benefits may be approved by the board of trustees while the member, applying for such benefits, is in receipt of periodic benefits under the workers' compensation law. If a retirant receiving an accidental disability retirement allowance becomes a recipient of periodic benefits under the workers' compensation law after the date of retirement, the pension portion of the retirement allowance payable to the retirant shall be reduced, during the period of the payment of the periodic benefits, dollar-for-dollar in the amount of the periodic benefits received after the date of retirement, subject to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:66-69. The reduction provided for herein shall not affect the retirant's pension adjustment benefits or survivor benefits that may be payable upon the death of the retirant. If an accidental disability retirant receives a retirement allowance without reduction and periodic benefits under the workers' compensation law for any period of time after the date of retirement, the retirant shall repay to the retirement system the amount of the pension portion of the retirement allowance which should have been subject to reduction under this subsection. The repayment may be in the form of a lump sum payment or scheduled as deductions from the retirant's retirement allowance and pension adjustment benefits. If the retirant dies before full repayment of the amount required, the remaining balance shall be deducted from any death benefits payable on behalf of the retirant. L.1967, c.271; amended 1971,c.121,s.16; 1995,c.369,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:11-3.10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-3.10
"Heat Participation Policy."
Status: in_force

1. A school district which is a member of any voluntary association, pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1979, c.172 (C.18A:11-3), which oversees activities associated with Statewide interscholastic sports programs shall: a. Adopt the "Heat Participation Policy" required by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association for conducting practice or games in all sports during times of high heat or humidity. The association's policy shall address: (1) the scheduling of practice or games during times of various heat and humidity levels; (2) the ratio of time devoted to workouts to time allotted for rest and hydration during various heat and humidity levels; and (3) the heat and humidity levels at which practice or games will be canceled. The guidelines included in the association's policy shall provide a default policy to those responsible or sharing duties for making decisions concerning the implementation of modifications or cancellation of practices or games based on the presence of heat and humidity. b. Purchase a WetBulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) tool to measure the heat stress in direct sunlight at the practice or game site. Heat stress consists of temperature, humidity, wind speed, the angle of the sun, and cloud coverage. A school district shall adopt the association's policy concerning the frequency and recording of WetBulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) measurements. L.2019, c.293, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-24
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The State Board of Education shall develop rules and regulations governing the use of school buses pursuant to section 1 of this act. L.1977, c. 5, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-17
Sale of municipal hospital to university
Status: in_force

The governing body of any municipality in which a site has been selected for the university under this act and wherein a public hospital is located under the control of said governing body pursuant to chapter 9 of Title 30 of the Revised Statutes or any other law, is hereby empowered to enter into an agreement subject to the approval of the State House Commission, or declaration of intention, with the board of trustees of the university for the sale of such hospital to the university and such sale may be made without compliance with the laws relating to the sale of public property. L.1970, c. 102, s. 17. Amended by L.1981, c. 325, s. 13, eff. Dec. 10, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-76 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-76
Modification or revocation of right or interest of bondholder
Status: in_force

No bond resolution, no municipal ordinance for guaranty, and no contract, agreement, arrangement or other act of the issuing board, of any municipality or of any governmental office, officer or agency shall be modified, altered, revoked, added to or otherwise changed in any respect that would tend to adversely affect the interest or right of the holder of any bond or bonds issued hereunder. This provision shall be deemed to be a contractual obligation and not subject to modification or repeal so long as any of said bonds are issued, outstanding and unmatured. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the issue and reissue of additional bonds, all of which shall have equal rights in respect to any reserves or sinking funds without any differences in priority among them. L.1971, c. 36, s. 11, eff. March 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:41-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 41 / Section 41-7.1
Schools to provide critical incident mapping data to local law enforcement.
Status: in_force

1. a. Each board of education of a school district, board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project, or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall provide to local law enforcement authorities critical incident mapping data for all schools and school grounds. In the case of a school building located in a municipality in which there is no municipal police department, critical incident mapping data shall be provided to an entity designated by the Superintendent of State Police. A board of education of a school district, board of trustees of a charter school or renaissance school project, or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall provide revised mapping data to the applicable law enforcement authorities or designated entities any time that there is a change to the critical incident mapping data. b. Critical incident mapping data provided pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall be: (1) compatible with all platforms and applications used by local, State, and federal law enforcement authorities; (2) provided in a printable format; and (3) verified for accuracy through an annual walkthrough of school buildings and school grounds. c. As used in this section, "critical incident mapping data" means information provided in electronic or digital form to assist first responders in an emergency including, but not limited to: (1) aerial images of schools; (2) floor plans, including room and suite numbers; (3) building access points; (4) locations of hazardous materials and utility shut-offs; and (5) any other relevant location information. d. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require local law enforcement authorities or designated entities to access critical incident mapping data using third party viewing software. L.2019, c.106, s.1; amended 2022, c.122, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-28
Application for classification; fee
Status: in_force

Any person desiring such classification shall file with the department a statement under oath in response to a questionnaire, prepared and standardized for like classes of work, by the department together with a fee of $10.00. The statement shall develop fully the financial ability, adequacy of plant and equipment, organization and prior experience of the prospective bidder, and also such other pertinent and material facts as may be deemed desirable. L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:41-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 41 / Section 41-9
Access to school surveillance equipment by law enforcement authorities.
Status: in_force

1. a. If at least one school building of a school district is equipped with video surveillance equipment that is capable of streaming live video wirelessly to a remote location, the board of education shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with local law enforcement authorities providing the authorities with the capacity to activate the equipment and view live streaming video. The memorandum of understanding shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) the designation of individuals who shall be authorized to view live streaming video; (2) the circumstances under which the designated individuals would view live streaming video; and (3) a detailed plan for preventing and detecting unauthorized access to live streaming video. b. In the case of a school building that is located in a municipality in which there is no municipal police department, the board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with an entity designated by the Superintendent of the State Police. c. In the event that the parties to the memorandum of understanding are unable to reach an agreement regarding any provision required to be included pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the county prosecutor shall make the final determination regarding that provision. d. A board shall enter into the memorandum of understanding no later than 180 days following the effective date of this act. e. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to require the installation of video surveillance equipment capable of streaming live video wirelessly to a remote site. L.2017, c.119, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-64 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-64
Award of college credit for course at county fire academy.
Status: in_force

1. a. Any person who successfully completes a course at a county fire academy shall receive college credit for the course at a four-year public institution of higher education that offers a fire science degree program if: (1) the institution determines after a review of the curriculum of the course offered by the county fire academy that the curriculum is similar to the curriculum of a course offered in its fire science program; and (2) upon completion of the course, the person successfully completes an examination approved by the institution. The institution shall waive any credit-by-exam fee that it may charge. b. The county fire academies shall work jointly with four-year public institutions of higher education that offer a fire science degree program to identify courses at the county fire academies which offer a curriculum similar to that of courses included in the fire science programs of those institutions. L.2019, c.341, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:49-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 49 / Section 49-8
Payment of expenses
Status: in_force

The expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be paid by the state treasurer on the warrant of the director of the division of budget and accounting. No expense shall be incurred nor payment made for any of the purposes named in this chapter until an appropriation therefor shall have been made.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-20.2a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-20.2a
Required actions relative to early termination of superintendent's employment contract.
Status: in_force

6. a. Prior to a board of education entering an agreement for an early termination of an employment contract entered into with its superintendent of schools pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.18A:17-15, that includes the payment of compensation to the superintendent as a condition of separation from service with the district, the board shall submit the agreement to the Commissioner of Education for approval. The agreement shall be submitted by certified mail, return receipt requested. The commissioner shall evaluate the agreement and have the authority to disapprove the agreement if the payment of compensation as a condition of separation from service is found to be excessive. The determination of the commissioner shall be made within 30 days of receipt of the agreement. As used in this subsection, "compensation" includes, but is not limited to, salary, allowances, bonuses and stipends, payments for accumulated sick or vacation leave, contributions toward the costs of health, dental, life and other types of insurance, medical reimbursement plans, retirement plans, and any in-kind or other form of remuneration. b. The Commissioner of Education shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2008, c.37 (C.18A:11-13) to establish the allowable parameters of early termination agreements. L.2007, c.53, s.6; amended 2008, c.37, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-89.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-89.8
Applicability.
Status: in_force

7. The provisions of this act shall only apply to four-year institutions of higher education that offer athletic scholarships. L.2025, c.110, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64L-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64L / Section 64L-4
Duties of staff of service
Status: in_force

4. The director and staff of the CPTAS shall: a. Establish a data base of information on available and promising new coastal protection methods and make this information available, upon request, to county and municipal governmental entities; b. Evaluate, or cause to be evaluated, available and promising new coastal protection methods as to practicability, technical performance, and cost effectiveness; c. Promote sharing of information on coastal protection methods between interested and knowledgeable parties and county and municipal governmental entities within the State; d. Sponsor or conduct conferences, workshops, and demonstration projects to publicize successful coastal protection methods; e. Identify problem areas in developing or implementing coastal protection methods, and encourage academic, corporate, or public efforts for their resolution; f. Compile and disseminate, upon request, lists of engineering and other consulting services engaged in coastal protection work; g. Promote, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, demonstration projects for available and promising new coastal protection methods, and disseminate the results of such demonstration projects; h. Document and publicize successful coastal protection methods and projects; i. Provide information on available public and private funding sources for coastal protection efforts and projects; j. Provide general information on federal and State regulations concerning coastal protection efforts and projects; k. Collect and disseminate educational and training materials to assist county and municipal governmental employees with respect to undertaking or supervising coastal protection efforts or projects; l. Make on-site visits to coastal protection projects upon request of a county or municipal governmental entity, and make on-site assessments thereof; m. Provide, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and Energy, extension services to county and municipal governmental entities concerning coastal protection, including, upon request, outreach and technical advice on coastal protection methods and projects; and n. Submit annually to the Legislature a review and evaluation of State and federal coastal protection programs and projects. L.1993,c.176,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-85.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-85.4
Current recipients unaffected; exceptions.
Status: in_force

5. a. In the case of a student who is receiving a scholarship under the NJ STARS Program on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.124 (C.18A:71B-85.1 et al.), the scholarship shall be administered and the student shall remain eligible for the program in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2004, c.59 (C.18A:71B-81 et seq.) as the same read before the effective date of P.L.2008, c.124 (C.18A:71B-85.1 et al.); except that a student who is in the first year of county college enrollment shall be required to attain at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average upon graduation from a county college in order to qualify for the New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship II (NJ STARS II) Program and a student who is in the second year of county college enrollment shall be required to attain at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average upon graduation from a county college to qualify for NJ STARS II. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2005, c.359 (C.18A:71B-86.4) to the contrary, in the case of a student who is in the second year of county college enrollment on the effective date of P.L.2008, c.124 (C.18A:71B-85.1 et al.) who attains a cumulative grade point average equal to or greater than 3.0 and less than 3.25 upon graduation from a county college and who meets all other requirements for receipt of an NJ STARS II scholarship, the amount of the scholarship for the student's third academic year of study shall equal up to $3,000 per semester. L.2008, c.124, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-35.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-35.1
Criteria for an approved site.
Status: in_force

17. a. A site shall automatically be deemed an approved site if the site: (1) is located within a State-designated underserved area or a health professional shortage area, or is a clinic which is part of the extramural network of dental clinics established by the New Jersey Dental School of Rutgers, The State University, or is determined by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, in consultation with the Department of Health, to serve medically underserved populations; (2) participates in the Medicaid and Medicare programs; however, the authority shall not require participation in more than one Medicaid Managed Care organization; (3) in a county in which less than 30 percent of the population are Medicaid enrollees, the site serves medically underserved populations at a rate equal to or greater than the percentage of residents of the county who are Medicaid enrollees, and in a county in which 30 percent or more of the population are Medicaid enrollees, the site serves medically underserved populations at a rate equal to or greater than 80 percent of the percentage of residents of the county who are Medicaid enrollees; (4) uses a sliding fee scale for patients falling under 250 percent of the federal poverty level who are uninsured or underinsured; and (5) does not discriminate against any patient in the provision of health care services on the basis of that person’s ability to pay or source of payment. b. If a site is unable to demonstrate that it serves medically underserved populations as required pursuant to paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section, the authority may approve a site if the site: (1) meets each requirement outlined in subsection a. of this section except for the requirement outlined in paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section; and (2) is accepting and serving new Medicaid patients. c. The authority shall not require any additional site eligibility requirements. L.2025, c.345, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.2
Rules prescribing kinds, types and quality of devices
Status: in_force

The commissioner, by rule or regulation, shall prescribe the kinds, types and quality of such protective devices and in so doing, the commissioner shall be guided by the standards promulgated by the American Standards Association, Inc. for such protective devices.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-32 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-32
Exercise of powers conferred in act
Status: in_force

32. The powers conferred in this act upon the commission shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of this State or any authority thereof, at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to this act, shall in any way limit, restrict, or alter the obligation or powers of the State or its authorities to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement or contract at any time made or entered into by, or on behalf of the State or any authority thereof with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof. L.1994,c.48,s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-10.1
Private vocational schools; contracts to provide vocational education courses; qualifications
Status: in_force

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 approved by the State board, enter into contracts with private vocational schools when such courses cannot be provided by the county or regional vocational schools or other school districts or a private vocational school can provide substantially equivalent training at a lesser cost. Each private vocational school shall hold a current license or certificate of approval issued by the State Board of Education or other appropriate State board or agency and shall be approved for the purposes of this act by the Commissioner of Education. Such license or certificate of approval must have been held by the private vocational school for at least 2 consecutive years immediately preceding execution of the contract. L.1977, c. 290, s. 1, eff. Dec. 6, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-42
Funds administered separately
Status: in_force

14. a. The endowment fund and the grant fund shall be administered separately by the State Treasurer. Each fund shall consist of moneys appropriated or otherwise made available to it by the Legislature and any interest received on the investment of moneys in that fund. b. If, in any fiscal year, the fund balance in either the endowment fund or the grant fund is insufficient to fund payment in full of the State matching funds authorized to be paid under the provisions of this act, the amount of available funds shall be prorated among all eligible applicants. L.1999,c.226, s.14; amended 1999, c.368, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-31
Treasurer of school moneys.
Status: in_force

18A:17-31. The board may appoint any suitable person except a member or employee of the board, with a term of office fixed by the board as the treasurer of school moneys. Any municipal officer acting or designated as treasurer of school moneys who ceases to be such officer shall thereupon cease to be such treasurer. amended 1977, c.464; 1981, c.174, s.4; 2010, c.39, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-23
Pupils not excluded for nonpayment of tuition; withdrawal of pupils
Status: in_force

Whenever at the beginning of or during a school year a board of education receives pupils from another district on a tuition basis, it shall not exclude during that year any such pupils because of the nonpayment of tuition if the sending board delivers to the receiving board a school warrant in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement between such boards. Such warrant shall bear interest at the legal rate. The board of education sending the pupils to said district shall not withdraw any such pupils during the year without the consent of the receiving board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-41 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-41
Payment for agricultural college; application; courses of instruction
Status: in_force

The moneys received and to be received by this state under the act of congress approved August 30, 1890, shall immediately and as soon as received be paid over by the state treasurer, upon the warrant of the director of the division of budget and accounting in the department of the treasury and the order of the corporation, to the treasurer of the corporation, for the more complete endowment and maintenance of the agricultural college or agricultural department of the college, established in accordance with the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life and to the facilities of such instruction, in accordance with the acts of congress relating thereto.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-42
Registration of apprentices.
Status: in_force

69. All apprentices shall be registered through the approved federal Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training program. L.2000,c.72,s.69.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-28
Prohibitions relative to purchase, acquisition of property or services.
Status: in_force

28. The payment of any fee, commission or compensation of any kind or the granting of any gift or gratuity of any kind, either directly or indirectly, whether or not in connection with any purchase, sale or contract, to any person employed by Montclair State University, having any duties or responsibilities in connection with the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the university, by or on behalf of any seller or supplier who has made, negotiated, solicited or offered to make and contract to sell or furnish real or personal property or services to the university is hereby prohibited. Any person offering, paying, giving, soliciting or receiving any fee, commission, compensation, gift or gratuity in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.2017, c.178, s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-68 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-68
Debt owed to state; satisfaction upon transfer
Status: in_force

Any existing debt of the board of education of the vocational schools of a county owed to the State as a result of a certified enrollment audit by the Department of Higher Education shall become satisfied with the transfer of the assets of the institute to the county college. These transferred assets shall consist solely of the facilities and assets agreed to by the institute and the county college and approved by the chancellor, and shall take place within 30 days following the effective date of this act. L.1982, c. 42, s. 19, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72B-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B-18
Payment to institutions; formula; distribution of funds
Status: in_force

4. The State Treasurer, subject to the availability of appropriations, is authorized to contract with eligible independent colleges and universities in this State to provide educational services to New Jersey students. Payment to the institutions shall be based upon the number of full-time equivalent New Jersey undergraduates enrolled during the pre-budget year in the independent institutions multiplied by 25% of the level of direct per student support for the State college sector during the pre-budget year. The total funding generated by the preceding formula shall be distributed as follows: a. Ten percent of this total shall be divided equally among the eligible institutions. These "designated" amounts shall be awarded to each institution except in any instance where the amount of dollars designated for a particular institution under this section exceeds the total amount to be awarded to that institution under subsections b. and c. of this section. In such instances, the funds designated under subsection a. shall be reduced to equal the total of subsections b. and c., which shall be the amount awarded to the institution under this section. The difference between the amount designated and the amount awarded under this section shall be returned to the department. b. Thirty-five percent shall be distributed on the basis of New Jersey students who received State financial aid or aid administered by such institutions of $1,000.00 or more, in all cases exclusive of loans, during the pre-budget year. c. Fifty-five percent shall be distributed on the basis of New Jersey full-time equivalent students, as herein defined, enrolled in such institutions during the pre-budget year. The funds granted under this act may be used by the institutions for any purposes which they deem to be appropriate to maintaining or enhancing the quality of the academic offerings available to New Jersey students, except for purposes of sectarian instruction, the construction or maintenance of sectarian facilities, or for any other sectarian purpose or activity. For the purposes of this act the number of full-time equivalent students at the eight State colleges for the 1979-80 academic year is 54,380. L.1979,c.132,s.4; amended 1994,c.48,s.243.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-35
Board of governors, Commission on Higher Education, Presidents' Council; recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature
Status: in_force

18A:65-35. The board of governors shall advise, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education and the Presidents' Council, to the end that the facilities and services of the university may be so utilized as to increase the efficiency of the public school system and provide higher education for the people of the State, and the board of governors shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature, respecting the needs for the facilities and services, of the university, as an instrumentality of the State for said purposes. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.185.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-126.11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-126.11
Application of L.1956, c. 169 upon extension of social security coverage to members of pension fund
Status: in_force

If Social Security coverage is extended to members of the pension fund, the provisions of P.L.1956, c. 169 shall apply to such members of said pension fund subject to the following provisos: a. Any member of the pension fund who was a member on or before June 26, 1962 and who has or shall hereafter have credit in the pension fund and the retirement system for 30 years or more as an employee of a board of education, shall, upon application to the board of trustees of the retirement system, be retired by such board of trustees and shall thereupon receive annually, for and during the remainder of his life, by way of a retirement allowance, an amount equal to 1/60 of the average annual salary received by him during the 3 years immediately preceding his retirement multiplied by the number of years he has credit in the pension fund and the retirement system as an employee of a board of education. Any such retirement allowance payable under this subsection shall be in lieu of the retirement benefits which would accrue to the said employee under the retirement system or any retirement system established by the State or any of its political subdivisions. b. The transfer of prior service, contributing membership credit, and the moneys attributable to the accounts of public employee veteran members of the pension fund to the retirement system shall not alter the service credit previously established. c. All pensions granted by the pension fund shall be payable by the retirement system in equal monthly installments. d. All purchases of service credit contracted with the pension fund shall be continued without alteration in terms of credit to be established, the cost and the amount of the additional payroll deductions prescribed for such purchase. e. All reserves and moneys held by the insurance carrier under contracts provided by employer and employee contributions to the county superintendent of schools, the policyholder, shall be transferred and merged with those maintained for all members of the retirement system. f. If a transferring member was not covered by either or both noncontributory and contributory death benefit coverages, he may be allowed the death benefits of the retirement system, provided, however, that such member must furnish satisfactory evidence of insurability and on the effective date of his membership in the retirement system is actively at work and performing all his regular duties at his customary place of employment. The effective date of coverage for such benefits shall be on the first day of the month which immediately follows the date when such evidence is determined to be satisfactory. Such evidence of insurability will not be required of any transferring member if such member was covered by such benefits immediately prior to the transfer. L.1973, c. 8, s. 3, eff. Jan. 24, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:58-33.39 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 58 / Section 58-33.39
Regulations; determination of compliance by district
Status: in_force

The commissioner, after consultation with the State Treasurer and approval by the State Board of Education, shall promulgate regulations relating to use of the proceeds of bonds and notes entitled to the benefits of this act, establishing standards for construction progress and practices, fiscal controls, accounting procedures and auditing of funds, and such other matters as he shall deem necessary. The commissioner shall determine each district's compliance with the regulations promulgated pursuant to this section. When he determines that a district is not in compliance with such regulations, the commissioner is authorized to take appropriate action to insure the proper use of the funds and completion of the project. L.1978, c. 74, s. 18, eff. July 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-50 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-50
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program Act." L.2009, c.236, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-16
Supplemental debt statements; necessity for and contents.
Status: in_force

18A:24-16. No school bonds or refunding bonds shall be authorized unless there shall be prepared and filed in accordance with section 18A:24-17 a supplemental debt statement in the form provided by law, setting forth the amounts of all bonds and notes of the district issued and outstanding, or authorized but not issued, and determining the net school debt of the district and giving effect to the proposed authorization of school bonds. With respect to refunding bonds, the supplemental debt statement shall reflect either new and unissued debt or the amount of the refunding debt in excess of the debt to be refunded. L.1967, c.271; amended 1978, c.71, s.1; 2003, c.264, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-6a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-6a
Website maintained by charter school.
Status: in_force

11. a. A charter school shall maintain an Internet website. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to the operations and activities of the charter school. b. The following information shall be posted on the homepage of the charter school’s website: (1) the budget adopted by the charter school for the school year pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2025, c.277 (C.18A:36A-14.1); (2) all meeting notices required pursuant to the provisions of the “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act,” P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.) in accordance with section 15 of P.L.2025, c.277 (C.18A:36A-6b); (3) each annual report submitted by a charter school pursuant to section 16 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-16); (4) a list of the members of the board of trustees; (5) a list, and location, of the facilities operated by the charter school; and (6) any other information required by State or federal law. c. The website shall be updated on a regular basis. L.2025, c.277, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-95.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-95.4
Transfer of assets
Status: in_force

The assets of the educational improvement centers shall be transferred to the Commissioner of Education, except that the assets of Educational Improvement Center-South shall be transferred to the educational information and resource center. All transfers shall be made as provided in the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c. 375 (C. 52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1983, c. 186, s. 12, eff. July 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-14.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-14.2
Retirement system credit to member on leave of absence
Status: in_force

a. Any person who serves, while on an approved leave of absence from regular duties as a teacher, as an officer of a local, county or State labor organization which represents, or is affiliated with an organization which represents, teachers as defined in N.J.S.18A:66-2, shall receive credit in the retirement system for the service. The person receiving the credit shall be liable, with respect to the service to be credited, for payment to the retirement system of both the contributions that would have been required under N.J.S.18A:66-29 and N.J.S.18A:66-31 and the contributions that would have been required under N.J.S.18A:66-33 if that service had been rendered as regular teaching service to the employer granting the leave of absence. The contributions shall be based upon the compensation that would have been received by the person under the locally negotiated salary guide had that person remained in regular teaching service. b. Any person who, prior to the effective date of this 1989 amendatory and supplementary act, has rendered service as defined in subsection a. and who has not received credit in the retirement system for that service may elect, within one year after that effective date, to purchase credit for the service. The cost of the purchase shall be computed by applying the factor, supplied by the actuary as being applicable to the member's age at the time of the purchase and necessary to provide for the full cost, as considered in developing the purchase factors for military service, attributable to the purchased credit, to the member's salary at that time for a member in regular teaching service or the salary the member would be receiving at that time on the locally negotiated salary guide for a member serving as an officer of a local, county or State labor organization. All other terms of the purchase and the credit granted shall be as stipulated for the purchase of previous membership service by N.J.S.18A:66-9. L.1989,c.198,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 29 / Section 29-3
Summer payment plans; continuance of plan to raise funds
Status: in_force

Whenever persons employed for an academic year by a board of education shall indicate in writing their desire to participate in a summer payment plan, and such board of education approves such participation, then, and thereupon, the proper disbursing officer of the board of education, under such rules as may be promulgated by the commissioner with the approval of the State board, is hereby empowered and directed to deduct and withhold an amount equal to 10% of each semimonthly or monthly salary installment, from the payments of the salaries made to such employees as shall participate in such plan and the accumulated deductions for any academic year shall be paid to the employee or his estate under such rules as may be established by the board of education in one of the following ways: (1) at the end of the academic year; (2) in one or more installments after the end of the academic year but prior to September 1; (3) upon death or termination of employment if earlier. Such deductions may be deposited by the board of education in an interest bearing account in any financial institution having its principal office in the State of New Jersey. Any board of education which had in effect, prior to January 1, 1980, any payment plan which permitted funds to be raised in the next fiscal year is hereby authorized to continue to raise funds in this manner. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1970, c. 238, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1970; L.1979, c. 495, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-14.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-14.1
Campus advisory board for Rutgers University-Newark.
Status: in_force

20. a. As used in this section, "northern counties" means Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Union, Sussex, and Warren Counties. b. Effective July 1, 2013, a campus advisory board shall be appointed for Rutgers University-Newark. The campus advisory board shall work with the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark in implementing the teaching, research, and service mission of Rutgers University-Newark, the engagement of the campus with its local community, its region, and the State, and its commitment to academic excellence, access, and diversity. The campus advisory board shall be composed of 13 members as follows: the chancellor of Rutgers University-Newark who shall serve ex-officio; the member of the board of governors of Rutgers, The State University who is appointed by the board of trustees and who is, pursuant to N.J.S.18A:65-14, required to be a resident of Essex County; two Rutgers University-Newark faculty members one of whom is appointed by the faculty union and one of whom is elected by the Rutgers Newark Faculty Council; one member of the Rutgers University-Newark administration appointed by the Rutgers University-Newark chancellor; one Rutgers University-Newark staff member selected from among the staff unions; two student representatives appointed by the Rutgers University-Newark student governing association; three members of the local community, two of whom shall be selected by the Office of Community Affairs from community organizations with one of these members being an alumnus of Rutgers University-Newark, and one of whom shall be selected by the Mayor of the City of Newark; and two public members who are appointed by the chancellor and who are residents of a northern county. All members shall serve a term of two years, renewable by reappointment or re-election in the same manner as the initial selection. A president of the advisory board shall be selected for a one-year term by a vote of the members of the campus advisory board, and may be so elected for successive terms without limit. A member shall be subject to removal, after a hearing by a majority of the campus advisory board, for malfeasance or conduct injurious to the interest of Rutgers University-Newark. The board shall meet and organize annually at a regular meeting held during the second week in September. The president shall serve until the following September and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies in the offices shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired term only. Members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses. The campus advisory board shall hold at least one public meeting each semester. L.2012, c.45, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-11
Maintenance of Internet website for board of trustees.
Status: in_force

43. The university shall maintain an Internet website for the board of trustees. The purpose of the website shall be to provide increased public access to board operations and activities. The following information shall be posted on the board's website: a. the board's rules, regulations, resolutions, and official policy statements; b. notice, posted at least five business days prior to a meeting of the board or any of its committees, setting forth the time, date, location, and agenda of the meeting; c. the minutes of each meeting of the board and its committees; and d. information on any contract entered into by the board that was not competitively bid and the statutory authority for the contracting process. The website shall be updated on a regular basis. L.2012, c.45, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-62 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-62
Entry into design-build contracts permitted.
Status: in_force

35. a. If a contracting unit determines in its discretion that the design-build approach meets their needs better than the traditional design-bid-build approach established under New Jersey public procurement statutes for the project or projects under consideration, it shall be the public policy of this State to permit that contracting unit to enter into design-build contracts as defined in section 34 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61), provided the following conditions are met: (1) The project or projects under consideration have a cost equal to or exceeding $5,000,000. (2) The contracting unit shall, prior to issuing solicitations, publish procedures consistent with regulations promulgated by the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Education, where applicable for the solicitation and award of design-build contracts, and shall adhere to sections 34 through 41 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61 through C.18A:18A-68) and those procedures; and (3) The contracting unit shall, for each public project or projects under sections 34 through 41 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61 through C.18A:18A-68), make a determination based on the timeliness of the project or projects that it is in the best interest of the public to enter into a design-build contract to complete the public project or projects. b. All workers employed in a design-build construction project shall be paid the prevailing wage determined by the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). c. All design-build construction projects shall be encouraged to adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System as adopted by the United States Green Building Council, the Green Globes Program adopted by the Green Building Initiative, or a comparable nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate sustainable development system. d. Any design-build contract awarded pursuant to sections 34 through 41 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61 through C.18A:18A-68) may be reviewed by the Office of the State Comptroller. L.2021, c.71, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.7
Requirements for certain school employees.
Status: in_force

2. A school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider holding a contract with a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school shall not employ for pay or contract for the paid services of any person serving in a position which involves regular contact with students unless the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider: a. Requires the applicant to provide: (1) A list, including name, address, telephone number and other relevant contact information of the applicant's: (a) current employer; (b) all former employers within the last 20 years that were schools; and (c) all former employers within the last 20 years where the applicant was employed in a position that involved direct contact with children; and (2) A written authorization that consents to and authorizes disclosure of the information requested under subsection b. of this section and the release of related records by the applicant's employers listed under paragraph (1) of this subsection, and that releases those employers from liability that may arise from the disclosure or release of records; (3) A written statement as to whether the applicant: (a) has been the subject of any child abuse or sexual misconduct investigation by any employer, State licensing agency, law enforcement agency, or the Department of Children and Families, unless the investigation resulted in a finding that the allegations were false or the alleged incident of child abuse or sexual misconduct was not substantiated; (b) has ever been disciplined, discharged, nonrenewed, asked to resign from employment, resigned from or otherwise separated from any employment while allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation, or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct; or (c) has ever had a license, professional license, or certificate suspended, surrendered, or revoked while allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation, or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct; and b. Conducts a review of the employment history of the applicant by contacting those employers listed by the applicant under the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section and requesting the following information: (1) The dates of employment of the applicant; and (2) A statement as to whether the applicant: (a) was the subject of any child abuse or sexual misconduct investigation by any employer, State licensing agency, law enforcement agency, or the Department of Children and Families, unless the investigation resulted in a finding that the allegations were false or the alleged incident of child abuse or sexual misconduct was not substantiated; (b) was disciplined, discharged, nonrenewed, asked to resign from employment, resigned from or otherwise separated from any employment while allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation, or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct; or (c) has ever had a license, professional license, or certificate suspended, surrendered, or revoked while allegations of child abuse or sexual misconduct were pending or under investigation, or due to an adjudication or finding of child abuse or sexual misconduct. The review of the employment history may be conducted through telephonic, electronic, or written communications. If the review is conducted by telephone, the results of the review shall be documented in writing by the prospective employer. L.2018, c.5, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-23
Additional appropriations; raising.
Status: in_force

18A:22-23. Upon receipt of the certificate, the governing body of the municipality shall immediately appropriate the sum or sums for the purpose or purposes and shall raise such sum or sums in the manner provided by law for the raising of such funds by the municipality in emergencies, and the raising of the funds required by such certificate, in such a case, shall be considered an emergency. Upon raising the funds, the governing body shall cause the sum or sums to be paid forthwith to the secretary or treasurer, as appropriate, of the district for such purpose or purposes. amended 2010, c.39, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-87 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-87
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Approved site" means a community provider of behavioral and mental health services identified by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, in consultation with the Department of Health, for inclusion in the program. Approved sites may include, but need not be limited to, providers operated by a nonprofit, institution of higher education, school district, county, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Health. "Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. "Eligible behavioral healthcare providers" means psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists; board certified behavior analysts; licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselors; and any other professionals identified by the executive director of the authority for inclusion in the program. "Eligible qualifying loan expenses" means the cumulative outstanding balance of student loans covering the cost of attendance at an undergraduate or graduate institution of higher education at the time an applicant is selected for the program. Interest paid or due on qualifying loans that an applicant has taken out for use in paying the costs of undergraduate or graduate education shall be considered eligible for reimbursement under the program. The authority may establish a limit on the total amount of qualifying loans which may be redeemed for participants under the program, provided that the total redemption of qualifying loans does not exceed $150,000, or the maximum amount authorized by the federal government, whichever is greater, either in State funds or the sum of federal, State, and other non-federal matching funds, pursuant to section 338I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. s.254q-1), whichever is applicable. "Executive director" means the executive director of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority. "Program" means the Behavioral Healthcare Provider Loan Redemption Program established pursuant to this act. "Program participant" means a behavioral healthcare provider who contracts with the authority to engage in the clinical practice of mental or behavioral healthcare at an approved site in exchange for the redemption of eligible qualifying loan expenses provided under the program. "Qualifying loan" means a government or commercial loan for the actual costs paid for tuition and reasonable education and living expenses relating to the obtaining of a degree for use in a mental or behavioral healthcare profession. "Total and permanent disability" means a physical or mental disability that is expected to continue indefinitely or result in death and renders a participant in the program unable to perform that person's service obligation, as determined by the executive director or his designee. L.2022, c.34, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-133 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-133
Awarding of grants.
Status: in_force

2. a. The commissioner shall award grants, within the limit of available State appropriations, to selected county vocational school districts to be used to support the development and implementation of a career and technical education program in an existing school or college facility that is not owned or leased by the county vocational school district. The commissioner shall determine the amount of each grant awarded under the program and may award multi-year grants. b. A county vocational school district that wants to apply for a grant shall submit an application to the commissioner. The application shall include: (1) a description of the career and technical education partnership program to be developed with the grant funding; (2) a description of the partnership with the school district, county college, or other entity that will host the program including, but not limited to, the responsibilities of each partner for providing education and support services to students and teacher supervision and professional development; (3) a description of any partnerships with local employers that will support the proposed career and technical education partnership program by advising on curriculum, offering work-based learning opportunities, providing equipment or resources, or other assistance; (4) the number of students that could be accommodated in the career and technical education partnership program over each of the four years of the grant program and in future years; (5) the projected demand for the career and technical education partnership program; (6) an explanation of whether the proposed partnership will replicate an existing approved career and technical education program at the county vocational school, or if new approval will be sought; (7) the location of the facility in which the partnership program will be located and whether the location is conducive to serving the populations targeted by the career and technical education partnership program; (8) the estimated start-up and initial operational costs of the proposed partnership program, including the cost of any facility repairs or modification, equipment and supplies, curriculum development and materials, and professional salaries; (9) an explanation of why the facilities of the county vocational school district could not accommodate the new career and technical education program; (10) the plan to sustain the career and technical education partnership program beyond the period of grant funding using other State, federal, and local resources; and (11) any other information that the commissioner deems appropriate. L.2014, c.73, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-35
Ranking of State designated underserved areas.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-35. The Commissioner of Health, after consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, shall designate and establish a ranking of State-designated underserved areas, including both professional shortage areas and medically underserved areas. The criteria used by the Commissioner of Health in designating areas shall include, but not be limited to: a. the financial resources of the population under consideration, including the percentage of the population that is eligible for medical assistance pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.) and P.L.2005, c.156 (C.30:4J-8 et seq.), and the percentage of the population that does not have health insurance coverage; b. the population's access to primary care, psychiatry, and other medical services; c. appropriate physician, dentist, psychiatrist, or other primary care staffing in State, county, municipal, and private nonprofit health care facilities and in clinics which are part of the extramural network of dental clinics established by the New Jersey Dental School of Rutgers, The State University; and d. the extent to which racial and ethnic disparities in health care in a geographic area, including, but not limited to, disparities in the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, chemical dependency, diabetes, asthma, homicide, suicide, accidental injury, infant mortality, child immunization rates, HIV/AIDS, dental caries, and periodontal disease, indicate the need to increase access to health care services among racial and ethnic minority populations in that area. The Commissioner of Health shall transmit the list of State-designated medically underserved areas and the number of positions needed in each area to the executive director or designee by January 1 of each year. The Commissioner of Human Services shall transmit the total percentage of Medicaid enrollees in each county as required by paragraph (3) of subsection a. of section 17 of P.L.2025, c.345 (C.18A:71C-35.1) to the executive director or designee by January 1 of each year. amended 2009, c.145, s.4; 2012, c.45, s.100; 2025, c.345, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-19
Application by school district for reimbursement.
Status: in_force

7. A school district that incurs additional costs due to the implementation of the provisions of this act shall apply to the Commissioner of Education for reimbursement. L.2002,c.83,s.7.