N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-19b — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-19b
Student placement liaison.
Status: in_force

5. a. The chief school administrator or lead person of a public school, including a charter school, shall designate a staff member to serve as a student placement liaison. b. It shall be the responsibility of the student placement liaison to: (1) coordinate with a new student’s school of last attendance and the parent or guardian of a new student to ensure the successful transition of the student; (2) coordinate with an exiting student’s subsequent educational placement, including when placement occurs at an alternative education program, and the student’s parent or guardian to ensure the successful transition of the student; and (3) regularly track and maintain student enrollment data, including information on student transfers into or out of the public school, to ensure State school aid is provided in accordance with State law and regulation. L.2025, c.276, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-20
Annual report.
Status: in_force

13. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services and the Commissioner of Human Services, shall develop procedures for the evaluation of the impact of the programs established pursuant to this act and shall report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the effects of these programs. That report shall include data concerning the incidence of substance use in the public schools; the nature and scope of intervention, prevention and treatment referral programs; an assessment of the impact of those programs on the problem of substance use; and, any recommendations for modifications in the programs established pursuant to this act. 1987, c. 387, s.13; amended 2023, c.177, s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-67 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-67
Transfers; compliance with laws
Status: in_force

Any transfer of real or personal property from the institute, the county and its municipalities, the board of education of the vocational schools of the county, or any other public body to the county college shall be accomplished without the necessity of complying with laws relating to the sale of public property. L.1982, c. 42, s. 18, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-99 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-99
Findings, declaration relative to STEM outreach program.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field has become extremely important for the success of the innovation economy both in New Jersey and the United States, and STEM education is critical in developing a globally competitive workforce in the 21st century. b. Despite the increasing demand for workers with experience in STEM, women and minority groups are largely underrepresented in the STEM workforce and in STEM education at the post-secondary level. c. According to the National Science Foundation's Science and Engineering Indicators for 2016, women comprised only 29 percent of the science and engineering workforce, despite making up half of the total college-educated workforce in the United States. d. The gender gap in the national STEM workforce is also evidenced in New Jersey as women made up only 25.1 percent of the State's STEM workforce in October 2018, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. e. Although women comprise more than half of the nation's college students, they are underrepresented in many STEM-related post-secondary degree programs, especially in engineering and the computer sciences. f. Racial and ethnic minorities are similarly underrepresented in the STEM field as Hispanics, blacks, and Native Americans/Alaska Natives make up a smaller share of the science and engineering workforce (11 percent) than their proportion in the general population (27 percent of the United States working age 33 population). g. In 2012, only 11.2 percent of bachelor's degrees in science and engineering, 8.2 percent of master's degrees in science and engineering, and 4.1 percent of doctorate degrees in science and engineering were awarded to minority women. h. Encouraging young women and minorities to pursue post-secondary degrees and careers in STEM professions and increasing opportunities in the STEM field are important means for realizing greater economic innovation, success, and equality. L.2021, c.239, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-89 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-89
State college risk management group, bylaws.
Status: in_force

4. a. The bylaws of a public college risk management group shall: (1) set forth a statement of purposes of the group; (2) set forth provisions for organization of the group, including governance by a board of trustees; (3) provide for the delivery of risk management programs in conjunction with any joint liability fund which the board of trustees shall establish; (4) set forth procedures to enforce the collection of any contributions or payments in default; (5) set forth membership standards as required in section 3 of P.L.2010, c.99 (C.18A:64-86 et seq.); (6) require that, for each joint liability fund, a contract or contracts of specific and aggregate excess insurance or reinsurance is maintained, if available, unless otherwise recommended by the trustees upon the advice and report of an independent actuary; (7) set forth procedures for: (a) withdrawal from the group and a fund by a member; (b) termination of the group or fund and disposition of assets; and (c) determining the obligations, if any, of a member in the event that the group is unable to pay indemnification obligations and expenses payable from a fund administered by it; (8) require an annual certified audit to be prepared and filed with the commissioner; (9) require that any joint liability fund be developed and operated in accordance with accepted and sound actuarial practices; (10) provide that any expenditure of moneys in a fund be in furtherance of the purpose of the fund; and (11) set forth other provisions as desired for operation and governance of the group. b. The bylaws of a public college risk management group shall provide for governance of the group by a board of trustees selected in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws. The bylaws shall provide for trustee powers and duties and shall include, but not be limited to, the following powers of the board of trustees: (1) to determine and establish contributions and rates, loss reserves, surplus, limits of coverage, limits of excess or reinsurance, coverage documents, dividends and other financial and operating policies of the group or fund; (2) to invest moneys held in trust under a fund in investments which are approved for investment by regulation of the State Investment Council for surplus moneys of the State; (3) to purchase, acquire, hold, lease, sell and convey real and personal property, all of which property shall be exempt from taxation under chapter 4 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes; (4) to collect and disburse all money due to or payable by the group, or authorize such collection and disbursement; (5) to enter into contracts with other persons or with public bodies of this State for any professional, administrative or other services as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the group or any fund; (6) to purchase and serve as the master policyholders, if desired, for any insurance, including excess or reinsurance; and (7) to do all other things necessary and proper to carry out the purposes for which the group is established. L.2010, c.99, s.4; amended 2023, c.65, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:50-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-10
Rules and regulations by state board
Status: in_force

The state board shall prescribe rules and regulations for the proper control and management of the office and activities of the supervisor of adult education, for the certification of persons to hold such position, for saving from harm those supervisors and directors employed on July 1, 1964, and for encouraging a close working relationship between the office of the supervisor of adult education, the public adult education program and the adult education program sponsored by other community agencies, with particular attention to adult retraining programs and their related federal programs.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-40 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-40
Ineligibility for receipt of State matching funds; use of matching funds
Status: in_force

12. a. No institution of higher education having a total endowment of more than $1,000,000,000, and no foundation institutionally related to such an institution, shall be eligible to receive State matching funds under this act. b. No endowment contribution or donation to an institution of higher education from a foundation institutionally related to that institution shall be eligible to be matched with State funds under the provisions of this act. c. The matching funds provided to an institution of higher education or to a foundation institutionally related to such an institution pursuant to sections 4 through 11 of this act shall be used by the institution or foundation exclusively for academic purposes and shall not be used to fund any activity, program or project unrelated or only incidentally related to those purposes, such as the award of athletic scholarships, except that the matching funds may be used for the payment of the cost of building construction, in accordance with the terms as to use for particular purposes stipulated by the donor of the endowment contribution or donation. The matching funds provided shall not be used for the purpose of sectarian instruction, the construction or maintenance of sectarian facilities, or for any other sectarian purpose or activity. These restrictions shall not apply to the use by the institution or foundation of any of the endowment contributions and donations with respect to which those matching funds were paid. L.1999,c.226, s.12; amended 1999, c.368, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-41h — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-41h
Removal of athlete showing warning signs from activity; violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

4. a. A student who exhibits symptoms or early warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, as determined by an athletic trainer if one is on site, or if an athletic trainer is not on site, then a game official, team coach, licensed physician, or other official designated by the student's school, while participating in an athletic activity, shall be immediately removed from the athletic activity by the coach. The student shall not be eligible to return to athletic activity until he is evaluated and receives written clearance from a licensed physician. b. A student who exhibits symptoms or early warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest at any time prior to or following an athletic activity shall be prohibited from participating in an athletic activity. The student shall not be eligible to return to athletic activity until he is evaluated and receives written clearance from a licensed physician. c. The board of education of a school district or the governing body or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school, as appropriate, shall ensure that a person who coaches a school district or nonpublic school athletic activity who knowingly violates the provisions of subsection a. or b. of this section shall be: (1) suspended from coaching any athletic activity for the remainder of the season for a first violation; (2) suspended from coaching any athletic activity for the remainder of the season and the entire next season for a second violation; and (3) permanently suspended from coaching any athletic activity for a third violation. L.2013, c.209, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:58-37.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 58 / Section 58-37.8
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Secure Schools for All Children Act." L.2016, c.49, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-70 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-70
Current governing bodies; continuance
Status: in_force

Until such time as appointments have been made, the current governing bodies of each institution shall continue their operations without interruption. L.1982, c. 42, s. 21, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:11-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-2
Power to sue and be sued; reports; census of school children
Status: in_force

The board may-- a. Sue or be sued by its corporate name and likewise submit to arbitration and determination disputes and controversies in the manner provided by law; b. Cause a report of the condition of the public schools and the public school property under its control and an itemized account of the condition of the finances of the district to be printed and published as soon as practicable after the close of each school year; c. Cause an exact census to be taken annually of all children residing in the district between the ages of five and 18 years, including such other information as the board may deem necessary or proper and, appoint for the purpose of taking said census, as many suitable persons as may be necessary to act as enumerators and fix their compensation, which compensation shall be paid as a current expense.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-55 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-55
Regulations incorporating definition of dyslexia.
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations that incorporate the International Dyslexia Association's definition of dyslexia into chapter 14 of Title 6A of the New Jersey Administrative Code. L.2013, c.131, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-1.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1.8
Payment by parents for transportation of certain pupils.
Status: in_force

1. Any board of education which transports pupils to and from school pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1 may provide, on a space-available basis, for the transportation of elementary school pupils who live less than two miles from school and secondary school pupils who live less than two and a half miles from school along an established school bus route, and may require that if the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the child elects to have the pupil transported, the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the child shall pay all or a part of the costs of that transportation. A board of education may also provide, on a space-available basis, for the transportation of elementary school pupils who live less than two miles and secondary school pupils who live less than two and a half miles from any not for profit nonpublic school which satisfies the maximum distance requirements set forth in N.J.S.18A:39-1 along an established school bus route, and may require that if the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the child elects to have the pupil transported, the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the child shall pay all or a part of the costs of that transportation. The costs of the transportation shall be paid at the time and in the manner determined by the board of education, provided that the costs shall be equitable for both public and nonpublic pupils. A board of education shall notify the Department of Education when it elects to provide transportation for pupils under the provisions of this act. L.2001,c.327,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-16
Annual assessment, review of charter schools, independent study, report, recommendations.
Status: in_force

16. a. The commissioner shall annually assess whether each charter school is meeting the goals of its charter. The commissioner shall also conduct a comprehensive review prior to granting a renewal of the school’s charter. Notice of a charter school’s renewal application shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-4). The executive county superintendent of schools of the county in which the charter school is located shall have on-going access to the records and facilities of the charter school to ensure that the charter school is in compliance with its charter and that State board regulations concerning assessment, testing, civil rights, and student health and safety are being met. b. In order to facilitate the commissioner's review, each charter school shall submit an annual report to the local board of education, the executive county superintendent of schools, and the commissioner in the form prescribed by the commissioner. The report shall be received annually by the local board, the executive county superintendent, and the commissioner no later than August 1. The report shall also be made available on the charter school’s Internet website and to the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the charter school and shall be presented to the public at a regularly scheduled board of trustees meeting. c. By April 1, 2001, the commissioner shall hold public hearings in the north, central, and southern regions of the State to receive input from members of the educational community and the public on the charter school program. d. The commissioner shall commission an independent study of the charter school program. The study shall be conducted by an individual or entity identified with expertise in the field of education and the selection shall be approved by the Joint Committee on the Public Schools. The individual or entity shall design a comprehensive study of the charter school program. e. The commissioner shall submit to the Governor, the Legislature, and the State Board of Education by October 1, 2001 an evaluation of the charter school program based upon the public input required pursuant to subsection c. of this section and the independent study required pursuant to subsection d. of this section. The evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, consideration of the following elements: (1) the impact of the charter school program on resident districts' students, staff, parents, educational programs, and finances; (2) the impact of the charter school program and the increased number of schools on the economics of educational services on a Statewide basis; (3) the fairness and the impact of the reduction of available resources on the ability of resident districts to promote competitive educational offerings; (4) the impact of the shift of pupils from nonpublic schools to charter schools; (5) the comparative demographics of student enrollments in school districts of residence and the charter schools located within those districts. The comparison shall include, but not be limited to, race, gender, socioeconomic status, enrollment of special education students, enrollment of students of limited English proficiency, and student progress toward meeting the core curriculum content standards as measured by student results on Statewide assessment tests; (6) the degree of involvement of private entities in the operation and financial support of charter schools, and their participation as members of charter school boards of trustees; (7) verification of the compliance of charter schools with applicable laws and regulations; (8) student progress toward meeting the goals of the charter schools; (9) parent, community, and student satisfaction with charter schools; (10) the extent to which waiting lists exist for admission to charter schools and the length of those lists; (11) the extent of any attrition among student and faculty members in charter schools; and (12) the results of the independent study required pursuant to subsection d. of this section. The evaluation shall include a recommendation on the advisability of the continuation, modification, expansion, or termination of the program. If the evaluation does not recommend termination, then it shall include recommendations for changes in the structure of the program which the commissioner deems advisable. The commissioner may not implement any recommended expansion, modification, or termination of the program until the Legislature acts on that recommendation. f. Every five years the commissioner shall publicly report on the state of charter schools in New Jersey based on measures contained in the Performance Framework developed by the commissioner pursuant to regulations adopted under chapter 11 of Title 6A of the New Jersey Administrative Code to evaluate the academic, financial, and organizational performance of charter schools. L.1995,c.426,s.16; amended 2000,c.142,s.3; 2025, c.277, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-86.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-86.6
Report to Governor, Legislature; authority regulations.
Status: in_force

6. a. Not later than September 30, 2008, the authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature and the Governor a report on the implementation of the NJ STARS II Program at the four-year public institutions of higher education. The report shall, for each institution, set forth statistics on and include an analysis of student participation in the program at the institution, the amounts of funding provided under the program to students enrolled at the institution, the amounts of funding made available to those participating students from State sources other than the NJ STARS II Program and from federal and institutional sources, and such other factors as the authority deems to be necessary or useful to the evaluation of the program. The report shall set forth the number of students participating in the program Statewide, including such statistical and demographic information as may be relevant and appropriate. b. The authority shall administer the provisions of this act and shall establish appropriate criteria, procedures, and guidelines for awarding New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward II Scholarships to eligible students in accordance with the provisions of this act. 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 this act. L.2005,c.359,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-43.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-43.2
Confidentiality; exceptions
Status: in_force

Library records which contain the names or other personally identifying details regarding the users of libraries are confidential and shall not be disclosed except in the following circumstances: a. The records are necessary for the proper operation of the library; b. Disclosure is requested by the user; or c. Disclosure is required pursuant to a subpena issued by a court or court order. L. 1985, c. 172, s. 2, eff. May 31, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-27.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-27.5
Department of Agriculture, provision of summer per meal financial supplement; annual report; funds appropriation.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide a 10-cent per meal supplement to the existing federal reimbursement to operators of the federal summer food service program and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO). b. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall provide guidance and support to school districts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. c. The Department of Agriculture shall prepare and issue an annual report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), to the Legislature on the annual cost of the summer food service program and the Seamless Summer Option (SSO) supplement to the State per month, and the number of additional students, since the prior year, participating in the summer food service program or the Seamless Summer Option (SSO). d. The Legislature shall annually appropriate such funds as are necessary to implement this act. L.2021, c.246.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-8
Examination, classification of children residing in the district.
Status: in_force

18A:46-8. Each board of education shall provide for the examination and classification of each child residing in the district and identified pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-6, except that the board of education of a county vocational school district shall provide for the examination and classification of each child who is attending the county vocational school on a full-time basis and is identified pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-6. Such examination and classification shall be accomplished according to procedures prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board, under one of the categories identified in N.J.S.18A:46-1. The examination and classification of such nonpublic school children shall be in a location determined by the local board of education of the district in which the nonpublic school is located and approved by the commissioner pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the State board. The classification of a child with a communication impairment shall be made by the basic child study team and an approved speech correctionist or speech pathologist, without child study consultation. Such children shall be reported to the basic child study team. The proposed classification shall be reported to the parent or guardian of the child and an opportunity provided, prior to implementation of the classification, for consultation by such parent or guardian with the appropriate special educational services personnel of the district. Pursuant to rules of the State board, the parent or guardian shall also be provided an opportunity for further review of the classification in the Department of Education. amended 1977, c.193, s.4; 1977, c.415; 1978, c.46; 1981, c.415, s.8; 1984, c.123, s.2; 1990, c.52, s.57; 2010, c.50, s.15; 2017, c.131, s.45.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-96 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-96
Unlawful practice, violation.
Status: in_force

12. a. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for any institution of higher education, proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees, person, or entity to collect on a student's institutional debt if the institutional financial aid agreement does not contain the language required under paragraph (3) of subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.18A:3B-92). b. It shall be an unlawful practice and a violation of P.L.1960, c.39 (C.56:8-1 et seq.) for an institution of higher education or proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees to collect on the institutional debt of a student who attended a program in which a disorderly closure occurred. L.2021, c.27, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-59 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-59
Annual solicitation
Status: in_force

Except as provided in this article, every State college shall, on an annual basis or at such lesser intervals as may be fixed by it, solicit by public advertisement the submission of bids for the furnishing of all work, materials and supplies which can be purchased or agreed or contracted to be furnished only after public advertising for bids and bidding therefor. L. 1986, c. 43, s. 8, eff. July 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known as the "state library aid law."
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-18
Liability for payment of bonds.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-18. Liability for Payment of Bonds. Bonds issued pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-8 shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided. The bonds shall contain on the face a statement to the effect that neither the State of New Jersey nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues or other moneys of the authority and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this act shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-4.3c — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-4.3c
Definitions; certain institutions to establish policies, procedures.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "Service member" means an individual who is serving as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or as a member of the National Guard, or on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. "Veteran" means an individual who served as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, or as a member of the National Guard, or on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, and who was honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service. b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, each public institution of higher education shall establish policies and procedures to permit the late registration of a student who is a veteran or a service member upon the student's return from deployment, mobilization, reassignment, or other military obligation. The institution shall not charge a late fee or similar penalty on a registration submitted pursuant to this subsection. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require any public institution of higher education to admit a student or to waive its admission standards. L.2021, c.174, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:11-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-7
Findings, declarations relative to school dress codes
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that many educators believe that school dress can significantly influence pupil behavior and that schools that have adopted dress codes, including dress codes which require school uniforms and which prohibit clothing indicating membership in certain gangs, experience greater school pride and improved behavior in and out of the classroom. The Legislature further finds that to assist in controlling the environment in public schools, to facilitate and maintain an effective learning environment, and to keep the focus of the classroom on learning, school districts should be specifically authorized to implement uniform clothing requirements for their students. L.1996,c.93,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-74 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-74
"Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund."
Status: in_force

3. There is created within the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, established pursuant to chapter 72A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, the "Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund," hereinafter referred to as the "capital improvement fund." The capital improvement fund shall be maintained as a separate account and administered by the authority to carry out the provisions of this act. The capital improvement fund shall consist of: a. moneys received from the issuance of bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1999, c.217 (C.18A:72A-78) and an annual appropriation in an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds, notes or other obligations; b. all moneys appropriated by the State for the purposes of the capital improvement fund; and c. all interest and investment earnings received on moneys in the capital improvement fund. L.1999, c.217, s.3; amended 2017, c.98, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-52 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-52
Maintenance of collective bargaining unit, representatives.
Status: in_force

6. All collective bargaining units and their respective majority representatives in existence in the county special services school district and the county vocational school district prior to the consolidation of the boards of education shall be maintained without change under a consolidated board of education established pursuant to this act, unless they are otherwise altered through an appropriate petition to the Public Employment Relations Commission for a change in representation or bargaining units. L.2007, c.222, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-21b1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-21b1
Information provided to parent, guardian.
Status: in_force

16. a. At the beginning of each school year, or upon initial enrollment in the case of a student who enrolls during the school year, a participating school district or nonpublic school shall provide each student's parent or guardian with: (1) a hard copy of information on the National School Lunch Program and the federal School Breakfast Program, including, but not limited to: (a) information on the ability of all categorically eligible and income-eligible students to receive free school lunch under the National School Lunch Program, as provided by subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.1974, c.53 (C.18A:33-4), and free school breakfast under the federal School Breakfast Program, as provided by subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-14a); (b) information on the subsidized school meals application and certification processes that are used to determine whether a student is categorically eligible or income-eligible for subsidized school meals; (c) information highlighting the need for parents and guardians to complete a subsidized school meals application for each student, and encouraging parents and guardians to complete the application, both to ensure that the student will have access to all subsidized school meals for which the student is eligible and to ensure that the school and the district have the necessary information to facilitate relevant eligibility determinations, receive appropriate reimbursement, and engage in all other activities authorized under subsection c. of this section; and (d) information on the rights that are available to students and their families under this section and section 1 of P.L.2015, c.15 (C.18A:33-21); and (2) a hard copy of a subsidized school meals application, as well as instructions for completing the application, and, as necessary, assistance in completing the application. b. The school meals information and application provided to parents and guardians, pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall: (1) be communicated in a language that the parent or guardian understands; (2) specify the limited purposes for which collected personal data may be used, as provided by subsection c. of this section; (3) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2023, c.203); and (4) include a notice that an application to apply for the school lunch and school breakfast programs may be submitted at any time during the school year and is required to be submitted annually. The school district may also provide the information and application electronically, through the usual means by which the district electronically communicates with parents. c. A subsidized school meals application that is completed by a parent or guardian shall be confidential, and shall not be used or shared by the student's school or school district, except as may be necessary to: (1) determine whether a student identified in the application is income-eligible for free or reduced price school meals and, if so, whether the student satisfies federal or State-level income eligibility requirements for subsidized school lunches, subsidized school breakfasts, or both; (2) determine whether the school or school district is required, by section 2 of P.L.2018, c.25 (C.18A:33-11.3) or by section 1 of P.L.2018, c.28 (C.18A:33-24), to establish a breakfast after the bell program or to participate as a sponsor or site in the federal Summer Meals Service Program; (3) ensure that the school receives appropriate reimbursement, from the State and federal governments, for subsidized school meals served to eligible students, free of charge, through a school lunch program, a school breakfast program, a breakfast after the bell program, a summer meals program, or an emergency meals distribution program; and (4) facilitate school aid determinations under the "School Funding Reform Act of 2008," P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et seq.). d. The school district shall require the parent or guardian to either submit an application to apply for the school lunch and school breakfast programs or submit a signed card provided by the school district indicating that the parent or guardian has received the application and information and is not interested in participating in the school lunch and school breakfast programs. The card shall include a notice stating that a parent or guardian may submit an application to apply for the school lunch and school breakfast programs at any time during the school year. If a school district does not receive an application or a signed card, the school district shall make at least one attempt to contact the student's parent or guardian and request that the parent or guardian submit either an application or signed card. e. The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of a school which participates in the Community Eligibility Provision. L.2022, c.104, s.16; amended 2023, c.203; 2023, c.336, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-54
Petition for permission to submit to voters for approval of withdrawal, dissolution; proof of service
Status: in_force

4. The municipal governing body or the board of education of the withdrawing district or the municipal governing body and the board of education of each constituent district seeking dissolution may, within 30 days after the filing of the report by the county superintendent, petition the commissioner for permission to submit to the legal voters of the withdrawing district and the remaining districts within the regional district the question whether or not it shall so withdraw or in the event of a dissolution to submit to the legal voters of each constituent district whether the regional district shall dissolve. The board may request in the petition any specific reduction or increase in the amount of indebtedness to be assumed as set forth in the county superintendent's report. Proof of the service of a copy of the petition upon the municipal governing body and the board of education of each constituent district, the board of education of the regional district, and the county superintendent, prior to the filing of the petition, shall accompany the petition. L.1975,c.360,s.4; amended 1993,c.255,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-50 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-50
Appropriations
Status: in_force

Appropriations for the maintenance of the New Jersey agricultural experiment station and for the utilization of its services shall be separately made by line items.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-11
Conduct of extension courses, fees, etc.
Status: in_force

18A:64-11. The board of trustees of each State college and Kean University is authorized and empowered to conduct summer schools and extension courses through the five State colleges and Kean University for the purpose of giving further training to the teachers in the public schools of this State and to charge fees therefor to be collected by the treasurers of the several State colleges and Kean University. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.98; 2025, c.218, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-54
Access to full-day preschool; calculation of preschool education aid.
Status: in_force

12. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) (1) In the case of a school district that received preschool education aid in the 2024-2025 school year, preschool education aid shall be calculated as follows: Aid = (IDE x IDA) + (PRE x PRA) + (HSE x HSA) where IDE is the projected FTE enrollment for the upcoming school year of district pupils, other than preschool disabled pupils, in an in-district preschool program; IDA is the per pupil aid amount for an in-district preschool program; PRE is the projected FTE enrollment for the upcoming school year of district pupils, other than preschool disabled pupils, in a preschool program operated by a licensed child care provider; PRA is the per pupil aid amount for a preschool program operated by a licensed child care provider; HSE is the projected FTE enrollment for the upcoming school year of district pupils, other than preschool disabled pupils, in a Head Start Program; and HSA is the per pupil aid amount for a Head Start Program. (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) c. (1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) (2) In the case of a school district that received Early Launch to Learning Initiative aid in the 2007-2008 school year, the school district shall receive preschool education aid calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section pending a determination by the commissioner that the district is prepared to meet all program requirements for high-quality preschool pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner. (3) In the case of a school district that received early childhood program aid in the 2007-2008 school year but did not receive preschool expansion aid or education opportunity aid in that year, the school district shall receive preschool education aid calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section pending a determination by the commissioner that the district is prepared to meet all program requirements for high-quality preschool pursuant to regulations adopted by the commissioner. (4) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2025, c.100) d. For the 2008-2009 school year, the preschool per pupil aid amounts shall be $11,506 for pupils enrolled in an in-district program, $12,934 for pupils enrolled in a licensed child care provider program, and $7,146 for pupils enrolled in a Head Start Program. The preschool per pupil aid amounts shall be adjusted by the CPI in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years as required pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of this act. For subsequent school years, the preschool per pupil aid amounts shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report, with the amounts adjusted by the CPI for each of the two school years following the first school year to which the report is applicable. e. A district shall appropriate preschool education aid in a special revenue fund for expenditure. In the event that any preschool education aid is not expended during the budget year, the aid may be carried forward in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. f. In the event that a district has fully implemented a full-day preschool program for three- and four-year old pupils and meets the preschool quality standards or has provided preschool education to the number of eligible students to be served during a school year in accordance with the preschool quality standards, the district may appropriate preschool education aid for additional purposes that may be designated by the commissioner, which purposes shall include, but not be limited to, providing summer programming for preschool students, professional development for preschool staff, preschool facilities improvements, and transportation services for preschool pupils. g. A school district shall maintain the preschool quality standards as adopted by the commissioner as a condition of receipt of preschool education aid. h. In the case of a school district that first receives preschool education aid in the 2025-2026, 2026-2027, or 2027-2028 school years, the aid shall be provided, within the limit of available appropriations, pursuant to a three-year pilot program established by the commissioner that includes a cost-sharing methodology between the State and the school district such that the amount of preschool education aid allocated to the district shall be calculated by multiplying the district aid percentage by the amount calculated pursuant to the formula in paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, where the district aid percentage shall be equal to the greater of the district aid percentage as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-3) or 40 percent of eligible costs. i. A school district receiving preschool education aid shall obtain approval by the Commissioner of Education, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, prior to implementing any significant redistribution, as defined by the commissioner, of State-funded preschool seats among district-operated programs, licensed child care providers, and Head Start programs. L.2007, c.260, s.12; amended 2025, c.100, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-12
Rights of counties as to number of pupils
Status: in_force

Each county shall be entitled to at least six times as many pupils in such colleges as it shall have representatives in the legislature. In case a county shall not have the full number of pupils to which it is entitled, pupils may be admitted from other counties.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-17
Advanced Technology Center in Biotechnology.
Status: in_force

3. There is established the Advanced Technology Center in Biotechnology (hereinafter referred to as the center) under the governance of Rutgers, The State University and with the participation of other public and private institutions of higher education and faculties who may be considered for participation in the work of the center in the future by the commission. The center shall be composed of various units at locations designated by the participating institutions, with the approval of the commission. L.1985, c.105, s.3; amended 2012, c.45, s.83.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-68 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-68
Amount of State aid for certain districts.
Status: in_force

4. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) or any other law to the contrary, in the 2019-2020 through 2024-2025 school years, a school district or county vocational school district in which the State aid differential calculated is negative shall receive State school aid in an amount equal to the sum of the district's State aid in the prior school year plus the district's proportionate share of the sum of any increase in State aid included in the annual appropriations act for that fiscal year and the total State aid reduction pursuant to subsection b. of this section based on the district's State aid differential as a percent of the Statewide total State aid differential among all school districts and county vocational school districts for which the State aid differential is negative. Any increase in State aid pursuant to this subsection shall first be allocated to equalization aid, followed by special education categorical aid, security categorical aid, and transportation aid, except that no category shall exceed the total amount as calculated in accordance with the provisions of sections 11, 13, 14, and 15 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-53, C.18A:7F-55, C.18A:7F-56, and C.18A:7F-57), respectively. b. Except as provided pursuant to subsection c. of this section, and notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) or any other law to the contrary, in the 2019-2020 through 2024-2025 school years, a school district or county vocational school district in which the State aid differential is positive shall receive State school aid in an amount equal to the district's State aid in the prior school year minus a percent of the State aid differential according to the following schedule: (1) 13 percent in the 2019-2020 school year; (2) 23 percent in the 2020-2021 school year; (3) 37 percent in the 2021-2022 school year; (4) 55 percent in the 2022-2023 school year; (5) 76 percent in the 2023-2024 school year; and (6) 100 percent in the 2024-2025 school year. c. (1) An SDA district that is located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate is greater than the Statewide average equalized total tax rate for the most recent available calendar year and is spending below adequacy as calculated pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-70) shall not be subject to a reduction in State aid pursuant to subsection b. of this section. (2) An SDA district that is located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate is greater than the Statewide average equalized total tax rate for the most recent available calendar year and is spending above adequacy as calculated pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-70) shall be subject to a reduction not to exceed the amount by which the district is spending above adequacy multiplied by the corresponding percentage included in subsection b. of this section. (3) A school district, other than an SDA district, that is located in a municipality in which the equalized total tax rate is at least 10 percent greater than the Statewide average equalized total tax rate for the most recent available calendar year and is spending at least 10 percent below adequacy as calculated pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-70) shall not be subject to a reduction in State aid pursuant to subsection b. of this section. (4) A school district that is a participating district under an application that is approved for a grant pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.4) or a school district that is a participating district under an application that receives preliminary approval pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.4) and that has a State aid differential that is positive may elect to receive State school aid in an amount equal to the district's State aid in the prior school year minus a percent of the State aid differential according to the following schedule: (a) 30 percent in the 2021-2022 school year; (b) 37 percent in the 2022-2023 school year; (c) 46 percent in the 2023-2024 school year; (d) 55 percent in the 2024-2025 school year; (e) 65.5 percent in the 2025-2026 school year; (f) 76 percent in the 2026-2027 school year; (g) 88 percent in the 2027-2028 school year; and (h) 100 percent in the 2028-2029 school year. A school district with a State aid differential that is positive, which is a participating district under an application that is approved for a grant pursuant to subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.4) or that receives preliminary approval under subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.4) but has not created or joined a limited purpose or all purpose regional school district within two years following the grant application approval or preliminary approval shall not be eligible to receive State aid according to the schedule enumerated in this paragraph. As used in this paragraph, "participating district" means a school district whose board of education by resolution certifies a commitment to participate in a feasibility study submitted as part of an application under the grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2). (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-32) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a school district that is a regional school district created following the approval of a grant application pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.4) shall, from the first full school year following the creation of the regional school district through the 2028-2029 school year, receive State school aid in an amount that is the greater of: (a) the amount of State school aid that the newly created regional school district would receive as a regional school district; or (b) the sum of the amount of State school aid received by each school district constituting the newly created regional school district prior to the creation of such regional school district. (6) A school district shall not be not be subject to a reduction in State aid pursuant to this section provided that: (a) the district is a regional school district consisting of at least five constituent school districts; (b) the district has mitigated costs of regionalization, as determined by the Commissioner of Education; (c) for the most recent school year for which data is available, the district's administrative costs per pupil are 15 percent lower than the Statewide average administrative costs per pupil for regional school districts; and (d) the district's general fund tax levy has been increased by the maximum amount permitted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-38) in each of the last five school years. A school district that is exempt from a reduction in State aid pursuant to paragraph (6) of subsection c. of this section shall provide courtesy busing to pupils who reside in the district, provided that the district was providing courtesy busing prior to the school year in which it is exempt from a reduction in State aid. d. Any decrease in State aid pursuant to subsection b. or c. of this section shall first be deducted from a school district's or county vocational school district's allotment of adjustment aid. Any additional reduction shall be deducted from the school district's or county vocational school district's allotment of non-SFRA aids, followed by equalization aid, special education categorical aid, security aid, and transportation aid. e. Any remaining adjustment aid or non-SFRA aids shall be reallocated to other State aid categories in a manner to be determined by the commissioner. L.2018, c.67, s.4; amended 2021, c.402, s.22; 2023, c.140.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-18
Participation in grants.
Status: in_force

5. In order to participate in any grant made according to the provisions of this act, the applicant shall comply with the rules and regulations adopted as provided in section 4 of this act. Application for grants under this act shall be made to the President on forms specified in said rules and regulations. Applications shall be approved by the President in accordance with said rules and regulations. The President is hereby empowered to withhold any grants from any public library which does not comply with said rules and regulations. L.1973,c.381,s.5; amended 2001, c.137, s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-31
Form; type I districts
Status: in_force

All bonds of a type I school district, issued in accordance with this chapter, shall be designated "school bonds" and shall be in either registered or coupon form, or both, and of such denomination as the governing body of the municipality, comprising the district, shall determine, and such bonds, within the limitations and provisions of this chapter, shall mature and be payable in such years and amounts as said governing body shall determine in the ordinance authorizing issuance of the bonds or by subsequent resolution.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-43
Information available to certain public school students about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
Status: in_force

2. In the 2006-2007 school year and in each school year thereafter, each board of education which operates an educational program for public school students in grades 7 through 12 shall: a. ensure that posters providing information on the provisions of the "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act," P.L.2000, c.58 (C.30:4C-15.5 et al.), are prominently displayed in the school nurse's office and health education classrooms; b. have pamphlets and other educational materials providing information about the safe haven procedures available in the guidance office of every public school with students in grades 7 through 12 for free distribution to students; and c. utilize, for the purposes of this section, informational pamphlets, posters and other educational materials distributed by the Department of Children and Families pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2007, c.143 (C.30:4C-15.11). L.2007, c.143, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2.2
Determination of cost efficiencies by combining public, nonpublic school bus routes.
Status: in_force

2. A county superintendent of schools, during the approval process of pupil transportation contracts conducted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-2, shall examine the contract to determine whether cost efficiencies could be realized by combining public and nonpublic school pupils on the same school bus routes. L.2001,c.437,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-19
Period of continuance of participation by pupil
Status: in_force

Every pupil participating in a program established pursuant to this act shall be entitled to continue such participation for a period of 3 years. L.1974, c. 197, s. 5, eff. Jan. 8, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-25.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-25.8
Duties, authority of commission.
Status: in_force

4. a. The New Jersey Historical Commission, within the limits of funds appropriated therefor or otherwise made available to it, may (1) commence the roadside marker program as soon as may be practicable, and (2) take any administrative or personnel action as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act. b. The commission shall be authorized to raise funds, through direct solicitation or other fundraising events, alone or with other groups, and may accept gifts, grants and bequests from individuals, corporations, foundations, governmental agencies, public and private organizations, and institutions, to defray the commission's administrative expenses and to carry out its purposes as set forth in this act. The funds, gifts, grants, or bequests received pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into an account in the Department of the Treasury and allocated and annually appropriated to the Department of State to defray the commission's administrative expenses in connection with implementing this act and to accomplish the goals and purposes set forth in this act. L.2009, c.264, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-5.1
"School Violence Awareness Week"; designated.
Status: in_force

2. The week beginning with the third Monday in October of each year is designated as "School Violence Awareness Week" in the State of New Jersey. School districts shall observe this week by organizing activities to prevent school violence including, but not limited to, age-appropriate opportunities for student discussion on conflict resolution, issues of student diversity, and tolerance. Law enforcement personnel shall be invited to join members of the teaching staff in the discussions. Programs shall also be provided for school board employees that are designed to help them recognize warning signs of school violence and to instruct them on recommended conduct during an incident of school violence. The Department of Education shall provide guidelines and information to boards of education for use in planning the activities in observance of the week and such funds as are necessary to pay the costs of the required activities and programs. L.2001, c.298, s.2; amended 2007, c.42, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-3
Definitions relative to construction, financing of public school facilities.
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 1 through 30 and 57 through 71 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.), sections 14 through 17 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45 through C.18A:7G-48), and sections 5, 7, 12, 15, and 19 through 21 of P.L.2023, c.311 (C.18A:7G-5b et al.), unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: "Area cost allowance" means $138 per square foot for the school year 2000-2001 and shall be inflated by an appropriate cost index for the 2001-2002 school year. For the 2002-2003 school year and subsequent school years, the area cost allowance shall be established by the commissioner pursuant to subsection h. of section 4 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-4). The area cost allowance used in determining preliminary eligible costs of school facilities projects shall be that of the year of application for approval of the project; "Capital maintenance project" means a school facilities project intended to extend the useful life of a school facility, including up-grades and replacements of building systems, such as structure, enclosure, mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education; "Core curriculum content standards" means the standards established pursuant to the provisions of subsection a. of section 4 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-46); "Cost index" means the average annual increase, expressed as a decimal, in actual construction cost factors for the New York City and Philadelphia areas during the second fiscal year preceding the budget year as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated by the development authority pursuant to section 26 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-26); "Debt service" means and includes payments of principal and interest upon school bonds issued to finance the acquisition of school sites and the purchase or construction of school facilities, additions to school facilities, or the reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, modernization, renovation or repair of school facilities, including furnishings, equipment, architect fees and the costs of issuance of such obligations and shall include payments of principal and interest upon school bonds heretofore issued to fund or refund such obligations, and upon municipal bonds and other obligations which the commissioner approves as having been issued for such purposes. Debt service pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1978, c.74 (C.18A:58-33.22 et seq.), P.L.1971, c.10 (C.18A:58-33.6 et seq.) and P.L.1968, c.177 (C.18A:58-33.2 et seq.) is excluded; "Demonstration project" means a school facilities project selected by the State Treasurer for construction by a redevelopment entity pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-6); "Development authority" means the New Jersey Schools Development Authority established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-237); "District" means a local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county special services school district established pursuant to article 8 of chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, a county vocational school district established pursuant to article 3 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, and a district under full State intervention pursuant to P.L.1987, c.399 (C.18A:7A-34 et al.); "District aid percentage" means the number expressed as a percentage derived from dividing the district's equalization aid calculated pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-53) as of the date of the commissioner's determination of preliminary eligible costs by the district's adequacy budget calculated pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-51) as of the date of the commissioner's determination of preliminary eligible costs; "Excess costs" means the additional costs, if any, which shall be borne by the district, of a school facilities project which result from design factors that are not required to meet the facilities efficiency standards and not approved pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection g. of section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) or are not authorized as community design features included in final eligible costs pursuant to subsection c. of section 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-6); "Facilities efficiency standards" means the standards developed by the commissioner pursuant to subsection h. of section 4 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-4); "Final eligible costs" means for school facilities projects to be constructed by the development authority, the final eligible costs of the school facilities project as determined by the commissioner, in consultation with the development authority, pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5); for demonstration projects, the final eligible costs of the project as determined by the commissioner and reviewed by the development authority which may include the cost of community design features determined by the commissioner to be an integral part of the school facility and which do not exceed the facilities efficiency standards, and which were reviewed by the development authority and approved by the State Treasurer pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-6); and for districts other than SDA districts, final eligible costs as determined pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection h. of section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5); "Financing authority" means the New Jersey Economic Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.1974, c.80 (C.34:1B-1 et seq.); "FTE" means a full-time equivalent student which shall be calculated as follows: each student in grades 1 through 12 shall be counted at 100 percent of the actual count of students, in the case of districts which operate a half-day kindergarten program each kindergarten student shall be counted at 50 percent of the actual count of kindergarten students, in the case of districts which operate a full-day kindergarten program or which currently operate a half-day kindergarten program but propose to build facilities to house a full-day kindergarten program each kindergarten student shall be counted at 100 percent of the actual count of kindergarten students, and each preschool student who is enrolled in a full-day preschool program pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-54) shall be counted at 100 percent of the actual count of preschool students. In addition, each preschool disabled child who is entitled to receive a full-time program pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-6 shall be counted at 100 percent of the actual count of these students in the district; "Functional capacity" means the number of students that can be housed in a building in order to have sufficient space for it to be educationally adequate for the delivery of programs and services necessary for student achievement of the core curriculum content standards. Functional capacity is determined by dividing the existing gross square footage of a school building by the minimum area allowance per FTE student pursuant to subsection b. of section 8 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-8) for the grade level students contained therein. The difference between the projected enrollment determined pursuant to subsection a. of section 8 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-8) and the functional capacity is the unhoused students that are the basis upon which the additional costs of space to provide educationally adequate facilities for the entire projected enrollment are determined. The existing gross square footage for the purposes of defining functional capacity is exclusive of existing spaces that are not contained in the facilities efficiency standards but which are used to deliver programs and services aligned to the core curriculum content standards, used to provide support services directly to students, or other existing spaces that the district can demonstrate would be structurally or fiscally impractical to convert to other uses contained in the facilities efficiency standards; "'Kit of Parts' standardized school design elements" means the prototypical design utilizing standardized Modern Building Component Elements, Model Educational Specifications, and Model Program Templates created by the development authority for the efficient, adaptable, and scalable organization and configuration of instructional, large group assembly, and other elements within a school facilities project; "Lease purchase payment" means and includes payment of principal and interest for lease purchase agreements in excess of five years approved pursuant to subsection (f) of N.J.S.18A:20-4.2 prior to the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) to finance the purchase or construction of school facilities, additions to school facilities, or the reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, modernization, renovation or repair of school facilities, including furnishings, equipment, architect fees and issuance costs. Approved lease purchase agreements in excess of five years shall be accorded the same accounting treatment as school bonds; "Local share" means, in the case of a school facilities project to be constructed by the development authority, the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5); in the case of a demonstration project, the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6); and in the case of a school facilities project which shall be financed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), the total costs less the State share as determined pursuant to that section; "Local unit" means a county, municipality, board of education or any other political subdivision or instrumentality authorized to construct, operate and maintain a school facilities project and to borrow money for those purposes pursuant to law; "Local unit obligations" means bonds, notes, refunding bonds, refunding notes, lease obligations and all other obligations of a local unit which are issued or entered into for the purpose of paying for all or a portion of the costs of a school facilities project, including moneys payable to the development authority; "Long-range facilities plan" means the plan required to be submitted to the commissioner by a district pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-4); "Maintenance" means expenditures which are approved for repairs and replacements for the purpose of keeping a school facility open and safe for use or in its original condition, including repairs and replacements to a school facility's heating, lighting, ventilation, security and other fixtures to keep the facility or fixtures in effective working condition. Maintenance shall not include capital maintenance or contracted custodial or janitorial services, expenditures for the cleaning of a school facility or its fixtures, the care and upkeep of grounds or parking lots, and the cleaning of, or repairs and replacements to, movable furnishings or equipment, or other expenditures which are not required to maintain the original condition over the school facility's useful life. Approved maintenance expenditures shall be as determined by the commissioner pursuant to regulations to be adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 26 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-26); "Materials and Systems Standards" means the development authority's "Materials and Systems Standards Manual" and "Construction Details Manual," which are: intended to implement standardized designs in support of repeatable, durable, and cost-effective construction of school facilities projects; comprised of "Design Requirements" prescribing the approved standards for selection of materials, systems, and equipment to be incorporated into a school facilities project; and comprised of "Construction Details" containing standardized construction details for the construction of school facilities projects. "Model Building Component Elements" means the development of standardized prototypical model room layouts for instructional, large group, and core component building elements; "Model Educational Specifications" means the development of: room educational specifications, which describe a school's programs and activities, spatial relationships, and special environmental requirements for each space; and room fit-out lists, which provide the number, type, and size of equipment, furniture, and fixtures contained in each room inclusive of the party responsible for providing them in a school facility. "Model Program Templates" means the development of programmatic models that define the number and type of rooms and spaces to be provided in a school facility; "Model school design program" means the design standards for school facilities projects comprised of the "Kit of Parts" standardized school design elements, developed by the development authority for the adaptable and scalable configuration and repeatable and efficient construction of school facilities projects, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection h. of section 4 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-4); "Other allowable costs" means the costs of temporary facilities, site development, acquisition of land or other real property interests necessary to effectuate the school facilities project, fees for the services of design professionals, including architects, engineers, construction managers and other design professionals, legal fees, financing costs and the administrative costs of the development authority and the financing authority or the district incurred in connection with the school facilities project; "Other facilities" means athletic stadiums, swimming pools, ice rinks, any associated structures or related equipment tied to such facilities including, but not limited to, grandstands and night field lights, greenhouses, facilities used for non-instructional or non-educational purposes, and any structure, building, or facility used solely for school administration; "Preliminary eligible costs" means the initial eligible costs of a school facilities project as calculated pursuant to the formulas set forth in section 7 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-7) or as otherwise provided pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) and which shall be deemed to include the costs of construction and other allowable costs; "Project charter" means the document that sets forth the scope, budget, and schedule of a school facilities project, as approved by the board of the development authority, and which is updated from time to time during the course of the school facilities project with board approval. "Redevelopment entity" means a redevelopment entity authorized by a municipal governing body to implement plans and carry out redevelopment projects in the municipality pursuant to the "Local Redevelopment and Housing Law," P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et al.); "School bonds" means, in the case of a school facilities project which is to be constructed by the development authority, a redevelopment entity, or a district under section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a district to finance the local share; and, in the case of a school facilities project which is not to be constructed by the development authority or a redevelopment entity, or financed under section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), bonds, notes or other obligations issued by a district to finance the total costs; "School enrollment" means the number of FTE students other than evening school students, including post-graduate students and post-secondary vocational students, who, on the last school day prior to October 16 of the current school year, are recorded in the registers of the school; "School facility" means and includes any structure, building, or facility used wholly or in part for educational purposes by a district and facilities that physically support such structures, buildings and facilities, such as district wastewater treatment facilities, power generating facilities, and steam generating facilities, but shall exclude other facilities; "School facilities project" means the planning, acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, alteration, modernization, renovation, reconstruction or capital maintenance of all or any part of a school facility or of any other personal property necessary for, or ancillary to, any school facility, and shall include fixtures, furnishings and equipment, and shall also include, but is not limited to, site acquisition, site development, the services of design professionals, such as engineers and architects, construction management, legal services, financing costs and administrative costs and expenses incurred in connection with the project; "SDA district" is a district that received education opportunity aid or preschool expansion aid in the 2007-2008 school year; "Special education services pupil" means a pupil receiving specific services pursuant to chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; "State aid" means State municipal aid and State school aid; "State debt service aid" means for school bonds issued for school facilities projects approved by the commissioner after the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) of districts which elect not to have a redevelopment entity construct the project or which elect not to finance the project under section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), the amount of State aid determined pursuant to section 9 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-9); and for school bonds or certificates of participation issued for school facilities projects approved by the commissioner prior to the effective date of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) the amount of State aid determined pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-10); "State municipal aid" means business personal property tax replacement revenues, State urban aid and State revenue sharing, as these terms are defined in section 2 of P.L.1976, c.38 (C.40A:3-3), or other similar forms of State aid payable to the local unit and to the extent permitted by federal law, federal moneys appropriated or apportioned to the municipality or county by the State; "State school aid" means the funds made available to school districts pursuant to section 11 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-53); "State share" means the State's proportionate share of the final eligible costs of a school facilities project to be constructed by the development authority as determined pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5); in the case of a demonstration project, the State's proportionate share of the final eligible costs of the project as determined pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6); and in the case of a school facilities project to be financed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), the State share as determined pursuant to that section; "Total costs" means, in the case of a school facilities project which is to be constructed by the development authority or a redevelopment entity or financed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), the final eligible costs plus excess costs if any; and in the case of a school facilities project which is not to be constructed by the development authority or a redevelopment entity or financed pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-15), the total cost of the project as determined by the district. L.2000, c.72, s.3; amended 2005, c.235, s.31; 2006, c.47, s.90; 2007, c.137, s.18; 2007, c.260, s.39; 2023, c.311, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-47
Teachers' retirement allowance options
Status: in_force

18A:66-47. At the time of retirement a member shall receive benefits in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or the member may on retirement elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the member's retirement allowance, in a lesser retirement allowance payable throughout life, with the provision that: Option 1. If the member dies before the member has received in payments the present value of the retirement allowance as it was at the time of retirement, the balance shall be paid to a legal representative or to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation acknowledged and filed with the retirement system, either in lump sum or by equal payments over a period of years at the option of the payee. If the member shall have designated a natural person as a payee, said payee may elect to receive such payments in the form of a life annuity. Option 2. Upon the member's death, the member's retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement system at the time of retirement. Option 3. Upon the member's death, one-half of the member's retirement allowance shall be continued throughout the life of and paid to such person as the member shall nominate by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the retirement system at the time of retirement. Option 4. Some other benefit or benefits shall be paid either to the member or to whomever the member nominates, if such other benefit or benefits, together with the lesser retirement allowance, shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value. In no case, however, shall the lesser retirement allowance be smaller than that provided under Option 2. Option 5. Some other benefit, which is equivalent to the full amount, three-quarters, one-half or one-quarter of the member's retirement allowance, shall be paid to whomever the member nominates and if that nominee dies before the member, the member's retirement allowance shall increase to the maximum retirement allowance for the member's lifetime, provided that such other benefit together with the member's lesser and maximum retirement allowances shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value. If the total amount of benefits paid to a retirant who does not elect to receive benefits in the form of an optional settlement, or to the retirant and the designated beneficiary in the case of a retirant who does so elect, before the death of the retirant or the retirant and the beneficiary is less than the deductions accumulated in the retirant's account at the time of retirement, including regular interest, the balance shall be paid in one lump sum to the retirant's designated beneficiary or estate in the manner provided in N.J.S.18A:66-48. Except in the case of members who have elected to receive (1) a deferred retirement allowance pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-36 or (2) early retirement allowances pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-37 after separation from service pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-36, if a member dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of board approval, whichever is later, the member's retirement allowance shall not become effective and the member shall be considered an active member at the time of death. However, if the member dies after the date the application for retirement was filed with the system, the retirement will become effective if: a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.221); b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1995, c.221); c. The deceased member had designated a beneficiary under an optional settlement provided by this section; and d. The surviving beneficiary requests in writing that the board make such a selection. Upon formal action by the board approving that request, the request shall become irrevocable. The board may select an Option 3 settlement, on behalf of the beneficiary of a member who applied for and was eligible for retirement but who died prior to the effective date of the retirement allowance, if all of the above conditions, with the exception of c., are met. L.1967, c.271; amended 1984, c.96, s.2; 1987, c.446, s.1; 1995, c.221, s.1; 2001, c.120, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.1
Criminal record check in public school employment, volunteer service.
Status: in_force

1. A facility, center, school, or school system under the supervision of the Department of Education and board of education which cares for, or is involved in the education of children under the age of 18 shall not employ for pay or contract for the paid services of any teaching staff member or substitute teacher, teacher aide, child study team member, school physician, school nurse, custodian, school maintenance worker, cafeteria worker, school law enforcement officer, school secretary or clerical worker or any other person serving in a position which involves regular contact with pupils unless the employer has first determined consistent with the requirements and standards of this act, that no criminal history record information exists on file in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identification Division, or the State Bureau of Identification which would disqualify that individual from being employed or utilized in such capacity or position. An individual employed by a board of education or a school bus contractor holding a contract with a board of education, in the capacity of a school bus driver, shall be required to meet the criminal history record requirements pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1989, c.104 (C.18A:39-19.1). A facility, center, school, or school system under the supervision of the Department of Education and board of education which cares for, or is involved in the education of children under the age of 18 may require criminal history record checks for individuals who, on an unpaid voluntary basis, provide services that involve regular contact with pupils. In the case of school districts involved in a sending-receiving relationship, the decision to require criminal history record checks for volunteers shall be made jointly by the boards of education of the sending and receiving districts. An individual, except as provided in subsection g. of this section, shall be permanently disqualified from employment or service under this act if the individual's criminal history record check reveals a record of conviction for any crime of the first or second degree; or a. An offense as set forth in chapter 14 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:24-4 and 2C:24-7, or as set forth in R.S.9:6-1 et seq., or as set forth in N.J.S.2C:29-2; or b. An offense involving the manufacture, transportation, sale, possession, distribution or habitual use of a "controlled dangerous substance" as defined in the "Comprehensive Drug Reform Act of 1987," N.J.S.2C:35-1 et al. or "drug paraphernalia" as defined pursuant to N.J.S.2C:36-1 et seq.; or c. (1) A crime involving the use of force or the threat of force to or upon a person or property including, but not limited to, robbery, aggravated assault, stalking, kidnapping, arson, manslaughter and murder; or (2) A crime as set forth in chapter 39 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, a third degree crime as set forth in chapter 20 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes, or a crime as listed below: Recklessly endangering another person N.J.S.2C:12-2 Terroristic threats N.J.S.2C:12-3 Criminal restraint N.J.S.2C:13-2 Luring, enticing child into motor vehicle, structure or isolated area P.L.1993, c.291 (C.2C:13-6) Causing or risking widespread injury or damage N.J.S.2C:17-2 Criminal mischief N.J.S.2C:17-3 Burglary N.J.S.2C:18-2 Usury N.J.S.2C:21-19 Threats and other improper influence N.J.S.2C:27-3 Perjury and false swearing N.J.S.2C:28-3 Resisting arrest N.J.S.2C:29-2 Escape N.J.S.2C:29-5 Bias intimidation N.J.S.2C:16-1; or (3) Any crime of the fourth degree involving a victim who is a minor; or (4) Conspiracy to commit or an attempt to commit any of the crimes described in this act. d. For the purposes of this section, a conviction exists if the individual has at any time been convicted under the laws of this State or under any similar statutes of the United States or any other state for a substantially equivalent crime or other offense. e. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an individual shall not be disqualified from employment or service under this act on the basis of any conviction disclosed by a criminal record check performed pursuant to this act without an opportunity to challenge the accuracy of the disqualifying criminal history record. f. When charges are pending for a crime or any other offense enumerated in this section, the employing board of education shall be notified that the candidate shall not be eligible for employment until the commissioner has made a determination regarding qualification or disqualification upon adjudication of the pending charges. g. This section shall first apply to criminal history record checks conducted on or after the effective date of P.L.1998, c.31 (C.18A:6-7.1c et al.); except that in the case of an individual employed by a board of education or a contracted service provider who is required to undergo a check upon employment with another board of education or contracted service provider, the individual shall be disqualified only for the following offenses: (1) any offense enumerated in this section prior to the effective date of P.L.1998, c.31 (C.18A:6-7.1c et al.); and (2) any offense enumerated in this section which had not been enumerated in this section prior to the effective date of P.L.1998, c.31 (C.18A:6-7.1c et al.), if the person was convicted of that offense on or after the effective date of that act. L.1986, c.116, s.1; amended 1989, c.104, s.4; 1989, c.156; 1998, c.31, s.5; 2002, c.119, s.3; 2007, c.82, s.1; 2010, c.122, s.3; 2011, c.72, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-13.1
Findings, declarations relative to school bullying.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. A 2009 study by the United States Departments of Justice and Education, "Indicators of School Crime and Safety," reported that 32% of students aged 12 through 18 were bullied in the previous school year. The study reported that 25% of the responding public schools indicated that bullying was a daily or weekly problem; b. A 2009 study by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance," reported that the percentage of students bullied in New Jersey is 1 percentage point higher than the national median; c. In 2010, the chronic persistence of school bullying has led to student suicides across the country, including in New Jersey; d. Significant research has emerged since New Jersey enacted its public school anti-bullying statute in 2002, and since the State amended that law in 2007 to include cyber-bullying and in 2008 to require each school district to post its anti-bullying policy on its website and distribute it annually to parents or guardians of students enrolled in the district; e. School districts and their students, parents, teachers, principals, other school staff, and board of education members would benefit by the establishment of clearer standards on what constitutes harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and clearer standards on how to prevent, report, investigate, and respond to incidents of harassment, intimidation, and bullying; f. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this legislation to strengthen the standards and procedures for preventing, reporting, investigating, and responding to incidents of harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students that occur in school and off school premises; g. Fiscal responsibility requires New Jersey to take a smarter, clearer approach to fight school bullying by ensuring that existing resources are better managed and used to make our schools safer for students; h. In keeping with the aforementioned goal of fiscal responsibility and in an effort to minimize any burden placed on schools and school districts, existing personnel and resources shall be utilized in every possible instance to accomplish the goals of increased prevention, reporting, and responsiveness to incidents of harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including in the appointment of school anti-bullying specialists and district anti-bullying coordinators; i. By strengthening standards for preventing, reporting, investigating, and responding to incidents of bullying this act will help to reduce the risk of suicide among students and avert not only the needless loss of a young life, but also the tragedy that such loss represents to the student's family and the community at large; and j. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying is also a problem which occurs on the campuses of institutions of higher education in this State, and by requiring the public institutions to include in their student codes of conduct a specific prohibition against bullying, this act will be a significant step in reducing incidents of such activity. L.2010, c.122, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-110 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-110
Manner of payment of pensions; options.
Status: in_force

18A:66-110. Pensions shall be paid from the fund in the manner following: a. A 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 for 30 years or more as an employee of a board of education in a county wherein the fund has been established and maintained shall, upon application to the board of trustees of the pension fund, be retired by such board of trustees and shall thereupon receive annually from the fund, for and during the remainder of his or her life, by way of pension, an amount equal to one-forty-fifth of the average annual compensation received in any three years of creditable service providing the largest possible benefit multiplied by the number of years for which he or she has credit in the pension fund, the amount to be determined by resolution of the board. b. Upon the retirement of a member who has reached the age of 60 years, the person so retired shall be entitled to receive during his or her life, by way of pension, one-forty-fifth of the average annual compensation received in any three years of creditable service providing the largest possible benefit multiplied by the number of years for which he or she has credit in the pension fund, the amount to be determined by resolution of the board. Upon the receipt of proper proof of death of a member who has retired on a service retirement allowance, there shall be paid to such person, if living, as he shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board of trustees, otherwise to the executor or administrator of the member's estate an amount equal to one-half of the highest annual compensation received by the member in any year of creditable service. c. A member of the fund who has credit therein for 10 years, who shall become incapacitated, either mentally or physically, and who cannot perform the regular duties of employment, or who is found unfit for the performance of his or her duties, upon the application of his employer or upon his own application or the application of someone acting in his behalf, shall be retired by the board of trustees of the pension fund and thereupon shall receive annually from the fund a retirement allowance as described in subsection b. of this section if he has reached or passed age 60 and if he is under age 60, an amount equal to nine-tenths of one-forty-fifth of the average annual compensation received in any three years of creditable service providing the largest possible benefit multiplied by the number of years of creditable service; provided, however, that in no event shall the pension be based upon less than 17 years nor more than 30 years of service unless the member would have had less than 17 years of service at age 60, in which event he shall be given credit for the years to age 60; however, a member who has not attained age 70 who shall become incapacitated, either mentally or physically, as a direct result of a traumatic event occurring in the performance of his or her duties of such employee, shall, upon the application of his employer or upon his own application or the application of someone acting in his behalf, be retired by the board of trustees of the pension fund, and, thereupon, if a report of the accident, in a form acceptable to the board of trustees of the pension fund, is filed with the said board of trustees within 60 days next following the accident and the application for retirement is filed with the said board of trustees within two years of the date of the accident, shall receive annually from the fund an amount equal to two-thirds of the annual salary being received by such employee on the date of the accident. The board of trustees may waive strict compliance with the time limits within which a report of the accident and an application for retirement must be filed with the board if it is satisfied: (1) that a report of the accident from which the disability is claimed to have resulted was filed with the employing board of education with reasonable promptitude and in no event later than 60 days after the accident, and (2) the applicant shall show that his failure to file a report with the board of trustees or to file his application for retirement within the time limited by law was due to mistake, inadvertence, ignorance of fact or law, inability, or to the fraud, misrepresentation or deceit of any person, or to a delay in the manifestation of the incapacity, or to any other reasonable cause or excuse, and (3) that the application for retirement was filed in good faith and the circumstances justify its favorable consideration. The trustees of the pension fund shall have the power to determine whether or not any employee is permanently and totally disabled, and whether or not a disability of an employee is the direct result of a traumatic event occurring at some definite time and place in the performance of his or her duties as such employee. The claimant shall have the right to present physicians, witnesses or other testimony in his or her behalf before the board of trustees. The chairperson, or any other member of the board of trustees, may administer oaths to any physician or other persons called before the trustees regarding the employee's disability. The board of trustees shall decide, by resolution, whether the applicant is entitled to the benefit of this article. Permanent and total disability resulting from a cardiovascular, pulmonary or muscular-skeletal condition which was not a direct result of a traumatic event occurring in the performance of duty shall be deemed an ordinary disability. Once in each year, the board of trustees may, and upon the member's application shall, require any member retired for a disability, who is under the age of 60, to undergo medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the board of trustees. The examination shall be made at the residence of the pensioner or any other place mutually agreed upon. If the physician or physicians thereupon report and certify to the board of trustees that the disabled pensioner is not permanently and totally incapacitated, either mentally or physically, for the performance of duty, and the board finds that said member is engaged in a gainful occupation, or could be engaged in a gainful occupation, and if the board concurs in the report, then the amount of the pension shall be reduced to an amount which, when added to the amount then being earned by him or her or an amount which he or she could earn if gainfully employed, shall not exceed the amount of compensation received by him or her at the time of his or her retirement, including any cost of living adjustment. If subsequent examination of such pensioner shows that his or her earnings have changed since the date of his or her last examination, then the amount of the pension shall be further altered, but the new pension shall not exceed the amount of the pension originally granted, nor shall the new pension, when added to the amount then being earned by the pensioner, exceed the salary or compensation received by him or her at the time of his or her retirement, including any cost of living adjustment. d. At the time of retirement, any member may elect to receive his or her benefits in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he or she may, on retirement, elect to convert the benefits, otherwise payable to him or her, into a retirement allowance of the equivalent actuarial value computed on the basis of such mortality tables as shall be adopted by the board of trustees, in accordance with one of the optional forms following: Option 1. A reduced retirement allowance, payable during life, with a provision that in the case of death, before the total pension payments have equaled the actuarial value computed as aforesaid, the balance shall be paid to his or her surviving designated beneficiary, duly acknowledged and filed with the board of trustees; and if none, then to the executor or administrator of his or her estate. Option 2. A reduced retirement allowance, payable during the retired member's life, with the provision that after his or her death it will continue during the life of and be paid to his or her designated beneficiary, if such person survives him or her. Option 3. A reduced retirement allowance, payable during the retired member's life, with the provision that after his or her death, an allowance at one-half of the rate of his or her reduced allowance will be continued during the life of and be paid to his or her designated beneficiary, if such person survives him or her. Option 4. A reduced retirement allowance, payable during the retired member's life, with some other benefit payable after his or her death, provided the benefit is approved by the board of trustees. Option 5. Some other benefit, which is equivalent to the full amount, three-quarters, one-half or one-quarter of the member's retirement allowance, shall be paid upon the member's death to the beneficiary designated by the member, and if that beneficiary dies before the member, the member's retirement allowance shall increase to the maximum retirement allowance for the member's lifetime, provided that such other benefit together with the member's lesser and maximum retirement allowances shall be certified by the actuary to be of equivalent actuarial value. Except in the case of members who have elected to receive (1) a deferred retirement allowance pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-113 or (2) an early retirement allowance pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1971, c.382 (C.18A:66-113.1) after separation from service pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-113, if a member dies within 30 days after the date of retirement or the date of board approval, whichever is later, the member's retirement allowance shall not become effective and the member shall be considered an active member at the time of death. However, if the member dies after the date the application for retirement was filed with the system, the retirement will become effective if: (1) The deceased member had designated a beneficiary under an optional settlement provided by this section; and (2) The surviving beneficiary requests in writing that the board make such a selection. Upon formal action by the board approving that request, the request shall be irrevocable. The board may select an Option 3 settlement on behalf of the beneficiary of a member who applied for and was eligible for retirement but who died prior to the effective date of the retirement allowance if all of the above conditions, with the exception of (1), are met. The board of trustees shall, from time to time and as often as they deem it necessary, employ an actuary, who shall recommend, and the board shall keep in convenient form, such data as shall be necessary for actuarial valuations of the various funds created by this article. At least once in every five-year period, or more frequently as determined by the board of trustees, the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and salary experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system, and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the various funds thereof, and upon the basis of such investigation the board of trustees shall: (a) Adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary. (b) Certify the rate of contribution which shall be made by each board of education to the pension fund as provided by this article. Payments made pursuant to this subsection, as well as the pension fund documents associated therewith, shall comply with section 401(a)(25) of the federal Internal Revenue Code. amended 1971, c.382, s.1; 1983, c.216, s.6; 1995, c.240, s.5; 1999, c.333, s.3; 2001, c.454, s.3; 2002, c.132; 2005, c.328, s.4; 2013, c.16, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-11
Exclusion of pupils having communicable tuberculosis
Status: in_force

Any pupil found to have communicable tuberculosis shall be excluded from school and a report of each such case shall be filed by the school medical inspector with the health officer of the municipality in which the pupil resides. Readmission to school may be granted when proof satisfactory to the school medical inspector is furnished to indicate that the pupil is free from communicable tuberculosis. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 1, eff. April 15, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64O-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64O / Section 64O-18
University deemed employer for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

18. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-71). The university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act," P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.). L.2021, c.282, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-44
Findings, declarations relative to school funding reforms.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The Constitution of the State of New Jersey states that the Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a thorough and efficient system of free public schools for the instruction of all children in the State between the ages of five and eighteen years. (N.J. Const. art. VIII, sec. 4, par.1). b. The State, in addition to any constitutional mandates, has a moral obligation to ensure that New Jersey's children, wherever they reside, are provided the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed. Any school funding formula should provide resources in a manner that optimizes the likelihood that children will receive an education that will make them productive members of society. c. Although the Supreme Court of New Jersey has held that prior school funding statutes did not establish a system of public education that was thorough and efficient as to certain districts, the Court has consistently held that the Legislature has the responsibility to substantively define what constitutes a thorough and efficient system of education responsive to that constitutional requirement. d. Every child in New Jersey must have an opportunity for an education based on academic standards that satisfy constitutional requirements regardless of where the child resides, and public funds allocated to this purpose must be expended to support schools that are thorough and efficient in delivering those educational standards. In turn, school districts must be assured the financial support necessary to provide those constitutionally compelled educational standards. Any school funding formula should provide State aid for every school district based on the characteristics of the student population and up-to-date measures of the individual district's ability to pay. e. New Jersey's current public school funding formula, established under the provisions of the "Comprehensive Educational Improvement and Financing Act of 1996," (CEIFA) P.L.1996, c.138, has not been used to calculate State aid for public schools since the 2001-02 school year. Any new school funding formula should account for changes in enrollment and other significant developments, providing relief to those districts that have experienced substantial enrollment increases. f. The decisions in the Abbott cases have resulted in frequent litigation and a fragmented system of funding under which limited resources cannot be distributed equitably to all districts where at-risk children reside, instead dividing the districts sharply into Abbott and non-Abbott categories for funding purposes without regard to a district's particular pupil characteristics and leading to needlessly adversarial relationships among school districts and between districts and the State. g. In the absence of a clear, unitary, enforceable statutory formula to govern appropriations for education, crucial funding decisions are made annually, in competition for limited State resources with other needs and requirements as part of the annual budget negotiation process, utilizing many different classes and categories of aid, leading to an uncertain, unpredictable, and untenable funding situation for the State and school districts alike. h. This act represents the culmination of five years of diligent efforts by both the Executive and Legislative branches of State government to develop an equitable and predictable way to distribute State aid that addresses the deficiencies found in past formulas as identified by the Supreme Court. Working together toward this common goal, the Department of Education and the Legislature engaged nationally recognized experts in education funding and provided significant opportunities for stakeholder involvement and public input to assist in formulating and refining a comprehensive school funding model that has been validated by experts. The formula accounts for the individual characteristics of school districts and the realities of their surroundings, including the need for additional resources to address the increased disadvantages created by high concentrations of children at-risk. i. The formula established under this act is the product of a careful and deliberative process that first involved determining the educational inputs necessary to provide a high-quality education, including specifically addressing the supplemental needs of at-risk students and those with limited English proficiency (LEP), and a determination of the actual cost of providing those programs. The formula provides adequate funding that is realistically geared to the core curriculum content standards, thus linking those standards to the actual funding needed to deliver that content. j. In recognition of the unique problems and cost disadvantages faced by districts with high concentrations of at-risk students, it is appropriate to reflect in the formula a greater weight as the district's proportion of at-risk students increases. In addition, the new formula recognizes the disadvantages of an expanded group of students by including in the definition of at-risk those students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Expanding the definition of at-risk students in this manner will significantly increase the resources flowing to districts with high concentrations of these low-income students. k. In light of the demonstrable, beneficial results and success of the current Abbott preschool program, it is appropriate to build upon this success by incorporating in the formula an expanded high-quality preschool program for all children who qualify for free and reduced price meals in all districts. It is appropriate for the formula to acknowledge that at-risk children do not always receive the same educational exposure at an early age as their peers and to provide the additional resources necessary through high-quality preschool to prepare every child to learn and succeed. l. It is appropriate to reflect in this formula the inherent value of educating a child in the least restrictive environment and, whenever possible, in that child's neighborhood school alongside his peers. The new funding formula should provide incentives for keeping classified students in district. m. It is also appropriate to recognize in the formula the need for all schools to incorporate effective security measures, which may vary from district to district depending upon the at-risk student population and other factors, and to provide categorical funding to address these important requirements. n. In recognition of the potentially wide variability in special education costs, even for the same category of disability, from district to district, it is appropriate for the new funding formula to mitigate the impact of that variability by establishing a census model based on the actual Statewide average excess cost of educating special education students and by providing for an increase in State aid for extraordinary costs incurred by districts. o. It is imperative that any new school funding formula work in conjunction with the key school accountability measures that have been enacted in recent years to promote greater oversight, transparency, and efficiency in the delivery of educational services. These accountability measures include the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum, the "School District Fiscal Accountability Act," P.L.2006, c.15 (C.18A:7A-54 et seq.), P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.) which established the duties and responsibilities of the executive county superintendent of schools, and P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:55-3 et al.). p. Together with a renewed legislative focus on and commitment to providing sufficient means to maintain and support a high-quality system of free public schools in the State, a new funding formula supported by significantly increased State resources will ensure compliance with all statutory and constitutional mandates. Districts that were formerly designated as Abbott districts will be provided sufficient resources to continue those Court-identified programs, positions, and services that have proven effective while being provided the flexibility to shift resources and programmatic focus based on the needs of their students and current research. q. The time has come for the State to resolve the question of the level of funding required to provide a thorough and efficient system of education for all New Jersey school children. The development and implementation of an equitable and adequate school funding formula will not only ensure that the State's students have access to a constitutional education as defined by the core curriculum content standards, but also may help to reduce property taxes and assist communities in planning to meet their educational expenses. The development of a predictable, transparent school funding formula is essential for school districts to plan effectively and deliver the quality education that our citizens expect and our Constitution requires. L.2007, c.260, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:29B-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 29B / Section 29B-4
Educational services professional recognition selection panel.
Status: in_force

4. In order to provide Statewide awards and recognition of the excellence of current educational services professionals, each school district may annually establish an educational services professional recognition selection panel composed of members of the teaching staff, administrative staff, parents and other citizens for the purpose of selecting recipients for the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals. The panel shall be composed of up to nine members as follows: a. three members to be selected by the local board of education; b. three members to be selected by the local bargaining unit which represents the educational services professionals of the district. Should that bargaining unit choose not to appoint members to the panel, the board of education shall appoint up to three additional members; and c. three additional members selected jointly by the members selected under subsections a. and b. of this section. Should the members selected pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section fail to agree on the selection of the three additional members, the additional members shall be selected by the local mayor from among the district's parent organization. L.2003,c.216,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3-27.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3 / Section 3-27.4
Report on violations.
Status: in_force

4. a. Each public and independent institution of higher education shall maintain a report which shall include information on all violations of the institution's anti-hazing policy and federal and State laws related to hazing that are reported to the institution. Information on a reported violation shall be retained by the institution for five years. b. The report shall include: (1) the date when the subject was charged with a violation of the institution's anti-hazing policy or a federal or State law related to hazing; (2) a general description of the violation, any investigation and findings by the institution and, if applicable, penalties imposed; and (3) the date the matter was resolved. c. An institution shall post the initial report at a publicly accessible location on the institution's Internet website by January 15, 2022. The initial report shall include information concerning violations that have been reported to the institution for the five consecutive years prior to the effective date of this act, to the extent the institution has retained information concerning the violations. An institution shall post an updated report biannually on January 1 and August 1. d. The report shall not include the personal identifying information of an individual. L.2021, c.208, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-14
Functions of center
Status: in_force

The center, where appropriate, and in consultation with the commission, shall: a. Research new food products and develop more efficient and economical food processing and related techniques; b. Coordinate personnel and other resources from the departments of food science, biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, plant physiology, horticulture, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and materials sciences at Rutgers, The State University in programs relating to the promotion of food technology research and industries; c. Promote research, especially in the areas of agriculture and food science; d. Promote technology extension services to businesses engaged in food science and related fields; e. Make low-cost business incubation facilities available to new industry working in the field of food science and related fields; and f. Make recommendations to the commission concerning innovation partnership grants. L. 1985, c. 104, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-4
Residency requirement
Status: in_force

1. Persons who have been resident within this State for a period of 12 months prior to enrollment in a public institution of higher education are presumed to be domiciled in this State for tuition purposes. Persons who have been resident within this State for less than 12 months prior to enrollment are presumed to be nondomiciliaries for tuition purposes. Persons presumed to be nondomiciled or persons who are presumed to be domiciled, but whose domiciliary status is challenged by the institution, may demonstrate domicile according to rules and regulations established for that purpose by the Commission on Higher Education. Residence established solely for the purpose of attending a particular educational institution is not domicile for the purposes of this act. L.1979,c.361,s.1; amended 1994,c.48,s.86.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-70 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-70
Veterans' free membership in fund
Status: in_force

a. Each public employee veteran member shall have returned to him his accumulated deductions as of January 1, 1956, less contributions based on his compensation for the year 1955 at the rate of contribution provided in subsection b. All service rendered in office, position, or employment of this state or of a county, municipality, or school district, board of education or other public employer by such veteran member previous to January 1, 1955, for which evidence satisfactory to the retirement system is presented, shall be credited to him as a "class B" member and the accrued liability for such credit shall be paid by the employer as provided in section 18A:66-33; provided, however, that no credit shall be allowed for such service rendered prior to January 1, 1955 unless the member purchases credit for all service rendered on or after such date. b. Each public employee veteran member as of January 1, 1956, shall make contributions to the retirement system at the rates of contribution applicable to class B members of the public employee's retirement system as of January 2, 1955, as provided in section 18A:66-29. Each public employee veteran member shall pay the proportion of compensation applicable to his age at the commencement of employment, position or office with the State, any county, municipality or school district, board of education or other public employer, except that where such service has not been continuous, the public employee veteran member shall pay the proportion of compensation applicable to the age resulting from the subtraction, as of January 1, 1955, of his years of service from his age. No public employee veteran member shall be required during the continuation of his membership to increase the proportion of compensation certified on January 1, 1956, or at the time of becoming a member, if later, as payable by him, except as provided in section 18A:66-29. c. In the event that a public employee veteran who prior to January 1, 1956, rendered service in office, position, or employment of this State or of a county, municipality, or school district, board of education or other public employer, but who is not in such office, position or employment on January 1, 1956, shall later become a member of the retirement system, such public employee veteran member shall receive prior service credit for service rendered prior to January 1, 1955, for which evidence satisfactory to the retirement system is presented, and shall pay the proportion of compensation, applicable to the age resulting from the subtraction of his years of such prior service from his age on the date of his becoming a member of the retirement system and as provided in section 18A:66-29. The State shall pay the accrued liability on behalf of such prior service, and such liability shall be paid in such a manner that the total obligation will be met within the period of time fixed for the liquidation of such accrued liabilities under this article. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 34, eff. April 29, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-2.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-2.5
Duties.
Status: in_force

2. a. The duties of the Special Education Ombudsman shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) to serve as a source of information for parents, students, educators, and interested members of the public to help them better understand State and federal laws and regulations governing special education; (2) to provide information and support to parents of students with disabilities in navigating and understanding the process for obtaining special education evaluations and services; (3) to provide information and communication strategies to parents and school districts for resolving a disagreement regarding the identification, evaluation, classification, placement, provision of a free, appropriate public education, or disciplinary action, of a student with a disability; and to educate parents on the available options for resolving such disputes, including due process hearings, mediation, and other alternative dispute resolution processes; (4) to work neutrally and objectively with all parties to help ensure that a fair process is followed and that the special education system functions equitably and as intended; (5) to identify any patterns of complaints that emerge regarding special education rights and services, and to recommend strategies for improvement to the Department of Education; (6) to assist the Department of Education in creating public information programs designed to acquaint and educate parents and the public about the ombudsman's duties; and (7) to serve as a resource for disability-related information and referrals to other available programs and services for individuals with disabilities, including early intervention and transition to adult life. b. The ombudsman shall treat communications received in the course of his duties, including personally identifiable information regarding students, parents, and others from whom information is acquired, as confidential, except when disclosure is necessary to enable the ombudsman to perform the duties of the office and consent for disclosure is obtained. Upon receipt of information that by law is confidential or privileged, the ombudsman shall maintain the confidentiality of such information and shall not disclose or disseminate the information except as provided by applicable State or federal law. L.2015, c.219, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-5
Admission of pupils under age
Status: in_force

No child under the age of five years shall be admitted to any public school, except such as may be provided pursuant to law for children of his age. No board of education shall be required to accept by transfer from public or private school any pupil who was not eligible by reason of age for admission on October 1 of that school year, but the board may in its discretion admit any such pupil if he or she meets such entrance requirements as may be established by rules or regulations of the board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:19-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-12
Interest payable on certain warrants not immediately paid.
Status: in_force

18A:19-12. When a warrant for the payment of current expenses of a public school is drawn and issued and there are no funds for payment of the same, the warrant shall bear legal interest until such time as the secretary or treasurer, as appropriate, gives public notice of the fact that funds are provided for the payment thereof. amended 1981, c.174, s.16; 2010, c.39, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-85.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-85.3
Application of college credits earned in high school.
Status: in_force

4. A student who is eligible for an NJ STARS scholarship who earned college credits while enrolled in high school may submit to the county college a transcript from the institution of higher education that awarded the credits. If the county college determines that the student's coursework is equivalent to that offered by the county college, then the county college shall apply the credits toward the award of the student's associate degree under the NJ STARS Program. L.2008, c.124, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-8
General powers of the authority.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-8. General Powers of the Authority. The authority shall have the power to: a. adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; b. maintain an office at such place or places within the State as it may designate; c. adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; d. sue and be sued in its own name; e. retain legal counsel of its choosing. The authority may choose representation by the Attorney General; however, as to claims of a tortious nature, the authority shall elect within 75 days of the effective date of this act whether it, and its employees, shall be represented in all such matters by the Attorney General. If the authority elects not to be represented by the Attorney General, it shall be considered and its employees considered employees of a sue and be sued entity for the purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act" only. The authority shall be required in that circumstance to provide its employees with defense and indemnification consistent with the terms and conditions of the Tort Claims Act in lieu of the defense and indemnification that such employees would otherwise seek and be entitled to from the Attorney General pursuant to N.J.S.59:10-1 et seq. and P.L.1972, c.48 (C.59:10A-1 et seq.); f. make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this act; g. borrow money and to issue bonds, notes and other obligations of the authority to carry out any purposes of the authority under this act, including, without limitation: (1) making or purchasing loans under any provision of this act; (2) purchasing from lenders approved notes or participations in approved notes as provided by law; and (3) refunding of outstanding bonds; but it shall not in any manner, directly or indirectly, pledge the credit of the State; h. receive and accept, from any federal or other public agency or governmental entity, grants, including block grants, or loans for or in aid of its programs and powers under this act, and to receive aid and contributions from any other source, of money, property, labor, and other things of value, to be held, used and applied only for the purposes for which the grants, loans and contributions may be made; i. acquire, lease as lessee, hold and dispose of real and personal property or any interest therein, in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this act; j. complete, administer, operate, obtain and authorize payment for insurance on and maintain, renovate, repair, modernize, lease or otherwise deal with any property acquired or held by it pursuant to this act; k. authorize payment for disbursements, costs, commissions, attorney's fees and other reasonable expenses related to and necessary for the making and protection of guaranteed and other authority loans and the recovery of moneys, loans or management of property acquired in connection with the loans; l. adopt rules and regulations to implement this act; and m. do all acts and things necessary or appropriate to carry out the objects and purposes of this act. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-61 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-61
Fundraising and development strategies.
Status: in_force

16. The governing board of a public research university or a State college shall develop and implement fundraising and development strategies that encourage the active involvement of all board members and that, as may be appropriate, assist fundraising by institutional foundations. L.2009, c.308, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-1.2
Disconnected youth, defined.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act, "disconnected youth" means youth and young adults aged 16 to 24 who are not currently attending school, participating in a training program, or employed. L.2023, c.277, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1
Transportation of pupils remote from school.
Status: in_force

18A:39-1. Whenever in any district there are elementary school pupils who live more than two miles from their public school of attendance or secondary school pupils who live more than 2 1/2 miles from their public school of attendance, the district shall provide transportation to and from school for these pupils. When any school district provides any transportation for public school pupils to and from school pursuant to this section, transportation shall be supplied to school pupils residing in such school district in going to and from any remote school other than a public school, not operated for profit in whole or in part, located within the State not more than 20 miles from the residence of the pupil; except that if the district is located in a county of the third class with a population of not less than 80,000 and not more than 120,000 transportation shall be provided to a nonpublic school located outside the State not more than 20 miles from the residence of the pupil, if there is no appropriate nonpublic school within the State located closer to the residence of the pupil; provided the per pupil cost of the lowest bid received does not exceed $675 for the 1992-93 school year or the amount determined for subsequent years pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a), and if such bid shall exceed that cost then the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the pupil shall be eligible to receive $675 for the 1992-93 school year or the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a) for subsequent years toward the cost of his transportation to a qualified school other than a public school, regardless of whether such transportation is along established public school routes. It shall be the obligation of the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the pupil attending a remote school, other than a public school, not operating for profit in whole or in part, to register said pupil with the office of the secretary of the board of education at the time and in the manner specified by rules and regulations of the State board in order to be eligible for the transportation provided by this section. If the registration of any such pupil is not completed by September 1 of the school year and if it is necessary for the board of education to enter into a contract establishing a new route in order to provide such transportation, then the board shall not be required to provide it, but in lieu thereof the parent, guardian or other person having legal custody of the pupil shall be eligible to receive $675 or the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (18A:39-1a), or an amount computed by multiplying 1/180 times the number of school days remaining in the school year at the time of registration, times $675 for the 1992-93 school year or the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a) for subsequent years, whichever is the smaller amount. Whenever any regional school district provides any transportation for pupils attending schools other than public schools pursuant to this section, said regional district shall assume responsibility for the transportation of all such pupils, and the cost of such transportation for pupils below the grade level for which the regional district was organized shall be prorated by the regional district among the constituent districts on a per pupil basis, after approval of such costs by the county superintendent. This section shall not require school districts to provide any transportation for pupils attending a school other than a public school, where the only transportation presently provided by said district is for school children transported pursuant to chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes or for pupils transported to a vocational, technical or other public school offering a specialized program. Any transportation to a school, other than a public school, shall be pursuant to the same rules and regulations promulgated by the State board as governs transportation to any public school. The board of education may make rules and contracts for the pupil transportation provided pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prohibit a board of education from making contracts for the transportation of pupils to a school in an adjoining district, when such pupils are transferred to the district by order of the county superintendent, or when any pupils shall attend school in a district other than that in which they shall reside by virtue of an agreement made by the respective boards of education. Nothing herein contained shall limit or diminish in any way any of the provisions for transportation for children pursuant to chapter 46 of this Title. L.1967, c.271; amended 1968,c.29,s.1; 1968,c.200; 1968,c.299; 1974,c.78; 1977,c.206; 1981,c.57,s.1; 1985,c.513; 1990,c.52,s.50; 1992,c.33,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-36 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-36
"Comprehensive eye examination", defined.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act, "comprehensive eye examination" means an evaluation that includes a child's history, external and ophthalmoscopic examination, visual acuity, ocular alignment and motility, refraction, and assessment of accommodation and binocular vision, performed by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. L.2007,c.122,c.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61D / Section 61D-19
Campus-based mental health care programs, services; access; duties of public, independent institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

1. a. Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year and in each academic year thereafter, each public and independent institution of higher education shall: (1) ensure that all on-campus students have access to campus-based mental health care programs and services; (2) provide assistance and referrals to mental health support services to any student unable to access on-campus services; and (3) provide each newly enrolled student with information concerning the location and availability of those programs and services. b. Beginning with the 2021-2022 academic year, each public and independent institution of higher education shall establish and maintain, on a 24-hour basis, a toll-free telephone hotline for students. The hotline shall receive and respond to calls from students seeking counseling for depression, anxiety, stress, or other psychological or emotional tension, trauma, or disorder. The operators of the hotline shall seek to identify those callers who should be referred to additional counseling services, and to provide such referrals. The number for the hotline shall be posted in each dormitory, library, and student center, and any other facility or area on campus that the institution determines to be appropriate. c. The operators of the hotline shall be, to the greatest extent possible, persons who, by experience or education, are (1) familiar with the emotional and psychological tensions, depressions, and anxieties unique to higher education students; or (2) trained to provide counseling services involving substance use, personal stress management, and other emotional or psychological disorders or conditions which may be likely to adversely affect the well-being of students. d. An institution of higher education may satisfy the hotline requirement established pursuant to subsection b. of this section by providing each student with the hotline number for the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the NJ Hopeline, or any 24/7 mental health hotline deemed appropriate by the Secretary of Higher Education. In addition to providing students with the hotline numbers, the institution shall post the hotline numbers in each dormitory, library, and student center, and any other facility or area on campus that the institution determines to be appropriate. L.2021, c.445; amended 2023, c.177, s.50.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-55.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-55.1
Legislative findings
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds there is need in New Jersey for academic contributions to the administration of criminal justice through teaching, research and leadership, including the training of administrators and those requiring scientific background in this field, by study and searching inquiries into crime causation, juvenile delinquency, law enforcement procedure, criminal rehabilitation, and judicial doctrine relating to the trial of criminal cases, which dictate establishment of a school of criminal justice. L.1968, c. 280, s. 1, eff. Sept. 4, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61A-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A-2
Purpose of school
Status: in_force

2. The primary purpose of the school shall be the professional training of students in the fields of art, music, drama, dance, and creative writing at the secondary level of instruction, with emphasis placed upon performance of the arts and academic studies of the arts. The school will provide such courses to any secondary school within the State and such other programs as are deemed necessary to meet the needs of its students and of the State, consistent with appropriations made and gifts received or solicited therefor, and may co-operate with other secondary schools and institutions which provide such courses of instruction. L.1969,c.95,s.2; amended 2000, c.115, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-61 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-61
Annual report
Status: in_force

12. In accordance with law, the board of trustees shall make an annual report to the board of chosen freeholders of the county. L.1982,c.42,s.12; amended 1994,c.48,s.158.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-57 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-57
Issuance of bonds, notes.
Status: in_force

9. a. The authority shall from time to time issue bonds or notes in an amount sufficient to finance the grants provided under this act and to finance the administrative costs associated with the approval process and the issuance of the bonds or notes, provided that the total outstanding principal amount of the bonds or notes shall not exceed $220,000,000, except that all administrative costs associated with the approval process and the issuance of bonds shall not be included within the total aggregate principal amount of bonds issued, and the term of any bond issued shall not exceed 15 years. In computing the foregoing limitation as to amount, there shall be excluded all bonds which shall be issued for refunding purposes, provided that the refunding shall be determined by the authority to result in a debt service savings. The authority shall issue the bonds or notes in such manner as it shall determine in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1993, c.375 (C.18A:72A-49 et al.) and the "New Jersey educational facilities authority law," N.J.S.18A:72A-1 et seq., provided that no bonds or notes shall be issued pursuant to this section without the prior written consent of the State Treasurer. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the State Treasurer shall not consent to the issuance of any bonds or notes unless the amount scheduled for the annual debt service payments for each series of bonds or notes, consisting of the payment of interest and principal on the bonds or notes, are, as far as may be practicable, level for each fiscal year that any bonds or notes of the series are outstanding, except for a fiscal year in which the first or last payment on a series is the only payment made for that series during that fiscal year. b. Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this act shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof other than the authority and shall not create or constitute any indebtedness, liability or obligation of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, or be or constitute a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision thereof, but all bonds or notes, unless funded or refunded by the bonds or notes of the authority, shall be payable solely from revenues of funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized by this act. Each bond shall contain on its face a statement to the effect that the authority is obligated to pay the principal thereof, redemption premium, if any, or the interest thereon only from revenue or funds of the authority and that neither the State nor any political subdivision thereof is obligated to pay the principal thereof, redemption premium, if any, or interest thereon and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or the interest on the bonds. c. The State of New Jersey does hereby pledge to and covenant and agree with the holders of any bonds or notes issued pursuant to the authorization of P.L.1993, c.375 (C.18A:72A-49 et al.) that the State shall not limit or alter the rights or powers hereby vested in the authority to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or notes, or to fix, establish, charge and collect such rents, fees, rates, payments, or other charges as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenues to meet all expenses of the authority and to fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds and notes, together with interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the holders, until the bonds and notes, together with interest thereon, are fully met and discharged or provided for. L.1993, c.375, s.9; amended 1995, c.146; 2009, c.308, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-25 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-25
Violations deemed misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

57. Any person willfully authorizing, consenting to, making or procuring to be made payment of university funds for or on account of any purchase, contract or agreement known to him to have been made or entered into in violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. L.2012, c.45, s.57.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-23.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-23.5
List of nonresident students, courses and programs; notice to department of education
Status: in_force

Each county vocational school district board of education shall notify the department of education of the names and addresses of all nonresident students and the courses and programs in which they are enrolled as of the second week of each term. Such notification shall be made in writing no later than the end of the fourth week of each term. L.1973, c. 333, s. 5, eff. July 1, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:11-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 11 / Section 11-14
Findings, declarations relative to summer school tuition.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. School districts around the State are feeling the effects of the tough economic climate; b. Reductions in State aid are requiring boards of education to make drastic cuts in programs and services offered in their school districts; c. Many school districts have been forced, for example, to eliminate summer school programs, resulting in a decrease Statewide in the availability of these types of programs; and d. Allowing school districts to charge tuition for those students able to pay for courses provided during the summer session would help school districts ensure that these valuable programs remain available to the students who need them. L.2010, c.73, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-11.2
Bond authorization process continued
Status: in_force

In municipalities with a population in excess of 125,000 according to the 1980 Federal Census, that change the local school district governmental structure from a Type I to a Type II district, any bond authorization process begun, under the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:22-18, prior to the referendum authorizing the change from a Type I to a Type II district shall be subject to the laws, rules and regulations governing the authorization, issuance and sale of bonds in Type I school districts and such bonds may be issued and sold and the proceeds disposed of in the manner provided by law at the time said proceedings were begun as if the city had remained under the Type I school district structure. L. 1988, c. 10, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-36 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-36
"Higher Education Incentive Grant Fund"
Status: in_force

8. There is created in the Department of the Treasury a non-lapsing fund, the "Higher Education Incentive Grant Fund" (the "grant fund"), which, subject to the availability of funds, shall be used to provide State matching funds against donations to four-year public institutions of higher education, two-year public institutions of higher education, and independent institutions of higher education that receive direct State aid, or their institutionally related foundations, in accordance with the provisions of sections 9 through 11 of this act and subject to the provisions of subsections a. and b. of section 12 of the act. L.1999,c.226, s.8; amended 1999, c.368, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-28
Severability.
Status: in_force

28. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which the judgment shall have been rendered. L.2000,c.72,s.28.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-9
Withdrawal, expulsion from charter school.
Status: in_force

9. a. A student may withdraw from a charter school at any time; however, a charter school, or any employee or representative thereof, shall not counsel or advise a student, or a student’s parent or guardian, to withdraw from the charter school. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting a charter school’s child study team from considering, with the full participation of a student’s parent or guardian, a program or placement option for a student with a disability that includes placement in another setting in accordance with the provisions of the “Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,” 20 U.S.C. s.1400 et seq., chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, or regulations promulgated thereto. b. Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of P.L.2016, c.45 (C.18A:37-2a), a student may be expelled from a charter school based on criteria determined by the board of trustees, which are consistent with the provisions of N.J.S.18A:37-2, and approved by the commissioner as part of the school's charter. Any expulsion shall be made upon the recommendation of the charter school principal in consultation with the student's teachers. L.1995, c.426, s.9; amended 2016, c.45, s.3; 2025, c.276, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-17
Board of education a party; conduct of hearing
Status: in_force

In such hearing the board of education shall be a party and the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations, adopted by the commissioner and approved by the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-115 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-115
Annual appropriation.
Status: in_force

5. a. The Legislature shall annually appropriate to the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education such funds as may be necessary for Student Success Incentive funding to provide capacity-building grants to each county college to support the goals of the Community College Opportunity Grant Program. The Secretary of Higher Education shall distribute funding made available pursuant to this section to county colleges for outreach, recruitment, and promoting the success of county college students. The secretary shall establish the purposes for which a county college may use a grant received pursuant to this section, which shall include, but not be limited to: (1) establishing mentorship programs; (2) hosting events to assist students and families in completing financial aid applications; and (3) addressing students' material hardships, such as lack of access to food, medical care, housing, child care, and transportation. b. The secretary shall distribute the funding made available pursuant to this section. The secretary may retain up to five percent of the funding for grant administration activities designed to increase the effectiveness of the program. Fifty percent of the remaining appropriation shall be distributed equally among all of the county colleges, while the other fifty percent of the remaining appropriation shall be distributed based on the total number of students at each county college who received awards under the program during the previous academic year. L.2021, c.26, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-81 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-81
Arrangements for payment of benefits
Status: in_force

Any such group policy or policies shall provide that payment of any death benefits which are payable by the insurance company may be made in one sum directly to the beneficiary as hereinafter provided, in equal installments over a period of years or as a life annuity or in such other manner as may be made available by the insurance company. A member may make such arrangements for settlement, and may alter from time to time during his lifetime any arrangement previously made, by making written request to the insurance company through the policyholder. Upon the death of a member, a beneficiary to whom a benefit is payable in one sum by the insurance company may likewise arrange for a settlement as described above. If a member's or beneficiary's request for settlement of any death benefit in equal installments over a period of years or as a life annuity pursuant to the foregoing is approved by the policyholder, the amount of such installments or such life annuity, as the case may be, shall be determined on the basis of such applicable mortality tables and rates of interest as shall have been adopted by the retirement system and are in effect at the member's death. Any arrangement for payment under the group policy to a beneficiary shall be in lieu of that provided by sections 18A:66-36, 18A:66-37, 18A:66-38, 18A:66-41, 18A:66-42, 18A:66-44, 18A:66-46 and 18A:66-53. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 228, s. 10, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-54
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School District Fiscal Accountability Act." L.2006,c.15,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-91 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-91
Recitals; method of authorization and issue; maturity; provisions for protection of bondholders
Status: in_force

a. All qualified bonds when issued shall contain a recital to the effect that they are issued pursuant to Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this act. Except as otherwise provided in this act, all qualified bonds shall be authorized and issued in the manner provided for in Title 18A. N.J.S. 18A:24-19 through 18A:24-27 shall not be applicable with respect to authorization or issuance of any bonds pursuant to the provisions of this act. Qualified bonds shall mature not later than 30 years from their date of issuance without regard to any limitations as to maturities or amounts of annual installments for bonds as provided in Title 18A. b. The proceedings of the school district or municipality authorizing the issuance of qualified bonds may contain such covenants and provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bond holders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants restricting the issuance of additional qualified bonds. L.1976, c. 39, s. 6, eff. June 28, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:30-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 30 / Section 30-8
Athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by state
Status: in_force

Any school district employee who qualifies as a member of the United States team for athletic competition on the world, Pan American or Olympic level, in a sport contested in either Pan American or Olympic competitions, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges and benefits and without interruption of membership in any retirement system for the purpose of preparing for and engaging in the competition. The paid leave granted pursuant to this act shall be no more than 90 calendar days in 1 year or the combined days of the official training camp and competition, whichever is less. Any school district which grants employees leaves of absence pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be reimbursed by the State, for the full amount of the actual cost of employing substitutes for said employees. L.1978, c. 99, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-126.7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-126.7
Blanket increase in original or minimum pensions; adjustment of payments under this act
Status: in_force

If legislation is adopted providing for a blanket increase in the original retirement allowances or for minimum allowances to any group of retirants eligible for benefits under this act, all increases provided under this supplementary act shall be terminated on the first of the month when such blanket increases or minimum allowances are payable, except in those instances where the retirant's original allowance plus the increases provided under this act will exceed the amounts payable to such retirants as a result of such other legislation; in such event the amount payable under this act shall be the difference between the new allowance payable by the retirement system and the amount which would otherwise have been paid under this act. Any subsequent annual review of amounts payable under this act for such retirants shall continue to be determined on the basis of the original allowance as granted by the retirement system prior to any blanket increase or provision for minimum allowance for any group of retirants eligible for benefits under this act. L.1971, c. 278, s. 7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7E-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7E / Section 7E-2
School Report Card Program
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer a School Report Card Program. The program shall provide for the annual preparation and dissemination of a school report card to parents and other interested taxpayers within each local school district. In order to avoid duplication and minimize the expense of this program, the commissioner shall coordinate the school report card program with other State and federal programs that require school districts to collect and publish data. The commissioner is authorized to collect the data and to define the terms as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1995,c.235,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-4.1
Resident tuition for military personnel, dependents.
Status: in_force

1. a. United States military personnel and their dependents who are living in New Jersey and are attending public institutions of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition. b. A dependent child of United States military personnel who attended high school in New Jersey for a minimum of three years shall be regarded by a public institution of higher education in New Jersey as a resident of the State for the purpose of determining tuition, regardless of where the dependent child resides upon enrollment in the institution. L.2021, c.49.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:60-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 60 / Section 60-1.2
Tenure after 3 years' service.
Status: in_force

3. Any teacher or other certified individual serving in a teaching capacity in a State institution within the Department of Corrections, the Department of Children and Families, or the Department of Human Services as of July 1, 1986, who has completed at least two academic years of teaching service or its equivalent within three calendar years with satisfactory evaluations, shall acquire tenure under this act upon the completion of one additional calendar year of satisfactory service in such capacity. L.1986, c.158, s.3; amended 2006, c.47, s.103.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-9.1
Exit interviews, charter schools.
Status: in_force

6. In addition to the responsibilities required pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.2025, c.276 (C.18A:36-19b), a charter school’s student placement liaison shall, to the greatest extent practicable, conduct an exit interview for any student who exits the charter school for a reason other than graduation. When conducting an exit interview, the student placement liaison shall identify the reasons contributing to the decision to exit the school. L.2025, c.276, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-51 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-51
Application for State support; form of application; certificate of accreditation by New Jersey Board of Nursing.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-51. Application for State Support; Form of Application; Certificate of Accreditation by New Jersey Board of Nursing. A school of professional nursing may apply for and receive State aid towards the operational expense of the school. The application shall be upon forms prepared and provided by the authority and shall contain such information as the authority shall require. Each application shall be first submitted to the New Jersey Board of Nursing which shall certify thereon whether the school is accredited and whether or not the accreditation has been suspended or revoked. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-16
Preparation and approval of plans and specifications for public schoolhouses
Status: in_force

18A:18A-16. All plans and specifications for the erection, alteration, improvement or repair of public school buildings shall be drawn by or under the supervision of an appropriate officer employed by the board to whom such power shall have been delegated by the board of education. No contract for the erection of any building or any part thereof by any board of education of any school district shall be entered into until the final plans and specifications therefor have been submitted to, and approved by, either the Bureau of Facility Planning Services in the Department of Education or an appropriately licensed code official employed by any municipality in the State, with the written consent of that municipality. No change in any such plans or specifications, so approved, shall be made unless the same shall have been submitted to, and approved by, the Bureau of Facility Planning Services in the Department of Education or an appropriately licensed municipal code official, whichever entity originally approved the plans. Should a municipal planning board, acting pursuant to the provisions of section 22 of P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-31), recommend against the approval of plans and specifications for the erection of a school building or any part thereof and file notice of that recommendation within 10 days with the Bureau of Facility Planning Services of the Department of Education for consideration during the plan review process, the Bureau of Facility Planning Services shall not approve the preliminary plans and specifications for educational adequacy until the objections of the municipal planning board have been considered. L.1977, c.114; amended 1987,c.160; 1990,c.23,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-25 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-25
Interest allowed on funds.
Status: in_force

18A:66-25. The board of trustees at the end of each fiscal year shall allow interest on the balance of the contingent reserve fund, the annuity savings fund, the retirement reserve fund, pension fund, benefit enhancement fund and the members' death benefit fund as of the beginning of said fiscal year at the regular interest rate applicable thereto to cover the interest creditable to the respective funds for the year. The amount so allowed shall be due and payable to said funds and shall be credited annually thereto by the board. L.1967, c.271; amended 2001, c.133, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1
Transfer of teaching staff members
Status: in_force

No teaching staff member shall be transferred, except by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board of education by which he is employed.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-10
Establishment of School Breakfast Program in certain schools
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) A public school operated by a local or regional school district of the State in which 20 percent or more of the students enrolled in the school on October 1 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 school breakfast program in the school. (2) A school district shall submit a school breakfast program plan for each school in the district that is subject to the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection. The plan for each school shall be adopted in compliance with, and pursuant to, federal School Breakfast Program requirements, and shall be submitted to the Department of Agriculture by the date required by subsection b. of this section, in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture. (3) Following the enactment of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.), a school district shall submit a new school breakfast program plan, in accordance with the provisions of section 6 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-10.1), for each school in the district that is subject to the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection. A new plan adopted pursuant to this paragraph and section 6 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-10.1) shall supersede any plan previously adopted for the school, pursuant to this section, and the adoption of a new plan under this paragraph and section 6 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-10.1) shall cause the plan previously adopted under paragraph (2) of this subsection to become void and inoperable. b. (1) A school district shall submit a plan, by November 1, 2003, for all grades of each school that has one or more of the grades pre-K through sixth grade and for which a plan is required by paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section. (2) A school district shall submit a plan, by November 1, 2004, for all grades of each school, other than the schools described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, for which a plan is required by paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section. c. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall review each school breakfast plan submitted pursuant to this section and make recommendations, if necessary, regarding how the school breakfast program can operate within the limits of the federal and State reimbursement rates for the federal School Breakfast Program. d. The Department of Agriculture shall notify each school district that submits a school breakfast plan, pursuant to this section, of the completion of the department's review and any recommended changes to the plan, within three months after receipt of the plan, but no later than the February 1 following the date required for submission of the plan pursuant to subsection b. of this section. e. A school district shall establish a school breakfast program in each of its schools, based on the plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section, by September 1, 2004 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by September 1, 2005 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section. f. (1) If a school district does not submit a school breakfast plan to the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of this section, by the date required by subsection b. of this section, it shall establish a school breakfast program, in each of its schools in which a program is required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, based on a model plan provided by the department. (2) The model plan developed by the department, for the purposes of this section, shall include recommendations on how a school breakfast program can operate within the limits of the federal and State reimbursement rates for the federal School Breakfast Program. (3) The Department of Agriculture shall provide the model plan to the school district no later than March 1, 2004 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by March 1, 2005 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section, and the school district shall establish the school breakfast program in each of its schools, based on the model plan, by September 1, 2004 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by September 1, 2005 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section. L.2003,c.4,s.2; amended 2022, c.104, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-99 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-99
Organization; meetings
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall meet and organize annually, at a regular meeting held during the second week of September, by the election of a chairman, vice chairman, and such other officers as the board shall determine. Such officers shall serve until the following September meeting and until their successors are elected. Vacancies in such offices shall be filled in the same manner for the unexpired terms only. The board of directors shall hold public meetings at least once in each month at such times and places as its rules may prescribe, at least half of which shall be scheduled during evening hours. L.1978, c. 58, s. 5, eff. June 29, 1978. Amended by L.1983, c. 186, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-2.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-2.8
"Deaf Student's Bill of Rights."
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature recognizes that children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind who utilize one or more modes of communication have the same rights and potential as children who are not deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Therefore, the Legislature recognizes the following "Deaf Student's Bill of Rights." a. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind appropriate screening and assessment of hearing and vision capabilities and communication and language needs at the earliest possible age and the continuation of screening and evaluation services throughout the educational experience. b. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind with individualized and appropriate early intervention to support the acquisition of solid language bases developed at the earliest possible age. c. School districts shall inform the parents or guardians of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind of all placement considerations, including the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf, and options available to children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and provide opportunities for parents and guardians to fully participate in the development and implementation of their child's education plan. d. School districts shall strive to provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind opportunities to meet and associate with adult role models who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and who utilize varied communication modalities to learn advocacy skills, including self-advocacy. e. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind opportunities to meet and associate with their peers in the school environment and during school-sponsored activities. f. School districts shall provide direct instruction to children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. g. School districts shall include a communication plan in the Individualized Education Program of a student who is deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind, and in the educational plan prepared pursuant to section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. s.794 for a student who is deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. h. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind placement that is best suited to the child's individual needs including, but not limited to, social, emotional, communication, and cultural needs, with consideration for the child's age, degree and type of hearing loss, academic level, mode of communication, style of learning, motivational level, and amount of family support. i. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind individual considerations for free, appropriate education across a continuum of placement options required by law. j. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind full support services provided by qualified and certified professionals in their educational settings. The Department of Education through the coordinator for educational programs shall work with school districts to ensure technical assistance is available to support boards of education in meeting the needs of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. As used in this subsection, "technical assistance" means guidance and support provided to a school district to enable the school district to meet State and federal policy and regulatory requirements and to ensure the provision of a thorough and efficient education. k. School districts shall provide children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind full communication access to all programs in their educational settings including, but not limited to, extracurricular activities, recess, lunch, media showings, driver education, and public announcements. l. School districts shall ensure that parents and guardians of children who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind receive information from appropriately qualified and certified professionals on the medical, ethical, cultural, and linguistic issues of individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. m. School districts shall ensure that children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind have direct access to mental health services and supporting services from qualified and certified providers fluent in the student's primary mode of communication, including American Sign Language. L.2019, c.204, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-93 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-93
Applicability of C.18A:3B-93 through C.18A:3B-96.
Status: in_force

9. a. Sections 9 through 12 of P.L.2021, c.27 (C.18A:3B-93 through C.18A:3B-96) shall apply to an institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees that operates in this State. b. An institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees shall enter into a school-to-school teach-out agreement at least 120 days prior to the cessation of institution operations. c. In order to satisfy the requirements of this section, a school-to-school teach-out agreement shall: (1) be arranged by the closing institution; (2) be agreed to by an eligible transfer institution, the closing institution, and the secretary; (3) unless waived for good cause by the secretary, specify that the eligible transfer institution shall: (a) be located within a reasonable distance of the closing institution, if the closing institution has a physical presence in the State; (b) accept the transfer of all completed credits from students affected by the closure; and (c) allow a student affected by the closure to complete the student's program with substantially the same number of credit hours as was required by the closing institution; (4) specify that, on request by a student affected by the closure, the closing institution shall provide a complete academic record and an official transcript to the student at no cost to the student; and (5) meet any other standards as deemed appropriate by the secretary. L.2021, c.27, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72K-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72K / Section 72K-2
Selection of scholar
Status: in_force

2. Douglass College shall select a distinguished scholar to fill the chair for a term of up to two years upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon subject to available appropriations. The purpose of the chair shall be to fund research, teaching and lectures in Women's Studies by an outstanding scholar at Douglass College. L.1988,c.42,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.287.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-44
Application for grant, aid.
Status: in_force

7. A school district selected to participate in the pilot program may seek and apply for any grant or aid from the federal government, or any appropriate nonprofit organization, foundation or trust, or any other public or private source that might be or may become available for programs in furtherance of the purposes of this act. L.2019, c.412, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-18.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-18.6
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

5. The Commissioner of Human Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families, and the Commissioner of Corrections shall adopt, within six months from the date that this act takes effect, rules and regulations in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.) that are appropriate to implement this act. L.1986, c.32, s.5; amended 2006, c.47, s.100.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-65 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-65
Employment of personnel
Status: in_force

The board may employ teachers, principals and other employees, subject to the provisions of Title 18A for the employment of personnel for public school districts, and subject to the rules of the State Board of Examiners for the employment of persons whose office, position or employment requires them to hold an appropriate certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners. L.1968, c. 243, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7C-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-6.2
Assessment of progress; remediation
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer to all eighth grade pupils in the school year which begins in September 1990, and annually thereafter, a test to assess progress toward mastery of State graduation proficiency standards. For any student not meeting established examination standards, the local board of education shall provide for appropriate remediation in areas of demonstrated deficiency. Appropriate remediation may include after school, weekend and summer programs. L.1988,c.168,s.4; amended 1990,c.52,s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-18
Presumption of filing and correctness of statements
Status: in_force

18A:24-18. Every such supplemental debt statement shall be conclusively presumed to be accurate and correct and to be timely filed as the basis for the issuance of any bond or other obligation, authorized, within the principal amount of bonds to which effect is given therein, by an ordinance or resolution adopted in connection therewith, and shall not be rebutted, and the correctness, sufficiency and timeliness of such debt statements shall not be contested or questioned in any action or proceeding relating to any such bond or other obligation or the levy or collection of taxes for the payment of the same. L.1967, c.271; amended 1978,c.71,s.3; 1993,c.146,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:9-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-5
Type I districts; submission of reclassification question; frequency.
Status: in_force

18A:9-5. The clerk of the municipality shall in either case cause said question to be submitted at the next municipal or general election which will be held in the municipality following the expiration of 35 days from the date of the adoption of the resolution or the filing of the petition, whichever shall first occur, except that the clerk shall not cause the question to be submitted if a similar question was submitted at an election within the previous four years. L.1967, c.271; amended 2003, c.102, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72B-32 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B-32
Resident training program
Status: in_force

8. The school, at a time agreed upon with the treasurer, shall implement a resident training program with a New Jersey hospital, if it is determined that an appropriate out-of-State training program is not available. L.1987, c.312, s.8; amended 1994,c.48,s.253.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-14
Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount
Status: in_force

18A:22-14. At or after the public hearing but not later than April 8, the board of school estimate of a type I district shall fix and determine by official action taken at a public meeting of the board the amount of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), exclusive of the amount which shall have been apportioned to it by the commissioner and shall make two certificates of the amount signed by at least three members of the board, one of which shall be delivered to the board of education and the other to the governing body of the district. Within 15 days after receiving the certificate the board of education shall notify the board of school estimate and governing body of the district if it intends to appeal to the commissioner the board of school estimate's determination as to the amount of money requested pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools of the district for the ensuing school year. L.1967, c.271; amended 1973, c.265, s.1; 1978, c.136, s.9; 1981, c.511, s.10; 1992, c.159, s.14; 1996, c.138, s.55.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-96 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-96
Forming corporation to provide and obtain fund
Status: in_force

For the purpose of forming such a corporation the county superintendent of schools in each county of the first class shall notify in writing each and every employee of the several boards of education of the school districts in his county, except such as are entitled to benefits under another pension law which may have been enacted prior to April 16, 1929, for the benefit of employees of boards of education, to attend a meeting to be held not less than five days after the giving of the notice, to consider the formation of a corporation in accordance with this article. The notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting of such employees. If two thirds of the employees present at the meeting adopt a resolution to form the corporation, they shall choose a name for the corporation, and organize by electing four of such employees who, together with the county superintendent as a member ex officio, shall constitute a board of trustees. The first trustees shall prepare and sign a certificate reciting the adoption of the resolution by the employees, the name adopted, the election of trustees, the organization, the names of officers, and the execution of the certificate, for the purpose of forming a corporation under this article. The certificate shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county wherein the corporation is organized, and shall then be filed in the office of the commissioner of banking and insurance. Thereupon such trustees, their associates and successors, shall become a body politic and corporate with all the power incident thereto.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-1
Eligible institution defined.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-1. Eligible Institution Defined. Unless otherwise restricted by the authority by regulation, "eligible institution" for purposes of this chapter only means an institution of higher education in this State that is licensed by the Commission on Higher Education and accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting association. Eligible institution shall also include certain proprietary institutions but only for certain degree granting programs as approved by the commission. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-46.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-46.2
Board to hear recommendations concerning proposed capital projects.
Status: in_force

2. In the event that a capital project control board is established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.139 (C.18A:7A-46.1) the board shall hear the recommendation of the State district superintendent concerning any proposed capital project, which is to be financed in whole or in part by school bonds or notes, or through a lease purchase agreement pursuant to subsection f. of N.J.S.18A:20-4.2, and shall undertake all actions necessary to review the proposed capital project to determine whether the project will assist the school district under full State intervention in providing a thorough and efficient system of education in that district. In making this determination it may take into consideration factors such as the conditions in the school district, any applicable educational goals, the objectives and standards established by the State, the need for the capital project, the reasonableness of the amount to be expended for the capital project, the estimated time for the undertaking and completion of the capital project, and any other factors which the board may deem necessary including the relationship of the capital project to the long-term capital budget or plan of the school district and the fiscal implications thereof. Following its review and within 60 days of the date on which the State district superintendent submits the recommendation to the board, the board shall adopt a resolution as to whether the school district under full State intervention should undertake the capital project and providing its reasons therefor. The board shall adopt a resolution indicating the necessity for the capital project and shall also fix and determine by resolution the amount necessary to be raised locally for the capital project. If the board fails to act within 60 days of the submission date, the State district superintendent shall submit the recommendation to the commissioner who shall approve or disapprove the capital project. If the board makes a decision which is contrary to the recommendation of the superintendent, the superintendent may, within 30 days from the date of the board's action, submit the matter to the commissioner for final decision. If the commissioner determines that a capital project should be undertaken, the commissioner shall so notify the board and shall indicate the amount necessary to be raised locally for the capital project. Upon notification, the board shall adopt a resolution indicating the necessity for the capital project and shall also fix and determine by resolution the amount necessary for the capital project as indicated by the commissioner. Certified copies of any resolution requesting the authorization and issuance of bonds and notes or the authorization of a lease purchase agreement shall be delivered to the State district superintendent, the Commissioner of Education, the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs and the governing body of the municipality or municipalities in which the school district is located. The board shall not approve or recommend any capital project which is inconsistent with the provisions of N.J.S.18A:21-1. L.1991,c.139,s.2; amended 2000, c.72, s.33; 2005, c.235, s.22; 2007, c.16, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-28
Duties of business manager
Status: in_force

The business manager shall: a. Have charge and care of the public school buildings and other property belonging to the district and the repair and maintenance thereof, and in the case of repairs not exceeding the sum of $1,000.00, he, when so authorized by the board, may order the same between meetings of the board, without previous order of the board and without advertisement; b. Draw or supervise the drawing of all plans and specifications for the erection, improvement or repair of public schoolhouses, subject to the approval thereof by the board; c. Superintend all advertisements for bids in the letting of all contracts for the board; d. Supervise the construction and repair of all school buildings and inspect all work done and materials and supplies furnished under contract and, subject to the approval of the board, condemn any work done or reject any materials or supplies furnished which, in his judgment, do not conform to the specifications or the contract therefor; e. Report monthly to the board as to the progress of any work of construction or repair; f. Perform such other duties as may be required by law or as may be required by the board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-81 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-81
Payroll deductions for purchase of bonds
Status: in_force

Every employer, public or private, is hereby authorized to accept requests from any employee to make payroll deductions to be applied by the employer from time to time, as sufficient deductions have accrued, to the purchase of bonds authorized to be issued hereunder for the account of such employee. L.1971, c. 36, s. 16, eff. March 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:27-10.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-10.3
Dismissal, reduction in compensation; conditions.
Status: in_force

3. a. As used in this section, "paraprofessional" means an individual who is employed in a school district as a school aide or classroom aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision of pupil activities. b. A paraprofessional employed in a school district that receives funding under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. s.6301 et seq.) shall be dismissed or reduced in compensation during the term of a contract only for just cause, and may not be dismissed for arbitrary or capricious reasons. A paraprofessional who is dismissed or reduced in compensation shall receive notice of the basis for the dismissal or reduction in compensation and have an opportunity to be heard. c. Nothing is this section shall be construed to grant tenure to a paraprofessional, interfere with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, or affect any other right or remedy that may be available to a school district or paraprofessional pursuant to law. L.2009, c.227, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-126.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-126.5
Waiver; withdrawal
Status: in_force

Any person who is eligible to receive the increased retirement allowance under the provisions of this act may, at any time, waive his right thereto by filing a written notice of waiver with the secretary of the retirement system. The application for the waiver of all or part of the increase shall be made by the retirant at least 30 days prior to the desired effective date on a form satisfactory to the retirement system and shall be effective on the first day of the following month. Such waiver may be withdrawn at any time and upon such withdrawal the increase in the retirement allowance shall commence with the retirement allowance payment for the next following month. L.1971, c. 278, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-37 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-37
Service without payment; reimbursement for expenses
Status: in_force

All members of the board shall serve without compensation but all such members other than the commissioner and the assistant commissioner of education shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses for attendance at its meetings.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-5
Application for investigation of advisability of separate school districts in divided municipalities
Status: in_force

The governing body of any such municipality may, by resolution, apply to the county superintendent to make an investigation as to the advisability of constituting that municipality a separate school district.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-61.9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-61.9
Sale or exchange of refunding bonds
Status: in_force

Refunding bonds may be sold at public or private sale, or may be exchanged for any outstanding bonds to be funded or refunded, pursuant to resolution adopted by not less than 2/3 of the full membership of the board of education, at such price or prices, computed according to standard tables of bond values, as will yield to the purchasers or to the holders of the refunded bonds surrendered in exchange, an income at a rate not to exceed 6% per annum to the maturity dates of the refunding bonds sold or exchanged, on the money paid or the principal amount of the refunded bonds or notes surrendered therefor to the local unit. Refunding bonds of any authorized issue or of any authorized maturity may be sold or exchanged as hereinabove provided from time to time and in such blocks as may be deemed advisable. The officer of the school district delivering any refunding bonds in exchange for outstanding refunded bonds shall report in writing to the board of education at the next meeting thereof as to the principal amounts, maturities and numbers of the refunding bonds so delivered and as to the refunded bonds received in exchange, which report shall be entered in the minutes of the board of education, and a copy of such report shall be filed within 5 days thereafter with the director. L.1969, c. 130, s. 9, eff. July 2, 1969.