N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-21
Annual report and audit
Status: in_force

On or before March 31 in each year, the authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the legislature. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the authority's operations during the year. The authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-41.3a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-41.3a
School district revision of written policy about prevention, treatment of sports-related head injuries.
Status: in_force

2. In the 2021-2022 school year, a school district shall revise its written policy concerning the prevention and treatment of sports-related concussions and other head injuries among student-athletes and cheerleaders established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.94 (C.18A:40-41.3) to include the graduated, six-step "Return to Play Progression" recommendations developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A school district shall revise its written policy established pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2010, c.94 (C.18A:40-41.3) whenever the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes or otherwise updates the "Return to Play Progression" recommendations. L.2021, c.222, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-34
Authority; construction, operation and management
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the authority under section 18A:72A-30 undertakes to construct, acquire or otherwise provide and operate and manage a project, the authority shall be responsible for the direct operation and maintenance costs of such project, but each private college in connection with which such a project is provided and operated and managed shall be responsible at its own expense for the overall supervision of each project, for the overhead and general administrative costs of the private college which are incurred because of such project and for the integration of each project operation into the institution's educational program. (b) Whenever the authority under section 18A:72A-30 undertakes to construct, acquire or otherwise provide a project and to lease the same to a private college, the lessee shall be responsible for the direct operation and maintenance costs of such project and, in addition, shall be responsible for the overall supervision of each project, for the overhead and general administrative costs of the lessee which are incurred because of such project and for the integration of each project operation into the lessee's educational program. (c) Whenever the authority under section 18A:72A-31 makes loans for the construction of a project, the private college at which such project is located shall be responsible for the direct operation and maintenance costs of such project and, in addition, shall be responsible for the overall supervision of each project, for the overhead and general administrative costs of the private college which are incurred because of such project and for the integration of each project operation into the institution's educational program.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-55.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-55.1
Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program, shall not exceed $50,000 per program participant.
Status: in_force

3. a. For each year of full-time faculty employment at an eligible institution, the program shall provide $10,000 to a program participant, up to a maximum five years, for the redemption of eligible student loan expenses. Loan redemption amounts for program participants who do not have full-time faculty employment shall be awarded on a pro-rata basis. The total loan redemption amount for a program participant shall not exceed $50,000. As used in this subsection, "full-time faculty employment" means employment with a faculty load of 12 or more academic credits in each of two semesters in an academic year. b. No amount of loan redemption shall be provided for service performed for less than a full year. Loan redemption shall be applied first to outstanding State loans and then to outstanding Federal loans. L.2023, c.244, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-1.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1.2
Database relative to legal decisions concerning special education to be available on website.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Department of Education shall make available on its website an electronic database of legal decisions concerning special education in New Jersey. The purpose of the database shall be to provide parents, school districts, child study team members, and other interested members of the public with easily accessible information on legal decisions regarding New Jersey special education matters. b. The database shall contain a full-text copy of each written decision rendered by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law in a special education due process hearing, and, if the decision is appealed, any subsequent decision on the matter rendered by a court of the State of New Jersey or a federal court. The database shall include each special education decision rendered after the effective date of this act. c. The department may meet the requirements of this section by maintaining the database directly on its website or by entering into a memorandum of understanding with another entity or organization that maintains an electronic database of the legal decisions, provided that the database is easily accessible to the general public and the department's website contains a link to the database or information on how to access and use the database. L.2017, c.103, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7C-6.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-6.4
Definitions relative to State assessments.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section, "State assessment" means an assessment required pursuant to State or federal law and administered to all students in a specific grade level or subject area and whose results are aggregated for analysis at the district, school, or student subgroup level. b. The Department of Education shall on its website link to the Department of the Treasury's website where a list is maintained of all contractors, subcontractors, advisors, or consultants employed or retained by the Department of the Treasury for any work associated with the administration, evaluation, monitoring of social media for security breaches, grading, or ongoing development of State assessments. L.2015, c.243, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-45 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-45
Apportioning of annual or special appropriations.
Status: in_force

3. The annual or special appropriations for a new district established pursuant to section 2 of this act, excluding the amounts to be raised for interest upon and the redemption of bonds payable by the district, shall be apportioned among the constituent districts of the new district in the first year of the merger in such manner as the commissioner determines to be the least fiscally disruptive. Thereafter the apportionment methodology shall be determined pursuant to chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; however, if necessary, the commissioner may allow a five-year phase-in of the apportionment methodology. The amount to be raised for interest upon and the redemption of bonds payable by the district for bonds issued prior to and after the effective date of this act, shall be apportioned among the constituent districts of the new district in such manner as the commissioner determines to be the least fiscally disruptive. The commissioner may allow a five-year phase-in of the apportionment methodology, if necessary. L.2009, c.78, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-27.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-27.1
"School Meal Program," development of promotional materials.
Status: in_force

1. a. Each school food authority that provides a food service to students enrolled in a participating school district or nonpublic school in the State shall, in the two languages that are most commonly spoken in the homes of students in each participating school served by the school food authority: (1) develop and implement an educational campaign to inform the parents and guardians of such students about the various school meals programs that are available for students in New Jersey, and about the availability of subsidized school meals, under such programs, for students who are categorically eligible or income-eligible therefor; and (2) develop promotional materials for the State's school meals programs, and provide copies of the promotional materials to each school that is served by the school food authority in the State, for distribution, by school staff, to the parents and guardians of students enrolled at the school. The school food authority shall utilize existing resources, which have been made available by the United States Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, in developing promotional materials for the purposes of this paragraph. The promotional materials shall include, but need not be limited to, pamphlets, presentation materials, webinars, and sample letters that schools may send to parents and guardians. b. The educational campaign and promotional materials developed under subsection a. of this section shall: (1) satisfy the standards, and comply with the guidelines, established by the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, pursuant to subsection c. of this section; (2) highlight and promote the nature, purposes, value, and importance of the National School Lunch Program, the federal School Breakfast Program, the federal Summer Food Service Program, and other similar summer meals programs, as well as the State's breakfast after the bell programs, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2014, c.66 (C.18A:33-11.1) or section 2 of P.L.2018, c.25 (C.18A:33-11.3), the State's emergency meals distribution programs, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2020, c.6 (C.18A:33-27.2), and any new school meals programs that are implemented in the State after the effective date of P.L.2022, c.103; (3) emphasize the importance of providing a nutritious meal to all children for their general health and success in school; (4) emphasize and promote the ability of eligible students to obtain subsidized meals under the State's school meals programs, inform parents and guardians about the various ways in which a student may be determined to be categorically eligible or income-eligible therefor, and identify the federal and State-level criteria that must be satisfied in order for a student to obtain subsidized school meals, under these programs, on the basis of annual household income; (5) highlight and describe the application and determination processes that are used, by schools and school districts, to certify categorically eligible and income-eligible students for subsidized school meals; (6) highlight and describe the rights that are applicable to students and families in association with a student's receipt of subsidized or unsubsidized school meals in the State; and (7) inform parents and guardians about the nature and extent of any proposed or implemented expansion of the existing school meals programs in the State, including, but not limited to, the nature and extent of any proposed or implemented expansion of the categories of students who are eligible for subsidized school meals under such programs. c. (1) Within 60 days after the effective date of P.L.2022, c.103, the Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall adopt standards and guidelines to ensure the uniformity and accuracy of school meals-related information being presented by school food authorities as part of the educational campaigns conducted, and in the promotional materials distributed, pursuant to this section. (2) Within 60 days of the effective date of P.L.2022, c.103, and on a periodic basis thereafter, as necessary, the Department of Education shall provide, to each school food authority that offers a food service to students at a participating school in the State, information concerning the two languages that are most commonly spoken in the homes of students enrolled at each such participating school served thereby. The Department of Education shall periodically, and at least every five years, verify the two languages that are most commonly spoken in the homes of students in each such participating school. d. As used in this section: "School food authority" shall mean the school, school district, or third-party food service vendor, as applicable. L.2019, c.307, s.1; amended 2022, c.103; 2023, c.336, s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-34.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-34.1
Rules, regulations relative to child care services, programs
Status: in_force

3. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1999,c.83, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-7
Annual report
Status: in_force

The Chancellor of Higher Education shall include in his annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:3-21, a section detailing the extent of violence and hazing in the institutions of higher education, explaining the measures being taken to counter the problem, and making recommendations to alleviate the problem. L.1982, c. 223, s. 3, eff. Dec. 30, 1982; per s.4, act to "remain in effect for a period of 3 years.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7B-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-4
Use of funds; authorization for appropriations.
Status: in_force

8. Funds received pursuant to this act by the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections or the Youth Justice Commission established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.284 (C.52:17B-170) shall be used only for the salaries of teachers, educational administrators at the program level, child study team personnel, clerical staff assigned to child study teams or to educational day programs, paraprofessionals assigned to educational programs in State facilities, and for diagnostic services required as part of the child study team evaluations and related educational services personnel whose function requires an educational certificate issued by the State Department of Education, and for the costs of educational materials, supplies and equipment for these programs. No such funds shall be used for the renovation or construction of capital facilities, for the maintenance and operation of educational facilities, or for custodial, habilitation or other noneducational costs. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Departments of Human Services, Children and Families and Corrections such funds as may be necessary to provide for adult, post-secondary and college programs. L.1979, c.207, s.8; amended 1983, c.205; 1995, c.280, s.25; 2006, c.47, s.82; 2025, c.35, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-10
Bonds not liability of state or political subdivision
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter 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 such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof 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 of New Jersey or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter 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.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-1.1d — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1.1d
Limit of time for substitute teacher holding standard instructional certificate.
Status: in_force

3. A vacant teaching position shall not be filled in any school year by one or more individuals employed as substitute teachers and holding a standard instructional certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners and working in an area not authorized by their credentials for a total amount of time exceeding 40 school days. L.2010, c.100, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-48 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-48
Dissolution of local districts; original boards to function until taking over of schools
Status: in_force

Whenever any local district has joined or shall join in a. Creating or enlarging an all purpose regional district, or b. The formation of a limited purpose regional district and thereafter has joined or shall join in the formation of another regional district for all other school purposes, all existing districts forming such regional district or any existing district so united with such last named regional district shall be dissolved when the board of education of such regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the schools of such existing district or districts and thereafter each municipality included within such regional district shall become a constituent district of such regional district. The board of education of each district to be dissolved shall continue in office with power to conduct the schools of the district until such date as the board of education of such regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the schools of such regional district, on which date their terms of office shall terminate. No election shall be held for members of any district to be so dissolved in or after any year in which the members of the board of the regional district are elected.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-33.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-33.3
Commissioner of Education, guidance, excused absences for civic events.
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, shall provide guidance to school districts relative to excused absences for civic events. b. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2023, c.274, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-89 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-89
Selection of site, and acquisition of land
Status: in_force

The director of the division of purchase and property, subject to the approval of the state house commission, shall be responsible for the selection of a site, planning of any building to be constructed on behalf of the teachers' pension and annuity fund as an investment under this article, as well as the acquisition of lands, negotiation and approval of leases, contracts, options and other instruments and agreements, in order that the location of and plans for the building shall be coordinated with the master plan to be developed pursuant to P.L.1959, chapter 5.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:12-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-3
Cessation of membership.
Status: in_force

18A:12-3. Whenever a member of a local or regional board of education shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the district, or of any constituent district of a consolidated or regional district which he represents, or shall become mayor or a member of the governing body of a municipality, his membership in the board shall immediately cease; and, any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the board without good cause may be removed by it. Whenever a member of a county special service school district or a member of a county vocational school district shall cease to be a bona fide resident of the district, or shall hold office as a member of the governing body of a county, his membership on the board shall immediately cease. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:51-1 or any other law to the contrary, whenever a member of a board of education is disqualified as a voter pursuant to R.S.19:4-1, or is convicted of a crime or offense listed in N.J.S.18A:12-1, his membership on the board shall immediately cease. amended 1981, c.23, s.2; 1987, c.328, s.3; 2011, c.72, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-4.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-4.5
Immunity from action of any kind due to provisions of act
Status: in_force

No action of any kind in any court of competent jurisdiction shall lie against any physician, school nurse, physical education instructor or other school personnel by virtue of the provisions of this act. L.1978, c. 97, s. 3, eff. Aug. 14, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-47
Discharge of, or discrimination against, school employee who files report
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any board of education to discharge or in any manner discriminate against a school employee as to his employment because the employee had filed a report pursuant to section 1 of this act. Any employee discriminated against shall be restored to his employment and shall be compensated by the board of education for any loss of wages arising out of the discrimination; provided, however, if the employee shall cease to be qualified to perform the duties of his employment he shall not be entitled to restoration and compensation. L.1982, c. 163, s. 2, eff. Oct. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-7
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known as the "Zero Tolerance for Guns Act." L.1995,c.127,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-39 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-39
Election of first members of board.
Status: in_force

18A:13-39. The first elected members of the board of a newly created regional district shall be elected at the annual election to be held in the calendar year first succeeding the year in which the election for the creation of the district was held. amended 2017, c.45, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-54
"Public School Contracts Law" applicable
Status: in_force

All provisions of the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S. 18A:18A-1 et seq., and any supplements thereto, shall apply to purchases, contracts and agreements made pursuant to this act unless otherwise superseded by the provisions of this act. L. 1985, c. 490, s. 4, eff. Jan. 17, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-14
Award of scholarships.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-14. Award of Scholarships. As determined by the authority and subject to the amount of appropriations available therefor, a Garden State Scholarship shall be awarded annually to each eligible New Jersey resident enrolled as a full-time undergraduate in a curriculum leading to a degree or certificate in an eligible institution. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:19-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4.1
Account or demand; audit; approval.
Status: in_force

4. A board of education may, by resolution, designate a person in addition to the secretary to audit any account and demand to be paid pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, and provide for approval of the account or demand by that person or the secretary prior to presentation to the board of education. Any account or demand approval shall be presented to the board of education at their next meeting for ratification. The board of education may establish a maximum dollar amount for which payment may be authorized without prior board of education approval. L.1982, c.196, s.4; amended 2015, c.177, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64O-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64O / Section 64O-35
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Kean University is a public urban research university, accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, with campuses at three locations in New Jersey, including a main campus in Union, a virtual campus through Kean Online, and the only public American university campus in China at Wenzhou-Kean University, and operating under the authority granted pursuant to the “Kean University Act,” P.L.2021, c.282 (18A:64O-1 et al). b. Building on a distinguished 170-year history, Kean University serves as the State’s leading public urban research institution of higher education. In February 2025, Kean University officially earned an R2 research university designation under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, recognizing the university's high level of research and doctoral activity. The university’s six colleges serve 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students in over 50 bachelor’s degree programs, more than 70 programs of graduate study, including seven doctoral programs, and 23 online programs at its New Jersey-based campuses. c. In 2025, Kean University is comprised of the College of Business and Public Management; the College of Education; the College of Health Professions and Human Services; the College of Liberal Arts; the Michael Graves College, which includes the Robert Busch School of Design and the School of Public Architecture; the Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics and Technology, which includes the School of Integrative Science and Technology; and Kean Online. d. Kean University’s mission is to create a world-class, innovative, and inclusive society through equity and excellence in teaching, learning, global research, and impactful public engagement. Since its inception, Kean University has focused on ensuring that students of all economic and social backgrounds gain access to excellence in higher education by eliminating roadblocks to their advancement. e. New Jersey City University is a 100-year old State college located in Jersey City, New Jersey. f. In 2022, New Jersey City University reported a structural deficit of $22 million, prompting New Jersey City University’s leaders to declare a fiscal emergency, which required the State to appropriate tens of millions of dollars of State aid to help New Jersey City University stabilize its finances and continue serving students. Additionally, the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education appointed a fiscal monitor (“State Monitor”) based upon a finding of instability in the financial condition of New Jersey City University. g. In December 2024, in response to a recommendation from the State Monitor, New Jersey City University sought proposals from four-year public universities accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education for a potential strategic partnership or merger that would sustain access to higher education for the students and communities that New Jersey City University serves. Kean University, recognizing its ability to not only address the current needs of New Jersey City University students, but also its potential to enhance opportunities for future students, submitted a proposal to become the strategic merger partner of New Jersey City University. h. In March 2025, New Jersey City University’s Board of Trustees selected Kean University’s proposal, and Kean University and New Jersey City University exercised a letter of intent on May 15, 2025. i. Kean University has been granted broad powers as a public urban research university to undertake activities that are necessary or desirable for higher education purposes, including the ability to acquire property, enter into contracts, and make decisions regarding its future development. j. Recognizing the public importance of providing higher education to residents in New Jersey’s second most populous city, and determining that it is both necessary and desirable for university purposes, on October 1, 2025, Kean University and New Jersey City University entered into a merger agreement whereby Kean University will acquire New Jersey City University. The agreement stipulates that, after the closing of the merger, receiving approvals from the United States Department of Education and other regulators, and upon notification by the President of Kean University to the Secretary of Higher Education of New Jersey, New Jersey City University is to cease to exist as a separate entity and shall become an additional location of Kean University. k. The preservation of New Jersey City University’s mission through a merger with Kean University is within the public interest and has an important public purpose, as it will preserve and advance the missions of both institutions to uplift the communities they serve through teaching and research by dedicated and supportive faculty, staff, and partnerships that create opportunity and will provide enhanced educational opportunities to the students of New Jersey City University, Hudson County, and the surrounding region. l. It is in the overwhelming public interest of the State to assist Kean University in its merger with New Jersey City University. As such, it is the intent and purpose of the “Kean University – New Jersey City University Merger Act,” P.L.2025, c.218 (C.18A:64O-34 et al.) to effectuate the provisions of the October 1, 2025 agreement between Kean University and New Jersey City University in the most expeditious manner possible. m. As of June 30, 2024, New Jersey City University’s audited financial statements show long-term debt obligations exceeding $150,000,000 that is required to be assumed by Kean University upon the closing of the acquisition. In addition, New Jersey City University previously purchased various parcels of real property that were never developed as intended, and has approximately $43,000,000 in affiliated debt outstanding with respect to a residence hall on the campus. Despite attempts by New Jersey City University to sell portions of this real estate, sufficient assets do not exist to satisfy the outstanding debt obligations. Given the ongoing difficult financial circumstances at New Jersey City University and the proposed assumption by Kean University of these financial burdens, it is the purpose of the “Kean University – New Jersey City University Merger Act,” P.L.2025, c.218 (C.18A:64O-34 et al.) to ease administrative and regulatory burdens associated with this transaction to the extent reasonably possible, to allow the merger of New Jersey City University with Kean University as expeditiously as possible, to promote economy and efficiency in this transaction, and to ensure the ongoing financial stability of Kean University upon its merger with New Jersey City University. L.2025, c.218, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-32 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-32
Construction of law.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-32. Construction of Law. The enactment of this revision law shall not: a. affect the tenure, compensation and pension rights, if any, of the lawful holder thereof, in any position held in the Office of Student Assistance on the effective date of this act and not specifically abolished in this act; b. alter the term of any employee of the Office of Student Assistance, lawfully employed as of the effective date of this act; c. alter any terms or conditions of any student loans, grants or scholarships; d. alter any rights or obligations arising from any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, loan, grant, document, judicial or administrative proceeding. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-9
Secretary of state board
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall be the secretary of the state board, but with the approval of the state board he may designate one of the clerks in the department to perform such of the duties of the secretary and such other services for the state board as the state board shall designate.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-12
Result of election; establishment of course
Status: in_force

If, at such election, the number of votes cast in favor of the adoption of the question shall exceed the number of votes cast against the adoption of the question, military training shall be included in the courses in health, safety and physical education for male pupils in the high school of the district, within 60 days after the election.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1.1
Transportation of other pupils by board.
Status: in_force

18A:39-1.1. In addition to the provision of transportation for pupils pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1 and N.J.S.18A:46-23, the board of education of any district may provide, by contract or otherwise, in accordance with law and the rules and regulations of the State board, for the transportation of other pupils to and from school. Districts shall not receive State transportation aid pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-57) for the transportation of pupils pursuant to this section. Amended 1990, c.52, s.52; 1996, c.138, s.67; 2007, c.260, s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 29 / Section 29-13
Increase of salaries or increments
Status: in_force

Boards of education shall have the power to increase for any member or classification of members included in any schedule, the initial salary or the amount of any increment or the number of increments.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46A-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46A / Section 46A-5
Provision of auxiliary services.
Status: in_force

5. Auxiliary services shall be provided only upon the consent of the parent or guardian and shall be provided in a location determined by the local board of education. L.1977,c.192,s.5; amended 1998, c.12, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-17
Evaluation of progress; recommendations
Status: in_force

The designated State officials of any party States may meet from time to time as a group to evaluate progress under the agreement, and to formulate recommendations for changes. L.1969, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-23
Comptroller of treasury; powers of examination
Status: in_force

The comptroller of the treasury and his legally authorized representatives are hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, sinking funds, investments and any other matters relating to its financial standing.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-76.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-76.8
Evaluation factors included in request for proposals.
Status: in_force

13. a. Each request for proposals shall contain evaluation factors prepared by a design professional or designated employee as defined in section 10 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:64-76.5). The design professional or designated employee that develops the evaluation factors shall be disqualified from submitting a proposal to enter into the design-build contract, and the design-builder shall not be permitted to delegate services under the design-build contract to the design professional or designated employee that developed the evaluation factors. b. The design professional or designated employee that develops the evaluation factors shall be either an employee of the contracting unit or shall be engaged in compliance with applicable New Jersey public procurement laws, and to the extent allowed by law may delegate the development of specific aspects of the design criteria to other consultants. c. The contracting unit, in consultation with the design professional or designated employee, shall determine the scope and level of detail required for the evaluation factors. The evaluation factors should be detailed enough to permit qualified persons to submit proposals in accordance with the solicitation, given the nature of the public project and the level of design to be provided in the proposal. L.2021, c.71, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:28-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-4
Requirements for certain school personnel to acquire tenure, exceptions
Status: in_force

18A:28-4. No teaching staff member shall acquire tenure in any position in the public schools in any school district or under any board of education, who is not the holder of an appropriate certificate for such position, issued by the State Board of Examiners, in full force and effect, except that no board of education shall terminate the employment or refuse to continue the employment or reemployment of a. any school nurse appointed prior to May 9, 1947 for the reason that such nurse is not the holder of such a certificate and the State Board of Examiners shall make no rule or regulation which will affect adversely the rights of any such nurse under any certificate issued prior to said date; or b. a school athletic trainer appointed prior to the effective date of P.L.1999, c.87 (C.18A:26-2.4 et al.) for the reason that the school athletic trainer is not the holder of a certificate, provided that the person is registered with or licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners, as applicable, as an athletic trainer. That person shall be issued the new certificate without being required to meet any additional qualifications, and any periods of employment as an athletic trainer prior to the effective date of that act shall count toward the acquisition of tenure to the same extent as employment after the effective date of that act. L.1967, c.271; amended 1999, c.87, s.2; 2001, c.156, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-6
Time of admission of pupils; first school year
Status: in_force

Pupils who have never attended any public or private school may be admitted to a public school on or before October 1 following the opening of the school for the fall term, and at no other time except by a majority vote of all the members of the board of education of the district in which the school is situated.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-43.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-43.5
Alignment of threat assessment team policy.
Status: in_force

2. a. Any policy developed by a school district, charter school or renaissance school project concerning the establishment of a threat assessment team, required pursuant to section 1 of this act, shall be aligned with guidelines developed by the Department of Education pursuant to section 3 of this act and shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) guidance for students, teachers, and all school staff regarding the recognition of threatening or aberrant behavior in a student that may represent a threat to the school community; (2) the designation of members of the school community to whom threatening behavior shall be reported; (3) the development and implementation of policies concerning the assessment and intervention of students whose behavior poses a threat to the safety of the school community, and appropriate actions to be taken, including available social, developmental, and law enforcement resources, for students whose behavior is identified as posing a threat to the safety of the school community; (4) coordination and consultation with the school safety specialist designated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c.162 (C.18A:17-43.3); and (5) a policy that the threat assessment team shall not disclose or disseminate any information obtained during their assessment beyond the purpose for which the information was provided to the threat assessment team, except that the threat assessment team is authorized to disclose the information to applicable agencies to pursue appropriate action pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection for any student whose behavior is identified as posing a threat to the safety of the school community. b. When assessing a student whose behavior may pose a threat to the safety of the school community, in the case of a student with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 plan, the threat assessment team shall consult with the IEP team or 504 team to determine whether the aberrant behavior is a threat to school safety and is being properly addressed in a manner that is required by N.J.A.C.6A:14 and all federal and State special education laws. c. Each member of the threat assessment team shall participate in training provided by the school safety specialist designated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c.162 (C.18A:17-43.3) that is consistent with the guidelines developed by the department pursuant to section 3 of this act to ensure that the threat assessment team is able to accurately assess student behavior and to ensure that threat assessment teams do not have a disparate impact on students based on their race, ethnicity, homelessness status, religious belief, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic status. The training shall, at a minimum, include training on adverse childhood experiences, childhood trauma, cultural competency, and implicit bias. L.2022, c.83, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-35
Office duties.
Status: in_force

2. a. The duties of the Office of School Bus Safety shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (1) reviewing a school bus driver's information collected by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1989, c.104 (C.18A:39-19.1); (2) obtaining statements of assurance from school districts or contractors that all training certifications for school bus drivers from employers pursuant to subsection b. of section 2 of P.L.2015, c.123 (C.18A:39-19.3) are complete; (3) assisting in the development of a student information card pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2015, c.123 (18A:39-19.4); (4) reviewing statements provided by a board of education or contractor that verify a school bus driver, whose bus driver's license is suspended or revoked, no longer operates a school bus for the board or contractor pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2018, c.152 (C.18A:39-19.6); (5) coordinating with the Motor Vehicle Commission and the Department of Law and Public Safety on the sharing of information regarding matters related to school bus safety. The Motor Vehicle Commission and the Department of Law and Public Safety shall, pursuant to a valid Memorandum of Understanding and to the extent permitted by law, share information with the office to assist in effectuating the provisions of this act; (6) maintain a list of all persons barred from bidding on any pupil transportation contract pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.307 (C.18A:39-11.5); (7) render a decision as to whether a person shall be debarred from bidding on a pupil transportation contract pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2021, c.307 (C.18A:39-11.5); (8) collecting and reviewing the name, address, and contact information of school bus contractors and the owners of school bus contracting companies; (9) determining if a board of education or contractor has failed to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.18A:39-20; (10) reviewing and recommending changes to the commissioner of the rules and regulations governing school bus safety; and (11) any other duties the commissioner deems appropriate to ensure the safety of school buses for students in the State. b. The office shall treat communications received in the course of the office's duties, including personally identifiable information regarding students, parents or guardians, school bus drivers, and others from whom information is acquired, as confidential, except when disclosure is necessary to enable the office 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 Department of Education shall maintain the confidentiality of such information and shall not disclose or disseminate the information except as provided by applicable State or federal law. c. As used in this section, "person" means an individual and any business, including any corporation, partnership, association, or proprietorship in which such individual is a principal, or with respect to which the individual owns, directly or indirectly, or controls any of the stock or other equity interest of such business. L.2021, c.471, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-15
Complaints to board of trustees
Status: in_force

15. Any individual or group may bring a complaint to the board of trustees of a charter school alleging a violation of the provisions of this act. If, after presenting the complaint to the board of trustees, the individual or group determines that the board of trustees has not adequately addressed the complaint, they may present that complaint to the commissioner who shall investigate and respond to the complaint. The board shall establish an advisory grievance committee consisting of both parents and teachers who are selected by the parents and teachers of the school to make nonbinding recommendations to the board concerning the disposition of a complaint. L.1995,c.426,s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-91.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-91.1
New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education
Status: in_force

1. a. There is hereby created in but not of the Department of Environmental Protection the New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education. The commission shall consist of 23 public members, the commissioners, or their designees, of the Department of Education, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Health, the Attorney General or a designee with responsibility in the area of environmental law, the Executive Director of the Commission on Higher Education, and a designee of the Governor. The public members shall consist of two college professors in the fields of environmental education or environmental science; one private school teacher and two public school teachers, one of whom is selected by the New Jersey Education Association, including one teacher from kindergarten to third grade, one from fourth to sixth grade, and one from seventh to twelfth grade; one school administrator; one representative of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association; one local school board representative selected by the New Jersey School Boards Association; one member of an interfaith religious organization; one representative from labor; one representative from industry; two representatives from environmental or public interest organizations; two representatives from cultural institutions such as museums and nature centers; two representatives from the field of environmental health; two non-academic science professionals; two representatives from the agricultural community; one student representative from a student environmental organization, such as Kids Against Pollution; and one representative from the South Jersey Environmental Information Center. b. The public members shall be appointed by the Governor for terms of three years, except that the student representative shall be appointed for a term of one year, and in the first year the other public members shall be appointed to staggered terms as follows: (1) Seven shall be appointed to terms of one year; (2) Seven shall be appointed to terms of two years; and (3) Seven shall be appointed to terms of three years. c. The commission shall meet, at a minimum, four times a year. d. The commission shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its membership. The term of office for each position shall be two years. e. The commission may hire staff as necessary within the limits of funding as provided by section 5 of P.L.1995, c.409 (C.18A:6-91.5). L.1995,c.409,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.1
Short title; citation
Status: in_force

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "County College Contracts Law" . L.1982, c. 189, s. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7B-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-11
Garden State school district; continuation of actions or proceedings; reference to mean department of corrections, human services or education; rights and privileges of teaching staff members in state facilities
Status: in_force

a. This act shall not affect actions or proceedings, civil or criminal, brought by or against the Garden State School District and pending on the effective date of this act, but such actions may be further prosecuted or defended in the same manner and to the same effect by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, or the Department of Education, whichever has assumed those duties, powers, and responsibilities which are the subject of the proceedings. b. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceedings, or otherwise, reference is made to the Garden State School District, the same shall be considered and mean the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, or the Department of Education, which has assumed those duties, powers, and responsibilities which are the subject of the reference. All rights and privileges enjoyed by teaching staff members of the Garden State School District shall be enjoyed by teaching staff members employed in State facilities. L.1979, c. 207, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-10.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-10.1
Breakfast program established in schools, certain; plan, form submission.
Status: in_force

6. a. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2003, c.4 (C.18A:33-10) to the contrary, following the enactment of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-3.2 et al.), each public school in the State in which 10 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 breakfast program in the school. (2) A school district shall submit, to the Department of Agriculture, 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 shall be submitted in a form and manner prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture and in accordance with the timeframes specified by subsection b. of this section. b. (1) A plan for all grades in each school having one or more of the grades pre-K through sixth grade, shall be submitted by November 1, 2023. (2) A plan for all grades in each school not described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be submitted by November 1, 2024. c. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall review each school breakfast program plan submitted pursuant to this section and make recommendations, if necessary, regarding how the school breakfast program can operate most effectively, in accordance with federal School Breakfast Program requirements and the provisions of section 12 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-14a). The Department of Agriculture shall notify each school district of the completion of the department's review and any recommended changes to the plan, within 90 days after receipt thereof. d. 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, 2024 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by September 1, 2025 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section. e. (1) If a school district does not submit a school breakfast plan to the Department of Agriculture by the date required by subsection b. of this section, the district shall establish a school breakfast program, in each school for which a plan has not been submitted, based on a model plan provided by the department. (2) The model plan developed by the department, for the purposes of this subsection, shall include recommendations on how a school breakfast program can operate in accordance with federal School Breakfast Program requirements and the provisions of section 12 of P.L.2022, c.104 (C.18A:33-14a). (3) The department shall provide the model plan to a school district that is subject to this subsection by March 1, 2024 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by March 1, 2025 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, 2024 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection b. of this section, and by September 1, 2025 for schools for which plans are required to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section. f. (1) A school, or a school district acting on behalf of a school in the district, may, in a form and manner prescribed by the Department of Agriculture, apply to the department for a waiver of the breakfast program requirements established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section. (2) The department shall grant a waiver of the breakfast program requirements established pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, and shall continue a waiver pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection, if the school, or the school district acting on behalf of the school, demonstrates to the department's satisfaction that the provision of a breakfast program at the school will result in financial hardship for either the school or the school district. Conditions under which a waiver may be granted shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: (a) there is a lack of facilities or equipment necessary to offer a school breakfast program at the school, and the acquisition of such facilities or equipment would cause financial hardship to the school or school district; or (b) program participation rates at the school are either too low to allow the program to operate on a cost-effective basis or would cause substantial scheduling difficulties. (3) Not more frequently than biennially, the department may request that updated financial and demographic information be submitted to the department by a school, or by a school district acting on behalf of a school, which has obtained a waiver of school breakfast program requirements pursuant to this subsection. A school or school district, upon such request, shall submit the updated financial and demographic information in a form and manner and within a timeframe prescribed by the department. (4) The department shall rescind a waiver previously granted under this subsection if it determines, based upon its review of updated financial and demographic information submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of this subsection, that there has been a change in circumstances that has eliminated the financial hardship warranting continuation of the waiver pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit a school or school district from submitting a new waiver application, pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, in one or more years following the rescission of a waiver pursuant to this paragraph. (5) The department shall establish standards and procedures for the filing of waiver applications and the awarding and rescission of waivers pursuant to this subsection. L.2022, c.104, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-31
Dollar Amount not to be considered in determining eligibility for monetary assistance.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-31. Dollar Amount Not to be Considered in Determining Eligibility for Monetary Assistance. Annually, the authority shall determine a dollar amount of Garden State Savings Bonds or accumulated bonds, interest or supplemental payment, which shall not be less than $25,000, unless a greater amount is approved by the authority, which shall not be considered in evaluating the financial needs of a student enrolled at an institution of higher education located in the State of New Jersey, or be deemed a financial resource of or a form of financial aid or assistance to each student, for purposes of determining the eligibility of a student for any scholarship, grant, or monetary assistance awarded by the State; nor shall the amount of any such bonds, interest or supplemental payment as determined by the authority provided for a qualified student under this article reduce the amount of any scholarship, grant or monetary assistance which the student is entitled to be awarded by the State. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-47
Findings, declarations relative to Latino and Hispanic heritage cultural and educational programs.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey is home to a significant number of people of Latino and Hispanic descent, representing 19% of the State's total population. Several municipalities in the State have Hispanic majority populations, and Latinos and Hispanics constitute one-third of the population of Newark, the largest city in the State. Parts of Hudson County, including West New York and Union City, have been nicknamed "Havana on the Hudson" for the large number of Cuban exiles and emigres living there. b. The histories of our nation and our State have been significantly enriched by the heritage of Latinos and people of Hispanic descent. Our nation and our State have benefitted substantially from the influences and contributions of these men, women, and children and their distinctive culture, history, and heritage. c. It is desirable to educate our citizens about the positive aspects of the culture, music, art, language, history, and people of Latino and Hispanic heritage. d. It is the policy of the State of New Jersey that the culture, history, and heritage of people of Latino and Hispanic descent are a proper concern for all people, particularly students enrolled in the schools of this State. e. It is appropriate and desirable that programs, workshops, institutes, seminars, and other teacher-training activities for the study of the culture, history, and heritage of people of Latino and Hispanic descent be conducted at the high schools and institutions of higher education in this State. f. It is fitting and proper to establish a permanent State-level commission to survey, design, encourage, and promote the implementation of Latino and Hispanic cultural and educational programs in this State, with responsibility for the coordination of events that will provide appropriate awareness and memorialization of the culture, history, heritage, and language of people of Latino and Hispanic descent on a regular basis throughout the State. L.2019, c.321, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.6
Definitions relative to certain school employees.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Child abuse" means any conduct that falls under the purview and reporting requirements of P.L.1971, c.437 (C.9:6-8.8 et seq.) and is directed toward or against a child or student, regardless of the age of the child or student. "Sexual misconduct" means any verbal, nonverbal, written, or electronic communication, or any other act directed toward or with a student that is designed to establish a sexual relationship with the student, including a sexual invitation, dating or soliciting a date, engaging in sexual dialogue, making sexually suggestive comments, self-disclosure or physical exposure of a sexual or erotic nature, and any other sexual, indecent or erotic contact with a student. L.2018, c.5, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-16
Guidelines, materials for program
Status: in_force

9. a. 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, shall establish guidelines for substance use education programs to be offered by local boards of education to the parents or legal guardians of public school pupils. The program shall, at a minimum, provide: (1) A thorough and comprehensive review of the substance use education curriculum which will be taught to the child of the parent or guardian during the school year, with recommendations as to the ways in which the parent or guardian may enhance, reinforce and supplement that program; (2) Information on the pharmacology, physiology, psychosocial and legal aspects of substance use, and instruction to assist the parent or guardian in the identification of the symptoms and behavioral patterns which might indicate that a child may be involved in substance use; and (3) Information on the State, local and community organizations which are available for the prevention, early intervention, treatment and rehabilitation of individuals who show symptoms of substance use. b. In addition to the guidelines required pursuant this section, 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, shall develop and provide to local boards of education suggested materials for the substance use education program for parents or legal guardians of school pupils, and shall maintain and continuously update a roster of individuals or groups available to assist boards of education in implementing this program and a list of State and local agencies and organizations which are approved by the Department of Health to provide services for the prevention, early intervention, treatment or rehabilitation of individuals who show symptoms of substance use disorder. 1987, c. 387, s.9; amended 2023, c.177, s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-14.9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-14.9
Appropriations directly to Rutgers University-Camden.
Status: in_force

29. State support for the operation of Rutgers University-Camden, including support for fringe benefits costs, shall be appropriated by the Legislature directly to Rutgers University-Camden. L.2012, c.45, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-13
Biennial message of Governor to legislature
Status: in_force

Thereafter, the Governor shall deliver a biennial message to the Legislature on the progress of New Jersey's schools in providing a thorough and efficient education and recommending legislative action, if appropriate. L.1975, c. 212, s. 13, eff. July 1, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-34
Visitorial powers of supervision and control
Status: in_force

18A:65-34. The visitorial general powers of supervision and control of the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education at the request of the Governor over Rutgers, The State University, are continued and are defined as the powers to visit the university to examine into its manner of conducting its affairs and to enforce an observance of its laws and regulations and the laws of the State. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.184.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-49 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-49
Organization of committee; expenses.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-49. Organization of Committee; Expenses. The advisory committee shall organize annually by the appointment of one of its members as chairperson and one as vice-chairperson. Members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to all necessary expenses. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-21
Retirement reserve fund
Status: in_force

The retirement reserve fund shall be the fund from which all retirement allowances shall be paid except those payable from the pension fund as provided in section 18A:66-22. Upon the retirement of a member other than a present-entrant, his accumulated deductions together with regular interest after January 1, 1956, shall be transferred to the retirement reserve fund from the annuity savings fund. The reserve needed to produce the balance of the retirement allowance shall be transferred from the contingent reserve fund. If the retirement allowance of a member who has been retired is subsequently canceled, the appropriate reserve shall be transferred to the annuity savings fund and the contingent reserve fund. Any surplus or deficit developing in the retirement reserve fund shall be adjusted from time to time by transfer to or from the contingent reserve fund by appropriate action of the retirement system upon the advice of the actuary. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 11, eff. April 29, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-192 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-192
Rules and regulations; operation of programs
Status: in_force

The Division of Pensions shall provide for all things necessary to prepare and operate said alternate benefit programs. The division shall adopt rules and regulations from time to time as it may deem necessary for the operation of the programs. L.1969, c. 242, s. 26, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-35
Duties of State Library.
Status: in_force

20. The State Library shall: (a) Maintain library resources and information services over a broad range of subjects which affect the educational, intellectual, cultural, economic, and political life of the State; (b) Provide special library services for the legislative, executive and judicial branches of State Government, supplemental library service for New Jersey libraries and citizens and direct library service for persons with disabilities; (c) Purchase or otherwise acquire, and maintain a general collection of books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, slides, films and other library materials for the use of State and local governments, libraries, and the public generally; and exchange, discard, sell, or otherwise dispose of books and library materials as required within the purposes stated herein and all moneys to be secured from such sales shall be paid into the treasury to be used for the benefit of the State Library when appropriated to that purpose; (d) Maintain as part of the State Library, a general reference service; a legislative reference service; a law library service; a documents depository service; an archival service for New Jersey materials; a records management service for State and local governments; a deposit and exchange service for library materials; an interlibrary loan service; an advisory service for public libraries, school libraries, libraries of institutions of higher education, industrial, commercial and other special libraries, State department and agency libraries, and the libraries the State maintains within the institutions carrying out its health, welfare and correctional programs; and a library service for persons with disabilities; and provide such other services as may be required by law; (e) Preserve the records of the history of New Jersey through its official archives and other materials and promote interest and research in the history of the State; (f) Coordinate a Statewide system of libraries in New Jersey, and administer State and federal programs for the development of libraries, library facilities, library resources and library services in New Jersey, and require such reports as are necessary for the proper administration of its duties and for the gathering and publishing of annual and occasional statistics on libraries in the State; (g) Promote and demonstrate library service throughout the State, and study library problems and needs in New Jersey and make the resultant findings known generally. L.1969, c.158, s.20; amended 2001, c.137, s.12; 2017, c.131, s.61.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64O-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64O / Section 64O-20
Current officers unaffected; expectations.
Status: in_force

20. The enactment and adoption of this act shall not, of itself, affect the official, operational, or organizational status of any officer of the university or any and all outstanding authorizations of any officer, agent, or employee to take specified action, or any and all outstanding commitments or undertakings of or by the university, except and only to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this act. L.2021, c.282, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-79 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-79
Net debt of board of education; calculation; net debt of municipality
Status: in_force

For the purposes of calculating or stating local debt or school debt, or for any debt statement or supplemental debt statement, or for the application of any limitation on the issuance of bonds by a board of education or municipality, or any other similar purpose under any applicable law now or hereafter enacted, the net debt of any board of education on bonds issued hereunder shall be the aggregate amount of the principal and accrued interest of issued and outstanding bonds, less the amount of the reserve funds and sinking funds held pursuant to this act and the earnings thereof, as of the date of the calculation. At the option of the issuing board, the calculation of net debt may be made in the same manner as provided in section 8 of this act, ^1^ except that accrued interest shall be included in the calculation. No municipal guaranty of any bonds issued hereunder shall be taken into account in determining its bonded indebtedness or in calculating any debt limit or for any other purpose stated in this section in respect to such municipality, unless the municipality shall have been called upon to perform its guaranty, and then only to the extent of such call and to the extent that the same has not been satisfied. However, the existence of the guaranty shall be disclosed in any case. L.1971, c. 36, s. 14, eff. March 4, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:49-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 49 / Section 49-1
Establishment; courses of study
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district may establish and maintain a public evening school or evening schools for the instruction of foreign-born residents of the district over 14 years of age, in the English language and in the form of government and the laws of this state and of the United States. The course of study in each of such schools and any changes therein shall be submitted to and approved by the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-62 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-62
Division of assets and liabilities in event of withdrawal, dissolution
Status: in_force

12. The county superintendent in a written report filed by him at the end of the school year preceding that in which the withdrawal or dissolution becomes effective shall make a division of the assets and liabilities between the withdrawing district and the regional district, or among the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, in the same manner as provided in N.J.S.18A:8-24. L.1975,c.360,s.12; amended 1993,c.255,s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-47.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-47.4
Application review; feasibility study reimbursement.
Status: in_force

4. a. The division shall review all applications submitted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3) and shall only approve applications that meet the eligibility criteria set forth in subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3) and that are certified by the commissioner pursuant to subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3). Boards of education or governing bodies whose applications are denied approval for a grant shall be provided a notice describing the reasons for the denial and the applicant shall be afforded an opportunity for a hearing before an administrative law judge to contest the decision, which shall conform with the provisions applicable to such contested cases in this State as set forth in statute and regulation. b. The division may grant preliminary approval of an application submitted by the boards of education or governing bodies of two or more school districts pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3) if the division determines that the application contains sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the proposed regionalization complies with the criteria enumerated in subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3) and is proposing to: (1) form a countywide school district; or (2) form an all purpose regional district by expanding an existing limited purpose regional district through consolidation with some or all of the constituent school districts of the existing limited purpose regional district. The division shall establish guidelines governing preliminary approval of applications submitted pursuant to this subsection. A participating district that is part of an application that receives preliminary approval under this subsection and that has a State aid differential that is positive may elect to receive State school aid pursuant to the schedule established in paragraph (4) of subsection c. of section 4 of P.L.2018, c.67 (C.18A:7F-68). c. Boards of education or governing bodies receiving application approval pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed for any eligible costs of the feasibility study up to an amount or percentage to be annually determined by the division, with 50 percent of the grant award to be distributed upon the division's final approval of the grant application and the remaining 50 percent of the grant award to be distributed upon the division's acceptance of the completed feasibility study. Boards of education or governing bodies receiving application approval pursuant to subsection a. of this section, which have conducted within two years prior to the enactment of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.1 et al.) a feasibility study for which no prior reimbursement was made, shall be eligible for reimbursement up to an amount or percentage to be determined by the division of any costs associated with conducting the study upon execution of the regionalization outlined in the boards' or governing bodies' application. The division shall also annually determine the costs that are eligible and ineligible for reimbursement under this section. L.2021, c.402, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46A-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46A / Section 46A-1
Legislative findings and determinations.
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: a. The welfare of the State requires that present and future generations of school age children be assured opportunity to develop to the fullest their intellectual capacities. It is the intent of this Legislature to ensure that the State shall furnish on an equal basis auxiliary services to all pupils in the State in both public and nonpublic schools. b. The annual appropriations to provide services pursuant to P.L.1977, c.192 (C.18A:46A-1 et seq.) should be fully expended each year to support nonpublic school students. c. The maximum per service aid amounts established by the commissioner are to be calculated in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1977, c.192 (C.18A:46A-1 et seq.) in order to maintain the quality of services provided to eligible nonpublic students and the overall sustainability of the program. L.1977, c. 192, s. 1, eff. Aug. 25, 1977; amended 2025, c.252, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-60 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-60
State college purchases through State agency; procedure.
Status: in_force

9. a. Any State college, without advertising for bids, or after having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising therefor, may purchase any materials, supplies, goods, services or equipment pursuant to a contract or contracts for those materials, supplies, goods, services or equipment entered into on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase and Property or any municipality or county in this State. b. A State college may also use, without advertising for bids, or having rejected all bids obtained pursuant to advertising, the Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services Administration or schedules from other federal procurement programs subject to the following conditions: (1) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price offered to federal agencies; (2) the State college receives the benefit of federally mandated price reductions during the term of the contract and is protected from price increases during that time; and (3) the price of the goods or services being procured is no greater than the price of the same or equivalent goods or services under any State contract, unless the State college determines that because of factors other than price, selection of a vendor from the Federal Supply Schedules would be more advantageous to the State college. c. Whenever a purchase is made pursuant to this section, the State college shall place its order with the vendor offering the lowest price, including delivery charges, that best meets the requirements of the State college. Prior to placing such an order, the State college shall document with specificity that the materials, supplies, goods, services or equipment selected best meet the requirements of the State college. L.1986,c.43,s.9; amended 1996,c.16,s.5; 2005,c.369,s.7; 2006,c.10,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-78 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-78
Sale of surplus personal property.
Status: in_force

27. Any college may, by resolution of its board of trustees, authorize the sale in the following manner of its personal property not needed for college purposes: a. If the estimated fair value of the property to be sold exceeds $100,000 or, commencing January 1,2005, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-54), in any one sale and the property does not consist of perishable goods, it shall be sold at public sale to the highest bidder. b. Notice of the date, time and place of the public sale, together with a description of the items to be sold and the conditions of sale, shall be published once in a legal newspaper. Sales shall be held not less than seven nor more than 14 days after the publication of the notice thereof. c. Personal property may be sold to the United States, the State of New Jersey, another college or to any body politic by private sale without advertising for bids. d. If no bids are received, the property may then be sold at private sale without further publication or notice thereof but in no event at less than the estimated fair value; or the State college may, if it so elects, reoffer the property at public sale. As used herein, "estimated fair value" means the market value of the property if sold by a willing seller to a willing buyer less the cost to the college of continuing to store or maintain the property. e. A State college may reject all bids if it determines a rejection to be in the public interest. In any case in which the college has rejected all bids, it may readvertise the personal property for a subsequent public sale. If it elects to reject all bids at a second public sale pursuant to this section, it may then sell the personal property without further publication or notice thereof at private sale, but in no event shall the negotiated price at the private sale be less than the amount of the highest bid rejected at the preceding two public sales, nor shall the terms or conditions of sale be changed or amended. f. If the estimated fair value of the property to be sold does not exceed $100,000 or, commencing January 1, 2005, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-54), in any one sale or the property consists of perishable goods, it may be sold at private sale without advertising for bids. L.1986,c.43,s.27;amended 1997, c.292, s.4; 2005, c.369, s.15; 2021, c.417, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72C-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72C / Section 72C-3
Use of funds
Status: in_force

An institution awarded an Einstein Chair may utilize funds appropriated under this act for the provision of equipment, supplies, clerical and research assistants and such other appropriate support as is necessary for the research conducted by the holder of the Einstein Chair. L.1979, c. 39, s. 3, eff. March 14, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36B-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36B / Section 36B-15
Definitions relative to public school choice.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Choice district" means a public school district, established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, which is authorized under the interdistrict public school choice program to open a school or schools to students from sending districts; "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education; "Sending district" means the district of residence of a choice student. L.2010, c.65, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-26
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Bus Safety Act." L.2003,c.19,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-1.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1.3
Dismissal of nontenured, certificated employee for cause, notice to State board.
Status: in_force

1. A board of education shall notify the State Board of Examiners whenever a non-tenured, certificated employee is dismissed prior to the end of any school year for just cause as a result of misconduct in office. This notification requirement shall not apply in instances where the employee's contract is not renewed. The State Board of Examiners shall maintain a list containing the name and Social Security number of the employee and the reason for the dismissal. If a disciplinary grievance arbitration is conducted pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1989, c.269 (C.34:13A-29) as to the dismissal, or if the dismissal is appealed to a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction the board of education shall not notify the State Board of Examiners unless just cause due to misconduct in office is found by the arbitrator, the court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction. If a person's name is placed on the list subsequent to a determination of just cause due to misconduct in office by the arbitrator and the person later files an appeal to a court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction, a board of education shall notify the State Board of Examiners that an appeal has been filed. The State Board of Examiners shall remove the person's name from the list and upon any inquiry as to the person's status on the list, the State Board of Examiners shall indicate that the person's name has been proposed for inclusion on the list. A board of education shall notify the State Board of Examiners regarding the final determination of the court or administrative tribunal of competent jurisdiction. If a final determination is made that the basis for dismissal does not constitute misconduct in office, the State Board of Examiners shall not put the name of the person on the list. If a final determination is made that the basis for dismissal does constitute misconduct in office, the State Board of Examiners shall place the name of the person on the list. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create a right to tenure beyond the provisions of existing law. The chief school administrator of a public school district or a nonpublic school, in New Jersey or any other state that has entered into the interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel pursuant to P.L.1969, c.114 (C.18A:26-11 et seq.), may submit to the State Board of Examiners the name and Social Security number of a person who has applied for a position in the district or school, and the State Board of Examiners shall indicate to the chief school administrator whether the person's name appears on the list and if so, the listed reason for the dismissal or whether the person's name has been proposed for inclusion on the list. Whenever a board of education notifies the State Board of Examiners of a person's dismissal for reasons of misconduct, the board of education shall send the person a simultaneous copy of the notifying correspondence. Whenever a chief school administrator inquires about the status on the list of a job applicant, the chief school administrator shall send the applicant a simultaneous copy of the inquiry and shall subsequently forward to the applicant a copy of the response received from the State Board of Examiners. Any non-tenured, certificated employee who submits a false name or Social Security number to a board of education is deemed to be in violation of N.J.S.2C:28-3. L.1997,c.200,s.1; amended 1999, c.301, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-24
Tuition benefits for members of New Jersey National Guard; State payment.
Status: in_force

18A:62-24. a. Any member of the New Jersey National Guard shall be permitted to attend regularly-scheduled courses at any public institution of higher education in this State enumerated in N.J.S.18A:62-1 and receive up to 16 credits per semester tuition-free provided that: (1) the member has completed Initial Active Duty Training and, except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection c. of this section, is in good standing as an active member of the New Jersey National Guard; (2) the member has been accepted to pursue a course of undergraduate study and is enrolled as an undergraduate student in good standing at that institution or a course of graduate study and is enrolled as a graduate student in good standing at that institution; (3) the member has applied for all available State student grants and scholarships and all available federal student grants and scholarships for which the member is eligible; and (4) the member has applied for tuition benefits available through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for which the member is eligible under the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.), except that such application shall not be required in the case of a tuition benefit transfer by the member as permitted by federal law. b. The State shall reimburse a public institution of higher education for the tuition cost of each National Guard member who enrolls in the institution pursuant to the provisions of this section to the extent that the tuition cost is not paid through tuition benefits available to the member through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs under the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.). c. Any member of the New Jersey National Guard whose enrollment in a public institution of higher education on a tuition-free basis pursuant to subsection a. of this section is interrupted by a deployment to active duty shall be permitted to receive the free tuition benefit after discharge from service under conditions other than dishonorable. In the event of a non-medical discharge or a medical discharge that is not caused by an illness or injury related to the performance of duties for the National Guard, eligibility for the free tuition benefit shall begin from the date of discharge and shall continue for one semester or a period of time equal to the length of the deployment, whichever is longer. In the event of medical discharge or medical retirement as a result of illness or injury incurred in the combat theater, as a result of terrorist action, or in the response to a natural disaster, eligibility for the free tuition benefit shall begin from the date of discharge or retirement and shall continue until completion of the degree program in which enrolled or for five years, whichever occurs first. Amended 2001, c.9, s.1; 2001, c.427; 2007, c.11, s.1; 2009, c.208, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-79 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-79
Establishment and operation; projects; plan and development; implementation
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education shall have the authority and responsibility to plan for, establish and operate demonstration model early child development centers. These centers, in voluntary cooperation with local school districts or other public agencies, shall concentrate on the cognitive and affective development of children aged 3 to 6; including but not limited to health, dental hygiene, mental health, language and computation skills development, nutrition, socialization, and recreation. The centers shall design projects within an experimental framework of early childhood education and day care support in order that unproven educational ideas, equipment, methods and approaches, newly developed curriculum materials and reliable educational techniques can be objectively tested and evaluated and their value to local school districts and other early childhood programs be demonstrated. The educational centers shall be planned and developed (1) to demonstrate an educational approach to day care that has widespread use and adaptability to local educational agencies, and (2) to procure and use Federal and private resources in combination with State resources to attain State educational goals. The Commissioner of Education shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education, promulgate rules and regulations, establish procedures, employ personnel, and take all other necessary steps to insure the implementation of the provisions of this act. L.1971, c. 149, s. 1, eff. May 20, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-31.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-31.4
Repayment Assistance Program.
Status: in_force

1. a. In order to assist borrowers who are facing economic hardships, the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall establish a Repayment Assistance Program for new loans originated under the Standard New Jersey College Loans to Assist State Students (NJCLASS) Loan Program beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year. Under the Repayment Assistance Program, eligible borrowers shall pay a reduced monthly loan payment equal to 10 percent of the total of the aggregate household income of all of the parties to the loan that exceeds 150 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, with a minimum monthly payment of $5. b. Subject to the limits of funding made available pursuant to section 3 of this act, a borrower shall be eligible to participate in the Repayment Assistance Program for a period not to exceed two years. During the period of participation in the Repayment Assistance Program, the authority shall pay the interest on the NJCLASS loan at the stated loan rate and the payments made by the borrower shall be applied to reduce the principal balance of the loan. At the end of the borrower's participation in the Repayment Assistance Program, the new monthly repayment amount shall be recalculated based on the remaining principal balance of the loan, interest accruing thereon at the original stated loan rate, and the remaining length of the original term to repay the loan. c. As used in this section, borrowers are determined to be facing an "economic hardship" if the monthly amount required to pay their Standard NJCLASS loans is higher than the monthly payment amount required under the Repayment Assistance Program established in this section. L.2019, c.62, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-23.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-23.2
Definitions relative to "New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Program Act."
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Institution of higher education" means an institution of higher education licensed by the appropriate agency or department and accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized accrediting association. An institution of higher education shall also include certain proprietary institutions, but only for degree granting programs approved by the Commission on Higher Education or other proprietary institutions as determined by the authority. "Authority" means the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:71A-1 et seq. L.2001,c.442,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-23
Implementation of provisions
Status: in_force

9. The Commissioner of Education shall, with the approval of the State Board of Education promulgate rules and regulations, establish procedures, employ personnel, and take all other necessary steps to insure the implementation of the provisions of this act. L.1974,c.197,s.9; amended 1994,c.48,s.63.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-18
Capital projects; appropriations; estimation.
Status: in_force

18A:22-18. When a board of education of a type I district shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to sell school bonds to raise money for any capital project authorized by law, it shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate a statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for such purpose. The statement shall include the amount needed to be raised by school bonds, the final eligible costs of the project as approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000,c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) and in the case of a demonstration project pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6), and, if applicable, the amount of any costs of the project which are in addition to the final eligible costs. L.1967, c.271; amended 1993, c.83, s.6; 2000, c.72, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-34
Limitation on powers of authority; bond holders protected.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-34. Limitation on Powers of Authority; Bond Holders Protected. The powers conferred in this act upon the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of this State or any authority thereof, at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to this act, shall in any way limit, restrict, or alter the obligation or powers of the State or its authorities to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement or contract at any time made or entered into by, or on behalf of the State or any authority thereof with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-19.1
Legislative findings and determinations.
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The security and welfare of the State require that all school age children be assured the fullest possible opportunity to develop their intellectual capacities. In order to achieve this objective it is the intent of this Legislature to require that the State and local communities identify and provide remedial services for children with disabilities in both public and nonpublic schools. b. The annual appropriations to provide services pursuant to P.L.1977, c.193 (C.18A:46-19.1 et al.) should be fully expended each year to support nonpublic school students. c. The maximum per service aid amounts established by the commissioner are to be calculated in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1977, c.193 (C.18A:46-19.1 et al.) in order to maintain the quality of services provided to eligible nonpublic students and the overall sustainability of the program. L.1977, c. 193, s. 1, eff. Aug. 25, 1977; amended 2025, c.252, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-18
Employment of student assistance coordinators in certain school districts.
Status: in_force

11. 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, shall develop and administer a program which provides for the employment of student assistance coordinators in certain school districts. a. Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the Commissioner of Education shall forward to each local school board a request for a proposal for the employment of a student assistance coordinator. A board that wants to participate in the program shall submit a proposal to the commissioner which outlines the district's plan to provide substance use prevention, intervention, and treatment referral services to students through the employment of a student assistance coordinator. Nothing shall preclude a district which employs a student assistance coordinator at the time of the effective date of this act from participating in this program. The commissioner shall select school districts to participate in the program through a competitive grant process. The participating districts shall include urban, suburban, and rural districts from the north, central, and southern geographic regions of the State with at least one school district per county. In addition to all other State aid to which the local district is entitled under the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) and other pertinent statutes, each board of education participating in the program shall receive from the State, for a three-year period, the amount necessary to pay the salary of its student assistance coordinator. b. The position of student assistance coordinator shall be separate and distinct from any other employment position in the district, including, but not limited to district guidance counselors, school social workers, and school psychologists. The State Board of Education shall approve the education and experience criteria necessary for employment as a student assistance coordinator. The criteria shall include a requirement for certification by the State Board of Examiners. In addition to the criteria established by the State board, the Department of Education and the Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in the Department of Human Services shall jointly conduct orientation and training programs for student assistance coordinators, and shall also provide for continuing education programs for coordinators. c. It shall be the responsibility of student assistance coordinators to assist local school districts in the effective implementation of this act. Coordinators shall assist with the in service training of school district staff concerning substance use issues and the district program to combat substance use; serve as an information resource for substance use curriculum development and instruction; assist the district in revising and implementing substance use policies and procedures; develop and administer intervention services in the district; provide counseling services to pupils regarding substance use problems; and, where necessary and appropriate, cooperate with juvenile justice officials in the rendering of substance use disorder treatment services. d. 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, shall implement a plan to collect data on the effectiveness of the program in treating problems associated with substance use and in reducing the incidence of substance use in local school districts. Six months prior to the expiration of the program authorized pursuant to this section, the Commissioner of Education shall submit to the Governor and the Legislature an evaluation of the program and a recommendation on the advisability of its continuation or expansion to all school districts in the State. L.1987, c.387, s.11; amended 1990, c.52, s.54; 1996, c.138, s.70; 2007, c.260, s.68; 2009, c.54, s.4; 2012, c.17, s.83; 2023, c.177, s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-24
Definitions
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Education. "Nonpublic school" means an elementary or secondary school within the State, other than a public school, offering education for grades kindergarten through 12, or any combination of them, wherein any child may legally fulfill compulsory school attendance requirements and which complies with the requirements of Title VI of the "Civil Rights Act of 1964," Pub.L.88-352, (42 U.S.C. s.2000d et seq.) "Support limit" means the maximum amount which may be appropriated each year for the purposes of this act for each pupil enrolled full-time in nonpublic schools of the State. L.1991,c.226,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-21
Rules governing pupil transportation by state board
Status: in_force

The state board shall make rules governing the transportation of pupils to and from school to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-6.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-6.1
Strip, body cavity searches of pupil prohibited.
Status: in_force

1. Any teaching staff member, principal or other educational personnel shall be prohibited from conducting any strip search or body cavity search of pupil under any circumstances. L.1997,c.242,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-43
Ongoing professional development for teachers, staff.
Status: in_force

6. A school district selected to participate in the pilot program shall provide ongoing professional development to teachers and other staff employed in the school in which the restorative justice model is being implemented on: how to understand, recognize, and respond to students and their families who are impacted by the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences; the adverse consequences of the exclusion of students from school and their involvement in the juvenile justice system; effective classroom management strategies; culturally responsive discipline; and developmentally appropriate disciplinary methods that promote a positive and healthy school climate. L.2019, c.412, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-54
Representative assembly, organization; election of board of directors.
Status: in_force

The first representative assembly shall organize upon the call of the county superintendent or county superintendents, as the case may be. Thereafter the representative assembly shall organize annually during the first week of June and meet at other times as necessary. The representative assembly shall elect, by a majority vote, from among its members a board of directors to serve until the next annual organization meeting. Upon election, the board of directors shall elect a president and vice president who shall also serve until the next organization meeting. L.1968, c.243, s.4; amended 1989,c.254,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-15.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-15.3
Policy to include certain incidents occurring off school grounds.
Status: in_force

16. The policy adopted by each school district pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2002, c.83 (C.18A:37-15) shall include provisions for appropriate responses to harassment, intimidation, or bullying, as defined in section 2 of P.L.2002, c.83 (C.18A:37-14), that occurs off school grounds, in cases in which a school employee is made aware of such actions. The responses to harassment, intimidation, or bullying that occurs off school grounds shall be consistent with the board of education's code of student conduct and other provisions of the board's policy on harassment, intimidation, or bullying. L.2010, c.122, s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-29
Members' contribution rate.
Status: in_force

18A:66-29. Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 1994 shall contribute 5% of compensation to the system. Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 1994 shall contribute 5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1995, provided, however, that any member enrolled before July 1, 1994, whose full contribution rate under the system prior to the revisions by this act was less than 6%, shall pay 4% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1995, and 5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 1996. Members enrolled in the retirement system on or after July 1, 2007 shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system. Members enrolled in the system prior to July 1, 2007 shall contribute 5.5% of compensation to the system effective with the payroll period for which the beginning date is closest to July 1, 2007. Members of the retirement system shall contribute 6.5% of compensation to the system on and after the effective date of P.L.2011, c.78, with an additional contribution of 1% to be phased-in in equal increments over a period of seven years commencing with the first year following that effective date. amended 1979, c.106, s.6; 1994, c.62, s.4; 2007, c.103, s.1; 2011, c.78, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-33.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-33.1
Annual report.
Status: in_force

6. a. In addition to the duties prescribed in section 18 of P.L.1969, c.158 (C.18A:73-33), the State Librarian shall on or before October 31 of each year prepare an annual report on the activities of the library network for the preceding year. The report shall be transmitted to the President of Thomas Edison State College who, upon the approval of the report thereby, shall transmit it to the Governor, the Thomas Edison State College Board of Trustees and the Chairman of the State Government Committee, or successor committee, of each House of the Legislature. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the library network's operation during the preceding year. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2001, c.137). L.1983,c.486,s.6; amended 2001, c.137, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:75-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 75 / Section 75-3
Article II. State defined
Status: in_force

As used in this compact, "state" means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-64.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-64.1
JBOC approval required for provision of grant funding.
Status: in_force

24. The authority shall not provide grant funding without the review and approval of the Joint Budget Oversight Committee. The Joint Budget Oversight Committee shall approve or disapprove each grant within 10 working days of receipt of the grant information or the grant shall be deemed approved. L.2012, c.42, s.24.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2h — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2h
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2021, c.224, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-23.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-23.1
Receiving pupils from other counties; county vocational school districts with post secondary vocational-technical education
Status: in_force

Every county vocational school district board of education providing post secondary vocational-technical education shall, to the extent its facilities permit and subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board, accept for post secondary vocational-technical education students who are residents of any other county in the State. L.1973, c. 333, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-42
Educational fact sheet about HPV.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall develop an educational fact sheet about the human papillomavirus (HPV) for distribution to parents or guardians of students in grades seven through 12. The educational fact sheet shall include information about the causes, symptoms and means of transmission of HPV, and where additional information can be obtained. b. For the 2007-2008 school year, a school district shall distribute to parents and guardians of students in grades seven through 12 the educational fact sheet on HPV, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. c. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, a school district shall distribute the educational fact sheet annually to parents or guardians of students in grade seven in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Education. d. The Commissioner of Education also shall make the educational fact sheet available to private schools educating students in grades seven through 12. Such schools are encouraged, but not required, to distribute the fact sheet to parents or guardians of students at the school. L.2007, c.134, s.2; amended 2012, c.17, s.81.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-8.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8.6
Construction of act.
Status: in_force

2. Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the authority of a board of education to establish more stringent requirements for the provision of tuition assistance or additional compensation than the requirements set forth in section 1 of P.L.2010, c.13 (C.18A:6-8.5). L.2010, c.13, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40A-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40A / Section 40A-5
Loaning of educational materials
Status: in_force

The board of education in each school district in the State in which a nonpublic school is located shall have the power and duty to loan to all pupils attending nonpublic schools located within the district all educational materials developed by the Commissioner of Education pursuant to this act for the instruction of public school pupils on the nature and effects of drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, tobacco and controlled dangerous substances. The Commissioner of Education shall make these materials available so that the local board of education shall not be required to expend funds for the loan of these materials. L.1987, c.389, s.5; amended 1989,c.216,s.6; 1989,c.225,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7C-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-5
Board of education to provide policy on graduation to students and parents
Status: in_force

Upon adoption by the local board of education, each board of education shall provide each high school pupil and the parents or legal guardians of such pupil with a copy of said board's policy on graduation, including a clear statement of the proficiencies required for graduation and those programs available to assist in attaining those levels of proficiency. L.1979, c. 241, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-73 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-73
Liquidated damages
Status: in_force

Any purchase, contract or agreement made pursuant to this article may include liquidated damages for the violation of any of the terms and conditions thereof or the failure to perform the contract or agreement in accordance with its terms, conditions or the terms and conditions of this article. L. 1986, c. 43, s. 22, eff. July 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72F-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72F / Section 72F-4
Minority Faculty Advancement Program.
Status: in_force

4. a. There is established within the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education a Minority Faculty Advancement Program. To increase the representation of doctorally trained minority faculty and administrators at New Jersey colleges and universities, the loan and loan redemption features of the Minority Faculty Advancement Loan and Loan Redemption Program, established pursuant to P.L.1984, c.189, shall be phased out and replaced by incentive hiring grants. Support, other than loans, for students participating in the program shall continue through campus assistance grants. The commission may enter into an agreement with another agency or entity to administer or provide services for this program. b. To be eligible for a campus assistance grant, a New Jersey college or university shall enter into an agreement with the commission to provide support opportunities to eligible student participants. Support opportunities may include, but are not limited to: advising; mentoring; workshops and colloquia. c. To be eligible for an incentive hiring grant, a New Jersey college or university shall enter into an agreement with the commission to provide loan redemption up to $40,000 per individual as a benefit to newly hired minority faculty or administrators with doctoral degrees, regardless of whether the doctorate was earned at an institution of higher education within or outside of the State. No more than $10,000 shall be redeemed for an individual for each year of service as a faculty member or administrator. d. No student loans shall be originated or guaranteed under this program after the effective date of P.L.1999, c.46 (N.J.S.18A:71A-1 et al.), to any person not already the recipient of a student loan made or guaranteed under the Minority Faculty Advancement Loan and Loan Redemption Program, established pursuant to P.L.1984, c.189. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall administer the loan and loan redemption components for persons participating prior to the effective date of P.L.1999, c.46 (N.J.S.18A:71A-1 et al.) until they have exhausted eligibility for such assistance. L.1984,c.189,s.4; amended 1994, c.48, s.273; 1999, c.46, s.55.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-25 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-25
Advisory capacity to public and private agencies
Status: in_force

(a) The commission shall be responsible for serving in an advisory capacity to State departments and agencies and public educational institutions in connection with activities concerned with State history. It shall advise such public and private agencies in respect to programs of historic research and publication, education, commemorative observances, preservation of historic sites and buildings, public exhibitions and other programs pertaining to the history of New Jersey and enlist the talents of historians, librarians and members of historic, patriotic and civic organizations concerned with the State history in connection therewith. (b) The commission is authorized, within the limits of such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise available to it, to plan and execute programs for: 1. the production, publication and distribution of books, pamphlets, films and other educational materials relating to historical subjects; 2. conference, convocations, lectures, seminars and other similar activities relating to historical subjects; 3. the development of libraries, museums, historic sites and exhibits, including mobile exhibits; 4. ceremonies and celebrations and other commemorative activities commemorating specific historical events. (c) In carrying out duties and functions as provided in this act the commission is authorized to employ such assistants and incur such expenses as may be necessary therefor and as may be within the limits of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to it for said purpose. (d) The commission may receive gifts of money, property and personal services for carrying out the provisions of this act. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 126, s. 7, eff. July 2, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7 / Section 7-2
Disability or vacancy; designation of temporary replacement by commissioner.
Status: in_force

18A:7-2. The commissioner may designate any one of his assistant commissioners or another suitable person to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the executive county superintendent without additional compensation: a. During any period when an executive county superintendent shall be unable to perform his duties by reason of illness, physical disability or for any other cause; and b. During any period when the office of executive county superintendent shall be vacant in any county by reason of the death or resignation of the incumbent or for any other cause. Amended 1971, c.432; 2007, c.63, s.43.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-29
County special services school district.
Status: in_force

1. The board of chosen freeholders of any county may establish a county special services school district for the education and treatment of children with disabilities, pursuant to N.J.S.18A:46-1, upon its finding that the need for such county special services school district exists. Before making any finding as to the existence of such need, the board shall hold at least one public hearing thereon upon not less than 10 days' notice of the time and place thereof published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. If the board of freeholders, by resolution, authorizes the establishment of such a school district for the county, schools shall be forthwith established and maintained in the county and shall be known as the "schools for special services in the county of" (here insert the name of the county in which the schools are located). L.1971, c.271, s.1; amended 2017, c.131, s.54.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.30
No action for damages for action by officials
Status: in_force

30. No action for damages shall lie against the Board of Higher Education, the Commission on Higher Education, the Presidents' Council, any State official, any county college or its board of trustees or any of its officers because of any action taken by virtue of the provisions of this article. L.1982,c.189,s.30; amended 1994,c.48,s.145.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-68 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-68
Financing of matching amounts.
Status: in_force

10. a. To finance the matching amounts for institutions of higher education which have received grants from the technology fund, the authority may from time to time issue bonds or notes in an amount sufficient to finance the purchase of higher education technology infrastructure pursuant to agreements with public and private institutions of higher education and to finance the administrative costs associated with the issuance of bonds or notes. The authority shall issue the bonds or notes in such manner as it shall determine in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1997, c.238 (C.18A:72A-59 et seq.) and the "New Jersey educational facilities authority law," N.J.S.18A:72A-1 et seq. The bonds or notes issued pursuant to this section shall be repaid by the institutions of higher education from any available funds, except grant funds provided to the institution of higher education pursuant to this act. b. The authority shall require that if an institution of higher education fails or is unable to pay to the authority in full, when due, any obligation of the institution to the authority, an amount sufficient to satisfy the deficiency shall be retained by the State Treasurer from State aid or an appropriation payable to the institution and paid to the authority. As used in this subsection, "obligation of the institution" means any amount payable by the institution for technology infrastructure pursuant to an agreement with the authority. c. The amount retained by the State Treasurer shall be deducted from the corresponding appropriation or apportionment of State aid payable to the institution of higher education and shall not obligate the State to make, nor entitle the institution to receive, any additional appropriation or apportionment. L.1997,c.238,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.12
Curriculum guidelines for agricultural science education programs
Status: in_force

The Department of Education, in consultation with teachers who hold an instructional certificate with an agriculture endorsement, shall develop curriculum guidelines for agricultural science education programs appropriate for use in grades 9 through 12 of the public schools. The department shall make these curriculum guidelines available to all school districts in the State. L.1991,c.114,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-15
State aid for joint transportation.
Status: in_force

18A:39-15. If the executive county superintendent of the county in which the districts are situate shall approve the necessity, the cost, and the method of providing joint transportation and the agreement whereby the same is to be provided, each board of education providing joint transportation shall be entitled to State transportation aid pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-57). Amended 1975, c.212, s.33; 1978, c.158, s.1; 1990, c.52, s.53; 1996, c.138, s.68; 2007, c.260, s.67.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-14.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-14.3
Secretary or business manager appointed school administrator; tenure
Status: in_force

Any person who has acquired, or shall hereafter acquire tenure as a secretary or business manager under any board, and who shall be appointed a school business administrator shall have tenure as a school business administrator.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-22
Pledge of state; exemption from taxation; taxable bond option.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-22. Pledge of State; Exemption From Taxation; Taxable Bond Option. a. The State of New Jersey does pledge to and agree with the holders of the bonds, notes and other obligations issued pursuant to authority contained in this act and N.J.S.18A:71A-8, that the State will not limit the power and obligation of the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of bonds, notes and other obligations so issued, or in any way impair the rights or remedies of the holders of the bonds, and will not modify in any way the exemptions for taxation provided for in this act, until the bonds, notes and other obligations together with interest thereon, are fully paid and discharged. The authority as a public body corporate and politic shall have the right to include the pledge herein made in its bonds and contracts. b. Unless otherwise determined by the authority, all bonds, notes or other obligations issued pursuant to this act are hereby declared to be issued by a body corporate and politic of this State and for an essential public and governmental purpose. The bonds, notes and other obligations, and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all fees, charges, funds, revenues, income and other moneys pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of the bonds, notes or other obligations, or interest thereon, shall at all times be exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance and estate taxes. c. With respect to all or any portion of any issue of any bonds, notes or other obligations that the authority may issue in accordance with this act, the authority may covenant, elect and consent that the interest on the bonds be includable under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in the gross income of the holders of the bonds to the same extent and in the same manner that the interest on bills, bonds, notes or other obligations of the United States is includable in the gross income of the holders under the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or in such other manner as the authority may covenant, elect and consent. Bonds issued pursuant to this act are not subject to any limitations or restrictions of any law that may limit the authority's power to issue those bonds. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-21
Field trips; costs to be borne by parents or guardians, exceptions, financial hardship
Status: in_force

Any board of education may authorize field trips for which all or part of the costs are borne by the pupils' parents or legal guardians, with the exception of pupils in special education classes and pupils with financial hardship. In determining financial hardship the criteria shall be the same as the Statewide eligibility standards for free and reduced price meals under the State school lunch program (N.J.A.C. 6:79-1.1 et seq.). L.1980, c. 49, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-57 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-57
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The Higher Education Student Assistance 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.2009, c.236, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-33.24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-33.24
Grant recipients to submit results report to Commissioner of Education.
Status: in_force

5. Each school district that receives a student wellness grant shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner of Education annually a report on its experience with and the effects of the program. The report shall include, at a minimum, the specific programs and practices implemented as a result of the grant to promote mental wellness, social and emotional learning, and student resilience, and any notable changes in school climate, attendance rates, student achievement, school discipline, or other measures since receiving the grant. The report shall include, to the greatest extent feasible, quantifiable measures of the program's impact. L.2021, c.456, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-3
Day, part-time and evening classes
Status: in_force

In order that instruction in the principles and practice may go on together, vocational education schools may offer instruction in day, part-time and evening classes.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-33 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-33
Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to be responsible for implementation.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-33. Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to Be Responsible for Implementation. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, with the aid of any department or officer thereof, if requested, shall be responsible for any administrative, fiscal and personnel actions necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-2.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-2.3
Criteria for determining eligibility for State student grant, scholarship.
Status: in_force

2. a. A dependent student shall be considered domiciled in this State for the purposes of determining eligibility for a State student grant or scholarship if the student meets the following criteria: (1) the student is a United States citizen or an eligible noncitizen, as determined under 20 U.S.C. s.1091; (2) the student and the student's parent have resided in the State for a period of not less than 12 consecutive months immediately prior to the academic period for which State student assistance is being requested; and (3) the student's parent or guardian provides the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, upon request, with documentation to verify income and assets. b. Any procedures and forms established by the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority and the Secretary of Higher Education for the purposes of this section shall not discriminate against eligible students based on the immigration status or national origin of the student or the student's parent or guardian. c. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the eligibility for a State student grant or scholarship of any student who does not meet the requirements of this section but is otherwise eligible for State student assistance in accordance with law or regulation. L.2019, c.383, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-177 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-177
Purchase of group life insurance and disability benefit coverage; alternate benefit group insurance premium fund
Status: in_force

As of July 1, 1969 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and permitted to purchase from one or more insurance companies, as determined by him, group life insurance and disability benefit coverage to provide for the death benefits and disability benefits in the amounts specified in this act. Such group life insurance and disability benefit coverage may be provided under one or more policies issued to the State Treasurer specifically for this purpose or, in the discretion of the State Treasurer, under one or more policies issued to the State Treasurer which provide group life insurance coverage for members of one or more retirement systems of the State of New Jersey. Any dividend or retrospective rate credit allowed by an insurance company attributable to the alternate benefit program shall be credited in an equitable manner to the funds available to meet the employers' obligations under the alternate benefit program. Premiums for such group insurance coverage shall be paid from a special fund, hereby created, called the "Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund." The State Treasurer shall estimate annually the amount which will be required for premiums for such benefits for the ensuing fiscal year and shall certify such amounts which shall be applied against the total employer contributions due for the participants from the several institutions where the alternate benefit programs are established, depositing such amounts in the Alternate Benefit Group Insurance Premium Fund. During the period such group insurance policy or policies are in effect with respect to participants in the alternate benefit programs the State Treasurer shall in no way commingle moneys in this fund with any pension funds established under the alternate benefit programs. All reserves and moneys held by the insurance carriers under the group life insurance and disability benefit policies providing for employer and employee contributions pursuant to the provisions of chapters 64C and 65 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, chapters 278 and 281 of the laws of 1967 and chapter 181 of the laws of 1968, and any amendments and supplements thereto, as well as any accrued liabilities under such policies which may be terminated, shall be transferred and merged with those group policies purchased by the State Treasurer. L.1969, c. 242, s. 11, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-4.1
Conversion to charter school by certain nonpublic schools.
Status: in_force

1. a. The governing body of a high-performing nonpublic school that is located in a failing school district may submit an application to the Commissioner of Education to convert the school to a charter school. The application of a nonpublic school to convert to a charter school shall certify that upon conversion to charter school status the school shall prohibit religious instruction, events, and activities that promote religious views, and the display of religious symbols. The name of the proposed charter school shall not include any religious reference. b. The Commissioner of Education shall establish a process for the review of charter school conversion applications. The commissioner may grant an application if the school is a high-performing nonpublic school and located in a failing school district. As used in this subsection: "Failing school district" means a school district in need of improvement pursuant to the provisions of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," Pub.L.107-110; "High-performing nonpublic school" means a nonpublic school that ranked in the 66th percentile or higher on a norm-referenced achievement test in the school year prior to the school year in which a conversion application is submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section; "Norm-referenced achievement test" means the California Achievement Test (CAT), Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), Stanford Achievement Test (SAT), or the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) or one of the tests within the CTBS. c. Students enrolled in the nonpublic school in the school year preceding its conversion to a charter school shall be eligible to continue enrollment at the school after its conversion. Preference for any remaining enrollment spaces for the charter school for its first year, and for all enrollment spaces in each successive year, shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-8). d. Teaching staff and other employees of the nonpublic school may continue employment at the charter school upon its conversion. Any employee who is not certified in accordance with the provisions of subsection c. of section 14 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-14) shall take immediate action towards receiving appropriate New Jersey certification and shall be in full compliance with all certification requirements within two years of the school's conversion. Any employee hired following the conversion of the nonpublic school to charter school status shall meet the requirements of subsection c. of section 14 of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-14). e. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.) shall apply in the case of a nonpublic school applying for conversion or having undergone conversion to charter school status. L.2011, c.140, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-97 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-97
Issuance in absence of compliance with provisions as to approval for qualification upon adoption of funding ordinances or resolutions; refunding bonds; standards in investigation by commissioner
Status: in_force

a. Qualified bonds may be issued pursuant to the provisions hereof for the purpose of funding ordinances or resolutions which have been adopted in the absence of compliance by the municipality or school district with the provisions as to approval for qualification set forth herein, even if notes have been sold or other obligations incurred pursuant to said ordinance, provided that prior to the issuance of such bonds the municipality or school district shall have complied with such provisions. b. Outstanding bonds of any school district or municipality issued for school purposes may be refunded by the issuance of qualified refunding bonds whether or not in advance of the maturity or redemption date of the outstanding bonds and in any amount determined to be necessary by the local board of education or governing body of the municipality to effect the refunding. Qualified refunding bonds of a municipality shall be sold and issued in the manner provided in N.J.S. 40A:2-52 to 40A:2-60, both inclusive, and of any Type II school district in the manner provided in sections 3 through 11 of P.L.1969, c. 130 (C. 18A:24-61.3 to 18A:24-61.11), and the provisions of said sections shall be applicable thereto and to such refunding bonds and such refunding bonds shall recite that they are issued pursuant to said provisions and this act. c. The Commissioner of Education in undertaking the investigation required by subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1976, c. 39 (C. 18A:24-88) shall take into consideration any applicable educational goals, objectives and standards established by the State or local board of education, the ability of the school district and the municipality to maintain a thorough and efficient system of education after issuing qualified bonds and such other factors as the commissioner may deem necessary. L.1978, c. 76, s. 1, eff. July 13, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-63 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-63
Inclusion of facilities projects in SDA district budget.
Status: in_force

21. a. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) or P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) to the contrary, an SDA district as defined in section 3 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-3) may include in its annual capital outlay budget and construct one or more school facilities projects if the commissioner, in consultation with the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, approves the inclusion of the project upon a demonstration by the district that its budget includes sufficient funds to finance the project. The commissioner's approval of the inclusion of the school facilities project in the district's annual capital outlay budget may also contain specific conditions including, but not limited to, a requirement that the district follow the design requirements and materials and system standards established by the development authority. A district may also withdraw funds from a capital reserve account for such purpose with the approval of the commissioner. b. A school facilities project that is not financed and constructed pursuant to subsection a. of this section, shall continue to be financed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) and P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.). L.2007, c.260, s.21; amended 2015, c.257, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-1.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1.4
Determination of financial hardship
Status: in_force

2. A board of education which enters into a contract for the transportation of pupils pursuant to section 1 of this act may not exclude from this transportation any pupil whose parent, legal guardian or other person having legal custody of the child is unable to pay the cost of that transportation because of financial hardship. In determining financial hardship, the criteria shall be the same as the Statewide eligibility standards established by the State Board of Education for free and reduced price meals under the State school lunch program. L.1995,c.106,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-13
Tuition fees
Status: in_force

18A:64-13. Students in each State college who are residents of New Jersey shall be required to pay each year a minimum tuition fee and nonresidents of the State shall pay an additional fee. Such fees and any increase of the minimum tuition fee shall be determined by each college board of trustees. The board of trustees may waive the payment of the college's anticipated tuition revenues to accomplish mission-related or policy goals. L.1967, c.271; amended 1968,c.24; 1986,c.42,s.5; 1994,c.48,s.99.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.40 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.40
Insurance fund participation authorized
Status: in_force

In any county which has established an insurance fund pursuant to N.J.S. 40A:10-6 or is a joint member of an insurance fund pursuant to P.L. 1983, c. 372 (C. 40A:10-36 et seq.), the board of trustees of a county college located within that county may, at the option of the board of trustees, enter into a contract with the governing body of the county or joint insurance fund to participate in the county insurance fund or a joint insurance fund. L. 1988, c. 144, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:47-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 47 / Section 47-7
Rules; courses of study
Status: in_force

Rules for the government and management of each such special school of instruction, and the course or courses of study to be pursued therein shall be prescribed by the board of education of the school district in which the school is established. The rules and courses of study, and any change therein, shall be submitted to the state board for approval.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.29
Policy for emergency administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate.
Status: in_force

2. a. Each board of education or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall develop a policy in accordance with the guidelines established by the Department of Education pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2019, c.118 (C.18A:40-12.31) for the emergency administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate through appropriate delivery devices and equipment to a pupil for adrenal insufficiency provided that: (1) the parents or guardians of the pupil provide to the board of education or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school written authorization for the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate; (2) the parents or guardians of the pupil provide to the board of education or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school written orders from the physician or advanced practice nurse that the pupil requires the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate for adrenal insufficiency; (3) the board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school informs the parents or guardians of the pupil in writing that the district and its employees or agents or the nonpublic school and its employees or agents shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate; (4) the parents or guardians of the pupil sign a statement acknowledging their understanding that the district or the nonpublic school shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate to the pupil and that the parents or guardians shall indemnify and hold harmless the district and its employees or agents or the nonpublic school and its employees or agents against any claims arising out of the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate; and (5) the permission is effective for the school year for which it is granted and is renewed for each subsequent school year upon fulfillment of the requirements in paragraphs (1) through (4) of this subsection. b. The policy developed by a board of education or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school shall require: (1) the placement of a pupil's prescribed hydrocortisone sodium succinate in a secure but unlocked location easily accessible by the school nurse and designees to ensure prompt availability in the event of emergency situations at school or at a school-sponsored function. The location of the hydrocortisone sodium succinate shall be indicated on the pupil's emergency care plan. Back-up hydrocortisone sodium succinate, provided by the pupil's parent or guardian, shall also be available at the school if needed; (2) the school nurse or designee to be promptly available on site at the school and school-sponsored functions in the event of an emergency; and (3) the transportation of the pupil to a hospital emergency room by emergency services personnel after the administration of hydrocortisone sodium succinate, even if the pupil's symptoms appear to have resolved. L.2019, c.118, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-129 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-129
Funds provided.
Status: in_force

20. The Department of Education shall provide the funds necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act. L.2012, c.26, s.20.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-97 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-97
Certain debts transferred to Rutgers.
Status: in_force

6. All debts of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey associated with the schools, institutes, and centers of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey other than the School of Osteopathic Medicine, the entire Stratford campus, the remaining facilities in Camden, and University Hospital, are transferred to Rutgers, The State University, and all creditors of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey may enforce those debts against Rutgers, The State University in the same manner as they might have had against the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the rights and remedies of those creditors shall not be limited or restricted in any manner by this act. L.2012, c.45, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-33 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-33
Additional purposes; referendum
Status: in_force

Whenever the board of education of a regional district and the commissioner or his representative, shall, after consultation, study and investigation, determine that it is advisable to add to the purposes for which the regional district was created, one or more of the purposes for which such a district may be created as provided in this chapter, the regional board shall by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to that effect and submit to the voters of the regional district at any school election held therein, the question, whether or not said proposal shall be approved, briefly describing the contents thereof and stating the date of its adoption by the regional board of education, and if, at said election, said proposal is adopted by a majority of the votes cast thereon in the regional district, the secretary of the regional district shall certify to the county superintendent of each county in which any of the constituent districts of the regional district is situate, and to the commissioner, the result of said election and thereafter the regional board of education shall be authorized to carry out such additional purpose or purposes. If the proposal to add additional purposes will convert the regional district from a limited purpose regional district to an all purpose regional district, the proposal shall be submitted to the voters of each of the constituent districts of the regional district instead of at large to the voters of the regional district. If the boards of education of a regional district, and of each local district, proposing to join therewith to enlarge said regional district, and the commissioner or his representative, shall, after consultation, study and investigation, determine by resolution so to add to the purpose or purposes of the regional district, the authorization of the adoption of such additional purpose or purposes shall be included by resolution in the proposal to enlarge said regional district and shall be so submitted to the voters of the regional district and of each proposed new constituent district at the election to be held in relation to the enlargement of said regional district. L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54F-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54F / Section 54F-3
Selection of school districts for pilot program
Status: in_force

3. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer the program on a pilot basis. The commissioner shall select local school districts to participate in the program based upon the number of at-risk students within the district, the interest of public and private profit or nonprofit employers located within the district in participating in the program, and the commissioner's evaluation of the district's ability to successfully implement the program. In selecting school districts to participate, the commissioner shall include urban and suburban districts from the north, central and southern regions of the State with at least one school district per county. b. A school district which wants to participate in the program shall provide to the commissioner an outline of its proposed program which shall include, but not be limited to: information on the number and grade level of the at-risk students who will participate in the program; the process of student referral to the program; the selection criteria for student participants which, in addition to eligibility for at-risk funding under section 80 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:7D-20), shall include the identification of students who are not meeting district standards of behavior and academic achievement; a listing of employers within the district who have agreed to participate in the program and the process which will be utilized for matching students to employment internship opportunities; and, an analysis of the manner in which student employment experiences will enhance the self-esteem and assimilation of life skills necessary for productive functioning in the school setting and society. L.1995,c.256,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-48 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-48
Existing boards dissolved.
Status: in_force

2. Whenever a board of education is established pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act, the board of education of the county special services school district and the board of education of the county vocational school district shall be dissolved upon the first organization of the consolidated board. L.2007, c.222, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-41.10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-41.10
Educational fact sheet relative to use, misuse of opioid drugs for sports-related injuries.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health, shall develop within 120 days of the effective date of this act, an educational fact sheet that provides information concerning the use and misuse of opioid drugs in the event that a student-athlete or cheerleader is prescribed an opioid for a sports-related injury. b. A school district or nonpublic school that participates in an interscholastic sports program or cheerleading program shall distribute the educational fact sheet annually to the parents or guardians of student-athletes and cheerleaders and shall obtain a signed acknowledgment of the receipt of the fact sheet by the student-athlete or cheerleader and his parent or guardian. L.2017, c.167, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-10
Military training course; when required; preparation
Status: in_force

If the State board shall determine that the courses in health, safety and physical education, as prescribed for male pupils in the high school, shall include a course in military training, such course in military training shall be prepared by the commissioner and the Adjutant General of the Department of Defense and be a part of the courses in health, safety, and physical education for male pupils, and all male pupils in the high school shall be required to take the same except those who are physically unfit, as determined by the medical inspector, or whose parents have conscientious scruples against military training. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1984, c. 181, s. 1, eff. Nov. 14, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-29
Certain actions prohibited concerning NJCLASS loans.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-29. a. Unless expressly limited to federal programs, the information exchange, wage withholding, collection procedures, repayment determinations, and other provisions set forth under article 1 of this part shall apply to the NJCLASS Loan Program. b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, in the case of any NJCLASS loan in default status, the authority shall not refer any borrower to the Department of the Treasury, Division of Taxation for Set-Off of Individual Liability or notify the department and the Division of the State Lottery to withhold a borrower's winnings pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1997, c.306 (C.5:9-13.14) if the authority and borrower have entered into a settlement agreement . c. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any entity designated in section 2 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-15), or any principal department in the Executive Branch of State government or any division, board, bureau, office, commission, or other instrumentality within or created by such a department, or any other entity created to license or otherwise regulate a profession or occupation, issuing any license, certification, or registration, shall not define a borrower's delinquent or default status on an NJCLASS loan as the basis for the denial, suspension, or revocation of the borrower's professional or occupational license, certification, or registration. L.2019, c.386, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-19
Nonpreemption of more stringent policies.
Status: in_force

5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the board of education of a public school district or the governing board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school from establishing more stringent nutritional policies for students. L.2007,c.45,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-191 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-191
Prohibited payments; authorized payments.
Status: in_force

25. No retirement, death or other benefit shall be payable by the State, Rutgers, The State University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Montclair State University, Kean University, or the Division of Pensions under the alternate benefit program. Benefits shall be payable to participating employees and their beneficiaries only by the designated insurers or mutual fund companies under the terms of the contracts. L.1969, c.242, s.25; amended 1993, c.385, s.11; 1994, c.48, s.192; 2012, c.45, s.95; 2017, c.178, s.56; 2021, c.282, s.56.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-34
Appointment of staff, compensation.
Status: in_force

19. a. The President of Thomas Edison State College or the designee thereof shall, with the advice of the State Librarian, appoint all professional staff in the library, and fix the compensation of all such persons thus appointed. The President of Thomas Edison State College or the designee thereof shall appoint such other personnel as that person may consider necessary for the efficient performance of the work of the library and fix their compensation. All persons thus appointed shall be subject to the provisions of Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes. b. For all purposes, the employees of the State Library shall be considered employees of Thomas Edison State College. c. Thomas Edison State College shall maintain, in a manner acceptable to the Civil Service Commission, the personnel records of all employees and positions currently on staff and funded. All such records shall be subject to audit by the Civil Service Commission. d. The State shall be responsible for paying the entire employer contribution of the pension and benefits costs for the State Library employees whose salaries are funded from the direct State services portion of the annual appropriation for the State Library.
L.1969, c.158, s.19; amended 2001, c.137, s.11; 2008, c.29, s.86.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.31
Mandatory culturally responsive teaching training for certification.
Status: in_force

1. a. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, all candidates for teaching certification who have completed an educator preparation program at a commissioner-approved educator preparation program provider shall have satisfactorily completed a course or training on culturally responsive teaching. b. All commissioner-approved educator preparation program providers shall review and update their educator preparation programs to implement the requirements of this section and submit the revisions to the Department of Education for approval. c. As used in this section, "culturally responsive teaching" means a pedagogy that recognizes the importance of including students' cultural references in all aspects of learning, and which uses research-based teaching strategies that make meaningful connections between what students learn in school and their cultures, languages, and experiences. 2021, c.311.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-41 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-41
Development, distribution of guidelines concerning transgender students.
Status: in_force

1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and distribute to school districts guidelines concerning transgender students. The purposes of the guidelines shall be to provide direction for schools in addressing common issues concerning the needs of transgender students, and to assist schools in establishing policies and procedures that ensure a supportive and nondiscriminatory environment for transgender students. b. The guidelines developed by the commissioner shall include, but not be limited to, information and guidance regarding the following: (1) definitions of terms relevant to an understanding of transgender issues, including gender identity, gender expression, and transgender person; (2) maintaining a safe and supportive learning environment that is free from discrimination and harassment for transgender students, including students going through a gender transition; (3) confidentiality and privacy concerns, including ensuring that school personnel do not disclose information that may reveal a student's transgender status except as allowed by law, and advising schools to work with the student to create an appropriate confidentiality plan regarding the student's transgender or transitioning status; (4) procedures for school records, including maintaining a separate official record for each student that contains the student's legal name and biological gender and changing a student's official record upon receipt of documentation of a legal change in name or gender; (5) ensuring that a transgender student is addressed at school by the name and pronoun preferred by the student that corresponds to the student's gender identity, regardless of whether a legal name change or change in official school records has occurred; (6) issuing school documentation such as student identification cards in the name preferred by the student that corresponds to the student's gender identity, and permitting a transgender student to dress in accordance with the student's gender identity; (7) providing a transgender student with the same opportunities to participate in physical education as other students, and permitting the student to participate in physical education in accordance with the student's gender identity; (8) permitting a transgender student to participate in gender-segregated school activities in accordance with the student's gender identity; (9) use of restrooms and locker rooms, including not requiring a transgender student to use a restroom or locker room that conflicts with the student's gender identity, and providing reasonable alternative arrangements if needed to ensure a student's safety and comfort; (10) ensuring that school counselors are knowledgeable regarding issues and concerns relevant to transgender students; and (11) permitting and supporting the formation of student clubs or programs regarding issues related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. c. The guidelines shall include information on organizations or other resources available to students and parents that provide support to transgender individuals. d. The commissioner shall periodically review the guidelines developed pursuant to this section, and shall update or modify the guidelines, as appropriate, in accordance with current State or federal laws and regulations concerning the rights of transgender students. L.2017, c.137, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-19.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-19.1
Provision of certain information by certain institutions.
Status: in_force

1. An institution of higher education and a proprietary degree-granting institution shall annually provide the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority with detailed information on the graduation rates of State tuition aid grant recipients. In the case of a county college, the college shall also provide the authority with the transfer rates of the State tuition aid grant recipients. An institution shall provide the information in such form as determined by the authority. The authority shall post the information provided by each institution for public inspection on its website. L.2016, c.47, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-10
Annual elections.
Status: in_force

18A:13-10. The board of education of each regional district shall provide for the holding, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.), of an annual school election for the regional district. At such election there shall be elected for terms of three years, the members of the regional boards of education to succeed those members of the board whose terms shall expire in that year, except as is in this chapter provided for the election of the first elected members of the board. The term of a member of a regional board of education elected in April shall begin on May 1st and end on April 30th. The term of a member of a regional board of education elected in November shall begin on January 1st and end on December 31st. A board of education shall not conduct a meeting, except for the organization meeting, between January 1 and the organization date for a regional district with a November school election and May 1 and the organization date for a regional district with an April school election, respectively, unless a meeting is needed in order to deal with a matter of such urgency and importance as set forth in section 4 of P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-9). If such a meeting is needed, a board shall ensure that all newly elected members present are sworn into office prior to conducting business. In the event that a district opts to move its annual election date from November to April, member terms shall be shortened accordingly. amended 1978, c.136, s.3; 1979, c.23, s.6; 1981, c.371, s.1; 1987, c.289, s.5; 1992, c.159, s.10; 1995, c.278, s.32; 2011, c.202, s.9; 2023, c.289, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.19
Award of purchases, contracts or agreements
Status: in_force

All purchases, contracts or agreements which require public advertisement for bids shall be awarded by the board of trustees to the lowest responsible bidder. Prior to the award of any other purchase, contract or agreement the estimated cost of which is 20% or more, of the amount set forth in or, commencing January 1, 1985, 20% of the amount determined by the Governor pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1982, c. 189 (C. 18A:64A-25.3), the contracting agent shall, except in the case of professional services, solicit quotations therefor whenever practicable, and the award thereof shall be made, in accordance with section 3, on the basis of the lowest responsible quotation received which is most advantageous to the county college, price and other factors considered; provided, however, if the contracting agent deems it impractical to solicit competitive quotations or having sought such quotations determines that the award should not be on the basis of the lowest quotation received, the contracting agent shall file a statement of explanation of the reason or reasons therefor, which shall be placed on file with such purchase, contract or agreement. L.1982, c. 189, s. 19, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Amended by L.1984, c. 241, s. 6, eff. Dec. 28, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-15
Attendance at special high school courses of study in another district
Status: in_force

Any board of education not furnishing instruction in a particular high school course of study, which any pupil resident in the district and who has completed the elementary course of study provided therein may desire to pursue, may, in its discretion, pay the tuition of such pupil for instruction in such course of study in a high school of another district.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-81 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-81
Definitions relative to open textbooks.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Open educational resource" means an educational resource that is licensed under an open license and made freely available online to the public. "Open license" means a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable copyright license granting the public permission to access, reproduce, publicly perform, publicly display, adapt, distribute, and otherwise use the work and adaptations of the work for any purpose, conditioned only on the requirement that attribution be given to authors as designated. "Open textbook" means an open educational resource or set of open educational resources that either is a textbook or can be used in place of a textbook for a postsecondary course at an institution of higher education. L.2019, c.77, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-10
Hearing
Status: in_force

4. a. Any pupil removed pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.127 (C.18A:37-8) shall be entitled to a hearing before the local board of education to determine if the pupil was convicted or adjudicated delinquent for possession of a firearm or a crime while armed with a firearm or is guilty of knowingly possessing a firearm on any school property, on a school bus or at a school-sponsored function. If it is found that the pupil is not guilty of these offenses the pupil shall be immediately returned to the regular education program. b. The hearing shall take place no later than 30 days following the day the pupil is removed from the regular education program. The hearing is not subject to the provisions of the "Open Public Meetings Act," P.L.1975, c.231 (C.10:4-6 et seq.). c. The decision of the board shall be made within five days after the close of the hearing. Any appeal of the board's decision shall be made to the Commissioner of Education within 90 days of the board's decision. L.1995,c.127,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-39 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-39
Authority of State district superintendent.
Status: in_force

6. a. The State district superintendent may in a school district under full State intervention: (1) Sue in the district's corporate name and likewise submit to arbitration and determination disputes and controversies in the manner provided by law; (2) Cause a report of the condition of the public schools and the public school property 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; and
(3) 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 he or she may deem necessary or proper and appoint, for the purpose of taking that 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. b. A school district under full State intervention may be sued under its corporate name. c. School districts under full State intervention may join with local boards of education for the purpose of affording the districts those benefits which may accrue pursuant to P.L.1983, c.108 (C.18A:18B-1 et seq.). d. A school district under full State intervention shall be subject to all provisions of chapter 19 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes except that all warrants for claims or expenditures approvable by a district board of education or any action required of a district board of education pursuant to chapter 19 may be authorized by the State district superintendent. e. Authority for the implementation of any provision of chapter 20 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes relative to the acquisition and disposition of property which requires action by a district board of education may, in a school district under full State intervention, be exercised by the State district superintendent. f. The authority and powers vested in boards of education by chapter 21 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes may in a school district under full State intervention be vested in the State district superintendent. g. School districts under full State intervention shall be subject to all requirements set forth in chapter 18A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes except that such determination as may be required of a district board of education by the provisions of said law may be rendered by the State district superintendent. L.1987,c.399,s.6; amended 2005, c.235, s.13; 2007, c.16, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-4.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-4.4
Request for proposals; documentation; provisions.
Status: in_force

48. The competitive contracting process shall utilize a request for proposals documentation in accordance with the following provisions: a. The purchasing agent or counsel or school business administrator shall prepare or have prepared a request for proposal documentation, which shall include: all requirements deemed appropriate and necessary to allow for full and free competition between vendors; information necessary for potential vendors to submit a proposal; and a methodology by which the board of education will evaluate and rank proposals received from vendors. b. The methodology for the awarding of competitive contracts shall be based on an evaluation and ranking, which shall include technical, management, and cost related criteria, and may include a weighting of criteria, all developed in a way that is intended to meet the specific needs of the contracting unit, and where such criteria shall not unfairly or illegally discriminate against or exclude otherwise capable vendors. When an evaluation methodology uses a weighting of criteria, at the option of the board of education the weighting to be accorded to each criterion may be disclosed to vendors prior to receipt of the proposals. The methodology for awarding competitive contracts shall comply with such rules and regulations as the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, after consultation with the Commissioner of Education may adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). c. At no time during the proposal solicitation process shall the purchasing agent or counsel or school business administrator convey information, including price, to any potential vendor which could confer an unfair advantage upon that vendor over any other potential vendor. If a purchasing agent or counsel or school business administrator desires to change proposal documentation, the purchasing agent or counsel or school business administrator shall notify only those potential vendors who received the proposal documentation of any and all changes in writing and all existing documentation shall be changed appropriately. d. All proposals and contracts shall be subject to the provisions of section 1 of P.L.1977, c.33 (C.52:25-24.2) requiring submission of a statement of corporate ownership and the provisions of P.L.1975, c.127 (C.10:5-31 et seq.) concerning equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. L.1999,c.440,s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.6
Policy for administration of epinephrine to pupil.
Status: in_force

2. The policy for the administration of medication to a pupil shall provide that the school nurse shall have the primary responsibility for the administration of the epinephrine. The school nurse shall designate, in consultation with the board of education, or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school additional employees of the school district or nonpublic school who volunteer to administer epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism to a pupil for anaphylaxis when the nurse is not physically present at the scene. In the event that a licensed athletic trainer volunteers to administer epinephrine, it shall not constitute a violation of the "Athletic Training Licensure Act," P.L.1984, c.203 (C.45:9-37.35 et seq.).
Except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.368 (C.18A:40-12.5), the school nurse shall determine that: a. the designees have been properly trained in the administration of the epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism using standardized training protocols established by the Department of Education in consultation with the Department of Health; b. the parents or guardians of the pupil consent in writing to the administration of the epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism by the designees; c. the board or chief school administrator of a nonpublic school informs the parents or guardians of the pupil in writing that the district and its employees or agents or the nonpublic school and its employees and agents shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of the epinephrine to the pupil; d. the parents or guardians of the pupil sign a statement acknowledging their understanding that the district or nonpublic school shall have no liability as a result of any injury arising from the administration of the epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism to the pupil and that the parents or guardians shall indemnify and hold harmless the district and its employees or agents against any claims arising out of the administration of the epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism to the pupil; and e. the permission is effective for the school year for which it is granted and is renewed for each subsequent school year upon fulfillment of the requirements in subsections a. through d. of this section. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health, shall require trained designees for students enrolled in a school who may require the emergency administration of epinephrine for anaphylaxis when the school nurse is not available. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the emergency administration of epinephrine via a pre-filled auto-injector mechanism to a pupil for anaphylaxis by the school nurse or other employees designated pursuant to this section when the pupil is authorized to self-administer epinephrine pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1993, c.308 (C.18A:40-12.3), or when there is a coexisting diagnosis of asthma, or when a prescription is received from a licensed health care professional for epinephrine coupled with another form of medication, or when the epinephrine is administered pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of P.L.1997, c.368 (C.18A:40-12.5). L.1997, c.368, s.2; amended 2007, c.57, s.3; 2012, c.17, s.74; 2015, c.13, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-17
Supplemental debt statement; preparation with respect to various municipalities; filing
Status: in_force

Upon request by the secretary of the board of education, the chief financial officer of each municipality comprising a school district shall prepare a supplemental debt statement with respect to authorization of school bonds by ordinance or proposal as follows: a. With respect to a municipality comprising a Type I district, the statement shall be prepared as of the date of introduction of the ordinance authorizing the bonds for school purposes. Copies of such statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the municipality and in the office of the secretary of the board of education prior to introduction of the ordinance, and a copy of such statement shall be filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs prior to final adoption of the ordinance. b. With respect to each municipality comprising a Type II district having a board of school estimate, the statement shall be prepared as of the date the board of education adopts the resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds pursuant to section 18A:24-12 a. or, if the bonds are to be authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 18A:24-21 or section 18A:24-23, as of the date the board of education adopts a resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds and providing for the submission of said resolution to the legally qualified voters of the school district. Copies of such supplemental debt statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each such municipality and in the office of the secretary of the board of education prior to the adoption of the resolutions referred to above and a copy of such statement shall be filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs as of the date of the adoption of the resolution authorizing the bonds. c. With respect to Type II districts without a board of school estimate, supplemental debt statements shall be prepared as of the date the board of education by resolution approves and adopts the proposal or proposals to be submitted to the legal voters of the district. Copies of such statement shall be filed in the office of the clerk of each municipality comprising the school district and in the office of the secretary of the board of education prior to the adoption of the resolution. Copies of such debt statement shall be filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs prior to the date of the election at which the proposal or proposals are submitted to the voters. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1978, c. 71, s. 2, eff. July 7, 1978.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.8
Medical treatment or examination; objection of parent or guardian.
Status: in_force

3. No pupil whose parent or guardian objects to such pupil receiving medical treatment or medical examination or physical examination shall be compelled to receive such treatment or examination; provided, however, that no objection shall be made to a physical or medical examination of any child with a disability for the purpose of determining whether such child shall be admitted to any class or school for children with disabilities or of any pupil to determine whether the pupil is ill or infected with a communicable disease or of any person who appears to be under the influence of a drug. L.1979, c.428, s.3; amended 2017, c.131, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-23
Chairman of each board to be elected
Status: in_force

The board of governors and the board of trustees shall each elect its own chairman from among its respective members.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-6
Tenure, civil service and retirement rights
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to deprive any person of any right of tenure, or under civil service, or under any retirement system, or to any pension, disability or social security or similar benefits, to which he is entitled by law or contractually.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-56 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-56
Review of petition; hearing; actions by commissioner.
Status: in_force

6. The Commissioner of Education shall review the petition and answers for a determination as to whether or not the petition should be granted, and if so, the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be assumed by the remaining and the new district, or by each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, upon approval of the legal voters pursuant to section 9 of P.L.1975, c.360 (C.18A:13-59) at a special school election. The commissioner shall consider the effect of the proposed withdrawal or dissolution upon the educational and financial condition of the withdrawing and the remaining districts, or upon each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, and shall schedule and hold a public hearing on the petition upon the application of any interested party. In considering the effect of the proposed withdrawal or dissolution upon the educational and financial condition of the withdrawing and remaining districts, or upon each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, the commissioner shall: a. Consent to the granting of the application; or b. Oppose the same because, if the same be granted 1. An excessive debt burden will be imposed upon the remaining districts, or the withdrawing district, or upon any of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution; 2. An efficient school system cannot be maintained in the remaining districts or the withdrawing district, or in any of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, without excessive costs; 3. Insufficient pupils will be left in the remaining districts, or in any of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, to maintain a properly graded school system; or 4. Any other reason, which it may deem to be sufficient; or c. Request that if the petition be granted, the amount of debt which the remaining districts, or any of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, would be required to assume, calculated as hereinbefore provided, be reduced for the reason that-- 1. Such amount of indebtedness, together with all other indebtedness of the municipalities or school districts would be excessive; 2. The amount of expenditure for debt service which would be required would be so great that sufficient funds would not be available for current expenses without excessive taxation; or 3. Such amount of indebtedness is inequitable in relation to the value of the property to be acquired by the remaining districts, or by any of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, and would materially impair the credit of the municipalities or such districts and the ability to pay punctually the principal and interest of their debt and to supply such essential educational facilities and public improvements and services as might reasonably be anticipated would be required of them. The commissioner shall make findings and render a determination within 60 days of the receipt of the petition and answers. L.1975, c.360, s.6; amended 1993, c.255, s.5; 2015, c.95, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-82 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-82
Definitions relative to higher education partnership agreements.
Status: in_force

48. As used in sections 48 and 49 of P.L.2009, c.90 (C.18A:72A-82 and C.18A:72A-83): "Board" means the Local Finance Board established in the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. "Bonds" mean bonds, notes or other obligations issued to finance or refinance higher education projects by a municipality, or on behalf of a municipality by a county improvement authority created pursuant to the "county improvement authorities law," P.L.1960, c.183 (C.40:37A-44 et seq.). "Higher education partnership agreement" means an agreement between a municipality and an institution of higher education providing for the issuance of bonds by the municipality, a county improvement authority or a redevelopment entity, and the pledge of payments by the institution of higher education to secure those bonds to finance a higher education project, or part thereof. "Higher education project" means the establishment and construction of higher education buildings and the expansion and construction of additional facilities at, and the acquisition of additional and upgraded equipment for existing higher education buildings, including but not limited to the planning, erecting, purchasing, improving, developing, constructing, reconstructing, extending, rehabilitating, renovating, upgrading, demolishing and equipping of facilities at institutions of higher education. "Institution of higher education" means: Rutgers, The State University; a State college or university established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes; the New Jersey Institute of Technology; Rowan University; Montclair State University; Kean University; a county college and any other public university or college now or hereafter established or authorized by State law; and any college or university incorporated and located in New Jersey, which by virtue of law or character or license is a nonprofit educational institution authorized to grant academic degrees and which provides a level of education which is equivalent to the education provided by the State's public institutions of higher education, as attested by the receipt of and continuation of regional accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and which is eligible to receive State aid under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, but does not include any educational institution dedicated primarily to the education or training of ministers, priests, rabbis or other professional persons in the field of religion. "Municipality" means the municipal governing body or an entity acting on behalf of the municipality if permitted by the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or, if a redevelopment agency or redevelopment entity is established in the municipality pursuant to P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-1 et seq.) and the municipality so provides, the redevelopment agency or entity so established. L.2009, c.90, s.48; amended 2012, c.45, s.106; 2017, c.178, s.63; 2021, c.282, s.65.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72B-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72B / Section 72B-23
Severability
Status: in_force

If any part of this act shall be held invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act. If a part of this act is invalid in one or more of its applications, the remaining parts of this act shall remain in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid application. L.1979, c. 132, s. 10, eff. July 6, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:28-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-10
Reasons for dismissals of persons under tenure on account of reduction
Status: in_force

Dismissals resulting from any such reduction shall not be made by reason of residence, age, sex, marriage, race, religion or political affiliation but shall be made on the basis of seniority according to standards to be established by the commissioner with the approval of the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-19.2
DOE not to regulate maximum salary of superintendent.
Status: in_force

2. The Department of Education shall not regulate the maximum salary amount a board of education may provide to a superintendent of schools pursuant to an employment contract. L.2019, c.169, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-52 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-52
Operational support by State; limitation.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-52. Operational Support by State; Limitation. Within the limits of funds appropriated for purposes of this article, any school of professional nursing whose application has been approved by the authority shall be entitled to receive State aid for the operational expense of the school to the extent of one-half thereof or $600 per full-time student, whichever is the lesser amount and a pro rata amount for part-time students. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-11
Secretary; taking oaths
Status: in_force

The secretary may, without charge, administer oaths, in relation to the school matters of the district in which he is employed.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-107 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-107
Contributions to pension fund.
Status: in_force

18A:66-107. The contributions to the pension fund shall be as follows: a. There shall be deducted from every payment of salary of all employees who are members of the fund 3% of the amount of such salary. b. Each board of education shall be obligated for contributions to the fund of a proportionate amount of the total contributions required from all employing boards of education, as determined by the actuary, which shall be sufficient to: (1) provide for the pension credits being accrued by the members, after taking into account contributions being made by the members, and (2) provide for the payment of the unfunded accrued liability in annual payments. Such obligations shall be provided for by each board in its annual appropriation for the support and maintenance of the public schools. c. The amount to be appropriated by each board under subsection b. of this section shall be determined by applying the percentage certified by the actuary as determined under said subsection. d. The treasurer or other chief fiscal officer of each board of education shall pay to the fund on the first day of each month: (1) the total of the amounts of contributions which, during the preceding month, were deducted from the salaries of the employees of that board under subsection a. of this section, and (2) the pro rata portion of the amount of employer contributions of the board, as that amount is determined under subsection b. of this section, which is applicable to that board with respect to the preceding month. If the full payment required under this subsection is not made within 30 days after it becomes due, interest at the rate of 1% for each whole or fractional month of lateness shall begin to run against the unpaid balance of that payment on the first day after that thirtieth day. L.1967, c.271; amended 1983, c.216, s.3; 1999, c.333, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:56-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-3
Statement of fund by state treasurer to board
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall make annually to the board of trustees on the first day of the annual meeting of the legislature, and at such other times as the board shall require, a statement of the school fund, containing an account of the securities belonging thereto with the dates of investment, their values, and the interest arising from each class of securities, together with an account of the moneys in the treasury belonging to the fund.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:27-4a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-4a
Definitions relative to employment of novice teachers; benefits of employment.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "Certificate of eligibility" means a certificate with lifetime validity issued by the State Board of Examiners to candidates who meet degree, academic, and applicable test requirements for teacher certification; "Certificate of eligibility with advanced standing" means a certificate with lifetime validity issued by the State Board of Examiners to candidates who meet degree, academic and test requirements for teacher certification and complete a State-approved college professional education preparation program; "Novice teacher" means any teacher working under a valid certificate of eligibility, certificate of eligibility with advanced standing, or provisional certificate who has not yet been issued a standard instructional certificate; "Provisional certificate" means a certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners to candidates who hold either a certificate of eligibility or a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing and are employed as part of a State-approved district training program or residency leading to standard certification. b. A novice teacher employed by a board of education under a valid certificate of eligibility, certificate of eligibility with advanced standing, or a provisional certificate shall be deemed to be a teaching staff member for all purposes and shall be entitled to all benefits and other emoluments of employment provided by law and regulation to teaching staff members. A novice teacher shall also receive the terms and conditions of employment provided to teaching staff members in the employing district under the collective bargaining agreement including, but not limited to, salary, sick leave, and health insurance benefits. L.2005,c.144,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-4
Payment of principal of temporary bonds from proceeds of permanent bonds
Status: in_force

The principal of any temporary notes or loan bonds shall be paid from the proceeds of the permanent bonds, in anticipation of the issuance of which they were issued, or from funds from time to time appropriated for such payments, and the interest upon such temporary notes or loan bonds shall be paid in the same manner as interest is paid upon permanent bonds.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-30
Additional powers; private colleges
Status: in_force

18A:72A-30. In addition to the foregoing powers, the authority with respect to private colleges, shall have power: (a) upon application of the private college to construct, acquire or otherwise provide projects for the use and benefit of the private college and the students, faculty and staff of such private college. The private college for which such a project is undertaken by the authority shall, if applicable, approve the plans and specifications and location of such project; (b) to operate and manage any project provided pursuant to this section, or the authority may lease any such project to the private college for which such project is provided. At such time as the liabilities of the authority incurred for any such project have been met and the bonds of the authority issued therefor have been paid, or such liabilities and bonds have otherwise been discharged, the authority shall transfer title to all the real and personal property of such project vested in the authority, to the private college in connection with which such project is then being operated, or to which such project is then leased; provided, however, that if at any time prior thereto such private college ceases to offer educational facilities, then such title shall vest in the State of New Jersey. Any lease of a project authorized by this section shall be a general obligation of the lessee except as the authority expressly agrees and may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds of the authority issued for such project, as to: (i) pledging all or any part of the moneys, earnings, income and revenues derived by the lessee from such project or any part or parts thereof, or other personal property of the lessee, to secure payments required under the terms of such lease; (ii) the rates, rentals, fees and other charges to be fixed and collected by the lessee, the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of such moneys, earnings, income and revenues; (iii) the setting aside of reserves and the creation of special funds and the regulation and disposition thereof; (iv) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of such lease may be amended, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (v) vesting in a trustee or trustees such specified properties, rights, powers and duties as shall be deemed necessary or desirable for the security of the holders of the bonds of the authority issued for such projects; (vi) the obligations of the lessee with respect to the replacement, reconstruction, maintenance, operation, repairs and insurance of such project; (vii) defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the lessee, and providing for the rights and remedies of the authority and of its bondholders in the event of such default; (viii) any other matters, of like or different character, which may be deemed necessary or desirable for the security or protection of the authority or the holders of its bonds.
L.1967, c.271; amended 2021, c.415, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-75 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-75
Leave of absence for graduate student.
Status: in_force

2. a. A graduate student who chooses to take a leave of absence because she is pregnant or has recently given birth shall be allowed a period consistent with the policies of the institution of higher education in which she is enrolled, or a period of 12 months, whichever period is longer, to prepare for and take preliminary and qualifying examinations. The normative time to degree while in candidacy for a graduate degree for a pregnant graduate student shall be increased in an amount equal to the length of the leave of absence, unless a longer extension is medically necessary. b. A graduate student who is not the birth parent and who chooses to take a leave of absence because of the birth of the student's child shall be allowed a period consistent with the policies of the institution of higher education at which the student is enrolled, or a period of one month, whichever period is longer, to prepare for and take preliminary and qualifying examinations, and an extension of at least one month toward normative time to degree while in candidacy for a graduate degree, unless a longer period or extension is medically necessary to care for the student's partner or their child. L.2016, c.88, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-73 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-73
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

8. The authority shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2018, c.142, s.8.