N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.19
Teacher Leader Endorsement Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

2. a. There shall be established an 11-member Teacher Leader Endorsement Advisory Board in the Department of Education. The members of the advisory board shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Education as follows: one officer or employee of the department; four members upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Education Association; one member upon the recommendation of the American Federation of Teachers-New Jersey; two members upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association; one member upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators; one member upon the recommendation of the New Jersey School Boards Association; and one member upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. b. Members of the advisory board, other than the member who is an officer or employee of the department, shall serve for a three-year term; except that of the initial appointees, the member appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, one of the members appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and one of the members appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Education Association shall serve for a term of three years; the members appointed upon the recommendation of the American Federation of Teachers-New Jersey and the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, and one of the members appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Education Association shall serve for a term of two years; and the member appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey School Boards Association, one of the members appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, and two of the members appointed upon the recommendation of the New Jersey Education Association shall serve for a term of one year. c. The advisory board shall organize no later than two months following the effective date of P.L.2015, c.111 (C.18A:26-2.18 et seq.), and shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from among its members. d. The advisory board shall, no later than six months following its organization, or as it deems necessary, make recommendations to the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education regarding the requirements to be eligible to receive the teacher leader endorsement and the program of study for the teacher leader endorsement. The recommendations shall be aligned with the teacher leader model standards set forth in subsection f. of this section. The recommendations regarding the program of study may include, but need not be limited to, field experiences and additional coursework acquired beyond the standards. e. The advisory board shall meet at least monthly until it makes its initial recommendations to the commissioner and the State board regarding the requirements to be eligible to receive the teacher leader endorsement and the program of study for the teacher leader endorsement. The advisory board shall continue to meet as necessary to make recommendations regarding necessary adjustments to the program of study for the teacher leader endorsement, assess outcomes associated with the various providers of the programs of study for the teacher leader endorsement, and consider emergent research and best practices in teacher leadership. f. Pursuant to the teacher leader model standards, a teacher with the teacher leader endorsement shall be prepared to: (1) Foster a collaborative culture to support educator development and student learning, which shall include understanding the principles of adult learning and how to develop a collaborative culture of collective responsibility; (2) Support collaborative team structures, including professional learning communities, and promote an environment of trust, respect, and collegiality to advance continuous improvement in instruction and student learning; (3) Access and use research to improve practices and student learning, which shall include understanding how to use research, and how to model and facilitate with colleagues systematic inquiry and research use as a critical component of teachers' ongoing learning and development in improving teaching and learning; (4) Promote professional learning for continuous improvement, which shall include understanding the evolving nature of teaching and learning, understanding established and emerging technologies and the school community, and sharing this knowledge with colleagues to promote, design, and facilitate job-embedded professional learning aligned with school improvement goals; (5) Facilitate improvements in instruction and student learning, which shall include demonstrating and using a thorough understanding of the teaching and learning processes to advance the professional skills of colleagues by being a continuous learner, modeling reflective practice based on student needs, and coaching or working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that instructional practices are aligned to a shared mission, vision, and goals; (6) Promote the use of assessments and data for school and district improvement, which shall include being knowledgeable about research on current classroom- and school-based design and selection of appropriate formative and summative assessment methods, sharing that knowledge, and collaborating with colleagues in using assessments and other data to make informed decisions regarding student learning and in influencing school improvement practices, district improvement practices, or both; (7) Improve outreach and collaboration with families and community, which shall include understanding the significant impact that families, cultures, and communities have on educational processes and student learning and working with colleagues to promote ongoing systematic collaboration with families, community members, business and community leaders, and other stakeholders to improve the educational system and expand student learning opportunities to support cultures of student success; and (8) Advocate for student learning and the teaching and education profession. g. No later than five years following the effective date of P.L.2015, c.111 (C.18A:26-2.18 et seq.), the advisory board shall evaluate programmatic and other data collected from the approved providers pursuant to subsection c. of section 3 of P.L.2015, c.111 (C.18A:26-2.20), and make recommendations to the State board regarding non-supervisory roles and responsibilities for which a teacher leader endorsement should be required. L.2015, c.111, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.4
Contracts and agreements requiring advertising
Status: in_force

Every contract or agreement for the performance of any work or the furnishing or hiring of any materials or supplies, the cost or the contract price of which is to be paid with or out of college funds, not included within the terms of section 3 hereof, shall be made and awarded only by the county college after public advertising for bids and bidding therefor, except as provided otherwise in this article or specifically by any other law. No work, materials or supplies shall be undertaken, acquired or furnished for a sum exceeding in the aggregate $7,500.00 or, commencing January 1, 1985, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.1982, c. 189 (C. 18A:64A-25.3), except by written contract or agreement. L.1982, c. 189, s. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1983. Amended by L.1984, c. 241, s. 2, eff. Dec. 28, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-14
Enumeration of facilities and programs.
Status: in_force

18A:46-14. The facilities and programs of education required under this chapter shall be provided by one or more of the following: a. A special class or classes in the district, including a class or classes in hospitals, convalescent homes, or other institutions; b. A special class in the public schools of another district in this State or any other state in the United States; c. Joint facilities including a class or classes in hospitals, convalescent homes, or other institutions to be provided by agreement between one or more school districts; d. A jointure commission program; e. A State of New Jersey operated program; f. Instruction at school supplementary to the other programs in the school, whenever, in the judgment of the board of education with the consent of the commissioner, the pupil with a disability will be best served thereby; g. Sending children capable of benefiting from a day school instructional program to privately operated day classes, in New Jersey or, with the approval of the commissioner to meet particular circumstances, in any other state in the United States, the services of which are nonsectarian whenever, in the judgment of the board of education with the consent of the commissioner, it is impractical to provide services pursuant to subsection a., b., c., d., e., or f. otherwise; h. Individual instruction at home or in school whenever, in the judgment of the board of education with the consent of the commissioner, it is impracticable to provide a suitable special education program for a child pursuant to subsection a., b., c., d., e., f., or g. otherwise. Whenever a child study team determines that a suitable special education program for a child cannot be provided pursuant to subsection a., b., c., d., e., f., g., or h. of this section, and that the most appropriate placement for that child is in an academic program in an accredited nonpublic school within the State or, to meet particular circumstances, in any other state in the United States, the services of which are nonsectarian, and which is not specifically approved for the education of pupils with disabilities, that child may be placed in that academic program by the board of education, with the consent of the commissioner, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. An academic program which meets the requirements of the child's Individual Education Plan as determined by the child study team and which provides the child with a thorough and efficient education, shall be considered an approved placement for the purposes of chapter 46 of this Title, and the board of education shall be entitled to receive State aid for that child as provided pursuant to P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.), and all other pertinent statutes. Whenever any child shall be confined to a hospital, convalescent home, or other institution in New Jersey or in any other state in the United States and is enrolled in an education program approved under this article, or shall be placed in any other State facility as defined in section 3 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45), the board of education of the district in which the child resides shall pay the tuition of that child. The board of education may also furnish (a) the facilities or programs provided in this article to any person over the age of 20 who does not hold a diploma of a high school approved in this State or in any other state in the United States, and (b) suitable approved facilities and programs for children under the age of five. amended 1968, c.430; 1970, c.256, s.1; 1971, c.270; 1973, c.4; 1975, c.222; 1979, c.207, s.2; 1989, c.152; 1990, c.52, s.58; 1996, c.138, s.74; 2007, c.260, s.71; 2017, c.131, s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.53 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.53
Cursive handwriting instruction in the grade school curriculum.
Status: in_force

1. A school district shall incorporate instruction on cursive handwriting into the curriculum for students in grades three through five. The curriculum shall include activities and instructional materials that help students become proficient in reading cursive and legibly writing in cursive by the end of grade five. L.2025, c.284.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-54
Bid threshold.
Status: in_force

3. a. (1) Any purchase, contract or agreement for the performance of any work or the furnishing or hiring of materials or supplies, through which workers employed in the performance of the contract are paid in accordance to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), the cost or price of which, together with any sums expended for the performance of any work or services in connection with the same project or the furnishing of similar materials or supplies during the same fiscal year, paid with or out of college funds, does not exceed the total sum of $26,200 or, commencing January 1, 2005, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, in any fiscal year may be made, negotiated and awarded by a contracting agent, when so authorized by resolution of the board of trustees of the State college without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor. (2) Any purchase, contract or agreement for the performance of any work or the furnishing or hiring of materials or supplies, through which workers employed in the performance of the contract are not paid in accordance to the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), the cost or price of which, together with any sums expended for the performance of any work or services in connection with the same project or the furnishing of similar materials or supplies during the same fiscal year, paid with or out of college funds, does not exceed the total sum of $100,000 or, commencing January 1, 2022, the amount determined pursuant to subsection b. of this section, in any fiscal year may be made, negotiated and awarded by a contracting agent, when so authorized by resolution of the board of trustees of the State college without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor. b. Commencing January 1, 2005 and every two years thereafter, the Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall adjust the threshold amounts set forth in subsection a. of this section in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers in the New York and Northeastern New Jersey and the Philadelphia areas, as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which it is reported. c. Any purchase, contract or agreement made pursuant to this section may be awarded for a period of 36 consecutive months, notwithstanding that the 36-month period does not coincide with the fiscal year. L.1986,c.43,s.3; amended 1994, c.48, s.110; 1997, c.292, s.1; 2005, c.369, s.3; 2021, c.417, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-35
Supervision of consolidated districts
Status: in_force

The schools under each consolidated board of education shall be under the supervision of the county superintendent of the county including the constituent district or districts having the larger or largest amount of ratables, as ascertained from the last published report of the director of the division of taxation in the department of the treasury.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-22
Student tuition, fees, certain; collection method, "optional fee" defined
Status: in_force

1. The governing body of any public institution of higher education shall not allow funds for legislative agents or organizations as defined in chapter 13C of Title 52 of the New Jersey Statutes which attempt to influence legislation to be assessed on student tuition bills, except that optional fees for non-partisan organizations which employ legislative agents or attempt to influence legislation shall be collected by the governing body whenever students at the institution have authorized an optional fee for such organizations by a majority vote of those students voting in an official student referendum. For the purposes of this section "optional fee" shall mean any amount payable on a student tuition bill, appearing as a separately assessed item, but not a mandatory charge or a waivable fee. Optional fees shall be accompanied by a statement as to the nature of the item, and that the item is not a charge required to be paid by the student but rather the student may add the charge to the total amount due, and that the item appears on the bill at the request of the student body, and does not necessarily reflect the endorsement of the governing body. L.1995,c.63.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-8
Food technology center establishment
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that food technology, encompassing the study of the chemical, biological, and engineering aspects of food and food processing, packaging, and storing, is an important part of this State's economic base. Located in the heart of the nation's major population center, New Jersey has a good transportation system, and varied and extensive agricultural and aquatic resources. By expanding its role as a major food processing and distribution center, New Jersey can increase employment and benefits from the business opportunities thereby created in related areas such as ingredient supplies, chemical and packaging instrumentation, transportation, warehousing and waste disposal. The Legislature finds that the establishment of an advanced technology center in food technology would assist in promoting food technology and economic growth relating thereto. L. 1985, c. 104, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-136 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-136
Definitions relative to a teaching pilot program; recruitment; report.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section: "Underperforming school" means any public school that meets the criteria of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2): (1) among all students in that school to whom a State assessment was administered, the sum of the percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations and partially meeting expectations categories in both the language arts and mathematics subject areas of the State assessments exceeded 40% in each of the prior two school years; or (2) among all students in that school to whom a State assessment was administered, the sum of the percent of students scoring in the not yet meeting expectations and partially meeting expectations categories in either the language arts or mathematics subject areas of the State assessment exceeded 65% in each of the prior two school years. "Minority" means a person who is a member of a racial-ethnic group that has been historically disadvantaged in obtaining access to equal educational opportunities. "Eligible participant" means a male resident of New Jersey who is from a disadvantaged or minority background; is interested in pursuing a career as a teacher in New Jersey; and meets eligibility criteria for enrolling in the alternate route teacher preparation program, including the requirements for obtaining a certificate of eligibility under State Board of Education regulations. b. The Commissioner of Education shall establish a pilot program in which the commissioner will recruit eligible participants and match them to teaching opportunities for which they may apply in underperforming schools under the alternate route teacher preparation program. The purpose of the pilot program shall be to increase the access of disadvantaged or minority men to teaching opportunities and to provide needed high-quality teachers in underperforming schools in the State. c. The commissioner shall select for participation in the pilot program six underperforming schools, including, if possible, two schools in each of the northern, central, and southern regions of the State. To the extent possible, the commissioner shall seek a cross section of schools from urban, suburban, and rural areas. d. The commissioner shall establish policies and procedures for the recruitment and selection of eligible participants, and for matching the selected eligible participants to teaching opportunities for which they may apply at the participating schools under the alternate route teacher preparation program. e. Two years following the establishment of the pilot program, the commissioner shall submit a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). The report shall contain information on the implementation of the pilot program and shall include the commissioner's recommendation on the advisability of continuing or expanding the program. L.2019, c.102.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-79 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-79
Policy to include conversion privilege; proof of insurability after conversion
Status: in_force

Any such group policy or policies shall include, with respect to any insurance terminating or reducing because the member has ceased to be in service or has retired, the conversion privilege available upon termination of employment as prescribed by the law relating to group life insurance; and shall also include, with respect to insurance terminating because of termination of the group policy resulting from a termination of the death benefits for all members established under sections 18A:66-36, 18A:66-37, 18A:66-38, 18A:66-41, 18A:66-42, 18A:66-44, 18A:66-46 and 18A:66-53, the conversion privilege available upon termination of the group policy as prescribed by such law. Any such group policy or policies shall also provide that if a member dies during the 31-day period during which he would be entitled to exercise the conversion privilege, the amount of insurance with respect to which he could have exercised the conversion privilege, shall be paid as a claim under the group policy. If any member who has exercised the conversion privilege under the group policy or policies again becomes a member of the teachers' pension and annuity fund, and the individual policy obtained pursuant to the conversion privilege is still in force, he shall not again be eligible for any of the death benefits provided by this article unless he furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability. When benefits payable upon the death of a member following retirement are determined as though he were an active member at the time of his death, the death benefit payable under the group policy or policies together with the amount of insurance paid under any individual policy obtained under the conversion privilege, shall in no event exceed the amount of insurance for which the member was insured under the group policy or policies immediately prior to the date the right of conversion arose. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 228, s. 9, eff. July 31, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:50-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 50 / Section 50-6
Surplus of moneys; disposition
Status: in_force

18A:50-6. Any surplus arising from the excess of receipts from donations, tuition fees or from any source other than local taxation over the actual cost of the maintenance and operation of the adult education program in any school year shall not lapse into the unreserved general fund balance of the district, but shall remain in the separate account, reserved fund balance - adult education programs, to be utilized exclusively for carrying out a program of adult education during the next ensuing school year. In the event that the adult education program in any district shall be discontinued for two consecutive school years, any funds remaining in the separate account shall lapse into the unreserved general fund balance of the district. L.1967, c.271; amended 1993,c.83,s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-35.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-35.3
State School Counselor Liaison, report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

6. a. The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a State School Counselor Liaison. The State School Counselor Liaison shall hold a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a director of school counseling services endorsement and have experience in the delivery of social and emotional learning programming as well as postsecondary and career advisement. The State School Counselor Liaison shall work with school districts, charter schools, renaissance school projects, and school counselors to facilitate best practices by advancing comprehensive school counseling services that address the mental and behavioral health and wellness of all students. The State School Counselor Liaison, in performing the duties of the position, shall collaborate with other State agencies and associated stakeholders. b. It shall be the duty of the State School Counselor Liaison to: (1) serve as a liaison and resource expert in school counseling and comprehensive school counseling services for New Jersey certificated school counselors and the Department of Education; (2) foster and promote professional development for school counselors, which may include planning, coordinating, or providing educational guidance, and networking with universities, the New Jersey School Counselor Association, and other providers of continuing education to meet identified needs; (3) monitor, interpret, synthesize, and disseminate relevant information associated with changes in school counseling practices, legislation, and legal issues that impact school counselors; and (4) initiate, participate in, and utilize research studies related to school counseling practices, the mental health needs of children and youth, and related issues. c. The State School Counselor Liaison shall report annually to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature. The report shall include a summary of the activities of the State School Counselor Liaison during the year and any specific recommendations deemed appropriate and necessary concerning school counseling services and comprehensive school mental health services. d. As used in this section, “school counselor” means an individual who holds and works under the authority of a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a school counselor endorsement. L.2025, c.133, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64E-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64E / Section 64E-28
References mean New Jersey Institute of Technology
Status: in_force

17. Whenever in any law, rule, regulation, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the same shall mean and refer to the New Jersey Institute of Technology, herein referred to as "university," established as a public institution of higher education pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1995,c.400,s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64O-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64O / Section 64O-34
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. Sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2025, c.218 (C.18A:64O-34 through 18A:64O-43) shall be known and may be cited as the “Kean University – New Jersey City University Merger Act.” L.2025, c.218, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54A-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54A / Section 54A-3
Legislature's findings
Status: in_force

3. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for new programs and institutions capable of reaching and motivating the high-school dropout; that the experience gained by the creation of neighborhood education centers in other States indicates that those centers may be a partial answer to the problem of the high-school dropout; that the Commissioners of Education and Community Affairs should be authorized to establish such neighborhood education centers; and that the expenditure of public funds for those purposes is in the public interest. L.1968,c.182, s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.68.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-5
Continuation of suspension; reinstatement or expulsion
Status: in_force

No suspension of a pupil by a teacher or a principal shall be continued longer than the second regular meeting of the board of education of the district after such suspension unless the same is continued by action of the board, and the power to reinstate, continue any suspension reported to it or expel a pupil shall be vested in each board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-29
Apportionment of membership of board
Status: in_force

The membership of the board shall, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, be apportioned by the county superintendent or county superintendents among the several consolidating school districts as nearly as may be according to the number of their inhabitants, as shown by the last published federal census report, but each district shall have at least one member. The apportionment of membership shall continue until changed by reapportionment by the county superintendent or county superintendents, which shall be made, when required, immediately succeeding each published federal census report, but the members of the board in office at the time of any reapportionment shall continue in office for their unexpired terms.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-35
Duty of commission
Status: in_force

The commission shall be charged with the duty of formulating courses in emergency vocational training in aid of national or state defense and to prescribe the length of such courses.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-98 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-98
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Military Dependents Scholarship Fund Act." L.2015, c.117, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-94 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-94
Loan forgiveness awards.
Status: in_force

8. The authority shall grant loan forgiveness awards subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this purpose, of which funds, 80% shall be allocated to provide loan redemption to finance the undergraduate study of program participants and 20% shall be allocated to provide loan redemption to finance the graduate study of program participants. L.2005,c.157,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7.12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7.12
Prohibited actions relative to certain agreements, employment contracts.
Status: in_force

7. a. On or after the effective date of this act, a school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider may not enter into a collectively bargained or negotiated agreement, an employment contract, an agreement for resignation or termination, a severance agreement, or any other contract or agreement or take any action that: (1) has the effect of suppressing or destroying information relating to an investigation related to a report of suspected child abuse or sexual misconduct by a current or former employee; (2) affects the ability of the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider to report suspected child abuse or sexual misconduct to the appropriate authorities; or (3) requires the school district, charter school, nonpublic school,or contracted service provider to expunge information about allegations or finding of suspected child abuse or sexual misconduct from any documents maintained by the school district, charter school, nonpublic school, or contracted service provider, unless after investigation the allegations are found to be false or the alleged incident of child abuse or sexual misconduct has not been substantiated. b. Any provision of an employment contract or agreement for resignation or termination or a severance agreement that is executed, amended, or entered into after the effective date of this act and that is contrary to this section shall be void and unenforceable. L.2018, c.5, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-4.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 29 / Section 29-4.3
Teaching staff members with full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities; salary schedule
Status: in_force

The board of education of every school district employing one or more teaching staff members having full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities shall adopt salary schedules for each school year that begins after the effective date of this act for all such members, except that for a superintendent of schools the board may adopt a salary schedule. Such salary schedules shall be subject to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:29-4.1. Nothing contained in this section of the act shall authorize a board to pay an amount of salary less than the amount such member would be entitled to under any other law. The schedules adopted pursuant to this section shall be filed with the Commissioner of Education within 30 days after the adoption of each such schedule and the adoption of each subsequent revision of each schedule. L.1973, c. 364, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-89 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-89
Findings, declarations relative to New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey Colleagues in Caring collaborative was established in 1996 through a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to assist nursing schools, hospitals and other nursing service institutions to initiate concerted workforce development systems within the State; b. Under the terms of the grant, New Jersey Colleagues in Caring is responsible for: conducting a comprehensive assessment of the current and projected nursing care needs in the State; developing a dependable system for estimating future needs; analyzing the capacity of the State's nursing workforce to meet these needs and the area's educational infrastructure to produce the numbers and types of nursing professionals required; developing a Statewide nursing workforce consortium among schools, providers and other relevant institutions to plan and implement State models that enhance educational and career mobility for nurses; and establishing a formal mechanism to keep the consortium in place over the long term so that monitoring of nursing care needs and the building of a workforce with corresponding strengths become ongoing components of the State's health care structure; c. Establishment of an independent nursing center, which will function as a future-oriented research and development organization that will develop and disseminate objective information and provide an ongoing strategy for the allocation of State resources directed toward the nursing work force, will assure the best possible nursing care for the residents of the State; and d. Therefore, it is appropriate to establish the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing to provide an investment in nursing by ensuring that the strategic work begun by New Jersey Colleagues in Caring continues under a State-supported infrastructure. L.2002,c.116,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64H-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64H / Section 64H-12
Regulations relative to medical schools located outside the U.S.
Status: in_force

4. a. A medical school located outside of the United States: (1) in a country that applies accreditation standards that have been determined by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation within the United States Department of Education to be comparable to the accreditation standards applied to medical schools located within the United States; and (2) that continues to meet the accreditation standards of that country, but is not an alternatively accredited medical school on the effective date of this act, as that term is defined in this act, may apply to the Advisory Graduate Medical Education Council of New Jersey, pursuant to this section, to be approved to operate a clinical clerkship program in this State. b. The council shall adopt regulations specifying the criteria for approval of a foreign medical school to operate a clinical clerkship program in the State. The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, satisfactory evaluation, pursuant to a site visit, of the applicant's institution, including both its main campus and any clinical facilities in locations other than the main campus. c. The applicant shall be responsible for all costs incurred by persons designated by the council, who are experienced in medical education program evaluation, for conducting the site visit, and by the council for reviewing and processing the application. d. After a medical school is approved by the council to operate a clinical clerkship program, it may apply to the council for authorization to operate a specific clinical clerkship program in this State, in accordance with standards adopted by the council. The standards shall include, but not be limited to, those standards listed in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection b. of section 5 of this act. e. A medical school that has been approved by the council, pursuant to this act, to operate a specific clinical clerkship program in this State shall be deemed an alternatively accredited medical school for the purposes of this act, provided it maintains its accreditation status as provided in subsection e. of section 1 of this act. f. A medical school authorized to operate a specific clinical clerkship program pursuant to this section may apply to the council to increase the number of students participating in the clinical clerkships or to increase the number of programs operated by the school, pursuant to the requirements of section 5 of this act. L.2003,c.133,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-46 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-46
Transfer of academic credits from county colleges.
Status: in_force

1. Each public institution of higher education, in consultation with the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and the New Jersey Presidents' Council, shall establish and enter into a collective Statewide transfer agreement that provides for the seamless transfer of academic credits to a baccalaureate degree program from a completed associate of arts degree program, a completed associate of science degree program, or a completed associate in applied science in technical studies degree program which has credits transferred by the NJ PLACE program from apprenticeship programs. The transfer agreement shall include: a. a listing of the general education core courses as stipulated by the Presidents' Council; b. policies and procedures for the seamless transfer and application of academic credits to a baccalaureate degree program from a completed associate degree program, including a guarantee that an associate of arts degree, associate of science degree, or associate in applied science in technical studies degree which has credits transferred by the NJ PLACE program from apprenticeship programs, awarded by a county college established pursuant to chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes shall be fully transferable and credited as the first two years of a baccalaureate degree program at the four-year public institution of higher education in the State to which a student is admitted; c. policies and procedures for the implementation of an appeals process for students and institutions to resolve disputes regarding the transfer of academic credits; d. policies and procedures for the annual review and update of the agreement; and e. policies and procedures for the collection of data by the commission to ensure that all participating institutions of higher education are in compliance with the provisions of this act and to ensure that the agreement is fostering both a seamless transfer process and the academic success of transfer students at the senior institutions. The commission shall annually determine the data to be collected and shall notify each participating institution in a timely manner. The policies and procedures set forth in the transfer agreement shall be fully operational by September 1, 2008, except that, with respect to associate in applied science in technical studies degree programs which have credits transferred by the NJ PLACE program from apprenticeship programs, the transfer agreement shall be fully operational by September 1, 2011. L.2007, c.175, s.1; amended 2009, c.200, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2
Authority over pupils
Status: in_force

A teacher or other person in authority over such pupil shall hold every pupil accountable for disorderly conduct in school and during recess and on the playgrounds of the school and on the way to and from school. The driver shall be in full charge of the school bus at all times and shall be responsible for order; he shall never exclude a pupil from the bus, but, if unable to manage any pupil, shall report the unmanageable pupil to the principal of the school which he attends. A pupil may be excluded from the bus for disciplinary reasons by the principal and his parents shall provide for his transportation to and from school during the period of such exclusion. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 175, s. 1, eff. Oct. 14, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:12-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 12 / Section 12-10
Application of subarticle
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subarticle shall apply to all type II school districts except as otherwise provided in this title for regional districts and except those districts in which the members of the boards of education are appointed pursuant to subarticle C of this article.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1
Officers and employees in general
Status: in_force

Each board of education, subject to the provisions of this title and of any other law, shall employ and may dismiss a secretary or a school business administrator to act as secretary and may employ and dismiss a superintendent of schools, a treasurer of school moneys, when and as provided by section 18A:13-14 or 18A:17-31, and such principals, teachers, janitors and other officers and employees, as it shall determine, and fix and alter their compensation and the length of their terms of employment. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1981, c. 174, s. 2, eff. June 19, 1981.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-3.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-3.4
Services for institutionalized persons.
Status: in_force

3. Thomas Edison State College, after consultation with the State Librarian, shall annually, within the limitations of amounts appropriated by the Legislature, distribute funds pursuant to rules and regulations adopted according to N.J.S.18A:74-1 et seq., for library services to persons institutionalized in health, mental health, mental retardation, veterans', residential, correctional and other similar facilities which are operated by or under contract to the State or to county or municipal governments. L.1985,c.297,s.3; amended 2001, c.137, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:19-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-15
Listing of payments
Status: in_force

Each board of education shall maintain a current and updated listing of payments made for: a. legal fees; b. consulting fees, including negotiating fees; and c. contracts for maintenance. Each list shall specify payees and amounts received during the previous and current school years. Each of these lists shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours. Copies of the lists shall be made available to the public at a reasonable cost. L. 1989, c. 46, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54B-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54B / Section 54B-1
Enrichment program defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act "Enrichment Program" means any summer school program offered by a public school for which a student does not receive credit for graduation and is unrelated to the curriculum content of the regular school program. L.1979, c. 104, s. 1, eff. May 31, 1979.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-43.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-43.4
Threat assessment team, establishment, policy; school district, charter school, renaissance school project.
Status: in_force

1. a. The board of education of each school district and the board of trustees of each charter school or renaissance school project shall develop and adopt a policy for the establishment of a threat assessment team at each school. The purpose of a threat assessment team shall be to provide school teachers, administrators, and other staff with assistance in identifying students of concern, assessing those students' risk for engaging in violence or other harmful activities, and delivering intervention strategies to manage the risk of harm for students who pose a potential safety risk, to prevent targeted violence in the school, and ensure a safe and secure school environment that enhances the learning experience for all members of the school community. b. A threat assessment team established by a board of education or a board of trustees under subsection a. of this section shall be multidisciplinary in membership and, to the extent possible, shall include the following individuals: (1) a school psychologist, school counselor, school social worker, or other school employee with expertise in student counseling; (2) a teaching staff member; (3) a school principal or other senior school administrator; (4) a safe schools resource officer or school employee who serves as a school liaison to law enforcement; and (5) the school safety specialist designated pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c.162 (C.18A:17-43.3), in the event that the school safety specialist is not already a school administrator or school employee required to be a part of the threat assessment team pursuant to this section. Additional school employees may serve as regular members of the threat assessment team or may be consulted during the threat assessment process, as determined to be appropriate by the team. c. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as affecting the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement or individual contract of employment in effect on this act's effective date. L.2022, c.83, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-10
Fixing date, etc. for public hearing.
Status: in_force

18A:22-10. Upon the preparation of its budget, each board of education shall fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing upon said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools for the ensuing school year and the various items and purposes for which the same are to be appropriated. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in districts having a board of school estimate, the hearing shall be held before the board of school estimate between March 22 and March 29; and in districts having no board of school estimate and Type II districts with a board of school estimate, in which the annual school election is in April, the hearing shall be held before the board of education between March 22 and March 29. In the case of a school district with an annual school election in November, the hearing shall be held before the board of education between April 24 and May 7. amended 1978, c.136, s.8; 1990, c.52, s.46; 1992, c.159, s.13; 1995, c.278, s.39; 2013, c.280, s.3; 2023, c.289, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-58 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-58
Approval of additional exceptions.
Status: in_force

3. The governing board of a public institution of higher education, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education, may approve exceptions to the credit hour requirements in addition to those established pursuant to subsection b. of sections 1 and 2 of this act. L.2018, c.93, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:30-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 30 / Section 30-11
Administration of sick leave bank.
Status: in_force

2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a committee which shall be comprised of three members selected by the board of education and three members selected by the majority representative or majority representatives of those employees of the board who are eligible to participate in the sick leave bank. The committee may establish standards or procedures that it deems appropriate for the operation of the sick leave bank, which may include a requirement that employees donate leave time to be eligible to draw leave time from the sick leave bank and limitations on the amount of sick leave time which may be drawn or the conditions under which the sick leave time may be drawn. No day of leave which is donated to a sick leave bank by an employee shall be drawn by that employee or any other employee from the sick leave bank unless authorized by the committee in order to provide sick leave. L.2007, c.223, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 25 / Section 25-5
Annual report; filing and penalty for failure to file
Status: in_force

The teacher in any school in which but one teacher is employed and the principal in every other school shall file with the superintendent of schools of the district, if there be one, otherwise with the county superintendent, at the time of the closing of the school for the summer vacation or of leaving school before the end of the school year, an annual report on blanks furnished for that purpose by the commissioner. Unless such report is filed at said time the last installment of salary due the teacher or principal for the school year shall not be paid to him until the secretary of the board of education shall have received written notice from the superintendent of the district or the county superintendent, as the case may be, that such report has been filed.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-20
Additional school facilities; agreement as to tuition
Status: in_force

Whenever a board of education, now or hereafter furnishing elementary and high school education or either thereof for the pupils of another school district, finds it necessary to provide additional facilities for the furnishing of education to such pupils, it may, as a condition precedent to the provision of such additional facilities, enter into an agreement with the board of education of such other district for a term not exceeding 10 years whereby it agrees to provide such education to the pupils of such other district during the term of such agreement, in consideration of the agreement by the board of education of such other district that it will not withdraw its pupils and provide school facilities for them in its own or another district during the term of said agreement except as provided in this article, and that the sending district will provide for the payment of tuition in accordance with section 18A:38-19.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-6
Certain students enrolled in Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf permitted to operate State vehicles for driver education.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a student enrolled in the Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf may operate a State vehicle for purposes of behind-the-wheel instruction as part of the school's regular curriculum driver education course. b. A student enrolled in the school shall be deemed a "public employee" or "State employee" for purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., when operating a State vehicle for purposes of behind-the-wheel instruction as part of the school's regular curriculum driver education course. L.2017, c.76, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-123 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-123
Review, approval of evaluation rubrics.
Status: in_force

17. a. The Commissioner of Education shall review and approve evaluation rubrics submitted by school districts pursuant to section 16 of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-122). The board of education shall adopt a rubric approved by the commissioner. b. The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to set standards for the approval of evaluation rubrics for teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals. The standards, at a minimum, shall include: (1) four defined annual rating categories for teachers, principals, assistant principals, and vice-principals: ineffective, partially effective, effective, and highly effective; (2) a provision requiring that the rubric be partially based on multiple objective measures of student learning that use student growth from one year's measure to the next year's measure using data from the most recent year in which an educator completed student growth objectives; (3) a provision that allows the district, in grades in which a standardized test is not required, to determine the methods for measuring student growth, provided that the student growth objective data used is data collected in the most recent year in which an educator completed student growth objectives; (4) a provision that multiple measures of practice and student learning be used in conjunction with professional standards of practice using a comprehensive evaluation process in rating effectiveness with specific measures and implementation processes. Standardized assessments shall be used as a measure of student progress but shall not be the predominant factor in the overall evaluation of a teacher; (5) a provision that the rubric be based on the professional standards for that employee; (6) a provision ensuring that performance measures used in the rubric are linked to student achievement; (7) a requirement that the employee receive multiple observations during the school year which shall be used in evaluating the employee; (8) a provision that requires that at each observation of a teacher, either the principal, his designee who shall be an individual employed in the district in a supervisory role and capacity and who possesses a school administrator certificate, principal certificate, or supervisor certificate, the vice-principal, or the assistant principal shall be present; (9) an opportunity for the employee to improve his effectiveness from evaluation feedback; (10) guidelines for school districts regarding training and the demonstration of competence on the evaluation system to support its implementation; (11) a process for ongoing monitoring and calibration of the observations to ensure that the observation protocols are being implemented correctly and consistently; (12) a performance framework, associated evaluation tools, and observation protocols, including training and observer calibration resources; (13) a process for a school district to obtain the approval of the commissioner to utilize other evaluation tools; and (14) a process for ensuring that the results of the evaluation help to inform instructional development. c. A board of education shall adopt a rubric approved by the commissioner by December 31, 2012. d. Beginning no later than January 31, 2013, a board of education shall implement a pilot program to test and refine the evaluation rubric. e. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, a board of education shall ensure implementation of the approved, adopted evaluation rubric for all educators in all elementary, middle, and high schools in the district. Results of evaluations shall be used to identify and provide professional development to teaching staff members. Results of evaluations shall be provided to the commissioner, as requested, on a regular basis. f. The commissioner shall establish a model evaluation rubric that may be utilized by a school district to assess the effectiveness of its teaching staff members. L.2012, c.26, s.17; amended 2024, c.14, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-64 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-64
Post-secondary institute; part of county college
Status: in_force

The post-secondary institute shall be a part of the county college, upon agreement of the governing body of the institute. L.1982, c. 42, s. 15, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72K-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72K / Section 72K-3
Use of funds
Status: in_force

Douglass College may utilize funds appropriated for the purpose of 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 Women's Studies Chair. P.L. 1988, c. 42, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-5.2
Sale, lease-back of textbooks; funds classification.
Status: in_force

4. a. Proceeds from the sale and lease-back of textbooks and non-consumable instructional materials shall not be considered miscellaneous local general fund revenue for the purpose of calculating the net budget. b. A board of education may establish a reserve account in the general fund with all or a part of the proceeds from the sale and lease-back of textbooks and non-consumable instructional materials provided that subsequent appropriations from the reserve account shall only be made within the original budget certified for taxes or as approved by the commissioner for good cause. L.1998, c.55, s.4; amended 2010, c.44, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-8.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8.3
Suspended employee or officer of board of education; compensation; exceptions
Status: in_force

Any employee or officer of a board of education in this State who is suspended from his employment, office or position, other than by reason of indictment, pending any investigation, hearing or trial or any appeal therefrom, shall receive his full pay or salary during such period of suspension, except that in the event of charges against such employee or officer brought before the board of education or the Commissioner of Education pursuant to law, such suspension may be with or without pay or salary as provided in chapter 6 of which this section is a supplement. L.1971, c. 435, s. 1, eff. Feb. 10, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-51 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-51
Applicant to provide certification documentation.
Status: in_force

3. A board of education shall require any applicant for a permanent position as a buildings and grounds supervisor to provide documentation that he is a certified educational facilities manager who has received an authorization from the Department of Education pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2013, c.47 (C.18A:17-53). L.1999, c.337, s.3, amended 2013, c.47, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-37 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-37
Payments, in lieu of interest, on proceeds of public land scrip
Status: in_force

The sum which is paid by the state annually in semiannual payments pursuant to the certificates of indebtedness which were issued under section 2 of the act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled "An act appropriating scrip for the public lands granted to the state of New Jersey by the act of congress, approved July 2, 1862,' approved April 4, 1864," approved June 13, 1895 (L.1895, c. 417, s. 2, p. 805), together with the amendment thereto approved March 30, 1896 (L.1896, c. 135, p. 192), upon the payment or transfer to the state sinking fund of the fund of $116,000.00 which arose from the sale of the scrip for public lands granted to the state by the act of congress approved July 2, 1862, shall be paid to the corporation for the special purposes and upon the special conditions set forth in sections 18A:65-38, 18A:65-39 and 18A:65-40 incl.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-19
Payment for coverage
Status: in_force

a. Except as otherwise prescribed by P.L. 1979, c. 391 (C. 18A:16-12 et seq.), retired employees shall be required to pay for the entire cost of coverage for themselves and their dependents at rates which are deemed adequate to cover the benefits, as affected by Medicare, of such retired employees and their dependents on the basis of the utilization of services which may be reasonably expected of such older age classification; provided, however, that the total rate payable by such a retired employee for himself and his dependents, for coverage under the contract and for Part B of Medicare, shall not exceed by more than 25%, the total amount that would have been required to have been paid by the employee and the local board of education for the coverage maintained had he continued in office or active employment and he and his dependents were not eligible for Medicare benefits. b. The local board of education may, in its discretion, assume the entire cost of such coverage and pay all of the premiums for employees who have retired after 25 years or more service with the local board of education, including the premiums on their dependents, if any, under such uniform conditions as the local board of education shall prescribe, except that retired employees and dependents who are eligible for and elect at the time of retirement to take State-paid coverage under the State Health Benefits Program pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection b. of section 7 of P.L. 1964, c. 125 (C. 52:14-17.38) shall not be eligible for employer-paid coverage under this subsection. 1979, c.391,s.8; amended 1987,c.386,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-5.1
Basic child study team services; provision by boards of education and state operated programs
Status: in_force

Each board of education and State operated program shall separately or jointly with one or more boards of education or State agencies provide for basic child study team services. The basic child study team shall consist of a school psychologist, a learning disability teacher consultant and a school social worker, and for the purposes of evaluation and classification shall include pertinent information from certified school personnel making the referral. This information shall be considered in the evaluation and classification process as defined in N.J.A.C. 6:28-1.1 et seq. The referring certified school personnel and the school principal, or his designee, may attend the classification conference as defined in N.J.A.C. 6:28-1.1 et seq. and participate in the classification decision. L.1982, c. 162, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.16
Instruction in chess; guidelines
Status: in_force

2. Each board of education may offer instruction in chess during the second grade for pupils in gifted and talented and special education programs. The Department of Education may establish guidelines to be used by boards of education which offer chess instruction in those programs. L.1992,c.201,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:41-9.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 41 / Section 41-9.1
Protocol regarding retention of video footage from school surveillance systems.
Status: in_force

1. a. No later than six months following the effective date of this act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of Education, shall develop a protocol regarding the retention of video footage from school surveillance systems. Matters to be addressed in the protocol shall include, but need not be limited to, the following: a minimum and maximum amount of time that footage may be retained; measures to be taken to limit access to the footage; and compliance with the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974," (20 U.S.C. s.1232g). The Attorney General shall review the protocol annually and shall revise it as necessary. b. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require a school district to install a school surveillance system. L.2019, c.47, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.24b — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.24b
Entry into design-build contracts permitted.
Status: in_force

19. a. If a contracting unit determines in its discretion that the design-build approach meets their needs better than the traditional design-bid-build approach established under New Jersey public procurement statutes for the project or projects under consideration, it shall be the public policy of this State to permit that contracting unit to enter into design-build contracts as defined in section 18 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:64A-25.24a), provided the following conditions are met: (1) The contracting unit shall, prior to issuing solicitations, publish procedures consistent with regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Higher Education, where applicable for the solicitation and award of design-build contracts, and shall adhere to sections 18 through 25 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:64A-25.24a through C.18A:64A-25.24h) and those procedures; and (2) The contracting unit shall, for each public project or projects under sections 18 through 25 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:64A-25.24a through C.18A:64A-25.24h), make a determination based on the timeliness of the project or projects that it is in the best interest of the public to enter into a design-build contract to complete the public project or projects. b. All workers employed in a design-build construction project shall be paid the prevailing wage determined by the Commissioner of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). c. All design-build construction projects shall be encouraged to adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System as adopted by the United States Green Building Council, the Green Globes Program adopted by the Green Building Initiative, or a comparable nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate sustainable development system. L.2021, c.71, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-51 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-51
Conduct of college
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this act, the college shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:64A-1 et seq. and the provisions of general law applicable to county colleges which are not inconsistent with this act, and shall be entitled to all benefits and grants provided for thereunder. L.1982, c. 42, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-102 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-102
Transfer of monies, personnel.
Status: in_force

148. All monies including, but not limited to, grants, appropriations, capital improvement expenditures, research funds, State-funded personnel, institutional support, and grants-in-aid, previously allocated or otherwise provided to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey for the use of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, regardless of source, which remain unexpended on the effective date of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.) shall be transferred to Rutgers, The State University. L.2012, c.45, s.148.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-43
Supervision of school building repairs
Status: in_force

Repairs of all school buildings shall be supervised by the business manager of the district, if there be one, as provided by N.J.S. 18A:17-28, but if the district has no business manager, the board may delegate such power to any appropriate officer of the board as provided by N.J.S. 18A:16-1.2. L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-54 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-54
Findings, declarations about crime victims
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Ten percent of the crimes reported in the State are violent crimes, and murder accounts for at least one percent of all violent crimes committed. Victims of violent crimes and their families often become crime statistics with no honorable mention. b. It is appropriate to pay tribute to those who have suffered from violent crime through the recognition of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. The State should recognize these individuals through the establishment of a special fund which will allow the children of crime victims the opportunity to attend college through the commemoration of the death of Tony Pompelio, a crime victim, by establishing the Tony Pompelio Commemorative Scholarship Fund. L.2000,c.163,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-4.14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.14
Criminal history record check for applicant for nonpublic school employment
Status: in_force

2. An applicant for employment or service in any of the positions covered by this act shall submit to the Commissioner of Education his or her name, address and fingerprints taken in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner. The commissioner is hereby authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and to receive criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Division of State Police for use in making the determinations required by this act. No criminal history record check shall be performed pursuant to this act unless the applicant shall have furnished his or her written consent to such a check. The applicant shall bear the cost for the criminal history record check, including all costs for administering and processing the check. L.1989,c.229,s.2; amended 1998, c.31, s.2; 2002, c.119, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-23.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-23.3
Eligibility for continued participation in program
Status: in_force

In order to remain eligible for participation in this program, the unemployed worker shall be required to maintain a passing grade in the job training course in which he is enrolled. L.1983, c. 470, s. 3, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-5
Officers or outstanding commitments not affected
Status: in_force

The enactment and adoption of this chapter shall not of itself affect the official status of any officer of the corporation or the university, or any outstanding authorization of any officer, agent or employee to take any specified action, or any outstanding commitment or undertaking of or by the corporation or the university, except to the extent that any of the same may be inconsistent with this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-31
Tenure and civil service rights saved
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to affect the tenure or civil service rights of any person presently existing, or hereafter obtained, under this or any other law.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-7
Oaths of persons employed in teaching capacities
Status: in_force

Every person who is a citizen of the United States, and who is employed as a professor, instructor, teacher or in any teaching capacity by or in any school, college, state college, university or other educational institution in this state which is supported in whole or in part by public funds, directly or through contract or otherwise with or on behalf of the state shall, before entering into the discharge of his duties, take and subscribe to the oath of allegiance and office prescribed in section 41:1-3 of the Revised Statutes, and any person who is a citizen or subject of any other country and who is so employed, shall, likewise, take and subscribe to an oath to support the constitution of the United States while so employed, a copy of which oath shall be filed with his said employer.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-8
Contents of budget; format.
Status: in_force

18A:22-8. The budget shall be prepared in such detail and upon such forms as shall be prescribed by the commissioner and to it shall be annexed a statement so itemized as to make the same readily understandable, in which shall be shown: a. In tabular form there shall be set forth the following: (1) The total expenditure for each item for the preceding school year, the amount appropriated for the current school year adjusted for transfers as of February 1 of the current school year, and the amount estimated to be necessary to be appropriated for the ensuing school year, indicated separately for each item as determined by the commissioner; (2) The amount of the surplus account available at the beginning of the preceding school year, at the beginning of the current school year, and the amount anticipated to be available for the ensuing school year; (3) The amount of revenue available for budget purposes for the preceding school year, the amount available for the current school year as of February 1 of the current school year, and the amount anticipated to be available for the ensuing school year in the following categories: (a) Total to be raised by local property taxes (b) Total State aid (i) Equalization aid (ii) Special education categorical aid (iii) Transportation aid (iv) Preschool education aid (v) Security aid (vi) Adjustment aid (vii) Other (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner) (c) Total federal aid (i) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.s.2701 et seq.) (ii) Students with disabilities (iii) Impact Aid (iv) Vocational (v) Other (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner) (d) Other sources (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner). b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.117). c. In the event that the total expenditure for any item of appropriation is equal to $0.00 for: (1) the preceding school year, (2) the current school year, and (3) the amount estimated to be necessary to be appropriated for the ensuing school year, that item shall not be required to be published pursuant to N.J.S.18A:22-11. d. The instruction function of the budget shall be divided at a minimum into elementary (K-5), middle school (6-8), and high school (9-12) cost centers, each of which shall be further divided by the core curriculum content areas. The commissioner shall phase in these requirements as soon as practicable. e. The budget as adopted for the school year pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) shall be provided for public inspection on the school district's Internet site, if one exists, and made available in print in a "user-friendly" format using plain language. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate a "user-friendly," plain language budget summary format for the use of school districts for this purpose. amended 2000, c.72, s.39; 2017, c.131, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:56-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-13
Purchase of lands by board on foreclosure
Status: in_force

The board of trustees may bid for and purchase any lands and premises exposed to sale under the order and judgment of any court for the payment and satisfaction of any mortgage thereon held by the board, and may take and hold title to the lands and premises so purchased in and by its official name as a part of the principal of the school fund; but the board shall not bid a higher price for such lands and premises than shall be sufficient to produce the amount due upon the mortgage and costs. The taxed costs of the foreclosure action and sale, if any, shall be paid by the state treasurer on the warrant of the director of the division of budget and accounting.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-60 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-60
Findings, declarations relative to higher education technology infrastructure.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey's public and independent colleges and universities contribute substantially to the local, State, and national economies by developing the workforce, advancing knowledge through research and scholarship, and serving as a repository for information. b. An integrated technology infrastructure is increasingly critical to teaching, research, workforce training, and the effectiveness and efficiency of New Jersey's higher education system. c. Up-to-date telecommunications and information technology, including connectivity within and among institutions and with libraries and elementary and secondary schools, will enable students and faculty to access information and educational opportunities efficiently and effectively and will increase opportunities for institutions to collaborate and share resources. d. Consortial arrangements and distance learning offer significant potential to reduce costs and increase access, but these new modes of delivery cannot succeed without a technology infrastructure which insures compatibility and connectivity. e. Colleges and universities must address substantial, yet varying, technological needs in order to participate fully in a comprehensive, current telecommunications network. To strengthen New Jersey's competitiveness and enhance the State's higher education system in a global and highly technological economy, it is essential to establish a dedicated source of funding to support investment by New Jersey's public and independent higher education institutions in technology infrastructure. L.1997,c.238,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-6a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-6a
Policies, procedures, guidelines relative to student fees.
Status: in_force

1. The governing board of a public institution of higher education or a proprietary institution licensed to offer academic degrees shall: a. develop written policies and procedures that establish a system of internal controls over the development and management of mandatory student fees and ensure that these controls are applied consistently. The written policies shall define who is responsible for the assessment or adjustment of the mandatory student fees, and shall include guidelines for monitoring whether mandatory student fee revenue is used efficiently and for the intended purpose; b. assess each of the institution's mandatory student fees individually and document the criteria and justification for any adjustments made to the fees. For each mandatory student fee the documentation shall include, at a minimum, the purpose of the student fee, the criteria used to determine its rate, the projected mandatory fee revenue, and the appropriate use of the revenue; c. establish separate funds in the institution's budget for each individual mandatory student fee to promote transparency of fee revenue and expenditures; d. implement accounting procedures that establish a process to accurately identify transactions related to mandatory student fee activity and the expenditures related to each of the mandatory student fees; and e. include in the institution's description of its mandatory student fees, all uses of the fee monies including salaries. L.2019, c.201, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-9
Powers, duties.
Status: in_force

9. The board of trustees of Montclair State University shall have the general supervision over and be vested with the conduct of the university. It shall have the power and duty to: a. Adopt, use, and modify, as it deems appropriate, its corporate seal; b. Determine the educational curriculum and program of the university, including approving the establishment of new educational programs, departments, or schools, and the discontinuance of existing educational programs, departments, or schools at the university, provided that the action is consistent with the university's programmatic mission and that the action is reviewed by the New Jersey President's Council pursuant to subsection c. of section 8 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-8) or approved by the Secretary of Higher Education pursuant to subsection f. of section 14 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-14), as applicable; c. Determine policies for the organization, administration, and development of the university; d. Study the educational and financial needs of the university, annually acquaint the Governor and Legislature with the condition of the university, and prepare and submit an annual request for appropriation to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury in accordance with law; e. Disburse all moneys appropriated to the university by the Legislature and all moneys received from tuition, fees, auxiliary services and other sources; f. Direct and control expenditures and transfers of funds appropriated to the university in accordance with the provisions of the State budget and appropriation acts of the Legislature, and, as to funds received from other sources, direct and control expenditures and transfers in accordance with the terms of any applicable trusts, gifts, bequests, or other special provisions, reporting changes and additions thereto and transfers thereof to the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. All accounts of the university shall be subject to audit by the State at any time; g. In accordance with the provisions of the State budget and appropriation acts of the Legislature, appoint and fix the compensation and term of office of a president of the university who shall be the executive officer of the university and an ex officio member of the board of trustees, without vote, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of trustees; h. In accordance with the provisions of the State budget and appropriation acts of the Legislature, appoint, upon nomination of the president, such deans and other members of the academic, administrative, and teaching staffs as shall be required and fix their compensation and terms of employment; i. Consistent with the provisions of its budget, this act and any and all controlling collective bargaining agreements, have the power, upon nomination or recommendation of the president, to appoint, remove, promote and transfer all other officers, agents, or employees which may be required to carry out the provisions of this act and prescribe qualifications for those positions, and assign requisite duties and determine and fix respective compensation for those positions in accordance with duly adopted salary program parameters; j. Grant diplomas, certificates or degrees; k. Enter into contracts and agreements with the State or any of its political subdivisions or with the United States, or with any public body, department or other agency of the State or the United States, including any public institution of higher education in the State or their subsidiaries or affiliates, or with any individual, firm or corporation which are deemed necessary or advisable by the board for carrying out the provisions of this act. A contract or agreement pursuant to this subsection may require a municipality to undertake obligations and duties to be performed subsequent to the expiration of the term of office of the elected governing body of such municipality which initially entered into or approved said contract or agreement, and the obligations and duties so incurred by such municipality shall be binding and of full force and effect, notwithstanding that the term of office of the elected governing body of such municipality which initially entered into or approved said contract or agreement, shall have expired; l. Exercise the right of eminent domain, pursuant to the provisions of the "Eminent Domain Act of 1971," P.L.1971, c.361 (C.20:3-1 et seq.), to acquire any property or interest therein; m. Adopt, after consultation with the president and faculty, bylaws and make and promulgate such rules, regulations, and orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act as are necessary and proper for the administration and operation of the university and the carrying out of its purposes; n. Establish fees for room and board sufficient for the operation, maintenance, and rental of student housing and food services facilities; o. Fix and determine tuition rates and other fees to be paid by students; p. Accept from any government or governmental department, agency or other public or private body or from any other source grants or contributions of money or property which the board may use for or in aid of any of its purposes; q. Acquire, by gift, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, own, lease, dispose of, use and operate property, whether real, personal or mixed, or any interest therein, which is necessary or desirable for university purposes; r. Employ architects to plan buildings; secure bids for the construction of buildings and for the equipment thereof; make contracts for the construction of buildings and for equipment; and supervise the construction of buildings; s. Manage and maintain, and provide for the payment of all charges on and expenses in respect of, all properties utilized by the university; t. Borrow money and to secure the same by a mortgage on its property or any part thereof, and to enter into any credit agreement for the needs of the university, as deemed requisite by the board, in such amounts and for such time and upon such terms as may be determined by the board, provided that no such borrowing shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit or be payable out of property or funds, other than moneys appropriated for that purpose, of the State; u. Authorize any other new program, educational department or school; v. (1) Adopt standing operating rules and procedures for the purchase of all equipment, materials, supplies and services; however, no contract on behalf of the university shall be entered into for the purchase of services, materials, equipment and supplies, for the performance of any work, or for the hiring of equipment or vehicles, through which the workers employed in the performance of the contract are paid in accordance with the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), where the sum to be expended exceeds $33,000 or the amount determined by the Governor as provided herein, unless the university shall first publicly advertise for bids and shall award the contract to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be most advantageous to the university, price and other factors considered. Such advertising shall not be required in those exceptions created by the board of trustees of the university, which shall be in substance those exceptions contained in sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9 and C.52:34-10) and section 5 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-56) or for the supplying of any product or the rendering of any service by a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities of this State and tariffs and schedules of the charges made, charged, or exacted by the public utility for any such products to be supplied or services to be rendered are filed with the said board. (2) Adopt standing operating rules and procedures for the purchase of all equipment, materials, supplies, and services; however, no contract on behalf of the university shall be entered into for the purchase of services, materials, equipment, and supplies, for the performance of any work, or for the hiring of equipment or vehicles, through which the workers employed in the performance of the contract are not paid in accordance with the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act," P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.), where the sum to be expended exceeds $100,000 or the amount determined by the Governor as provided in this subsection, unless the university shall first publicly advertise for bids and shall award the contract to that responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the invitation for bids, will be most advantageous to the university, price and other factors considered. This advertising shall not be required in those exceptions created by the board of trustees of the university, which shall be in substance those exceptions contained in sections 4 and 5 of P.L.1954, c.48 (C.52:34-9 and C.52:34-10) and section 5 of P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-56) or for the supplying of any product or the rendering of any service by a public utility subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities of this State and tariffs and schedules of the charges made, charged, or exacted by the public utility for any products to be supplied or services to be rendered are filed with the board. (3) Commencing July 1, 2017 and every two years thereafter, the Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall adjust the threshold amounts set forth in this subsection in direct proportion to the rise or fall of the consumer price index for all urban consumers in the New York City and the Philadelphia areas as reported by the United States Department of Labor. The Governor shall notify the university of the adjustment. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which it is reported. (4) This subsection shall not prevent the university from having any work performed by its own employees, nor shall it apply to repairs, or to the furnishing of materials, supplies or labor, or the hiring of equipment or vehicles, when the safety or protection of its or other public property or the public convenience requires or the exigency of the university's service will not admit of such advertisement. In such case, the university shall, by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of its board of trustees, declare the exigency or emergency to exist, and set forth in the resolution the nature and approximate amount to be expended; shall maintain appropriate records as to the reason for such awards; and shall report regularly to its board of trustees on all such purchases, the amounts and the reasons therefor; w. Invest certain moneys in such obligations, securities and other investments as the board shall deem prudent, consistent with the purposes and provisions of this act and in accordance with State and federal law, as follows: Investment in nonprofit corporations or for-profit corporations organized and operated pursuant to the provisions of subsection x. of this section may utilize income realized from the sale or licensing of intellectual property as well as the reinvestment of earnings on intellectual property. Investment in nonprofit corporations may also utilize income from overhead grant fund recovery as permitted by federal law as well as other university funds except those specified in paragraph 5 of subsection x. of this section; x. (1) Participate as the general partner or as a limited partner, either directly or through a subsidiary corporation created by the university, in limited partnerships, general partnerships, or joint ventures to support such purposes including, but not limited to, those engaged in the development, manufacture, or marketing of products, technology, scientific information or services and create or form for-profit or nonprofit corporations to engage in such activities; provided that: (a) any such participation shall be consistent with the mission of the university; (b) the board shall have determined that such participation is prudent; and (c) unit work performed by employees of the university represented by one of the existing executive branch Statewide collective negotiations units is not transferred to the subsidiary corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, or joint venture created pursuant to this subsection or to persons employed by such subsidiary corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, or joint venture; (2) The decision to participate in any activity described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, including the creation or formation of for-profit or nonprofit corporations, shall be articulated in the minutes of the board of trustees meeting in which the action was approved; (3) The provisions of P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.) shall continue to apply to the university, its employees, and officers; (4) Nothing herein shall be deemed or construed to create or constitute a debt, liability, or a loan or pledge of the credit or be payable out of property or funds of the State; (5) Funds directly appropriated to the university from the State or derived from the university's academic programs shall not be utilized by the for-profit or nonprofit corporations organized and operated pursuant to this subsection in the development, manufacture, or marketing of products, technology or scientific information; (6) Employees of any joint venture, subsidiary corporation, partnership, or other jural entity formed, entered into, or owned wholly or in part by the university shall not be deemed public employees, however, any public employees of the university who may be assigned to support any joint venture, subsidiary corporation, partnership, or other jural entity formed, entered into, or owned wholly or in part by the university shall continue to be deemed public employees; (7) A joint venture, subsidiary corporation, partnership, or other jural entity entered into or owned wholly or in part by the university shall not be deemed an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey; (8) Income realized by the university pursuant to this subsection may be invested, reinvested, or retained by the board in accordance with the provisions of this act or State or federal law for use in furtherance of any of the purposes of this act or of other applicable statutes; (9) The board shall annually report to the State Treasurer on the operation of all joint ventures, subsidiary corporations, partnerships, or such other jural entities entered into or owned wholly or in part by the university; and (10) This subsection shall apply if a joint venture, subsidiary corporation, partnership, or other jural entity entered into or owned wholly or in part by the university, is expressly formed, created, or owned by the university pursuant to the authority set forth in this subsection. Further, this subsection shall in no way be construed to prohibit or limit the university from separately pursuing any other activities permitted by the authority granted under this act, or separately utilizing any other powers expressly authorized by this act for any activity consistent with the university's institutional mission, including to participate as the general partner or as a limited partner, either directly or through a subsidiary corporation created by the university, in limited partnerships, general partnerships, or joint ventures, otherwise than pursuant to this subsection; y. Sue and be sued in its own name; z. Retain independent counsel including representation by the Attorney General in accordance with subsection h. of section 6 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-6) and, notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the university elects not to be represented by the Attorney General in any matter in which the university is solely responsible for any potential liability, it shall be permitted to do so upon notice to the Attorney General; aa. (1) Procure and enter into contracts for any type of insurance and indemnify and defend against loss or damage to property from any cause, including loss of use and occupancy, against death or injury of any person, against employees' liability, against any act of any member, officer, employee or servant of the university, whether part-time, full-time, compensated or non-compensated in the performance of the duties of his office or employment or any other insurable risk. In addition, the university shall carry its own liability insurance or maintain an actuarially sound program of self-insurance. Any joint venture, subsidiary corporation, or partnership or such other jural entity entered into or owned wholly or in part by the university shall carry insurance or maintain reserves in such amounts as are determined by an actuary to be sufficient to meet its actual or accrued claims; (2) Moneys in the fund known as the Self-Insurance Trust Fund administered by the State Treasurer shall continue to be available to the university solely to indemnify and defend claims against the university and its employees, officers and servants but only to the extent that the university has elected on behalf of itself and its employees to obtain representation from the Attorney General pursuant to subsection h. of section 6 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-6) and such entity or individuals would have been entitled to defense and indemnification pursuant to the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., as a State entity or State employee but for the provision of subsection z. of this section. Any expenditure of such funds shall be made only in accordance with the provisions of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., including but not limited to the provisions of chapters 10, 10A and 11 of Title 59 of the New Jersey Statutes. Nothing herein shall be construed to authorize the use of the Self-Insurance Trust Fund to indemnify or insure in any way, directly or indirectly the activities of any joint venture, partnership or corporation entered into or created by the university pursuant to subsection x. of this section; bb. Create auxiliary organizations subject to the provisions of P.L.1982, c.16 (C.18A:64-26 et seq.); cc. Adopt a code of ethics that complies with the requirements of all statutes applicable to the institution, including, but not limited, to the "Higher Education Restructuring Act of 1994," P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-1 et al.), the "New Jersey Conflicts of Interest Law," P.L.1971, c.182 (C.52:13D-12 et seq.), regulations of the State Ethics Commission, and any applicable executive orders; dd. Establish a procedure for the confidential, anonymous submission of employee concerns regarding alleged wrongdoing at the university; and ee. Merge or consolidate, including through or with subsidiary corporations created by the university, with one or more other nonprofit corporations formed and operated primarily for educational purposes and exempt under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of section 501 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. s.501(c)(3)), as the board of trustees may determine, but consistent with the public purposes of the corporation, and shall assume any vested rights, grants, charter rights, privileges, exemptions, immunities, powers, prerogatives, franchises or advantages, debts, or liabilities of the nonprofit corporation. A merger or consolidation with a subsidiary corporation created by the university pursuant to this subsection occurring after the effective date of P.L.2023, c.65 (C.18A:64N-9.1 et al.) shall not require approval of the Office of the Attorney General. L.2017, c.178, s.9; amended 2023, c.65, s.16; 2023, c.252, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-1c — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1c
Waiver for pupil transportation services under certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:39-1 or any other section of law to the contrary, a school district shall not be required to provide transportation services for the school year to an elementary school pupil who lives more than two miles from his public school of attendance or to a secondary school pupil who lives more than 2 1/2 miles from his public school of attendance if the pupil's parent or guardian signs a written statement that the pupil waives transportation services for that school year. The written statement shall be in such form as determined by the Department of Education. b. In the event that a parent or guardian signs a waiver pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the school district shall develop a policy for the provision of transportation services to the pupil in the case of a family or economic hardship. L.2011, c.132, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.21
School choice not restricted.
Status: in_force

11. A student's school choice shall not be restricted due to the fact that the student has diabetes. L.2009, c.131, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-31
Annual compilation of test pass rates.
Status: in_force

2. The department shall annually compile the test pass rates of candidates for an instructional certificate submitted pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of this act into a comparative profile of all educator preparation programs. The profile shall be made available for public inspection on the department's website. L.2021, c.393, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-89 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-89
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Manufacturing in Higher Education Act." L.2023, c.268, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71-36 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71 / Section 71-36
Financial resources of applicant; rules and regulations.
Status: in_force

In awarding opportunity grants pursuant to this act, the board shall take into account the financial resources available to the applicant to meet the cost of his higher education and the tuition, fees and living expenses at the institution of higher education which the applicant is attending or to which he has been admitted. Opportunity grants awarded pursuant to this act shall be paid to recipients by the State Treasurer in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board. L.1968,c.142,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7B-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-9
Office of Education in Department of Children and Families.
Status: in_force

13. There is hereby created and established in the Department of Children and Families an Office of Education to be headed by a Director of Educational Services who shall supervise the educational programs in all the State facilities operated by or under contract with that department and shall approve all personnel hired by the State for such programs. The director shall hold the appropriate certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners and shall be qualified by training and experience for his position and shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Children and Families. He shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall receive such salary as shall be fixed by the commissioner. The director shall establish primary, secondary, and vocational programs which meet the educational needs of school age persons for whom the department is responsible. Appropriate credit and certification shall be given for the successful completion of such programs. Within any available appropriation, the program of education shall include adult, post-secondary and college programs offered by institutions licensed by the Department of Education or the Commission on Higher Education. L.1979, c.207, s.13; amended 1994, c.48, s.57; 2006, c.47, s.84.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-34
Body corporate; name
Status: in_force

A community college commission shall be a body corporate and shall be known as the "Community College Commission of " (here insert the name of the county). L.1974, c. 89, s. 5, eff. Aug. 29, 1974.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-114 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-114
Public employee veterans, retirement benefits, certain.
Status: in_force

18A:66-114. a. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2004, c.173.) b. Any veteran who took or shall take office, position or employment with a board of education or a school district after June 26, 1962 and who shall become a member of the pension fund after such date, and who shall have attained 62 years of age and who shall present to the board of trustees satisfactory evidence of 20 years of aggregate service in office, position or employment with this State or with a county, municipality, or school district or board of education, shall have the privilege of retiring and of receiving annually from the fund, for and during the remainder of his life, by way of pension, 54.5% of the compensation upon which the veteran made contributions to the pension fund during the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the veteran, with the optional privileges provided in subsection d. of section 18A:66-110. c. Any public employee veteran member of the pension fund who has been for 20 years in the aggregate in office, position or employment with this State or with a county, municipality, or school district or board of education shall have the privilege of retiring for ordinary disability and of receiving a retirement allowance equal to 54.5% of the compensation upon which contributions to the pension fund are based during the 12-month period of membership providing the largest possible benefit to the veteran, with the optional privileges provided in subsection d. of section 18A:66-110. d. Any public employee veteran member who shall be in office, position or employment with a board of education or a school district and who shall have attained the age of 60 years of age and who has at least 25 years of aggregate service credit in such office, position or employment and who shall present to the board of trustees satisfactory evidence of at least 25 years of aggregate service in such office, position or employment, shall have the privilege of retiring for service and receiving annually from the fund, for and during the remainder of his life, by way of pension, 2.42% of the highest year's compensation during employment, upon which compensation he made contributions to the pension fund, multiplied by the number of years of service with the optional privileges provided in subsection d. of N.J.S.18A:66-110. L.1967, c.271; amended 1995, c.240, s.8; 2004, c.173, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-47
Approval of site plan in SDA district; procedure.
Status: in_force

16. a. Whenever the board of education of an SDA district submits to the New Jersey Schools Development Authority established pursuant to P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.) information on a proposed preferred site for the construction of a school facilities project, the development authority shall file a copy of a map, plan or report indicating the proposed preferred site with the county clerk of the county within which the site is located and with the municipal clerk, planning board, and building inspector of the municipality within which the site is located. b. Whenever a map, plan, or report indicating a proposed preferred site for the construction of an SDA district school facilities project is filed by the development authority pursuant to subsection a. of this section, any municipal approving authority before granting any site plan approval, building permit, or approval of a subdivision plat, or exercising any other approval power with respect to the development or improvement of any lot, tract, or parcel of land which is located wholly or partially within the proposed preferred site shall refer the site plan, application for a building permit or subdivision plat or any other application for proposed development or improvement to the development authority for review and recommendation as to the effect of the proposed development or improvement upon the construction of the school facilities project. c. A municipal approving authority shall not issue any site plan approval or building permit or approve a subdivision plat or exercise any other approval power with respect to the development or improvement of the lot, tract, or parcel of land without the recommendation of the development authority until 45 days following referral to the development authority pursuant to subsection b. of this section. Within that 45-day period, the development authority may: (1) give notice to the municipal approving authority and to the owner of the lot, tract, or parcel of land of probable intention to acquire the whole or any part thereof, and no further action shall be taken by the approving authority for a further period of 180 days following receipt of notice from the development authority. If within the 180-day period the development authority has not acquired, agreed to acquire, or commenced an action to condemn the property, the municipal approving authority shall be free to act upon the pending application in such manner as may be provided by law; or (2) give notice to the municipal approving authority and to the owner of the lot, tract, or parcel of land that the development authority has no objection to the granting of the permit or approval for which application has been made. Upon receipt of the notice the municipal approving authority shall be free to act upon the pending application in such manner as may be provided by law. L.2007, c.137, s.16; amended 2007, c.260, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-91 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-91
Bylaws required, functioning; annual report.
Status: in_force

6. a. A public college risk management group, or any joint liability fund of the group, shall not begin functioning as a means of providing coverage or protection for or among its members until the group's bylaws have been filed with and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may disapprove the bylaws only if the bylaws do not conform with the provisions of P.L.2010, c.99 (C.18A:64-86 et seq.). The commissioner shall set forth the reasons for disapproval in writing. If the commissioner fails to approve or disapprove the bylaws within 60 days following filing of the bylaws with the commissioner, the bylaws shall be deemed approved. The reasonable costs of the commissioner's review of the bylaws shall be chargeable to the colleges seeking to establish the group. b. A public college risk management group shall file an annual report, on a form to be prescribed by the commissioner, and shall include a financial statement of the group's assets and liabilities, the claims paid during the preceding 12 months, current reserves, incurred losses, and any other information that the commissioner may require. c. The commissioner shall have authority to examine the books, records and affairs of any public college risk management group or any of its liability funds at a time to be fixed by the commissioner. The reasonable costs of any examination or review shall be chargeable to the public college risk management group. d. If at any time the commissioner determines that the public college risk management group has experienced a deterioration in its financial condition which adversely affects or will adversely affect its ability to pay expected losses, the commissioner may: (1) require an increase in the reserves of the group as required by section 4 of P.L.2010, c.99 (C.18A:64-86 et seq.); or (2) require the purchase of excess insurance or reinsurance. L.2010, c.99, s.6; amended 2023, c.65, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:34A-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 34A / Section 34A-7
Immunity, school library staff.
Status: in_force

7. A school library staff member who engages in activities as required by sections 4 through 6 of this act shall be immune from civil and criminal liability arising from good faith actions performed pursuant to the provisions of those sections. L.2024, c.96, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-16
Multilateral contracts; co-operation of States
Status: in_force

1. The party States agree that they will, so far as practicable, prefer the making of multilateral contracts pursuant to Article III of this agreement. 2. The party States agree that they will facilitate and strengthen co-operation in interstate certification and other elements of educational personnel qualification and for this purpose shall co-operate with agencies, organizations, and associations interested in certification and other factors relevant to the qualifications of educational personnel. L.1969, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-38 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-38
Establishment of New Jersey Council of County Vocational Schools
Status: in_force

1. There is established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the New Jersey Council of County Vocational Schools. A county vocational school established pursuant to chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes may, upon the approval of its board of education, be a member of the council. L.1993,c.302,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:75A-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 75A / Section 75A-17
Withdrawal and dissolution.
Status: in_force

17. Article XVI: Withdrawal and Dissolution a. Withdrawal (1) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute, which enacted the compact into law. (2) Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of a statute repealing the same, but shall not take effect until one year after the effective date of such statute and until written notice of the withdrawal has been given by the withdrawing state to the Governor of each other member jurisdiction. (3) The withdrawing state shall immediately notify the chairperson of the Interstate Commission in writing upon the introduction of legislation repealing this compact in the withdrawing state. The Interstate Commission shall notify the other member states of the withdrawing state's intent to withdraw within 60 days of its receipt thereof. (4) The withdrawing state is responsible for all assessments, obligations and liabilities incurred through the effective date of withdrawal, including obligations, the performance of which extend beyond the effective date of withdrawal. (5) Reinstatement following withdrawal of a member state shall occur upon the withdrawing state reenacting the compact or upon such later date as determined by the Interstate Commission. b. Dissolution of Compact (1) This compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact to one member state. (2) Upon the dissolution of this compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or effect, and the business and affairs of the Interstate Commission shall be concluded and surplus funds shall be distributed in accordance with the bylaws. L.2009, c.279, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-6
Purchase of notes.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-6. Purchase of Notes. Whenever any approved note, including notes held by the authority in the Higher Education Student Assistance Fund, or any installment thereon, shall be in default as defined under 20 U.S.C.s.1071 et seq., upon the death or total and permanent disability of the borrower, or upon any other reason for payment of a claim permitted under 20 U.S.C.s.1071 et seq., the authority shall, upon the demand of a lender and subject to a lender's meeting federal and authority due diligence requirements, purchase the note by paying to the lender or by transferring to the Higher Education Student Assistance Fund out of the Loan Reserve Fund, the amount of principal, interest and other permissible charges then due and owing on the note, as herein provided. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-44
Buildings, apparatus and machinery
Status: in_force

The college or department shall be provided with suitable buildings for stock judging, butter making, milk testing, and lecture rooms. The buildings shall be equipped with the necessary apparatus and machinery for carrying out the specific instruction provided for in section 18A:65-43.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-34
Certain debts transferred to Rowan.
Status: in_force

11. All debts of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey incurred in the operation and administration of the School of Osteopathic Medicine and debt specifically and directly related to the real and personal property being transferred in Stratford are hereby transferred to Rowan University, and all creditors of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey may enforce those debts against Rowan 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.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-3.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-3.2
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

4. The State Board of Education shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act. L.2001,c.65,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.33 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.33
Information provided to students.
Status: in_force

2. A board of education shall include instruction on the social, emotional, and legal consequences of distributing and soliciting sexually explicit images through electronic means once during middle school in an appropriate place in the curriculum as part of the school district's implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education. The Commissioner of Education shall provide school districts with age-appropriate sample learning activities and resources designed to implement this requirement. L.2018, c.80, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-18
Officers, agents, employees unaffected.
Status: in_force

50. 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.2012, c.45, s.50.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-5
Certificates granted by city district examiners
Status: in_force

A district board of examiners shall, under such rules as the state board shall prescribe, and under such additional rules as may be prescribed by the board of education of the district, issue certificates to teach, which shall be valid for all schools of the district.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-32 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-32
State Librarian, qualifications.
Status: in_force

17. The State Librarian shall be a graduate of an accredited university or college and shall, prior to the appointment, have graduated from a school of library service accredited by the American Library Association, and have had at least four years of library experience in a responsible administrative capacity. L.1969, c.158,s.17; amended 1977, c.322, s.4; 2001, c.137, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-20
Employment of professors, etc., continued; tenure rights, etc., preserved
Status: in_force

All professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, supervisors, registrars, teachers, and other persons employed by the state of New Jersey, the state board of education or the commissioner of education in the state colleges on July 1, 1967 shall continue in their respective employments in the employ of the board of trustees of their respective colleges and any and all rights of tenure, civil service, retirement, pension disability, leave of absence or similar benefits provided by or under the provisions of the laws of this state shall not be affected or interrupted by virtue of such transfer.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-40 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-40
Annual reports of board of governors
Status: in_force

The board of governors shall annually make and distribute the reports required by paragraph 4 of section 5 of the act of congress cited in section 18A:65-37.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-20.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-20.3
Pupil directory information provided to county vocational school district.
Status: in_force

1. a. As used in this section, "pupil directory information" means a pupil's name and address. b. The board of education of a school district or regional school district located in a county in which there is a county vocational school district shall provide, upon the request of that county vocational school district, pupil directory information for each pupil enrolled in grades six through 12, or any subset of these grades, as requested by that county vocational school district. The board of education of a school district or regional school district shall not provide the pupil directory information for a pupil if the parent previously submitted a request that the pupil's information not be released for the purposes of this subsection. The board of education of a school district or regional school district shall notify parents of the opportunity to prohibit the release of pupil directory information. c. The Commissioner of Education shall establish the timelines during which a county vocational school district may request pupil directory information and when the school district or regional school district shall provide the information. L.2013, c.52, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-11
Reports by school districts, commissioner; interim review.
Status: in_force

11. Each school district and county vocational school district shall make a report of its progress in complying with all of the quality performance indicators adopted pursuant to section 10 of P.L.1975, c.212 (C.18A:7A-10) every three years, pursuant to a schedule to be established by the commissioner. In the years intervening between the district's three-year review, whenever the commissioner determines that conditions exist in a district that significantly and negatively impact the educational program or operations of the district, the commissioner may direct that the department immediately conduct a comprehensive review of the district. Nothing in this section shall preclude the commissioner, in his discretion, from conducting a random review of a school district to assess the district's compliance with the quality performance indicators. The district reports shall be submitted to the commissioner on a date and in such form as prescribed by the commissioner, who shall make them the basis for an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, describing the condition of education in New Jersey, the efforts of New Jersey schools in meeting the standards of a thorough and efficient education, the steps underway to correct deficiencies in school performance, and the progress of New Jersey schools in comparison to other state education systems in the United States. L.1975,c.212,s.11; amended 1976, c.97, s.4; 1996, c.138, s.36; 2000, c.72, s.31; 2005, c.235, s.3; 2007, c.16, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-150 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-150
Professional development program, literacy, teaching staff.
Status: in_force

9. a. A school district shall use the professional development program established pursuant to section 8 of this act or any other evidence-based literacy instructional material that complies with the requirements of section 8 of this act to annually provide professional development to all teaching staff members serving students in preschool through grade six, including school library media specialists serving students in kindergarten through grade six, individuals serving multilingual learners and students with disabilities, individuals holding an educational services certificate with a reading specialist endorsement, individuals holding an educational services certificate with an early literacy specialist endorsement, and individuals holding an educational services certificate with a speech-language specialist endorsement. b. A school district shall use the professional development program established pursuant to section 8 of this act or any other evidence-based literacy instruction material that complies with the requirements of section 8 of this act to annually provide training to school administrators on the design and implementation of high-quality literacy instruction in schools. c. A school district may utilize the professional development instruction provided pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2013, c.105 (C.18A:6-131) to satisfy the requirements of this section, provided the professional development instruction complies with the requirements of this section. L.2024, c.52, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-38.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-38.4
Appeal of determination of State Board of Examiners.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, any appeal of a determination of the State Board of Examiners shall be to the Commissioner of Education whose determination shall be a final agency action under the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), and appeal of that action shall be directly to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. L.2008, c.36, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-3
Bid threshold.
Status: in_force

18A:18A-3. a. (1) When the cost or price of a contract, in the aggregate, does not exceed in a contract year the total sum of $17,500, a board of education may authorize a purchasing agent to award the contract without public advertising for bids and bidding therefor. The board of education may adopt a resolution to set a lower threshold for the receipt of public bids or the solicitation of competitive quotations. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a contract having an anticipated value in excess of $17,500, but below the applicable public bidding threshold, is not required to be awarded by a board of education and may be awarded by a purchasing agent if the purchasing agent possesses a qualified purchasing agent certificate pursuant to subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-9). (3) If the purchasing agent possesses a qualified purchasing agent certificate pursuant to subsection b. of section 9 of P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-9), the board of education may establish that the bid threshold may be up to $25,000, or the amount determined by the Governor pursuant to subsection b. of this section. (4) The authorization may be granted for each contract or by a general delegation of the power to negotiate and award the contracts pursuant to this section. b. Commencing in the fifth year after the year in which P.L.1999, c.440 takes effect, and every five years thereafter, the Governor, in consultation with the Department of the Treasury, shall adjust the threshold amount and the higher threshold amount which the board of education is permitted to establish as set forth in subsection a. of this section or the threshold amount resulting from any adjustment under this subsection, in direct proportion to the rise of the index rate as that term is defined in N.J.S.18A:18A-2, and shall round the adjustment to the nearest $1,000. The Governor shall notify all local school districts of the adjustment no later than June 1 of every fifth year. The adjustment shall become effective on July 1 of the year in which it is made. Any contract made pursuant to this section may be awarded for a period of up to 24 consecutive months, except that contracts for professional services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:18A-5 may be awarded for a period not exceeding 12 consecutive months. Amended 1980, c.144, s.1; 1983, c.171, s.1; 1999, c.440, s.51; 2009, c.166, s.6; 2023, c.252, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-47
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

10. At the conclusion of the pilot program, the commissioner shall submit a report to the Governor and, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Legislature. The report shall contain information on the implementation of the pilot program and shall include the commissioner's recommendation on the feasibility of expanding the program to other school districts in the State. The report shall also include copies of the reports submitted to the commissioner by the pilot school districts pursuant to section 8 of this act. L.2019, c.412, s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-16
Appointments to boards of school estimate; filling vacancies; secretary; powers
Status: in_force

Appointments to the board of school estimate shall be made annually on or before December 1 and any vacancy in the board's membership by reason of the resignation, death or removal of any member thereof shall be filled by the board which originally appointed the members. The secretary of the board of trustees shall be the secretary of the board of school estimate but shall receive no additional compensation therefor. The board of school estimate shall fix and determine by official action taken at a public meeting of the board the amount of money necessary to be appropriated for use of the county college for the operation and capital outlay expenses for the school year, exclusive of the amount to be received from the state and other sources.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-5
Establishment by district or regional boards of education
Status: in_force

The board of education of any school district or regional school district may establish and maintain vocational schools.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-17.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-17.5
Determination of certain tenure charge.
Status: in_force

18. Any tenure charge transmitted to the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to N.J.S.18A:6-16 prior to the effective date of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-117 et al.) shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of subarticle B of Article 2 of chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, N.J.S.18A:6-10 et seq., as the same read prior to the effective date of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-117 et al.). L.2012, c.26, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-100 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-100
Board of trustees.
Status: in_force

3. a. The board of trustees of the Military Dependents Scholarship Fund shall consist of the State Adjutant General, or a designee, the State Treasurer, or a designee, the executive director of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, or a designee, the Secretary of Higher Education, or a designee, and nine public members appointed as follows: two by the President of the Senate, who shall not be of the same political party, two by the Speaker of the General Assembly, who shall not be of the same political party, and five by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, no more than three of whom shall be of the same political party. At least five of the public members shall be persons who were directly affected by Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn. Two of the public members shall be named by the Governor to serve as co-chairpersons of the board. b. Each public member of the board shall serve for a term of three years and until a successor shall have been appointed and qualified; except that of the first members appointed, two shall serve for one year, three shall serve for two years and four shall serve for three years. Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. c. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. Reasonable expenses of the board shall be paid out of the fund proceeds, subject to approval by the State Treasurer. d. The board shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) determine eligibility for a scholarship from the fund; (2) determine the amount of each scholarship award; (3) report annually to the Governor and the Legislature on the performance of its duties in accordance with the provisions of this act; (4) solicit and raise private funds to finance the Military Dependents Scholarship program; and (5) receive and disburse such contributions to the fund as may be forthcoming from private and public sources. L.2015, c.117, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-47
Indemnity agreement with the United States, etc.
Status: in_force

Any board of education may enter into an agreement indemnifying the United States of America, or any board, body, officer or agency thereof, from loss or damage to the property of others resulting from the furtherance of any project, undertaken or to be undertaken by the Federal Government for the benefit of such board of education where the cost or any part thereof is to be paid out of Federal funds. L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-21
Boards of education of new and remaining districts with elected members; powers, etc.
Status: in_force

The board of education of the new district, and the board of education of the remaining district, to which members are first elected shall not take charge and control of the schools of their respective districts until the beginning of the next school year, but each may in the meantime exercise any powers which may be necessary for the proper organization and functioning of the public schools of the district when the same shall be created, and any expenses incurred in connection therewith may be paid from appropriations of said districts, when created, if items therefor are included in the budgets of the district, notwithstanding that said expenses were incurred prior to the creation of said district, and they may call special elections for the purchase of land and the construction, alteration or repair of school buildings, and for the making of special appropriations or the issuance of bonds for any lawful purpose.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-29.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-29.2
Appropriation and raising of amounts required
Status: in_force

The board of chosen freeholders shall, upon receipt of the certificate, appropriate, in the same manner as other appropriations are made by it, the amount so certified, and the amount shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as moneys appropriated for other purposes in the county are assessed, levied, and collected, unless such amount is to be raised as otherwise hereinafter provided in this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:49-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 49 / Section 49-7
Appointment of persons to assist state board
Status: in_force

The state board may, from time to time, appoint suitable persons to assist in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and to encourage the establishment of such evening schools. The persons so appointed shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid the necessary expenses incurred by them under the provisions of this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-4.2
Five-year contract term limit; exceptions.
Status: in_force

46. Unless an exception is provided for under N.J.S.18A:18A-42 permitting a longer contract duration, contracts awarded pursuant to section 49 of P.L.1999, c.440 (C.18A:18A-4.5) may be for a term not to exceed five years. L.1999,c.440,s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-89 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-89
Endorsement of consent of local finance board; conditions
Status: in_force

a. A copy of the resolution of the State board referred to in section 3c. and a copy of the proposal or ordinance referred to in section 3d. bearing the endorsement of the commissioner as aforesaid, shall be submitted to the local finance board for its consideration. The local finance board, in considering any proposal or ordinance submitted to it and before endorsing its consent thereon, may require the board of education of any school district or the governing body of any municipality in such school district to adopt resolutions restricting or limiting any future proceedings with respect to the authorization of bonds or other matters deemed by the local finance board to affect any estimate made or to be made by it in accordance with subsection b. hereof. Every resolution so adopted shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of such school district or municipality running to and enforceable by, and releasable by, the local finance board. b. Within 60 days after the submission to it of the resolution and proposal or ordinance, the local finance board shall cause its consent to be endorsed upon the proposal or ordinance authorizing such qualified bonds, if it shall be satisfied, and shall record by resolution, that the amounts to be expended for the education facilities to be financed pursuant to such proposal or ordinance are not unreasonable or exorbitant, and that issuance of the qualified bonds, to be authorized by such proposal or ordinance, will not materially impair the credit of any municipality comprised within the district or substantially reduce its ability, during the ensuing 10 years, to pay punctually the principal and interest on its debts while at the same time supplying essential public improvements and services. If the local finance board is not so satisfied it shall cause its disapproval to be endorsed on such copy within said period of 60 days. L.1976, c. 39, s. 4, eff. June 28, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-95 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-95
Employees may organize pension fund
Status: in_force

The employees of boards of education in school districts in counties of the first class may associate themselves as a corporation for the purpose of providing and obtaining a fund for their retirement upon pension.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.24f — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.24f
Inclusions on design-build team.
Status: in_force

23. a. Each design-build team shall include a licensed or prequalified design professional independent from the contracting unit's licensed architect or engineer. The licensed or prequalified design professional shall be named in any proposal submitted to the contracting unit. b. Proposals shall be sealed and shall not be opened until expiration of the time established for making proposals as set forth in the solicitation. c. Proposals shall identify each person to whom the design-builder proposes to delegate obligations under the design-build contract. Persons so identified shall not be replaced without the approval of the contracting unit. d. Proposals shall establish the cost of the design-build contract which shall not be exceeded if the proposal is accepted without change. Afterward, the maximum cost in the proposal may be converted to fixed prices by negotiated agreement between the contracting unit and the design-builder. e. All proposals shall be received and opened at a previously announced time, where a synopsis of each shall be publicly read and recorded consistent with the provisions of subsection f. of this section. f. Unless and until a proposal is accepted, the drawings, specifications and other information in the proposal shall remain the property of the person making the proposal. The contracting unit shall make reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of all proposals, and all information contained in the proposals, and shall not disclose the proposals or the information contained therein to the design-builders' competitors or the public. Once a proposal is accepted, the disclosure of the proposal and the information in the proposal, and the ownership of the drawings, specifications, and information therein, shall be determined in accordance with existing law and the terms of the design-build contract. L.2021, c.71, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-32 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-32
District and county vocational school attendance officers
Status: in_force

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, the board of education of each school district and the board of education of each county vocational school shall appoint a suitable number of qualified persons to be designated as attendance officers, and shall fix their compensation; except that if a county attendance officer or officers are appointed for any county, any district board of education of such county may be exempt from the appointment of a local attendance officer if such exemption is approved by the county superintendent. Each board shall make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this article and subject to the approval of the commissioner, for the government of the attendance officers.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64H-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64H / Section 64H-4
Council membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; advisory committees; executive director and employees; compensation.
Status: in_force

4. The council shall consist of 15 members, 12 voting members and three nonvoting members; four members of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and 11 shall be ex officio members. The appointments shall consist of three representatives of the public and one student currently enrolled in a graduate medical training program; the appointed members shall be voting members of the council. The president of Rutgers, The State University, who shall serve as chairperson; a dean from one of the medical schools of Rutgers, The State University, to be selected by the president of Rutgers, The State University; the dean of the School of Graduate Medical Education of Seton Hall University; the president of the New Jersey Hospital Association; the president of the Association of Hospital Directors of Medical Education of New Jersey; the president of the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons; the president of the Medical Society of New Jersey; and the president of the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals or their designated representatives shall be ex officio, voting members of the council. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services; the president of the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Commissioner of Human Services or their designated representatives shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. The appointed members shall serve for a three-year term or until a successor is appointed. For those first appointed, two shall be appointed for a one-year term; one shall be appointed for a two-year term; and one shall be appointed for a three-year term. Any vacancies in the voting membership other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but for the unexpired term only. To assist the council in carrying out the intent of this act: a. The council may appoint advisory committees representative of the medical and health care professions, educators, and students, representatives of medical and health care facilities and consumers. The advisory committees shall provide advice and assistance to the council for the council's performance of its designated functions. b. The council may employ an executive director and additional staff to provide expertise in the gathering and analysis of data and administration. The executive director shall have the right to speak on all matters at meetings of the council but shall have no vote. The council and the advisory committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. L.1977, c.390, s.4; amended 1990, c.49; 1994, c.48, s.173; 2008, c.5; 2012, c.45, s.77.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-30
Appropriations to municipal fund
Status: in_force

The body having control of the finances of any city wherein the school buildings and other school property of the city school district are insured in the municipal insurance fund may, from time to time, if in its judgment advisable, appropriate additional sums of money to the municipal insurance fund of the city from moneys under its control not otherwise appropriated, or by raising such sums in the tax levies for the years in which they are severally appropriated.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-21
Additional appropriations; purposes; estimation
Status: in_force

When a board of education of a type I district shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to raise in any school year funds additional to those set forth in its annual budget for such year for: (1) current expenses or repair or furnishing of buildings made necessary because the amount requisite therefor was underestimated in the budget; or (2) repair or utilization of property destroyed or made unusable by accident or other unforeseen cause; or (3) meeting emergencies arising since the making of such budget; the board shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate a statement of the amount of money determined to be necessary therefor.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-36 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-36
State college for benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts continued
Status: in_force

The state college for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts maintained by the university is continued as part of the university.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-13
New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
Status: in_force

13. a. There is established the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education which shall consist of 15 members: 10 public members, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate without regard for political affiliation; two public members to be appointed by the Governor, one upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate and one upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly; the chairperson of the New Jersey Presidents' Council, ex officio; one faculty member from an institution of higher education to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate; and the chairperson of the Board of Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, ex officio, or a designee from the public members of the authority. The public members shall reflect the diversity of the State. Notwithstanding the above, for a period of four years from July 1, 1994 the commission shall consist of 16 members, as follows: 10 public members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate without regard for political affiliation, six of whom shall have experience as a current member of the governing board of an institution of higher education; four public members to be appointed by the Governor, two upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate and two upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the General Assembly; the chairperson of the New Jersey Presidents' Council, ex officio; and the chairperson of the Board of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, ex officio, or a designee from the public members of the authority. The executive director of the commission shall be an ex officio, non-voting member of the commission. In addition, the Governor shall appoint two students in attendance at public or independent institutions of higher education in the State from recommendations submitted by student government associations of New Jersey colleges and universities, who shall serve for a one-year term on the commission as voting members. b. Public members who are not experienced as governing board members shall serve for a term of six years from the date of their appointment and until their successors are appointed and qualified; except that of the initial appointees who are not serving on the governing board of an institution: one shall serve a term of one year; one shall serve a term of two years; one shall serve a term of three years; one shall serve a term of four years; two shall serve a term of five years; and two shall serve a term of six years. A public member who does not have experience as a current member of a governing board shall serve until the member's successor is appointed and qualified. In the case of the initial terms of the additional members of the board appointed pursuant to P.L.2009, c.308 (C.18A:3B-46 et al.), one member shall serve a term of four years, one member shall serve a term of five years, and two members shall serve a term of six years. The faculty member of the commission shall serve for a term of one year from the date of appointment and the selection of that member shall be rotated among the following higher education sectors although not necessarily in the order listed: the senior public research universities, the State colleges/universities, the county colleges, and the independent institutions. The faculty member shall serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment but only for the balance of the unexpired term. The commission members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No commission member shall be appointed for more than two consecutive six-year terms. c. The Governor shall make the necessary appointments within 15 days of the effective date of this act. The commission shall hold its first meeting within 30 days of the appointment and qualification in office of its members, at which time the Governor shall appoint, for a two-year term, the chairman of the commission from among those public members not serving on the board of trustees of an institution. Upon the completion of the chairman's term, and every two years thereafter, the commission shall elect, from among those public members who are not serving on the board of trustees of an institution, a chairman who shall serve a two-year term. The chairman may be removed by the Governor for cause after an opportunity to be heard. d. The commission shall be established in the Executive Branch of the State Government and for the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution, the commission is allocated in but not of the Department of State, but notwithstanding this allocation, the commission shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or by any board or officer thereof. The commission shall submit its budget request directly to the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury. e. The Secretary of Higher Education shall serve as executive director of the commission. The commission shall appoint such personnel as may be deemed necessary. The professional staff shall serve at the commission's pleasure and shall receive such compensation as provided by law. f. The Attorney General shall provide legal representation to the commission. L.1994, c.48, s.13; amended 1999, c.46, s.31; 1999, c.316; 2009, c.308, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:43A-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 43A / Section 43A-3
Staffing and assignment of personnel
Status: in_force

The board of education shall provide for the operation of the bureau, for the payment of its expenses, for the staffing and assignment of personnel to the bureau including provision for the services of a social welfare caseworker or caseworkers and such other professional personnel as may be required by the bureau. Except as provided in section 18A:43A-8, the board may fix the compensation of the employees of the bureau including the director, assign duties and regulate the terms and conditions of all such employments.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-2.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-2.3
Rules, regulations relative to certification of swimming teachers in public schools.
Status: in_force

1. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for the certification of persons employed by boards of education to teach swimming in the public schools. The regulations adopted by the State board shall include requirements to ensure that candidates for certification have the appropriate swimming and first aid skills necessary to protect the health and safety of students. L.1998,c.120,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17A-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17A / Section 17A-9
Auditor general; appointment; duties
Status: in_force

In districts in cities of the first class with a population over 325,000 the commissioner shall appoint an auditor general, who, subject to the rules and regulations of the State board, shall: a. Perform post or concurrent audits of such transactions and accounts kept by or for the district as he may deem necessary; b. Perform management analysis of such transactions and activities of the district as he may deem necessary in order to improve the efficiency, productivity and performance of the district and to disclose and prevent inefficiency in the district; c. Conduct financial, operational and compliance reviews to improve effective control over income, expenditures, funds, property and other assets; d. Determine whether the financial transactions of the district have been consummated in accordance with laws, regulations or other legal requirements, and whether adequate internal financial control over operations is exercised; e. Keep and maintain such records as may be necessary to enable him to accomplish the duties of the office as in this act provided; f. Organize the office as he shall determine appropriate with the approval of the commissioner; g. Subject to the approval of the commissioner, appoint, employ, and with the limits of funds appropriated therefor, fix the compensation of such assistants and employees as the commissioner shall determine to be required to perform the duties and functions of the office; h. Report at least annually to the commissioner on the operations of the office; i. Perform such other duties as shall be directed by the commissioner. L.1975, c. 169, s. 9, eff. Aug. 4, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71A-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71A / Section 71A-30
Transfer of functions, powers and duties of higher education assistance authority.
Status: in_force

18A:71A-30. Transfer of Functions, Powers and Duties of Higher Education Assistance Authority. a. The Higher Education Assistance Authority in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:72-3, is abolished and all its functions, powers and duties are transferred to the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority in, but not of, the Department of State. b. Whenever, in any law, rule, regulation, order, contract, document, judicial or administrative proceeding or otherwise, reference is made to the Higher Education Assistance Authority or the officers thereof in, but not of, the Department of the Treasury, the same shall mean and refer to the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority or the officers thereof in, but not of, the Department of State. c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter the terms and conditions of loans made to students by the authority. Nothing in this act shall be construed to alter the terms, conditions, rights, or remedies of any obligation issued by the authority. d. This transfer shall be subject to the provisions of the "State Agency Transfer Act," P.L.1971, c.375 (C.52:14D-1 et seq.). L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-9
Authorized investments
Status: in_force

The Director of the Division of Investment, in addition to other investments, presently or from time to time hereafter authorized by law, shall have authority, subject to any acceptance required, to invest and reinvest such funds in, and to acquire for or on behalf of the board such bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or capital stock or other securities issued by any company incorporated within the United States or within the Dominion of Canada, which shall be authorized or approved for investment by regulation of the State Investment Council and in which life insurance companies organized under the laws of this State may legally invest. L.1970, c. 102, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-2
Tenure of secretaries, assistant secretaries, school business administrators, business managers and secretarial and clerical employees
Status: in_force

a. Any secretary, assistant secretary, school business administrator or business manager of a board of education of any school district who has or shall have devoted his full time to the duties of his office and has or shall have served therein for three consecutive calendar years, and b. Any person holding any secretarial or clerical position or employment under a board of education of any school district or under any officer thereof, after 1. The expiration of a period of employment of three consecutive calendar years in the district or such shorter period as may be fixed by the board or officer employing him, or 2. Employment for three consecutive academic years, together with employment at the beginning of the next succeeding academic year, an academic year being the period between the time when school opens in the district after the general summer vacation and the beginning of the next succeeding summer vacation, and c. Any person, who has acquired, or shall hereafter acquire, tenure in any secretarial or clerical office, position or employment under the board of education of a school district and has been appointed district clerk or secretary, or shall hereafter be appointed secretary of said district, as such secretary, shall hold his office, position or employment under tenure during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be dismissed or suspended or reduced in compensation, except for neglect, misbehavior or other offense and only in the manner prescribed by subarticle B of article 2 of chapter 6 of this title.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:27-2.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 27 / Section 27-2.2
Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions
Status: in_force

3. a. A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program in a subject area in which the State Board of Education has determined there is a contemporaneous critical shortage of certified teachers. Prior to the employment of a teacher from a teacher placement program in a subject area of critical shortage, the board of education shall first make a good faith effort to employ a State certified teacher and shall document its inability to hire an appropriately certified teacher with the Department of Education. b. A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher exchange program, permitting a teacher from a foreign country to directly substitute for the services of a permanently employed State certified teacher. L.2002,c.9,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.10
Joint purchases by county colleges, municipalities or counties; authority.
Status: in_force

10. The board of trustees of two or more county colleges may provide jointly by agreement for the purchasing of work, materials or supplies for their respective colleges, or one or more county colleges may provide for such purchase by joint agreement with the governing bodies of any municipality or of the county within whose boundaries any such college or colleges is or are wholly or partly located and may enter agreements with other institutions of higher education or with other units of government pursuant to the "Local Public Contracts Law," P.L.1971, c.198 (C.40A:11-1 et seq.). L.1982,c.189,s.10; amended 2001, c.281, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36B-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36B / Section 36B-18
Evaluation of district's application.
Status: in_force

5. The commissioner shall evaluate an application submitted by a proposed choice district according to the following criteria: a. the fiscal impact on the district; b. the quality and variety of academic programs offered within the district; c. the potential effectiveness of the student application process and of the admissions criteria utilized; d. the impact on student population diversity in the district; and e. the degree to which the program will promote or reduce educational quality in the choice district and the sending districts. L.2010, c.65, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 29 / Section 29-1
Uncertified teacher denied salary
Status: in_force

No teaching staff member shall be entitled to any salary unless he is the holder of an appropriate certificate.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-14
Appeal from determination of commissioner
Status: in_force

The determination of the commissioner upon any such application may be appealed by the applying board of education or by the board of education of any school district affected thereby to the state board, which may in its discretion affirm, reverse, revise or modify the determination appealed from.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-118 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-118
Findings, declarations relative to the TEACHNJ Act.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The goal of this legislation is to raise student achievement by improving instruction through the adoption of evaluations that provide specific feedback to educators, inform the provision of aligned professional development, and inform personnel decisions; b. The New Jersey Supreme Court has found that a multitude of factors play a vital role in the quality of a child's education, including effectiveness in teaching methods and evaluations. Changing the current evaluation system to focus on improved student outcomes, including objective measures of student growth, is critical to improving teacher effectiveness, raising student achievement, and meeting the objectives of the federal "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001"; and c. Existing resources from federal, State, and local sources should be used in ways consistent with this law. L.2012, c.26, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-42
Pension and tenure rights; certain teachers transferred to regional districts; preserved
Status: in_force

Whenever a regional district has been created subsequent to April 1, 1951, or shall hereafter be created, for high school or junior high school education, the tenure and pension rights of any high school or junior high school teacher, who, at the time of the holding of the election to create such regional district, was assigned for a majority of his time in a grade or grades from grades seven to 12 inclusive, in any high school or junior high school in any of the constituent districts of such regional district, shall be recognized and preserved by the board of education of the regional district in the organization and operation of any high school or junior high school in the regional district, and any period of employment in any one or more of the high schools or junior high schools of any such constituent district or districts, shall count toward the acquisition of tenure in the regional district, but nothing in this section shall be applicable to any superintendent or high school or junior high school principal.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-169 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-169
Definitions.
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: a. "Accumulated deductions" means those contributions as defined in N.J.S.18A:66-2 or in section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-6). b. "Base salary" means a participant's regular base or contractual salary. It shall exclude bonus, overtime or other forms of extra compensation such as (1) longevity lump sum payments, (2) lump sum terminal sick leave or vacation pay, (3) the value of maintenance, (4) individual pay adjustments made within or at the conclusion of the participant's final year of service, (5) retroactive salary adjustments or other pay adjustments made in the participant's final year of service unless such adjustment was made as a result of a general pay adjustment for all personnel of the department or institution, (6) any unscheduled individual adjustment made in the final year to place the member at the maximum salary level within his salary range and (7) any pay for services rendered during the summer vacation period by a participant who is required to work only 10 months of the year. c. "Base annual salary" means the base salary upon which contributions by the member and his employer to the alternate benefit program were based during the last year of creditable service. d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1994, c.48). e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2012, c.45) f. "County colleges" means the colleges so defined in N.J.S.18A:64A-1. g. "Division of Pensions" means the division established in the Department of the Treasury pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1955, c.70 (C.52:18A-95) and is the agency responsible for the administration of the alternate benefit program of the State and county colleges and for the administration of the group life and disability insurances of all alternate benefit programs established in the State for public employees. h. "Full-time officers" and "full-time members of the faculty" shall include the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer of the respective school. "Full-time" shall also include eligible full-time officers and full-time members of the faculty who are granted sabbaticals or leaves of absence with pay where the compensation paid is 50% or more of the base salary at the time the leave commences and the period of eligibility terminates with the end of the school year following the year in which the sabbatical began. "Part-time" shall be defined as an appointment where the employee receives a salary or wages for a period of less than 50% of the normal work week. These definitions shall apply to teaching or administrative staff members or to employees serving in a dual capacity where the appointment includes teaching as well as administrative duties. i. "Group Annuity Plan" refers to the Group Annuity Contract R-134 between the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the Prudential Insurance Company of America. j. "Member" or "participant" means a full-time officer or a full-time member of the faculty participating in the alternate benefit program, and after the effective date of P.L.2008, c.89, means an adjunct faculty member or a part-time instructor whose employment agreement begins after that effective date. k. "New Jersey Institute of Technology" means the Newark College of Engineering. l. "Pension reserve" means those moneys as defined in N.J.S.18A:66-2 or in section 6 of P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-6). m. "Rutgers, The State University" means the institution of higher education described in chapter 65 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. n. "State Colleges" means the colleges so described in chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and any former State college designated as a public research university pursuant to P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-1 et al.), P.L.2017, c.178 (C.18A:64N-1 et al.), and P.L.2021, c.282 (C.18A:64O-1 et al.). o. "Mutual fund company" means an investment company or trust regulated by the federal "Investment Company Act of 1940," 15 U.S.C.s. 80a-1 et seq. L.1969, c.242, s.3; amended 1993, c.385, s.2; 1994, c.48, s.187; 2008, c.89, s.12; 2012, c.45, s.90; 2017, c.178, s.51; 2021, c.282, s.51.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64O-36 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64O / Section 64O-36
Merger authorized, New Jersey City University, Kean University.
Status: in_force

3. (New section) In order to carry out the purposes of the “Kean University – New Jersey City University Merger Act,” P.L.2025, c.218 (C.18A:64O-34 et al.) and ensure that the students of New Jersey City University and the people of Hudson County can continue to benefit from a public university located in Jersey City, Kean University shall be authorized to merge with New Jersey City University subject to the completion of the requirements contained in the October 1, 2025 agreement executed between the parties and upon notification by the President of Kean University to the Secretary of Higher Education of satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the agreement. L.2025, c.218, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-80 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-80
Adherence to performance standards.
Status: in_force

7. A program participant, as a condition of participation, shall be required to adhere to performance standards established by the authority. The standards shall include, but not be limited to, requirements that a program participant: a. maintains an appropriate certificate to teach in the State; b. remains current with payments on any student loans; and c. reports to the authority on a form and in a manner prescribed by the authority, and attested to by the public school, on the program participant's performance of teaching services rendered prior to reimbursement of tuition under the program. L.2019, c.401, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:30-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 30 / Section 30-9
Use of accumulated vacation leave by board of education.
Status: in_force

46. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, an officer or employee of a board of education, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, who does not take vacation leave that accrues on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or on or after the date on which the person becomes an officer or employee, in a given year because of business demands shall be granted that accrued leave only during the next succeeding year. However, vacation leave not taken in a given year because of duties directly related to a state of emergency declared by the Governor may accumulate at the discretion of the appointing authority until, pursuant to a plan established by the officer or employee's appointing authority, the leave is used or the employee or officer is compensated for that leave, which shall not be subject to collective negotiation or collective bargaining. A person who (1) is an officer or employee on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or (2) becomes an officer or employee after that effective date, and has previously accrued vacation leave shall be eligible and shall be permitted to retain and use that accrued vacation leave. As used in this section, "officer or employee" means an elected official; or a person appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, or appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office; or a person appointed by an elected public official or elected governing body of the political subdivision, with the specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be established by the Department of Education, but not including a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the political subdivision, or the agency or instrumentality thereof. L.2007, c.92, s.46.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-13.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-13.4
Definitions relative to use of physical restraint, seclusion techniques on students with disabilities.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Physical restraint" means the use of a personal restriction that immobilizes or reduces the ability of a student to move all or a portion of his or her body. "Seclusion technique" means the involuntary confinement of a student alone in a room or area from which the student is physically prevented from leaving, but does not include a timeout. "Timeout" means a behavior management technique that involves the monitored separation of a student in a non-locked setting, and is implemented for the purpose of calming. L.2017, c.291, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-33.19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-33.19
Report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

2. The Commissioner of Education shall submit a report to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), no later than four years after the establishment of the grant program established pursuant to section 1 of this act. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, information on the number of grant applicants, the number and amounts of the grant awards, information provided by school districts and groups of school districts in the reports submitted pursuant to subsection f. of section 1 of this act, and any recommendations concerning the continuation or expansion of the grant program. L. 2021, c.322, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-28
Authorization of bonds upon formation of regional district
Status: in_force

The board of education of each local district proposing to create or to join in the creation of the regional district or the board of education of any regional district and of each local district proposing to unite to enlarge the regional district may adopt identical resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds of such proposed or enlarged regional district, in such amount or amounts, and for such of the purposes described in section 18A:24-5 as they shall determine upon and there may be submitted, as part of the proposal for the creation or enlargement of the regional district the approval of the authorization of the issuance of such bonds. If the provisions of sections 18A:24-24 through 18A:24-27 are applicable to such issuance of bonds, a copy of such resolutions shall be submitted, prior to such election, for consideration by the commissioner and the local finance board under and for all the purposes of said sections and no such authorization shall be submitted in any such case except it be approved for submission as provided in said sections. If the proposal containing such authorization shall be approved by referendum in each of such districts such resolutions shall after such vote be authority for the issuance of bonds of such regional district to the amount and for the purpose or purposes set forth therein, and from and after the date of, such vote, shall for all purposes of any provisions of this title, be deemed to constitute resolutions duly approved on said date by the local voters of such regional district authorizing the board of education thereof to issue bonds of such regional district for the purpose or purposes and in the amount or amounts set forth in such proposal. If the regional district so created or enlarged is a limited purpose regional district, no school debt statement in relation to the issuance of such bonds need be prepared and filed prior to the authorization of the issuance thereof.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-51 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-51
Calculation of adequacy budget.
Status: in_force

9. a. The adequacy budget for each school district and county vocational school district shall be calculated as follows: AB = (BC + AR Cost + LEP Cost + COMB Cost + SE Census) x GCA where BC is the district's or county vocational school district's base cost as calculated pursuant to section 8 of this act; AR Cost is the cost of providing educational and other services for at-risk pupils as calculated pursuant to subsection b. of this section; LEP Cost is the cost of providing educational and other services for bilingual education pupils as calculated pursuant to subsection c. of this section; COMB Cost is the cost of providing educational and other services for pupils who are both at-risk and bilingual as calculated pursuant to subsection d. of this section; SE Census is the cost of providing programs and services to general special education services pupils and speech-only pupils as calculated pursuant to subsection e. of this section; and GCA is geographic cost adjustment. The GCA shall be the geographic cost adjustment developed by the commissioner and revised by the commissioner every five years in accordance with receipt of census data. b. AR Cost shall be calculated as follows: AR Cost = BPA x ARWENR x AR Weight where BPA is the base per pupil amount; ARWENR is the weighted enrollment for at-risk pupils of the school district or county vocational school district, which shall not include combination pupils; and AR Weight is the at-risk weight. For the 2008-2009 through 2010-2011 school years the at-risk weight shall be as follows: for a district in which the concentration of at-risk pupils is less than 20% of resident enrollment, the at-risk weight shall equal 0.47; for a district in which the concentration of at-risk pupils is equal to 20% but less than 60% of resident enrollment, the at-risk weight shall equal the district's ((at-risk % - 0.20) x 0.25)) + 0.47; and for a district in which the concentration of at-risk pupils is equal to or greater than 60% of resident enrollment, the at-risk weight shall equal 0.57. For subsequent school years, the AR weight shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report. c. LEP Cost shall be calculated as follows: LEP Cost = BPA x LWENR x LEP Weight where BPA is the base per pupil amount; LWENR is the weighted enrollment for the bilingual education pupils of the school district or county vocational school district, which shall not include combination pupils; and LEP Weight is the bilingual pupil weight. For the 2008-2009 through 2010-2011 school years the LEP weight shall be 0.5. For subsequent school years, the LEP weight shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report. d. COMB Cost shall be calculated as follows: COMB Cost = BPA x CWENR x (AR Weight + COMB Weight) where BPA is the base per pupil amount; CWENR is the weighted enrollment for pupils who are both at-risk and bilingual; AR Weight is the at-risk weight; and COMB Weight is the combination pupil weight. For the 2008-2009 through 2010-2011 school years the COMB weight shall be 0.125. For subsequent school years, the COMB weight shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report. e. SE Census shall be calculated as follows: SE Census = (RE x SEACR x AEC x 2/3) + (RE x SACR x SEC) where RE is the resident enrollment of the school district or county vocational school district; SEACR is the State average classification rate for general special education services pupils; AEC is the excess cost for general special education services pupils; SACR is the State average classification rate for speech-only pupils; and SEC is the excess cost for speech-only pupils. For the 2008-2009 through 2010-2011 school years the State average classification rate shall be 14.69% for general special education services pupils and 1.897% for speech-only pupils. For subsequent school years, the State average classification rates shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report. For the 2008-2009 school year the excess cost shall be $10,898 for general special education services pupils and $1,082 for speech-only pupils. The excess cost amounts shall be adjusted by the CPI in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 school years as required pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of this act. For subsequent school years, the excess cost amounts shall be established in the Educational Adequacy Report, with the amounts adjusted by the CPI for each of the two school years following the first school year to which the report is applicable. L.2007, c.260, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72H-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72H / Section 72H-4
Higher Education Services for Visually Impaired, Auditorily and Learning Disabled Students Program
Status: in_force

4. There is established a Higher Education Services for Visually Impaired, Auditorily and Learning Disabled Students Program within the Commission on Higher Education. The program shall provide appropriate support services for eligible students attending a public or independent institution of higher education within the State and promote research and development of techniques and approaches to offset handicapping conditions. All appropriate public and private groups, organizations and agencies shall be consulted in preparing programs and services for these students. L.1985,c.493,s.4; amended 1994,c.48,s.283.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-43
Legislative joint committee; review of library and programs; recommendations
Status: in_force

A joint committee of the Legislature shall be appointed which shall examine and review the library and its programs, particularly the legislative reference services, make recommendations for their development and improvement, and report to the Legislature. L.1969, c. 158, s. 28, eff. Sept. 9, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-146 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-146
Universal literacy screening.
Status: in_force

5. a. A school district shall, at least twice annually, conduct a literacy screening of each student enrolled in kindergarten through grade three to determine a student's reading proficiency using an acceptable and reliable instrument for a universal literacy screening that complies with the guidance issued by the department pursuant to section 4 of this act within the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the district for this purpose. b. Following the screening conducted pursuant to subsection a. of this section, a school district shall provide to the student any necessary supports as determined by the district, which may include conducting an additional screening. Supports shall be provided in a manner consistent with the district's intervention and referral services as required pursuant to State Board of Education regulations. L.2024, c.52, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-4.21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-4.21
Abstinence from sexual activity stressed in curriculum.
Status: in_force

3. The board of education shall include in its family life and HIV/AIDS curriculum instruction on reasons, skills and strategies for remaining or becoming abstinent from sexual activity. Any instruction concerning the use of contraceptives or prophylactics such as condoms shall also include information on their failure rates for preventing pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases in actual use among adolescent populations and shall clearly explain the difference between risk reduction through the use of such devices and risk elimination through abstinence. L.2001,c.303,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-18.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-18.4
State Treasurer as custodian
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the board's investment funds, shall select all depositories and custodians and shall negotiate and execute custody agreements in connection with the assets or investments of any of these funds. L. 1986, c. 42, s. 11, eff. July 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-61 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-61
"Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund."
Status: in_force

3. There is created within the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, established pursuant to N.J.S.18A:72A-1 et seq., the "Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund," hereinafter referred to as the "technology fund." The technology fund shall be maintained as a separate account and administered by the authority to carry out the provisions of this act. The technology fund shall consist of: a. moneys received from the issuance of bonds or notes pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1997, c.238 (C.18A:72A-65); b. all moneys appropriated by the State for the purposes of the fund; and c. all interest and investment earnings received on moneys in the technology fund. L.1997,c.238,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-10
Name
Status: in_force

The name of the body corporate and politic, which operates the state university of the state of New Jersey, is continued as "Rutgers, the state university," hereafter referred to as the "corporation."
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-11.1
"Breakfast after the bell" program; report to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

1. a. A public school operated by a school district that participates in the federal School Breakfast Program, or a nonpublic school participating in the federal School Breakfast Program, is encouraged to increase the number of students participating in the program by establishing a breakfast after the bell program that incorporates school breakfast into the first-period classroom or the first few minutes of the school day. b. The Department of Agriculture, in consultation with the Department of Education shall: (1) make every effort to assist, guide, and support school districts, public schools, and nonpublic schools in planning, establishing, implementing, or modifying a breakfast after the bell program to increase the number of students, especially the number of students from low-income families and middle-income families, who are participating in each school breakfast program. (2) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2022, c.104) L.2014, c.66, s.1; amended 2022, c.104, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-5
Appointment of secretary of board of education; terms; compensation; vacancy.
Status: in_force

18A:17-5. Each secretary shall be appointed by the board, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership, for a term to expire not later than June 30 , or January 15 in the case of a school district in which the annual school election is in November, of the calendar year next succeeding that in which the board shall have been organized, but he shall continue to serve after the expiration of his term until his successor is appointed and qualified. The secretary may be appointed from among the members of the board and, subject to the provisions of this Title and any other law, the board shall fix his compensation; provided, however, that the secretary shall not receive compensation from the board for any period during which he is an elected or appointed member of the board. In case of a vacancy in the office of secretary, the vacancy shall be filled by the board within 60 days after the vacancy occurs and if the board does not make such appointment within such time the executive county superintendent shall appoint a secretary who shall receive the same compensation as his predecessor in office received and shall serve until a secretary is appointed by the board. amended 1968, c.271; 2011, c.202, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7F-5.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7F / Section 7F-5.4
Submission of temporary budget for the school year.
Status: in_force

41. A board of education of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1) and which has determined to submit a proposal or proposals for additional funds for that budget year to the voters at the annual school election pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), shall adopt and submit to the commissioner for approval pursuant to subsection c. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), a temporary budget for the school year pending the approval or disapproval of the proposal or proposals for additional funds for that budget year by the voters. The temporary budget shall be calculated pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.62 (C.18A:7F-37 et al.). L.2011, c.202, s.41; amended 2025, c.234, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-4
"New Jersey educational facilities authority."
Status: in_force

18A:72A-4. (a) There is hereby established in but not of the Department of the Treasury a public body corporate and politic, with corporate succession to be known as the "New Jersey educational facilities authority." Notwithstanding this allocation, the authority shall be independent of any supervision or control by the department or any officer thereof. The authority shall constitute a political subdivision of the State established as an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. (b) The authority shall consist of seven members, two of whom shall be the Secretary of Higher Education, ex officio, and the State Treasurer, ex officio, or when so designated by them, their deputies and five citizens of the State to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of five years; provided that the terms of the members first appointed shall be arranged by the Governor so that one of such terms shall expire on April 30 in each successive year ensuing after such appointments. Members shall hold office for the term of their appointments and shall continue to serve during the term of their successors unless and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy among the members appointed by the Governor shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term only. A member of the authority shall be eligible for reappointment. (c) Any member of the authority appointed by the Governor may be removed from office by the Governor for cause after a public hearing. (d) The members of the authority shall serve without compensation, but the authority may reimburse its members for necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. (e) The authority, upon the first appointment of its members and thereafter on or after April 30 in each year, shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice chairman who shall hold office until April 30 next ensuing and shall continue to serve during the terms of their respective successors unless and until their respective successors shall have been appointed and qualified. The authority may also appoint, retain and employ, without regard to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, such officers, agents, employees and experts as it may require, and it shall determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties, services and compensation. (f) The powers of the authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time and a majority of the total authorized membership of the authority shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the authority at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. No vacancy in the membership of the authority shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority. (g) Before the issuance of any bonds under the provisions of this chapter, the members and the officer of the authority charged with the handling of the authority's moneys shall be covered by a surety bond or bonds in a penal sum of not less than $25,000.00 per person conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices, and executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of New Jersey as surety. Each such bond shall be submitted to the Attorney General for his approval and upon his approval shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State prior to the issuance of any bonds by the authority. At all times after the issuance of any bonds by the authority the officer of the authority and each member charged with the handling of the authority's moneys shall maintain such surety bonds in full force and effect. All costs of such surety bonds shall be borne by the authority. (h) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it shall not be or constitute a conflict of interest for a trustee, director, officer or employee of a participating institution to serve as a member of the authority; provided such trustee, director, officer or employee shall abstain from discussion, deliberation, action and vote by the authority under this chapter in specific respect to such participating institution of which such member is a trustee, director, officer or employee. (i) A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the authority shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the secretary thereof, to the Governor. No action taken at such meeting by the authority shall have force or effect until 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted, after such copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered. If, in said 10-day period, the Governor returns such copy of the minutes with veto of any action taken by the authority or any member thereof at such meeting, such action shall be null and of no effect. If the Governor shall not return the minutes within said 10-day period, any action therein recited shall have force and effect according to the wording thereof. At any time prior to the expiration of the said 10-day period, the Governor may sign a statement of approval of any such action of the authority, in which case the action so approved shall not thereafter be disapproved. The powers conferred in this subsection (i) upon the Governor shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of the authority at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to, this subsection (i) shall in any way limit, restrict or alter the obligation or powers of the authority or any representative or officer of the authority 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 authority with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection or security of the holders thereof. amended 1994, c.48, s.236; 1999, c.46, s.48; 1999, c.217, s.11; 2009, c.308, s.30; 2021, c.415, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-1
District to furnish suitable facilities; adoption of courses of study
Status: in_force

Each school district shall provide, for all children who reside in the district and are required to attend the public schools therein and those who reside therein or elsewhere and are entitled or permitted to attend the schools of the district pursuant to law, suitable educational facilities including proper school buildings and furniture and equipment, convenience of access thereto, and courses of study suited to the ages and attainments of all pupils between the ages of five and 20 years, either in schools within the district convenient of access to the pupils, or as provided by article 2 of chapter 38 of this title, but no course of study shall be adopted or altered except by the recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board of education of the district.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-35j — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-35j
Appropriations.
Status: in_force

12. There shall be appropriated in the first fiscal year following the receipt by the Legislature of the first annual report and in each fiscal year thereafter following the receipt by the Legislature of each subsequent annual report required pursuant to section 6 of P.L.1983, c.486 (C.18A:73-33.1), such sums as may be necessary for the operations of the library network. If the sums appropriated at any time are insufficient to carry out in full the provisions of this act, the President, with the approval of the Thomas Edison State College Board of Trustees, shall allocate such sums on a pro rata basis. A sum not to exceed 1% of such total or supplemental appropriation for the purposes of this act may be allocated for the administrative cost thereof. L.1983,c.486,s.12; amended 2001, c.137, s.21.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.2
Policemen; appointment by governing body of institution of learning
Status: in_force

The governing body of any institution of higher education, academy, school or other institution of learning may appoint such persons as the governing body may designate to act as policemen for the institution. L.1970, c. 211, s. 1, eff. Oct. 8, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-34b — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-34b
Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; newly created regional district.
Status: in_force

18. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the boards of education proposing to form a newly created regional district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education of the newly created regional district according to the number of each constituent districts' inhabitants, except that each constituent district shall have at least one member. The calculation and method of apportionment chosen pursuant to the provisions of this subsection need not be approved by the commissioner or his representative. If the commissioner or his representative determines that it is advisable for such districts to form a newly created regional district, and the question of whether or not the proposal to create a regional district is submitted to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-34, and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-35, then the members of the board of education of the newly formed regional district shall be selected from among the members of the boards of education of each constituent district of the newly created regional district, who shall serve until the election of the first elected members of the newly created regional district pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section, in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to this subsection. b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the first elected members of the board of education of a newly created regional district shall be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section 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. L.2021, c.402, s.18.