N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-4.12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.12
Educational institution reimbursement.
Status: in_force

2. a. If a person who was appointed as a police officer of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) resigns and is subsequently appointed as a police officer for another educational institution or for a county or municipal law enforcement agency, a State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and if that person held a probationary appointment at the time of resignation or held a permanent appointment for 30 days or less prior to resignation, the educational institution, county or municipal law enforcement agency, or State law enforcement agency appointing the person, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, shall be liable to the former educational institution for the total certified costs incurred by that former educational institution in the examination, hiring, and training of the person. b. If a person who was appointed as a police officer of an educational institution pursuant to P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.2 et seq.) resigns and is subsequently appointed as a police officer for another educational institution or for a county or municipal law enforcement agency, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Police Department pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1989, c.291 (C.27:25-15.1) within 120 days of resignation, and if that person held a permanent appointment for more than 30 days but less than two years at the time of resignation, the educational institution, county or municipal law enforcement agency or State law enforcement agency appointing the person, or the New Jersey Transit Corporation, shall be liable to the former educational institution for one-half of the total certified costs incurred by that former institution in the examination, hiring, and training of the person. c. Upon the appointment of a former police officer of an educational institution, the appointing educational institution, county or municipal law enforcement agency, State law enforcement agency or the New Jersey Transit Corporation shall notify the former educational institution immediately upon the appointment of a police officer formerly with that institution and shall reimburse the institution within 120 days of the receipt of the certified costs. d. As used in this section: "County or municipal law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, a county or municipal police department or force, a county corrections department and a county sheriff's office; "Examination costs" means and includes, but is not limited to, the costs of all qualifying examinations and public advertisements for these examinations. "State law enforcement agency" means and includes, but is not limited to, the police department of a State agency and the State Department of Corrections, but does not include the State Police. "Training costs" means the police training course fees and the base salary received while attending the police training course as required by section 3 of P.L.1970, c.211 (C.18A:6-4.4). L.1989,c.40,s.2; amended 2000, c.106, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-37 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-37
Apportionment; collection and payment of appropriations
Status: in_force

The amounts authorized to be raised for annual or special appropriations, or for interest, or for the redemption of bonds shall be certified by the board of education of the consolidated school district to the county board of taxation, which shall apportion such amounts among the taxing districts, comprising the former constituent school districts from which the consolidated district was constituted in the proportion that the apportionment valuation, as defined in section 54:4-49 of the Revised Statutes, of each taxing district bears to the total apportionment valuations within the consolidated school district and the amount thus apportioned to each taxing district shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other taxes are assessed, levied and collected therein and shall be paid upon requisitions, as in other type II districts. Where the constituent school districts are located in more than one county, county board of taxation shall, for the purposes of this section, mean the county board of taxation of the county in which the constituent school districts having the largest aggregate apportionment valuations are located, as established by the last published county abstracts of ratables, and the county board or county boards of taxation in which the other constituent school districts are located shall certify to the county board of taxation charged with the duty of apportioning moneys hereunder the apportionment valuations of the constituent school districts within their respective jurisdictions.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-19.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-19.2
School locker inspection
Status: in_force

The principal or other official designated by the local board of education may inspect lockers or other storage facilities provided for use by students so long as students are informed in writing at the beginning of each school year that inspections may occur. L. 1985, c. 198, s. 1, eff. June 26, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:68-11.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 68 / Section 68-11.3
Educational loans from institutional funds; authorization
Status: in_force

In addition to such other powers and authority which institutions of higher education may have, such institutions may make educational loans upon the terms and conditions prescribed by this act, provided that only institutional funds derived from endowment, corporate or foundation accounts are used to make such loans. Funds borrowed from sources outside of the institution or received from governmental sources shall not be used for such loans. L.1977, c. 123, s. 3, eff. June 6, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64E-23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64E / Section 64E-23
University deemed employer
Status: in_force

12. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.) and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of that act (C.43:15A-71). Further, the university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act" P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.) and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of that act. L.1995,c.400,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:22-25 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 22 / Section 22-25
Borrowing against appropriation on notes
Status: in_force

The board of education may, after July 1 and before January 1, borrow a sum not exceeding one half of the amount appropriated for the current expenses of the schools and for the repair of schoolhouses under its control, and execute and deliver promissory notes therefor, and pay the amount so borrowed together with interest thereon, at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7B-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7B / Section 7B-8
Office of Education in Department of Corrections; establishment; director; appointment; salary; powers; duties
Status: in_force

12. There is hereby created and established in the Department of Corrections an Office of Education to be headed by a Director of Educational Services who shall supervise the educational programs in all State facilities operated by that department and shall approve all personnel to be hired 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 Corrections. 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.12; amended 1994,c.48,s.56.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72I-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72I / Section 72I-2
Selection by Rutgers
Status: in_force

Rutgers, The State University shall select an outstanding individual whose scholarship, teaching and public service reflect the humanitarian ideals of Raoul Wallenberg to serve as the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor. The university may establish the terms of employment but no individual may serve as the Raoul Wallenberg Visiting Professor for a period greater than 24 months. L. 1986, c. 55, s. 2, eff. July 28, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-15
Biotechnology center establishment
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that the field of biotechnology, which applies scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to produce goods and services, is an important and dynamic addition to the world economy. Progress in biotechnology has included gene splicing, monoclonal antibody technology, protein engineering, and large scale plant and animal cell culture. New Jersey is by all measures a major center for the health care, pharmaceutical, chemical, and food processing industries, all of which now benefit from and will increasingly depend upon advances in biotechnology. In recognition of the economic importance of biotechnology to New Jersey industries, the Legislature further finds and declares that the establishment of an advanced technology center in biotechnology would strengthen the State and serve as a stimulus for technology-based industrial growth. L. 1985, c. 105, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-21
Copy of insurance contract to be filed with State Employees Health Benefits Commission
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the local board of education, entering into a contract pursuant to the provisions of this act, to file a copy thereof with the State Employees Health Benefits Commission. The commission shall prepare and file periodically, and not less than every 2 years, a report to the Governor and the Legislature as to such contracts being entered into by local boards of education and shall make such recommendations concerning said contracts and the coverage thereunder as it deems appropriate to achieve uniformity of coverage and benefits for employees throughout the State. L.1979, c. 391, s. 10, eff. Feb. 6, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-35
Definitions relative to gifted and talented students.
Status: in_force

2. As used in this act: "Gifted and talented student" means a student who possesses or demonstrates a high level of ability in one or more content areas when compared to his chronological peers in the school district and who requires modifications of his educational program if he is to achieve in accordance with his capabilities. "Instructional adaptation" means an adjustment or modification to instruction enabling a student who is gifted and talented to participate in, benefit from, and demonstrate knowledge and application of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in one or more content areas at the instructional level of the student, not just the student's grade level. L.2019, c.338, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-4
Form of bid; deposit; forfeiture or return of deposit
Status: in_force

Each transportation bid shall be accompanied by information required on a standard form of questionnaire approved by the state board and by a cashier's or certified check for 5% of the annual amount of the contract, which deposit shall be forfeited upon the refusal of a bidder to execute a contract; otherwise, checks shall be returned when the contract is executed and a bond filed.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-13.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-13.4
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Labor, in consultation with the Presidents' Council, shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. Regulations of the State Board of Higher Education implementing this act shall remain in full force and effect until modified or repealed by the Commissioner of Labor. L.1983,c.469,s.4; amended 1994,c.48,s.100.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7E-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7E / Section 7E-4
Statewide, district averages included
Status: in_force

4. The school report card shall include, for purposes of comparison and review, the Statewide average for each element reported by school and a comparison of the district averages for each element reported by district with the averages of school districts which have similar characteristics as defined by the commissioner. L.1995,c.235,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-29
Liberal construction.
Status: in_force

61. This act, being deemed and declared necessary for the welfare of the State and the people of New Jersey to provide for the development of public higher education in the State and thereby to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of the public system of educational services of the State, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes and intent thereof. L.2012, c.45, s.61.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-4.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4.5
Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay prevailing wage; determination and effect
Status: in_force

If any public work shall be contracted for by a private party acting under an express agreement or understanding for subsequent lease by a board of education, and if it shall be found prior to execution of a lease pursuant to such understanding or agreement that any workman or workmen employed by the contractor or any subcontractor covered by said contract has been paid a rate of wages less than the prevailing wage required to be paid by such contract, then the board of education involved in any such agreement or understanding shall not execute a lease pursuant thereto, nor make any payment in connection therewith, until all wages due and owing to any such workman or workmen in compliance with the stipulated prevailing wage rate have been paid; and such private party is hereby authorized to withhold from any contractor or subcontractor who shall have failed to pay the prevailing wage any sums due to such contractor or subcontractor to an amount sufficient to pay to any workman or workmen the balance of wages due him or them as a result of the contractor's failure to pay the prevailing wage, and to make such payments directly to such workman or workmen out of the sums thus withheld. For the purposes of this section, the fact and extent of a contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay the prevailing wage shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" (P.L. 1963, c. 150). L.1968, c. 175, s. 4, eff. July 19, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-16
Creation of funds.
Status: in_force

18A:66-16. There shall be in the retirement system the contingent reserve fund, annuity savings fund, retirement reserve fund, pension fund, special reserve fund, interest fund, benefit enhancement fund and the members' death benefit fund. L.1967, c.271; amended 2001, c.133, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This article shall be known as the "Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund Law." L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 1, eff. April 29, 1971.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-8.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-8.4
Right to hold elective or appointive state, county or municipal office
Status: in_force

No person employed by a public educational system or institution in a position which requires a certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners, or employed in a professional educational capacity by a school, college, or university which is either tax-supported or operated under contract with the State or on behalf of the State shall be disqualified by reason of such employment from holding any elective or appointive State, county or municipal office excepting as member of the board or body by which he is employed. L.1972, c. 151, s. 1, eff. Sept. 7, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-18
Exclusion of pupils failing to comply with rules and orders
Status: in_force

Any pupil failing to comply with the rules of the board of education relating to the determination of the presence of tuberculosis or any order issued by a school officer pursuant to such rules may be excluded from school. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1977, c. 63, s. 4, eff. April 15, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-19
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

18A:64A-19. (1) Whenever the board of trustees of a county college shall decide that it is necessary to raise money for the purpose of acquiring or improving lands or buildings for use by the college or erecting, enlarging, improving, altering, reconstructing, furnishing or equipping buildings or other structures for use by the college, it may, in lieu of proceeding in accordance with N.J.S.18A:64A-16 and 18A:64A-17, at any time prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate a statement of the estimated cost of such purpose and of the amount of money estimated by the board of trustees to be then needed for such purpose. If the amount of money so estimated shall include any funds expected to be received for said purpose as State or federal aid, such statement shall specify the amount and source of said funds and may include an agreement by the board of trustees to repay the county, out of the said funds when received, for any amounts appropriated by any county for the county college in anticipation of said funds. After receipt of such statement, the board of school estimate shall fix and determine the sum of money then needed for the purpose specified in said statement and the amount thereof to be raised by the participating county or counties which shall, if there be two or more such counties, be apportioned among them upon the basis of apportionment valuations as defined in R.S.54:4-49 and which may include amounts expected to be repaid as aforesaid by the board of trustees. In the case of a county college joinder created pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-24 subsequent to the enactment of P.L.1998, c.140, the amount to be raised may be apportioned among the participating counties upon the basis of apportionment valuations as defined in R.S.54:4-49; or, upon the basis of unweighted student credit hours; or upon the basis of any combination of apportionment valuations and unweighted student credit hours; or in proportion to the percentage of bonds to be issued by each county for the project as may be agreed upon by the participating counties and the board of trustees. The board of school estimate shall thereupon make a certificate of such sum and amount or amounts signed by at least a majority of its members, and copies thereof and of the statement received from the board of trustees shall be delivered to the board of trustees and to the board of chosen freeholders of each participating county. (2) The board of chosen freeholders of a participating county upon receipt of any such certificate shall appropriate the amount certified therein for the purpose therein specified, or upon receipt of a certificate as provided in N.J.S.18A:64A-17 shall appropriate the amount of the capital outlay expenses certified therein, either: (a) By the method provided for in N.J.S.18A:64A-18; or (b) By a bond ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds or notes of the county to finance such appropriation and purpose adopted in accordance with the limitations and any exceptions thereto, and in the manner or mode of procedure, prescribed by the local bond law, and the sale and issuance of said bonds or notes pursuant to the local bond law; provided, however, that no down payment shall be required and the provisions of N.J.S.40A:2-11 of the local bond law shall not be applicable to such bond ordinance and that the purpose for which the bonds or notes are to be issued may be stated and identified as and shall be the purpose specified in said certificate notwithstanding that the appropriation therefor may be sufficient only for planning or other preliminary or initial expenses in connection therewith or may be made in anticipation of State or federal aid expected to be received for said purpose and applied to repayment to the county. (3) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds or notes shall be paid to the treasurer of the county college and shall be paid out by him only on the warrants or orders of the board of trustees of the county college. The treasurer shall in no event disburse such proceeds, except to pay and retire any such notes and pay the expenses of issuing and selling such bonds or notes and for the purpose or purposes for which such bonds or notes were issued. If for any reason any part of such proceeds are not applied to or necessary for such purpose or purposes, the board of trustees of the county college may transfer the balance remaining unapplied to the capital outlay account of the county college. (4) Except with the concurrence and consent of the board of chosen freeholders of the county expressed by resolution, no amount shall be appropriated under this section which, if added to the amount of bonds or notes of the county for county college purposes outstanding or authorized but unissued at the date of such appropriation, shall exceed an amount equal to one half of one per cent of the equalized valuation basis of said county as shown on the annual debt statement of the county last filed pursuant to the local bond law. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994, c.48, s.131; 1998, c.140, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-38 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-38
Administration of the program; powers of the authority.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-38. Administration of the Program; Powers of the Authority. The Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall administer the NJBEST Program. The authority shall have the power to: a. serve as trustee of the trust; b. adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), necessary to carry out the provisions of this article; c. prescribe and provide appropriate forms for participation in the program; d. select an investment manager and any other contractors needed to manage and market the program; e. monitor the investment manager and any other contractors by audits and other reports; f. collect reasonable administrative fees in connection with any contract or transaction relating to the program; g. impose penalties for nonqualified withdrawals; h. take all actions required so that the program is treated as a qualified State tuition program under section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529; and i. perform any other acts which may be deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the objects and purposes of this article. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-17
Method of fixing amounts necessary for operation and capital outlay expenses of college; certification; apportionment between participating counties
Status: in_force

18A:64A-17. On or before February 1 in each year, the board of trustees of the county college shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate an itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for the operation and capital outlay expenses for the ensuing year. Said board of trustees shall, at the same time, fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing by the board of school estimate with respect to said itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for the operation and capital outlay expenses for the ensuing year and with respect to the various items and purposes for which said money is to be appropriated, which date shall be between February 1 and February 15 and which date shall be not less than seven days after the publication of said itemized statement as herein provided and shall cause notice of such public hearing and said statement to be published at least once in at least one newspaper published in the county not less than seven days prior to the date fixed for such public hearing, and said notice shall also set forth that said itemized statement will be on file and open to examination of the public, between reasonable hours to be fixed therein, and, at a place to be named therein, from the date of said publication until the date of the holding of said public hearing and said board of trustees shall cause said itemized statement to be on file and open to the examination of the public accordingly and to be produced at said public hearing for the information of those attending the same. On the date and at the time and place so fixed by the board of trustees for such public hearing, the board of school estimate shall at a public hearing grant the taxpayers and other interested persons an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to said itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for the operation and capital outlay expenses for the ensuing year and with respect to the various items and purposes for which said money is to be appropriated and at or after said public hearing but not later than February 15 of each year, 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 for the operation and capital outlay expenses of the college for the ensuing year, exclusive of the amount to be received from the State and from other sources. The board of school estimate shall, on or before February 15 of each year, make a certificate of such amount signed by at least a majority of its members. Copies thereof shall be delivered to the board of trustees of the college and to each participating board of chosen freeholders. In the case of a county college established by more than one county, the amount to be raised for the annual operation and capital outlay expenses shall be apportioned among the participating counties upon the basis of apportionment valuations, as defined in R.S.54:4-49. In the case of a county college joinder created pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-24 subsequent to the enactment of P.L.1998, c.140, the amount to be raised for the annual operation and capital outlay expenses may be apportioned among the participating counties upon the basis of apportionment valuations, as defined in R.S.54:4-49; or, upon the basis of unweighted student credit hours; or upon the basis of any combination of apportionment valuations and unweighted student credit hours. The certificate of the board of school estimate shall certify the proportioned part of the total to be raised by each participating county. In the case of a county college joinder created pursuant to N.J.S.18A:64A-24 subsequent to the enactment of P.L.1998, c.140, operational expenses shall include any facility use fee or other charge which may be agreed upon by the participating counties and the board of trustees upon the approval of a majority of the members of the board of school estimate. L.1967, c.271; amended 1994, c.48, s.130; 1998, c.140, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:24-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 24 / Section 24-19
School district bonds
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in sections 18A:24-20 to 18A:24-27, no bonds shall be authorized for the purposes of any school district if the principal amount thereof shall, when added to the net school debt of the district exceed the percentage of the average equalized valuation of taxable property in such district as herein provided: (1) From kindergarten grade (or grade 1) through grade 6................. 2 1/2% (2) From kindergarten grade (or grade 1) through grade 8.... 3 % (3) From kindergarten grade (or grade 1) through grade 9.... 3 1/2% (4) From kindergarten grade (or grade 1) through grade 12... 4% (5) From grade 7 through grade 9.......... 1 1/2% (6) From grade 10 through grade 12.......... 2% (7) From grade 9 through grade 12 .......... 3% (8) From grade 7 through grade 12 .......... 3 1/2% Each school district prior to the issuance of bonds shall secure from the State Commissioner of Education a certificate of the grade levels of instruction provided or to be provided by said school district. Provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in sections 18A:24-20 to 18A:24-27, bonds may be authorized for the purposes of a school district in a city of the first class if the principal amount thereof shall, when added to the net school debt of the district, not exceed 8% of the average equalized valuation of taxable property in such district. Further provided, that except as otherwise provided in sections 18A:24-20 to 18A:24-27, bonds may be authorized for the purposes of a school district in a city of the second class with a population in excess of 80,000, according to the latest federal decennial census if the principal amount thereof shall, when added to the net school debt of the district, not exceed 6% of the average equalized valuation of taxable property in such district. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 379, s. 1, eff. Dec. 27, 1968; L.1969, c. 259, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1970; L.1971, c. 322, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1971; L.1981, c. 462, s. 16.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:28-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-17
Operation of certain schools by local school districts; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of teaching staff members
Status: in_force

2. Whenever the local board of education of any school district in this State shall undertake the operation of any school previously operated by an Educational Services Commission, a Jointure Commission, the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of any State college, or any officer, board or commission under his, its or their authority, all accumulated sick leave, tenure and pension rights of all teaching staff members in said school, shall be recognized and preserved by the board assuming operational control of the school, and any periods of prior employment, by said Educational Services Commission, Jointure Commission, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education or board of trustees of any State college, or any officer, board or commission under his, its or their authority, shall count toward the acquisition of tenure to the same extent as if all of such employment had been in such school district. L.1973,c.267,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.61.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-46 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-46
Definitions relative to structure and fiscal management of higher education.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education established pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1994, c.48 (C.18A:3B-13); "Public research university" means Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rowan University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Montclair State University, and Kean University; "State college" means the State colleges or universities established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. L.2009, c.308, s.1; amended 2012, c.45, s.69; 2017, c.178, s.39; 2021, c.282, s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-78 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-78
Division of assets, liabilities
Status: in_force

The county superintendent in a written report filed by him at the end of the school year preceding that in which the withdrawal becomes effective shall make a division of the assets and liabilities between the new district and the remaining district in the same manner as provided in N.J.S.18A:8-24. L.1989,c.90,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-8
Enrollment preference.
Status: in_force

8. a. Preference for enrollment in a charter school shall be given to students who reside in the school district in which the charter school is located. If there are more applications to enroll in the charter school than there are spaces available, the charter school shall select students to attend using a random selection process. A charter school shall not charge tuition to students who reside in the district. b. A charter school shall allow any student who was enrolled in the school in the immediately preceding school year to remain enrolled in the charter school in the appropriate grade unless the appropriate grade is not offered at the charter school. c. A charter school may give enrollment priority to: (1) a sibling of a student enrolled in the charter school; and (2) regardless of residence, the children of teaching staff members of the charter school. d. If available space permits, a charter school may enroll non-resident students. The terms and conditions of the enrollment shall be outlined in the school's charter and approved by the commissioner. e. The admission policy of the charter school shall, to the maximum extent practicable, seek the enrollment of a cross section of the community's school age population including racial and academic factors. L.1995,c.426,s.8; amended 2025, c.276, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-4.8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.8
Application of concealed weapons law
Status: in_force

The provisions of N.J.S. 2A:151-41 shall not apply to any policemen appointed pursuant to the provisions of this act. L.1970, c. 211, s. 7, eff. Oct. 7, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:58-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 58 / Section 58-34
Funds appropriated, etc., for cost of state aid to local districts for vocational education; expenditure
Status: in_force

The commissioner may expend such sums as may be appropriated or otherwise allocated to the department to meet the state's share of the cost of aid to local school districts for vocational education.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-27 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-27
Truancy and juvenile delinquency defined
Status: in_force

Any child between the ages of six and 16 years who shall repeatedly be absent from school, and any child of such age found away from school during school hours whose parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of the child is unable to cause him to attend school and any pupil who is incorrigible, actually vagrant, vicious, or immoral in conduct, shall be deemed to be a juvenile delinquent and shall be proceeded against as such.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-26
Accrual of interest; payment.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-26. Accrual of Interest; Payment. Interest on each NJCLASS Loan Program loan shall accrue from the date of the making of the loan; however, the payment of the principal or the interest or both may be deferred until a time or times determined by the authority. The rate of interest on each loan shall be determined by the authority. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-13
Appropriations, allocation.
Status: in_force

18A:74-13. There is hereby appropriated for the purposes of this chapter such sums as may be included therefor in any annual or supplemental appropriation. In the event the sums appropriated at any time are insufficient to carry out in full the provisions of this chapter, the State Library shall allocate such sums on the basis of the method of allocation described in this chapter to the extent deemed advisable and practicable. A sum not to exceed 1% of such total annual or supplemental appropriation for the purposes of this chapter may be allocated to Thomas Edison State College for the administrative costs thereof. L.1967, c.271; amended 2001, c.137, s.36.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-4.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-4.2
Powers of boards concerning real property.
Status: in_force

18A:20-4.2. The board of education of any school district may, for school purposes: (a) Purchase, take and condemn lands within the district and lands not exceeding 50 acres in extent without the district but situate in a municipality or municipalities adjoining the district, but no more than 25 acres may be so acquired in any one such municipality, without the district, except with the consent, by ordinance, of such municipality; (b) Grade, drain and landscape lands owned or to be acquired by it and improve the same in like manner; (c) Erect, lease for a term not exceeding 50 years, enlarge, improve, repair or furnish buildings; (d) Borrow money therefor, with or without mortgage; in the case of a type II district without a board of school estimate, when authorized so to do at any annual or special school election; and in the case of a type II district having a board of school estimate, when the amount necessary to be provided therefor shall have been fixed, determined and certified by the board of school estimate; and in the case of a type I district, when an ordinance authorizing expenditures for such purpose is finally adopted by the governing body of a municipality comprised within the district; provided, however, that no such election shall be held nor shall any such resolution of a school estimate board or ordinance of a municipal governing body be introduced to authorize any lease of any building for a term exceeding one year, until the proposed terms of such lease have been reviewed and approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs; (e) Construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire a building with the federal government, the State, a political subdivision thereof or any other individual or entity properly authorized to do business in the State; provided that: (1) the noneducational uses of the building are compatible with the establishment and operation of a school, as determined by the Commissioner of Education; (2) the portion of the building to be used as a school meets regulations of the Department of Education; (3) the board of education has complied with the provisions of law and regulations relating to the selection and approval of sites; and (4) in the case of a lease, that any lease in excess of five years shall be approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs; (f) Acquire, with the approval of either the commissioner, or voters or board of school estimate, as applicable, improvements or additions to school buildings through lease purchase agreements not in excess of five years. The agreement shall be recorded as an expenditure of the General Fund of the district. The commissioner shall approve the agreement only upon a demonstration by the district that the lease purchase payments and any operating expenses related to the agreement can be included within the district's tax levy growth limitation and will not result in the need for approval by the voters or board of school estimate, as appropriate, of additional spending proposals to maintain existing instructional programs and extracurricular activities. If the commissioner cannot approve the agreement, the board of education may frame a separate question to authorize the lease purchase agreement and obtain voter or board of school estimate approval to enter into the agreement. A district may, without separate prior approval of the commissioner, also acquire equipment through a lease purchase agreement not in excess of five years or in the case of a lease purchase agreement entered into for the acquisition of fossil fuel school buses not in excess of 10 years and in the case of a lease purchase agreement entered into for the acquisition of electric school buses and related charging equipment and services not in excess of the service life of the electric school buses, provided that the amount of the first installment and each subsequent installment for the lease purchase payments is included in the budget that is advertised and submitted for approval to the voters of the district or the board of school estimate, as appropriate. As used herein, a "lease purchase agreement" refers to any agreement which gives the board of education as lessee the option of purchasing the leased equipment or improvements or additions to existing school buildings during or upon termination of the lease, with credit toward the purchase price of all or part of rental payments which have been made by the board of education in accordance with the lease. As part of such a transaction, the board of education may transfer or lease land or rights in land, including any building thereon, after publicly advertising for proposals for the transfer for nominal or fair market value, to the party selected by the board of education, by negotiation or otherwise, after determining that the proposal is in the best interest of the taxpayers of the district, to construct or to improve and to lease or to own or to have ownership interests in the site and the school building to be leased pursuant to such lease purchase agreement, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary. The land and any building thereon which is described in a lease purchase agreement entered into pursuant to this amendatory act, shall be deemed to be and treated as property of the school district, used for school purposes pursuant to R.S.54:4-3.3, and shall not be considered or treated as property leased to another whose property is not exempt, and shall not be assessed as real estate pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1949, c.177 (C.54:4-2.3). Any lease purchase agreement authorized by this section shall contain a provision making payments thereunder subject to the annual appropriation of funds sufficient to meet the required payments or shall contain an annual cancellation clause and shall require all construction contracts let by public school districts or let by developers or owners of property used for school purposes to be competitively bid, pursuant to N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq.; (g) Establish with an individual or entity authorized to do business in the State a tenancy in common, condominium, horizontal property regime or other joint ownership arrangement on a site contributed by the school district; provided the following conditions are met: (1) The individual or entity agrees to construct on the site, or provide for the construction thereon, a building or buildings for use of the board of education separately or jointly with the individual or entity, which shall be subject to the joint ownership arrangement; (2) The provision of the building shall be at no cost or at a reduced cost to the board of education; (3) The school district shall not make any payment for use of the building other than its pro rata share of costs of maintenance and improvements; (4) The noneducational uses of the building are compatible with the establishment and operation of a school, as determined by the Commissioner of Education; (5) The portion of the building to be used as a school, and the site, meet regulations of the Department of Education; and (6) Any such agreement shall be approved by the Commissioner of Education and the Local Finance Board in the Department of Community Affairs; (h) Acquire through sale and lease-back textbooks and non-consumable instructional materials provided that the sale price and principal amount of the lease-back do not exceed the fair market value of the textbooks and instructional materials and that the interest rate applied in the lease-back is consistent with prevailing market rates or is less. amended 1968, c.175, s.1; 1971, c.292; 1981, c.410, s.1; 1986, c.183, s.1; 1991, c.477; 1998, c.55, s.1; 2000, c.72, s.35; 2001, c.146, s.1; 2010, c.44, s.7; 2024, c.38, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-42 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-42
Troops to College Grant Program.
Status: in_force

2. a. The Secretary of Higher Education, in consultation with the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, shall establish the Troops to College Program. The purpose of the program shall be to assist New Jersey's institutions of higher education in coordinating the provision of a comprehensive array of services to assist veterans in making the transition into the college classroom. The services may include, but need not be limited to, assistance in applying for State and federal student financial aid, counseling resources, a campus veterans' assistance officer to provide a single point of contact for information on the institution's benefits and programs for veterans, and an online resource to consolidate pertinent information specifically for veterans attending that institution. b. The secretary in implementing the Troops to College Program shall include on its Internet site information to assist veterans in accessing the higher education opportunities that exist in the State. The information shall include, but need not be limited to: (1) contact information for the campus veterans' assistance officer at each of the institutions of higher education; and (2) information on the array of programs and services available to veterans at each of the institutions of higher education. c. The secretary, in consultation with the department, shall establish a Troops to College Grant Program. Under the program, the secretary shall annually select up to three institutions of higher education to receive a $150,000 Troops to College grant. In order to receive a grant, an institution shall demonstrate that it is providing a comprehensive array of services, benefits, and programs for veterans attending the institution. In awarding a grant to an institution, the secretary shall consider the following factors: (1) the total number of self-reporting veterans enrolled in the institution; (2) the existence of a veterans' affairs office at the institution and the number of staff assigned to the office; (3) whether the institution has entered into the Department of Defense Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding; (4) whether the institution's tuition and fees are at or below the minimum limits established by the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.); (5) whether the institution participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program of the "Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008," Pub.L.110-252 (38 U.S.C. s.3301 et seq.); (6) whether the institution waives its application fee and offers priority registration to veterans; (7) the level of academic and staff support provided to veterans enrolled in the institution; (8) the number and type of extracurricular activities designed for and offered to veterans enrolled in the institution; (9) the amount of institutional funds allocated to support veterans enrolled in the institution, including the number of scholarships offered to veteran students; (10) whether the institution offers veteran housing or provides an area on campus where veteran students may meet and discuss issues of common interest; (11) the course completion rate of self-reporting veterans enrolled in the institution; (12) the institution's retention and graduation rates for self-reporting veterans enrolled in the institution; (13) the student loan default rate for self-reporting veterans enrolled in the institution; and (14) the employment and salary status of self-reporting veterans six years following graduation from the institution. L.2009, c.125, s.2; amended 2021, c.176.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-4.1
Use of competitive contracting by boards of education; purposes.
Status: in_force

45. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, competitive contracting may be used by boards of education in lieu of public bidding for procurement of specialized goods and services the price of which exceeds the bid threshold, for the following purposes: a. The purchase or licensing of proprietary computer software designed for board of education purposes, which may include hardware intended for use with the proprietary software. This subsection shall not be utilized for the purpose of acquiring general purpose computer hardware or software; b. The hiring of a for-profit entity or a not-for-profit entity incorporated under Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes for the purpose of: (1) the operation, management or administration of recreation or social service facilities or programs; or (2) the operation, management or administration of data processing services; c. Services performed by an organization engaged in providing energy conservation education and training services to train employees of a board of education to reduce consumption of energy; d. Telecommunications transmission or switching services that are not part of a tariff or schedule of charges filed with the Board of Public Utilities; e. The purchase of specialized machinery or equipment of a technical nature, or servicing thereof, which will not reasonably permit the drawing of specifications; f. Food services provided by food service management companies when not part of programs administered by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Child Nutrition Programs; g. Driver education courses provided by licensed driver education schools; h. At the option of the board of education, any good or service that is exempt from bidding pursuant to N.J.S.18A:18A-5; i. Laboratory testing services; j. Concessions; k. The operation, management or administration of other services, with the approval of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs. Any purpose included herein shall not be considered by a board of education as an extraordinary unspecifiable service pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:18A-5. L.1999, c.440, s.45; amended 2009, c.4, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.23
Definitions relative to the emergency administration of opioid antidotes in schools.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: "Opioid antidote" means any drug, regardless of dosage amount or method of administration, which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of an opioid overdose. "Opioid antidote" includes, but is not limited to, naloxone hydrochloride, in any dosage amount, which is administered through nasal spray or any other FDA-approved means or methods. "Opioid overdose" means an acute condition including, but not limited to, extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death resulting from the consumption or use of an opioid drug or another substance with which an opioid drug was combined, and that a layperson would reasonably believe to require medical assistance. "School-sponsored function" means any activity, event, or program occurring on or off school grounds, whether during or outside of regular school hours, that is organized or supported by the school. L.2018, c.106, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-47 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-47
Adoption of policies, procedures regarding certain transfers.
Status: in_force

2. On or before January 1, 2008, each public institution of higher education shall, in consultation with the Commission on Higher Education and the Presidents' Council, develop and adopt as part of the collective Statewide transfer agreement established pursuant to section 1 of this act policies and procedures for the transfer of credits earned by a student who has not completed his associate degree program prior to transferring into a baccalaureate degree program, 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, those policies and procedures shall be developed and adopted on or before January 1, 2011. L.2007, c.175, s.2; amended 2009, c.200, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-67 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-67
Submission of received proposals.
Status: in_force

40. a. Once received, proposals shall be submitted to the design professional or designated employee retained by the contracting unit. No proposal shall be considered until certification is issued by the design professional or designated employee retained by the contracting unit that the proposal is consistent with the evaluation factors. No proposal for a design-build contract may be accepted unless the contracting unit determines that there was adequate competition for such contract. b. The technical review committee shall score the technical proposals using the criteria and methodology set forth in the request for proposals in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection a. of section 38 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-65) and make an award recommendation to the head of the contracting unit. The head of the contracting unit shall make the design-build contract award decision, consistent with the award recommendation. c. The contracting unit shall evaluate the received technical proposals and price bid against the published factors and weighting to arrive at a composite score. The contracting unit shall make public the design-builder to be awarded the contract for the project. After the award decision is made, the contracting unit shall make public the sealed price bid for each proposal submitted to the contracting unit by a design-builder. d. Acceptance of a proposal shall be made by written notice to the design-builder which submitted the accepted proposal. At the same time notice of acceptance is delivered, the contracting unit shall also inform, in writing, the other design-builders that their proposals were not accepted. e. The contracting unit shall have the right to reject any and all proposals, except for the purpose of evading the provisions and policies of sections 34 through 41 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61 through C.18A:18A-68). The contracting unit shall solicit new proposals using the same evaluation factors, budget constraints, or qualifications, unless there has been a material change in circumstances affecting the needs of the contracting unit, including but not limited to an environmental issue, natural disaster, state of emergency, or unforeseen fiscal constraint. f. Proposals may be withdrawn for any reason at any time prior to acceptance. g. When a design-builder receives notification from a public body that the proposal, which it has submitted, has not been accepted, the design-builder may, within 30 days, request to review the design-build proposals submitted, the technical review committee evaluation scores from the selection process, and the final recommendation of award document. The design-builder shall submit this request in writing. L.2021, c.71, s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-61 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-61
Eligibility for program.
Status: in_force

3. To be eligible to participate in the program, an applicant shall: a. be a resident of New Jersey; b. be a State-licensed physician who has successfully completed all educational and residency training requirements for the practice of psychiatry; c. apply for the program within one year of completing an accredited residency training program in psychiatry, or within one year of completing an accredited fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry; and d. agree to practice full-time as a psychiatrist in a State underserved area or in a State psychiatric hospital for a period of one to four years in return for the tuition reimbursement provided under the program. L.2017, c.126, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-41 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-41
Operation of program; fees.
Status: in_force

18A:71B-41. a. The program shall be operated as a trust through the use of accounts for designated beneficiaries. An account may be opened by any person who desires to save to pay the qualified higher education expenses of an individual by satisfying each of the following requirements: (1) completing an application in the form prescribed by the authority; (2) paying the one-time application fee established by the authority; (3) making the minimum contribution required by the authority for opening an account; (4) designating the account or accounts to be opened; and (5) in the case of an account to which subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:71B-44 would apply, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the authority that either the contributor, if an individual, or the designated beneficiary is a New Jersey resident. The requirement of New Jersey residency for either the contributor or the designated beneficiary would not apply to an account to which subsection b. of N.J.S.18A:71B-44 would apply unless otherwise determined by the authority. b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c.309). c. Contributions to accounts shall be made only in cash, as defined by the authority pursuant to regulations, in accordance with section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529. d. Contributors may withdraw all or part of the balance from an account on sixty days' notice or a shorter period, as may be authorized by the authority pursuant to regulations. e. A contributor may change the designated beneficiary of an account or rollover all or a portion of an account to another account if the change or rollover would not result in a distribution includible in gross income under section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529, in accordance with procedures established by the authority. f. In the case of any nonqualified withdrawal, a penalty at a level established by the authority and sufficient to be considered a more than de minimis penalty for purposes of section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529, shall be withheld and paid to the authority for use in operating and marketing the program. The authority may elect not to impose a penalty if that section ceases to include a provision requiring more than de minimis penalties for a program to qualify as a qualified State tuition program. g. If a contributor makes a nonqualified withdrawal and a penalty amount is not withheld pursuant to subsection f. of this section or the amount withheld is less than the amount required to be withheld under that subsection, the contributor shall pay the unpaid portion of the penalty to the authority at the same time that the contributor files a State income tax return for the taxable year of the withdrawal, or if the contributor does not file a return, the unpaid portion of the penalty shall be paid on or before the due date for the filing of that income tax return. h. Each account shall be maintained separately from each other account under the program. i. Separate records and accounting shall be maintained for each account for each designated beneficiary. j. A contributor to or designated beneficiary of any account shall not direct the investment of any contributions to an account or the earnings from the account, except as permitted under section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529. k. A contributor or a designated beneficiary shall not use an interest in an account as security for a loan. Any pledge of an interest in an account is of no force and effect. l. The maximum contribution for any designated beneficiary shall be determined by the authority pursuant to regulations, in accordance with section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529. m. Statements, reports on distributions and information returns relating to accounts shall be prepared, distributed, and filed to the extent required by section 529 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C.s.529, or regulations issued thereunder. n. The authority may charge, impose and collect reasonable administrative fees and service charges in connection with any agreement, contract or transaction relating to the program. These fees and charges may be imposed directly on contributors or may be taken as a percentage of the investment earnings on accounts. o. The State or any State agency, municipality, or other political subdivision may, by contract or collective bargaining agreement, agree with any employee to remit contributions to accounts through payroll deductions made by the appropriate officer or officers of the State, State agency, county, municipality, or political subdivision. The contributions shall be held and administered in accordance with this act. p. A contributor, if an individual, may designate another person as a successor contributor in the event of the death of the original contributor. The person who opens the account, or any successor contributor, shall be considered the contributor as defined in N.J.S.18A:71B-36. q. Any person may make contributions to an account, consistent with the terms established by the authority, after the account is opened. L.1999, c.46, s.1; amended 2003, c.309.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61C-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61C / Section 61C-11
Acceptance of course credit.
Status: in_force

2. A public institution of higher education shall accept the course credit of a student who successfully completes a course under the dual enrollment program.
L.2014, c.74, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 38 / Section 38-22
Hearing on application for termination of agreement
Status: in_force

Upon the making of any such application, an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner shall be given to the board of education of the other district before any determination is made by the commissioner, and if the commissioner finds that there are good grounds for the application, as provided in this article, he shall give his consent, and the applying board of education shall thereupon be entitled to terminate the agreement in accordance therewith but the commissioner's determination shall be subject to appeal to the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-25.26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-25.26
Specifications
Status: in_force

All specifications for the doing of any such construction work for a county college shall fix the date before which the work shall be completed, or the number of working days to be allowed for its completion, and every such contract shall contain a provision for a deduction from the contract price for any moneys paid by the county college to any inspector or inspectors necessarily employed by it on the work for any number of days in excess of the number allowed in the specifications. L.1982, c. 189, s. 26, eff. Jan. 1, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-35 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-35
Findings, declarations relative to comprehensive eye examinations for certain students.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: approximately one-half of all New Jersey students with a special education classification are classified as Specific Learning Disabled (SLD); the rate of growth in SLD classified students in recent years has been 9%, while total school enrollment has grown at only 2%; nationwide, approximately 80% of SLD students have primary difficulties with reading, and as many as 70% of those students might not have been classified if they had received appropriate early intervention; undiagnosed and untreated vision-related learning problems are significant contributors to early reading difficulties and often lead to special education classification; under current State Board of Education regulations, only one vision assessment is required by the end of grade three and that screening tests only for vision acuity; the number of children classified as requiring special education continues to increase, and once classified few students return to full-time general education; it is therefore imperative that the State takes steps to study the impact of comprehensive eye examinations for students in the primary grades to assess their impact on eliminating the special education classification of students for treatable vision-related difficulties. L.2007,c.122,c.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-23.3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-23.3
New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund.
Status: in_force

3. a. There is established in the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority a nonlapsing fund which shall be known as the New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund. The fund shall be administered by the board of trustees established pursuant to section 4 of this act. b. The fund shall consist of: all moneys appropriated by the Legislature for inclusion in the fund; investment earnings of the fund; and moneys contributed to the fund by private sources, to be used for the purposes of this act. The moneys in the fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury. L.2001,c.442,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-31
Powers, duties of special services school district board of education.
Status: in_force

3. a. Any school established pursuant to P.L.1971, c.271 (C.18A:46-29 et al.) shall accept all eligible pupils within the county, so far as facilities permit. Pupils residing outside the county may be accepted should facilities be available only after provision has been made for all eligible pupils within the county. Any child accepted shall be classified pursuant to chapter 46 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. b. The board of education of any county special services school district may receive such funds as may be appropriated by the county pursuant to section 13 of P.L.1971, c.271 (C.18A:46-41) and shall be entitled to collect and receive from the sending districts in which the pupils attending the county special services school reside, for the tuition of those pupils, a sum not to exceed the actual cost per pupil as determined for each special education program or for the special services school district, according to rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board. Whenever funds have been appropriated by the county, the county special services school district may charge a fee in addition to tuition for any pupils who are not residents of the county. The fee shall not exceed the amount of the county's per pupil appropriation to the county special services school district. For each special education program or for the special services school district, the tuition shall be at the same rate per pupil for each sending district whether within or without the county. Ten percent of the tuition amount and the nonresident fee amount, if any, shall be paid on the first of each month from September to June to the receiving district by each sending district. The annual aggregate amount of all tuition may be anticipated by the board of education of the county special services school district with respect to the annual budget of the county special services school district. The amounts of all annual payments or tuition to be paid by any other school district shall be raised in each year in the annual budget of the other school district and paid to the county special services school district. Tuition charged to the resident district shall be deducted from the resident district's State aid and transferred directly to the county special services district by the Department of Education according to procedures established by the commissioner. The transfers shall equal 1/20th of the tuition charged and shall occur on the same schedule of State aid payments for the resident districts. Beginning in May of the preceding year the county special services district shall report to the department and the resident districts the current enrollments and tuition rates by district. Enrollment changes reported at least 30 days in advance of a scheduled transfer shall be honored. Unless specifically designated, county special services school districts shall not receive State aid under the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.). The county special services general fund budget, exclusive of any county contribution, shall not exceed the general fund budget, exclusive of any county contribution, in the prebudget year adjusted by the CPI or three percent, whichever is greater, plus an enrollment factor. An undesignated general fund balance of 10 percent of the general fund budget exclusive of tuition adjustments of prior years may be maintained. For the years 1997-98 through 2001-2002, State aid shall be provided to fund tuition losses when placements drop by more than five percent between the budget year and prebudget year. State aid shall equal the difference between 95 percent of the prebudget year enrollment on May 1 preceding the prebudget year multiplied by the budget year tuition rate and actual enrollments on May 1 preceding the budget year multiplied by the budget year tuition rate. c. The board of education of any county special services school district, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders of the county, may provide for the establishment, maintenance and operation of dormitory and other boarding care facilities for pupils in conjunction with any one or more of its schools for special services, and the board shall provide for the establishment, maintenance and operation of such health care services and facilities for the pupils as the board shall deem necessary. d. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.62). Amended 1990, c.52, s.60; 1991, c.62, s.23; 1996, c.138, s.77; 2007, c.260, s.73.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-53 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-53
Evaluation of Level I district, Level II or III districts, methodology; transition to local control.
Status: in_force

37. a. A district which has been certified as a Level I district by the State Board of Education as of the effective date of this act, shall be phased into the three-year evaluation process and, in accordance with a schedule established by the commissioner, be evaluated by the commissioner in the five key components of school district effectiveness as set forth in section 10 of P.L.1975, c.212 (C.18A:7A-10). Based on a district's compliance with the quality performance indicators, the commissioner shall assess district effectiveness and place the district on the performance continuum. During the phase-in, a district which has not undergone an evaluation in the five key components of school district effectiveness shall continue to complete and submit a quality assurance annual report in accordance with State board regulations in effect prior to the effective date of P.L.2007, c.16. b. A State-operated district or a district which has been certified as a Level II or a Level III district by the State Board of Education as of the effective date of this act, shall be evaluated by a team of highly skilled professionals in the five key components of school district effectiveness as set forth in section 10 of P.L.1975, c.212 (C.18A:7A-10). The evaluation shall be completed within 120 days of the date on which rules promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section 39 of this act (C.18A:7A-53.1) become effective. The commissioner shall establish a process for the receipt of comments from the public during the evaluation. The commissioner shall provide a report of the evaluation to the district within 30 days of the completion of the evaluation. The report shall contain the commissioner's determination of the district's placement on the performance continuum. The district shall have 30 days from the date of receipt of the report to appeal the placement decision to the State board. The commissioner shall make a recommendation to the State Board of Education if the recommendation is to place the district under partial or full State intervention. The commissioner and State board shall take whatever action is appropriate based on the district's placement on the performance continuum. c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a State-operated district is placed under partial State intervention, the board of education shall continue to have the rights, powers, and duties of an advisory board, until the district successfully meets the quality performance indicators for the governance component of school district effectiveness. Despite the continuation of the board of education as an advisory board, the State board, upon the recommendation of the commissioner, may return some voting functions to the board of education as part of and in furtherance of the process of a transition to local control. If some voting functions are returned to the board of education, the commissioner or his designee shall have the authority to veto any action by the board of education until the governance component of school district effectiveness is returned to local control. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the board of education shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the secretary thereof to the commissioner or his designee. No action taken at that meeting of the board of education shall have force or effect until 15 days after a copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered unless during that 15-day period the commissioner or his designee shall approve those minutes, in which case the action shall become effective upon that approval. If, in the 15-day period, the commissioner or his designee returns the copy of those minutes with a veto of any action taken by the board of education or any member thereof at that meeting, the action shall be null and void and of no effect. d. If a State-operated school district evaluated pursuant to subsection b. of this section successfully meets the quality performance indicators for the governance component of school district effectiveness, then one year following the State's withdrawal from intervention in that component, the board of education shall call a special election for purposes of placing the question of classification status before the voters of the district, which election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes concerning school elections. If the voters of the district elect to become a type I district, it shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 9 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes relating to type I districts after January 31 next ensuing, unless the district is established in a city of the first class, in which case it shall be governed after June 30 next ensuing. The members of the district board of education at the time of said election shall continue in office until expiration of their respective terms and the qualification in office of their successors. If the voters of the district elect to become a type II district, it shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 9 of Title 18A relating to type II districts and the members of the board of education at the time of said election shall remain and continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and the qualification of their respective successors. e. The board of education of a State-operated school district that successfully meets the quality performance indicators for the governance component of school district effectiveness shall be permitted to extend the contract of the superintendent who holds the position at the time of the evaluation conducted pursuant to subsection b. of this section, provide 18-months' notice to the superintendent to modify the contract, or allow the contract in effect to expire with the appropriate statutory notice pursuant to subsection b. of section 4 of P.L.1991, c.267 (C.18A:17-20.1). L.2005, c.235, s.37; amended 2007, c.16, s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-30
Employee's consent to deductions
Status: in_force

Every teacher to whom this article applies shall be deemed to consent and agree to any deduction from his compensation required by this article and to all other provisions of this article. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation affecting the salary, pay, compensation, other perquisites, or tenure of a person to whom this article applies or shall apply, and notwithstanding that the minimum salary, pay or compensation or other perquisite provided by law for him shall be reduced thereby, payment, less such deductions, shall be a full and complete discharge and acquittance of all claims and demands for service rendered by him during the period covered by such payment.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-23.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-23.5
Awarding of scholarships.
Status: in_force

5. a. The board is hereby authorized to award scholarships from the fund for the costs of undergraduate study at an institution of higher education to the dependent children or surviving spouses of persons who were New Jersey residents on September 11, 2001 and: (1) who were killed in the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001; or (2) who died as a result of injuries received in the attack; or (3) who died as a result of illness caused by exposure to the attack sites, as established in medical records or other appropriate documentation as required by the board; or (4) who are missing and officially presumed dead as a direct result of the attack. The terrorist attack on the United States shall include the hijackings of American Airlines Flight 11, American Airlines Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 93 and United Airlines Flight 175 and the subsequent crashes at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. b. Scholarships from the fund may be awarded annually upon proper application to the fund to any student who qualifies under the criteria developed by the board. L.2001, c.442, s.5; amended 2007, c.5, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72F-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72F / Section 72F-9
Nullification of service obligation.
Status: in_force

9. In case of a program participant's death or total or permanent disability, the executive director of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority shall nullify the service obligation of the student, thereby terminating the student's obligation to repay the unpaid balance of the redeemable portion of the loan and the accrued interest thereon, or where continued enforcement of the contract may result in extreme hardship, the executive director of the authority may nullify or suspend the service obligation of the student. L.1984,c.189,s.9; amended 1994, c.48, s.278; 1999, c.46, s.60.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-17
Advice to Governor, Legislature.
Status: in_force

17. The board of trustees shall advise the Governor and Legislature, in consultation with the Secretary of Higher Education and the President's Council and successor bodies, on the manner in which the facilities and services of the university may be utilized so as to increase the efficiency of the public education system and provide, maintain, and improve upon the quality of higher education for the people of the State. The board of trustees shall make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature respecting the needs for the facilities and services of the university as an educational instrumentality of the State for that purpose. L.2017, c.178, s.17.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-4
Application for admission
Status: in_force

18A:61-4. Application for admission shall be made to the State board by a parent, guardian or friend of a proposed pupil in the manner directed by the board. The board shall require that the application be accompanied by a certificate from a judge of the Superior Court or the county clerk of the county, a chosen freeholder or clerk of the township, the mayor or other executive officer of the municipality in which the applicant shall reside, stating: a. That the applicant is a legal resident of the municipality claimed as his residence; b. The age, circumstances and capacity of the proposed pupil; and c. The ability or inability of the proposed pupil or his parent or guardian to pay any part of the expense of his care and maintenance. L.1967, c.271; amended 1991,c.91,s.238.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-12
Enforcement of law and regulations.
Status: in_force

18A:74-12. The Department of the Treasury, at the request of the State Librarian, is hereby empowered to withhold any form of State Library aid from any municipality, county, or area library which does not comply with the provisions of chapters 33 and 54 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes and chapter 132 of the laws of 1947 (C.45:8A-1 et seq.) wherever applicable, or with any rules and regulations duly adopted pursuant to said statutes or this chapter, or which reduces its annual expenditures for library services pursuant to chapters 33 and 54 of Title 40 of the Revised Statutes below the average of those expenditures for normal, recurring, operating costs made during the three years previous to receipt of the first State aid under this chapter. L.1967, c.271; amended 2001, c.137, s.35.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-3
Enrollment of senior citizens in tuition-free courses in State institutions of higher education
Status: in_force

1. Each public institution of higher education in New Jersey may permit persons of the age of 65 or more years to enroll without the payment of any tuition charges in regularly scheduled courses; provided that available classroom space permits and that tuition paying students constitute the minimum number required for the course, provided that nothing herein shall preclude public institutions from requiring registration fees for individuals attending courses pursuant to waivers granted under this act. L.1979,c.31,s.1; amended 1982,c.137,s.1; 1994,c.48,s.85.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71B-81 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71B / Section 71B-81
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Student Tuition Assistance Reward Scholarship (NJ STARS) Program Act." L.2004,c.59,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-105 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-105
Membership in fund on or subsequent to March 25, 1935; conditions
Status: in_force

Persons employed by any such board of education on March 25, 1935 and also on April 29, 1946, who took advantage of the provisions hereof by making application to the board of trustees on or before April 1, 1948, and paying into the fund, with and at the time of such application, such percentage of his salary as provided for in subsections a. and b. of section 18A:66-107, for the period of his employment beginning with the date of the incorporation of such pension association or the date of his employment by said board, whichever is the later date, together with interest at 3% per annum or such other legal rate as shall be determined, from time to time, by the board of trustees; and after such application and payment have been made by the employee the board of education by which the person is employed shall pay into the fund, if it has not already done so, 4% of the employee's salary for the period of his employment beginning with the date of the incorporation of such pension association or the date of the employment of said person by said board of education, whichever is the later date. All persons coming into the employ of any such board as permanent employees subsequent to March 25, 1935, shall become members of such pension fund at the date of said employment or appointment and any such employee shall be required to pay into such fund such percentage of his salary as provided for in subsections a. and b. of section 18A:66-107.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-22
Industrial ceramics center establishment
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that high technology industrial ceramics is a field in which New Jersey has significant academic and industrial strengths. Progress in this area is expected to produce significant economic growth and increases in productivity in the United States. New Jersey has the ability to capture a part of these economic benefits. To this end, the Legislature finds that the establishment of an advanced technology center in industrial ceramics will generate additional research and technological innovations to promote economic growth. L. 1985, c. 106, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7C-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7C / Section 7C-5.1
Graduation, yearbook costs for pupils with financial hardship
Status: in_force

1. A board of education shall establish a policy to address the cost of the graduation ceremony and the cost of a yearbook for graduating pupils who have a financial hardship. No graduating pupil shall be excluded from a graduation ceremony whose parent, legal guardian or other person having legal custody of the pupil is unable to pay the fees required for that graduation ceremony because of financial hardship. In determining financial hardship, the criteria shall be the same as the Statewide eligibility standards established by the State Board of Education for free and reduced price meals under the State school lunch program. L.1996,c.145.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-34 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-34
Duties of assistant commissioner.
Status: in_force

18A:4-34. Each assistant commissioner shall perform such duties in the public school system of the State as may from time to time be assigned to him by the commissioner, which shall include, but need not be limited to, any one or more of the following: a. The supervision of curriculum and instruction; b. The supervision of vocational education; c. The hearing and determination of controversies and disputes which may arise under the school laws, or the rules of the State board, or of the commissioner; and d. The supervision of business and financial matters. L.1967, c.271; amended 1977, c.322, s.2; 2001, c.137, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72N-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72N / Section 72N-3
Utilization of funds appropriated.
Status: in_force

3. The Center for the American Woman and Politics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University may utilize funds appropriated for the purposes of this act for the provision of equipment, supplies, clerical and research assistants and such other appropriate support as is necessary for the holder of the chair. L.1999,c.323,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-26 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-26
Board of education of city district may insure in municipal fund
Status: in_force

Where a municipal insurance fund is established in any city and insurance fund commissioners appointed, the board of education of the city school district may in its discretion by resolution provide that from and after the adoption of the resolution, the school buildings and school property of the district be insured in the municipal insurance fund of the city.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:68-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 68 / Section 68-8
Conferring degree during revocation
Status: in_force

The admitting of any person to any such grade of a degree by conferring the same upon him during the continuation of the revocation of such approval shall render any such school, corporation, association or institution of learning, or any officer or member thereof, participating therein, liable to the penalty prescribed by this chapter as though no approval had been granted in the first instance.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-40 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-40
"Qualifying academic certificate" defined.
Status: in_force

18A:6-40. For the purposes of this article, the term "qualifying academic certificate" shall be deemed to be any certificate issued by the commissioner certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the preliminary academic education required by the rules of the supreme court or by any law of this State at the time the certificate is issued for admission to an examination for license to practice law, medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, pharmacy, or for license as a certified public accountant, and for any other profession or vocation for which a certificate of academic education, issued by the commissioner, is now or may hereafter be required by law or by the rules of the supreme court or certifying that the person to whom the same is issued has had the education required for high school graduation in this state, as the case may be. L.1967, c.271; amended 2005, c.259, s.29.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-7
"New Jersey Presidents' Council" established.
Status: in_force

7. There is established a body corporate and politic, with corporate succession, to be known as the "New Jersey Presidents' Council." Each president of a public institution of higher education in the State and of an independent institution which receives direct State aid shall be a member of the council and shall serve ex officio. The presidents of the proprietary schools which have been authorized to offer licensed degree programs shall also serve as members of the council, ex officio. The presidents of the two institutions primarily involved in the preparation of professional persons in the field of religion which enroll the largest number of pupils in State licensed degree programs shall also serve as members of the council, ex officio, to represent the interests of all such schools. L.1994, c.48, s.7; amended 1995, c.268, s.1; 2003, c.99, S.1; 2009, c.246, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-30
Act not to affect higher education student assistance fund.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-30. Act Not to Affect Higher Education Student Assistance Fund. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the power of the authority to establish and maintain the Higher Education Student Assistance Fund or to alter the terms and conditions of loans made to students under that fund. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-64 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-64
Evaluation factors contained in proposals.
Status: in_force

37. a. Each request for proposals shall contain evaluation factors prepared by a design professional or designated employee as defined in section 34 of P.L.2021, c.71 (C.18A:18A-61). The design professional or designated employee that develops the evaluation factors shall be disqualified from submitting a proposal to enter into the design-build contract, and the design-builder shall not be permitted to delegate services under the design-build contract to the design professional or designated employee that developed the evaluation factors. b. The design professional or designated employee that develops the evaluation factors shall be either an employee of the contracting unit or shall be engaged in compliance with applicable New Jersey public procurement laws, and to the extent allowed by law may delegate the development of specific aspects of the design criteria to other consultants. c. The contracting unit, in consultation with the design professional or designated employee, shall determine the scope and level of detail required for the evaluation factors. The evaluation factors should be detailed enough to permit qualified persons to submit proposals in accordance with the solicitation, given the nature of the public project and the level of design to be provided in the proposal. L.2021, c.71, s.37.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-6
Supervision of instruction
Status: in_force

Such courses, and the instruction therein, shall be subject to the general supervision and direction of the commissioner, who shall appoint, with the approval of the state board, such expert assistants as in the opinion of the state board shall from time to time be necessary to carry out the purposes of such courses.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61D / Section 61D-11
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Higher Education Epinephrine Emergency Treatment Act." L.2013, c.211, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-45 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-45
Definitions relative to student's right to freedom of speech and press.
Status: in_force

2. a. As used in this section: "School-sponsored media" means any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public school, distributed or generally made available to members of the student body, and prepared under the direction of a student media adviser. School-sponsored media does not include media intended for distribution or transmission solely in the classroom in which the media is produced. "Student journalist" means a public school student who gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records, or prepares information for dissemination in school-sponsored media. "Student media adviser" means an individual employed, appointed, or designated by a school district to supervise or provide instruction relating to school-sponsored media. b. Except as otherwise provided in subsection c. of this section, a student journalist has the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press in school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media is supported financially by the school district or by use of school district facilities, or produced in conjunction with a class in which the student is enrolled. Subject to subsection c. of this section, a student journalist is responsible for determining the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content of school-sponsored media. This subsection shall not be construed to prevent a student media adviser from teaching professional standards of English and journalism to student journalists. c. This section does not authorize or protect expression by a student that: (1) is libelous or slanderous; (2) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy; (3) is profane or obscene; (4) violates federal or State law; or (5) so incites students as to create a clear and present danger of the commission of an unlawful act, the violation of school district policies, or the material and substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school. d. A school district shall not authorize any prior restraint of any school-sponsored media except for the types of expression described in subsection c. of this section. When a school official determines that the restraint of student expression is necessary, the school official shall simultaneously identify the provision within subsection c. of this section under which the limitation of student expression is appropriate. e. A school district shall not sanction a student operating as an independent journalist. f. An employee of a school district shall not be dismissed, suspended, disciplined, reassigned, transferred, or otherwise retaliated against solely for acting to protect a student engaged in the conduct authorized under this section, or refusing to infringe upon conduct that is protected by this section, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or paragraph 6 of Article I of the New Jersey Constitution. L. 2021, c.309, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-15
Approval of special facilities and education programs.
Status: in_force

18A:46-15. a. The commissioner with the consent of the State board shall, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board, approve all special facilities and education programs which meet the requirements of this chapter. The commissioner shall, by the use of available staff members, by the publication of bulletins, and by any other means available, assist boards of education in formulating programs required under this chapter. b. The commissioner shall continually review the operation of the programs of special education required under this chapter and whenever in any area or region of this State, in the commissioner's judgment, children of one or more disability groups, as identified in N.J.S.18A:46-1, are not receiving satisfactory education programs, despite the operation of facilities and programs approved by the commissioner pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the commissioner shall, with the consent of the State board, order the establishment of a special class or classes for such group or groups in such area or region, either using the facilities to be provided by one or more boards of education, pursuant to subsection b. of N.J.S.18A:46-20, or the facilities of one or more jointure commissions by directing one or more boards of education not members to become contracting districts of any thereof under P.L.2007, c.63 (C.40A:65-1 et al.). c. The commissioner shall continually review the operation of such class or classes, and in case the operation of any of such classes is not satisfactory, the commissioner shall, with the consent of the State board, take such steps available under this chapter as may seem necessary to improve such operation including the use of different receiving districts and sending districts and the use of different jointure commissions or the addition or withdrawal of districts to or from existing jointure commissions. amended 1970, c.256, s.2; 2017, c.131, s.49.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:37-22 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 37 / Section 37-22
Program required for teaching certification.
Status: in_force

19. a. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, all candidates for teaching certification who have completed a teacher preparation program at a regionally-accredited institution of higher education shall have satisfactorily completed a program on harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention. b. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, any person seeking certification through the alternate route shall, within one year of being employed, satisfactorily complete a program on harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention. c. The State Board of Education shall establish the appropriate requirements of the program on harassment, intimidation, and bullying prevention. d. The State board shall, as part of the professional development requirement established by the State board for public school teachers, require each public school teacher to complete at least two hours of instruction on harassment, intimidation, or bullying prevention in each professional development period. L.2010, c.122, s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3B-6.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3B / Section 3B-6.2
Regulation of purchase of certain real property by representative of public institution of higher education.
Status: in_force

1. a. The president or any other officer or employee of a public institution of higher education shall not take final action on behalf of the institution for the purchase of real property the cost of which is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10), unless the president or other officer or employee notifies the governing board of the institution and the general counsel of the institution of the proposed action and the governing board approves the final action. Final action shall not include any ministerial of non-substantive changes made to a contract subsequent to the governing board's approval, or any action that falls within the authority previously granted to the president or any other officer or a board trustee by the governing board. b. The public institution of higher education shall submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), the Secretary of Higher Education, and the State Comptroller, on the purchase of real property the cost of which is equal to or greater than the amount set forth in paragraph (1) of subsection b. of section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10). The report shall be filed within five days following the submission of the institution's binding offer to the seller for the purchase of the real property. The report shall be in addition to any notice of award or notice of the commencement of any procurement process that is required to be provided to the State Comptroller in accordance with section 10 of P.L.2007, c.52 (C.52:15C-10).
c. Nothing in this act shall be construed to compel any action on the part of a public institution of higher education that is governed pursuant to N.J.S.18A:65-1 et seq. L.2017, c.30, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-25 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-25
Decisions in controversies and disputes
Status: in_force

The determination of any controversy or dispute shall be made within 60 days after the close of the hearing and shall be in the form of a written decision which shall contain findings of facts upon which the determination is based, which shall be filed in the office of the commissioner and a copy of the decision shall be served upon the parties to the dispute, pursuant to rules made by the state board, and any such decision shall be binding unless and until reversed upon appeal.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:39-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 39 / Section 39-31
Contract for sale of advertising space on school buses, use of revenue.
Status: in_force

1. a. The board of education of any school district may enter into a contract for the sale of advertising space on the exterior sides of school buses owned or leased by the school district, subject to the limitations set forth in this section. Advertisements for tobacco or alcohol products or for political advocacy shall be prohibited, in addition to any other advertisements for products or services or by sponsors that the Commissioner of Education deems inappropriate. All advertisements shall require prior approval by the local board of education. b. In the event that a board of education enters into a contract for the sale of advertising space on the exterior sides of school buses pursuant to subsection a. of this section, 50% of any revenue generated by the sale shall be used by the board to offset the fuel costs of providing pupil transportation services, and the remaining 50% of the revenue shall be used to support any programs and services the board may deem appropriate. c. The provisions of the "Public School Contracts Law," N.J.S.18A:18A-1 et seq., shall apply to any contract entered into by a board of education pursuant to this act. L.2010, c.121, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-139 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-139
Application for participation.
Status: in_force

3. a. A nonpublic school that wishes to participate in the grant program established under section 2 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138) shall submit an application to the Commissioner of Education in a manner and on such forms as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall establish the application deadlines for each school year. In the event that the grant program is not operational by September 1, 2019, the commissioner shall allow nonpublic schools to submit applications during the course of the 2019-2020 school year for implementation of the program in that nonpublic school during the 2019-2020 school year. An application shall include the following: (1) the names of the nonpublic school, school district, and eligible teacher that will form a STEM partnership under the program; (2) acknowledgement from the nonpublic school that a currently employed eligible teacher will teach at the nonpublic school during hours which the teacher has no conflicting public school duties; (3) the proposed schedule and grades to be taught by the eligible teacher at the nonpublic school; (4) the number of students, based on enrollment projections, that will receive instruction from the eligible teacher under the proposed schedule at the nonpublic school; (5) a certification from the nonpublic school that the eligible teacher shall provide only secular instruction at the nonpublic school; and (6) any other information specified by the commissioner. Upon receiving a notification from a nonpublic school that a teacher currently employed by the school district plans to participate in the program, a school district may submit to the commissioner or designee any valid objection within 10 business days. The notification from a nonpublic school that a teacher currently employed by the school district plans to participate in the program and the 10-business-day period for receipt of a valid objection from the district shall occur prior to application submission. If a valid objection is received, then the commissioner shall reject the application and inform both the teacher and nonpublic school that the application was rejected. b. The commissioner shall establish selection criteria for the awarding of grants under the program, including consideration of the application information submitted pursuant to subsection a. of this section. To the maximum extent possible, the commissioner shall select at least three nonpublic schools in each of the northern, central, and southern regions of the State to participate in the program, and nothing shall prohibit more than three nonpublic schools in each region of the State from participating. During the program's operation, the program may be expanded beyond the nonpublic schools that were initially selected to participate, as determined by the commissioner and subject to the availability of funds. c. The commissioner shall award grants under the program based upon review of the applications and subject to the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program. Grant funds for approved applications of eligible teachers currently employed by a school district shall be allocated by the Department of Education to the school district of each eligible teacher participating in the program. The school district shall use the funds to provide compensation to a participating eligible teacher pursuant to this subsection, including applicable federal payroll taxes. The commissioner shall establish the amount of each grant awarded for an eligible teacher, subject to the following: (1) A participating teacher currently employed by a school district shall receive an amount equal to the teacher's annual salary as calculated on a per-hour basis multiplied by the number of hours the teacher will teach STEM classes at a nonpublic school under the program multiplied by 1.25. (2) In the event that sufficient funds are not appropriated to fully fund the compensation to be provided to participating eligible teachers pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the commissioner shall apportion the amount appropriated among the participating eligible teachers in proportion to the compensation each participating eligible teacher would have received had the full amount been appropriated, provided that applications by eligible teachers currently employed by a school district shall be fully funded before any funding is apportioned to eligible retired teachers or eligible county college faculty members pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.317 (C.18A:6-139.1). (3) Payments received by a participating teacher under the grant program shall not be considered "compensation" under N.J.S.18A:66-2. Payments received by a participating teacher under the grant program shall not be considered in the calculation of “base salary” or “base annual salary” as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-169). The payments shall not change any status or benefits under any retirement system or program to which the eligible teacher has membership. d. Funds appropriated for the grant program shall be used exclusively for compensating eligible teachers to teach STEM classes at a participating nonpublic school, and the eligible teacher shall teach only the classes stipulated under the program. e. If at any time a participating nonpublic school determines that a participating eligible teacher is not in compliance with the program or is violating the nonpublic school's code of conduct, the nonpublic school may submit information to the commissioner supporting its determination and request that the teacher be removed from participation in the program at the nonpublic school. The information submitted shall demonstrate noncompliance with the program, the nonpublic school's code of conduct, or the nonpublic school's faculty handbook. After reviewing the information, the commissioner may terminate the teacher's participation in the program at that nonpublic school. f. The grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138) shall not infringe upon the collective bargaining agreement between the majority representative of the collective negotiations unit in which a participating eligible teacher currently employed by a school district is a member and the school district in which the teacher is employed. g. Any appropriation for the grant program made in a fiscal year that is not expended in that fiscal year shall be available to be used for the same purpose in the subsequent fiscal years. h. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to the provisions of section 4 of P.L.2025, c.317 (C.18A:6-139.1). L.2019, c.256, s.3; amended 2022, c.119, s.2; 2025, c.317, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-12
Moneys of authority; trust funds
Status: in_force

All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this chapter and the resolution authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds may provide.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-7
Determination of appropriation.
Status: in_force

18A:74-7. On or before November 15 in each year, the State Library shall estimate the amount necessary to be appropriated to carry out the provisions of this chapter for the succeeding fiscal year and shall determine for budget purposes the amount estimated to be payable to each of the counties and municipalities under this chapter for such succeeding year. The State Library shall make such determination for budget purposes upon the basis of the annual appropriations for library purposes for the current calendar year. On or before September 15 of each succeeding year, the State Library shall make the final determination of the payments to be made under this chapter upon the basis of the annual expenditures for library purposes for the preceding calendar year. L.1967, c.271; amended 2001, c.137, s.32.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64M-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64M / Section 64M-10
Certain functions, powers, duties exercised, performed by Director of Division of Investment.
Status: in_force

42. All functions, powers and duties relating to the investment or reinvestment of funds other than those funds specified in subsection w. of section 41 of P.L.2012, c.45 (C.18A:64M-9) within the jurisdiction of the board of trustees including the purchase, sale, or exchange of any investments or securities may be exercised and performed by the Director of the Division of Investment in the Department of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1950, c.270 (C.52:18A-79 et seq.) if so authorized by the board. Before any such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange shall be made by the director for or on behalf of the board of trustees, the Director of the Division of Investment shall submit the details thereof to the board, which shall, itself or by its finance committee, within 48 hours, exclusive of Sundays and public holidays, after such submission to it, file with the director its written acceptance or rejection of such proposed investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange; and the director shall have authority to make such investment, reinvestment, purchase, sale, or exchange for or on behalf of the board, unless there shall have been filed with him a written rejection thereof by the board or its finance committee as herein provided. The board of trustees shall determine from time to time the cash requirements of the various funds and accounts established by it and the amount available for investment, all of which shall be certified to the State Treasurer and the Director of the Division of Investment. The finance committee of the board of trustees shall consist of three members of the board who shall be appointed in the same manner and for the same term as other committees of the board are appointed. L.2012, c.45, s.42.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-110.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-110.2
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. School food authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) are required to provide fee-free avenues to pay for school lunch and inform families about all available payment methods, including associated fees. b. However, these fee-free options are not always well advertised or accessible. Despite requirements from the USDA, families may be paying more in fees than they would choose to if they had access to comparably convenient payment options with lower or no fees. c. School districts are able to negotiate fees while contracting with payment platforms. L.2025, c.94, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71 / Section 71-28
Short title.
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "New Jersey Educational Opportunity Act of 1968." L.1968,c.142,s.1, eff.July 12, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-20 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-20
Deductions of overdue payments from State lottery winnings.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-20. Deductions of Overdue Payments from State Lottery Winnings. a. The Director of the Division of State Lottery in the Department of the Treasury and the executive director shall initiate an ongoing data exchange in the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems in the Department of the Treasury before a payment is made of a State lottery prize in excess of $1,000. b. The executive director shall periodically supply the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a list of those individuals with delinquent or defaulted student loan repayments to the authority. c. The Director of the Division of State Lottery shall promptly provide the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems with a prize winners list, which shall include the prize claimant's name, address and Social Security number and the amount of the pending payment. d. The Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall cross check the lottery list with the data supplied by the executive director for a Social Security number match. If a match is made, the Office of Telecommunications and Information Systems shall notify the authority. e. If a lottery prize claimant is on the list of individual delinquents or in default of a student loan, the authority shall promptly notify the Department of the Treasury and the Division of the State Lottery of the claimant's name, address, Social Security number and the outstanding amount of the student loan. The Department of the Treasury shall, after withholding any appropriate amount for income tax or such other withholdings as may be required under federal or State law, withhold this amount from the pending lottery payment and transmit this amount to the authority. If the amount of the student loan outstanding is greater than the amount available from the lottery payment, the entire amount available shall be transmitted to the authority. f. Any of the claimant's lottery prize funds remaining after withholding pursuant to subsection e. of this section shall be paid to the claimant in accordance with lottery procedures. g. The State Treasurer in consultation with the authority shall promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c. 410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this section including, but not limited to, regulations providing for prompt notice to any prize winner from whose award the Department of the Treasury seeks to withhold funds of the amount to be withheld and the reason therefor and providing the prize winner with the opportunity for a hearing upon request prior to the disposition of any funds. The State Treasurer shall also provide, by regulation, safeguards against the disclosure or inappropriate use of any personally identifiable information regarding any person obtained pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, "prompt notice" shall mean within 14 days or less. L.1999,c.46,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-88 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-88
Rental or lease arrangements; trustees to execute and deliver, etc.
Status: in_force

Any rental arrangement or lease to the state for the use of such real property shall provide that all costs and expenses for the operation, maintenance, repair and management of the real property shall be paid for by the state, as tenant, at its sole cost and expense, in addition to the level rental payments; but this shall not preclude the making of enlargements, betterments or other capital improvements on behalf of the fund as a further investment or investments, in like manner and subject to the same requirements and restrictions as are applicable to the initial investment in such real property made under this article. The board of trustees is authorized to execute and deliver to the appropriate state officers or agencies such leases, contracts or agreements, which may include options to purchase, agreements for appropriate state officers or agencies to act as agent for the fund in connection with the purchase of land, construction of buildings or other improvements, and otherwise as may be necessary or appropriate in order to execute the purposes of this article.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:20-29 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 20 / Section 20-29
Investment of premiums
Status: in_force

All moneys received by the insurance fund commissioners for premiums on school buildings and school property insured in the municipal insurance fund of the city, except so much as may be necessary to pay premiums upon insurance placed upon any of such school buildings and school property with insurance companies as provided in this subarticle, shall be invested by the commissioners with the moneys of the municipal insurance fund and in the manner provided by law for the investment of such moneys.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:33-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 33 / Section 33-15
Findings, declarations relative to food, beverages sold to certain school pupils.
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that obesity, which affects 61% of American adults, and childhood obesity, which affects up to 15% of American children between the ages of six and 17, are epidemics in the United States; b. Congress has introduced the Improved Nutrition and Physical Activity Act (IMPACT Act) to address the overall concern with the obesity epidemic and, in particular, the need to educate youth about good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and the importance of physical activity; c. the United States Surgeon General has issued a report entitled "The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity," which lists the treatment and prevention of obesity as a national priority, and the United States Department of Agriculture issued a report to Congress in which it recognized that foods without regulated nutrition standards are low in nutrient density and are higher in fat, added sugar, and calories; and d. health experts agree that one of the most effective ways to prevent obesity is to establish policies and programs that encourage children and adolescents to develop healthy eating habits that they can maintain throughout their lives. L.2007,c.45,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-46.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-46.6
Debt service part of municipal budget.
Status: in_force

6. The debt service on bonds, notes and other obligations authorized pursuant to P.L.1991, c.139 (C.18A:7A-46.1 et seq.) shall be appropriated and made part of the municipal budget and raised through the annual municipal tax levy. However, all debt service payments shall be included in the budget of the school district under full State intervention as the sum necessary for interest and debt redemption charges and shall be eligible for State education aid in the year in which the appropriation and expenditure are made. L.1991,c.139,s.6; amended 2005, c.235, s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-105 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-105
Educational Technology Teacher Training Program
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer an Educational Technology Teacher Training Program. The purpose of the program shall be to provide grants to local school districts which have successfully integrated technology within their own educational programs to develop and offer educational technology training programs to the teachers and staff of other school districts and to the teachers and staff of non-public schools. The grants shall be allocated to school districts on a competitive basis and the commissioner may, if he deems appropriate, award grants to other appropriate applicants which he feels have the potential to develop and offer high quality educational technology training programs to school staff, including the staff of non-public schools. L.1996,c.129,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:74-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 74 / Section 74-14
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as the "New Jersey Library Construction Incentive Act." L.1973, c. 381, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1973.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:28-14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-14
Teaching staff members not certified; not protected; exception
Status: in_force

The services of any teaching staff member who is not the holder of an appropriate certificate, in full force and effect, issued by the state board of examiners under rules and regulations prescribed by the state board of education may be terminated without charge or trial, except that any school nurse appointed prior to May 9, 1947 shall be protected in her position as is provided in section 18A:28-4 of this title.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-33 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-33
State matching funds for endowment contributions to four-year public institutions
Status: in_force

5. With respect to a fiscal year in which at least one person, corporation or other business entity, or foundation shall have made an endowment contribution to a four-year public institution of higher education, or to a foundation institutionally related to such a public institution, in the amount of $1,000,000 or more, the recipient institution or foundation shall be eligible to receive State matching funds in subsequent fiscal years as follows: a. In the fiscal year first following the contribution year, the institution or foundation may apply to the State Treasurer for State matching funds in an amount equal to 10% of the amount of each such contribution received in the contribution year. There shall be no limit on the number of such endowment contributions from single contributors in that contribution year in the amount of $1,000,000 or more each for which such application may be made. Any such application shall be made only with respect to the entire contribution year and may be submitted at any time after the close of that contribution year up until the application deadline established by the State Treasurer. Following the receipt of all applications, but not later than the 90th day following the application deadline, the State Treasurer shall determine the amount of State matching funds to which the applicant institution or foundation is entitled under this subsection and shall pay that amount from the endowment fund to the institution or foundation, including with that payment an explanation of the denial, if any, of any claim of entitlement to matching funds for which the institution or foundation had applied; and b. In the second fiscal year following the contribution year and in each of the eight subsequent fiscal years following the second fiscal year, the institution or foundation shall be entitled to receive from the endowment fund, without application, State matching funds in an amount equal to the amount paid under subsection a. of this section. L.1999,c.226, s.5; amended 1999, c.368, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-16.14 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-16.14
Appointment of additional board members, county vocational schools, certain.
Status: in_force

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.2005, c.299 (C.18A:54-16.14 et al.) to the contrary, if a county of the first class which has a county vocational school board of education with seven members on the effective date of this act determines by ordinance within six months of the effective date of this act to appoint a board with nine members, one person shall be appointed to serve for two years and one person shall be appointed to serve for four years, which terms shall begin immediately upon appointment and shall expire on November 1 next succeeding the completion of the terms. L.2005,c.299,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:16-9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 16 / Section 16-9
Responsibility of board
Status: in_force

No board of education shall be under any liability or responsibility in connection with any such plan except to show that the payments have been made for the purposes aforesaid and that any bonds purchased through such deductions are delivered to the respective employees.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-53.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-53.1
Beneficiary of member or retirant; designation; change; payments; options
Status: in_force

The designation of beneficiary by a member or retirant shall be made in writing on a form satisfactory to the retirement system, and filed with the retirement system. The member or retirant may, from time to time and without the consent of his death benefit designee, change the beneficiary by filing written notice of the change with the system on a form satisfactory to it. The new nomination will be effective on the date the notice, in proper form, is received by the system, and any prior nomination shall thereupon become void. If more than one beneficiary is nominated and in such nomination the member or retirant has failed to specify their respective interests, the beneficiaries shall share equally. If any beneficiary predeceases the member or retirant, the interest of such beneficiary shall terminate and shall be shared equally by such of the beneficiaries as survive the member or retirant, unless the member or retirant has made written request to the contrary in his beneficiary nomination. Any amounts due for which there is no beneficiary at the death of a member, retirant or beneficiary shall be payable to the estate of such member, retirant or beneficiary. Except with regard to the payment of the member's accumulated deductions with regular interest and the payment, upon the death of (1) a retirant after attaining the age of 60 or receiving an allowance pursuant to section 18A:66-37, or (2) a member after attaining the age of 70 years, of the death benefits provided in sections 18A:66-36, 18A:66-37, 18A:66-41, 18A:66-42, and 18A:66-44, a member may elect, by making written request to the retirement system, that the whole or any part of his death benefits be made payable to his beneficiary either as a life annuity or in equal installments over a period of years specified in such election, and may alter such election from time to time during his lifetime by again making such written request. In the event of a change of beneficiary, any previous arrangement by the member or retirant under this paragraph shall be void. The election set forth in this paragraph shall not apply or be available when the beneficiary is an estate, or a corporation, partnership, association, institution, trustee or any fiduciary. If, at the member's or retirant's death, an amount of death benefit would be payable to the beneficiary in a single sum, any election with regard to such amount which was available to the member or retirant immediately prior to his death in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph shall then be available to such beneficiary for the benefit of such beneficiary. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1971, c. 121, s. 27, eff. April 29, 1971; L.1984, c. 132, s. 4, eff. Aug. 23, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:9-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 9 / Section 9-7
Vote for adoption of question
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast for and against the adoption of the question are cast for the adoption of the question, the district shall be governed by the provisions of the section of this title named in the question as hereinafter provided.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:73-38 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 73 / Section 73-38
Hours of operation of State Library.
Status: in_force

23. The State Library shall be kept open during the normal working hours of State Government and at all times during which the Legislature and the courts of this State and of the United States which sit at Trenton are in session, and at such other times as the State Librarian, with the approval of the President of Thomas Edison State College, shall prescribe. L.1969,c.158,s.23; amended 2001, c.137, s.23.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-24
Determining efficiency of schools; report to state board
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall pursuant to rules and regulations of the State board, inquire into and ascertain the thoroughness and efficiency of operation of any of the schools of the public school system of the State and of any grades therein by such means as to him seem proper, and he shall report to the State board the results of such inquiries and such other information with regard thereto as the State board may require or as he shall deem proper, but nothing in this section shall affect the right of each district to prescribe its own rules for promotion. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1975, c. 212, s. 44, eff. July 1, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-6
No sex discrimination
Status: in_force

No discrimination based on sex shall be made in the formulation of the scale of wages, compensation, appointment, assignment, promotion, transfer, resignation, dismissal, or other matter pertaining to the employment of teachers in any school, state college, college, university, or other educational institution, in this state, supported in whole or in part by public funds unless it is open to members of one sex only, in which case teachers of that sex may be employed exclusively.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-30 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-30
Definitions.
Status: in_force

2. For the purposes of this act: a. "Advanced technology center" means one or more outstanding programs or departments at New Jersey's public and private institutions of higher education which are provided substantial and concentrated financial support to promote their development into national level bases for innovative technology research; b. "Business incubation facilities" means low cost, short-term occupancy rental spaces wherein assistance is granted to a targeted network of new companies employing selected technologies congruent with the strengths of the State's public and private institutions of higher education; c. "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology as created by P.L.1985, c.102 (C.52:9X-1 et seq.); d. "Innovation partnership grants" means matching grants to academic researchers performing applied research in emerging technologies at any of the State's public and private institutions of higher education which are of strategic importance to the New Jersey economy under regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.); e. "Private institutions of higher education" means independent colleges or universities incorporated and located in New Jersey, which by virtue of law or character or license, are nonprofit educational institutions authorized to grant academic degrees and provide a level of education which is equivalent to the education provided by the State's public institutions of higher education as attested by the receipt of and continuation of regional accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and which are eligible to receive State aid under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey, but does not include any educational institution dedicated primarily to the education or training of ministers, priests, rabbis or other professional persons in the field of religion; f. "Public institutions of higher education" means Rutgers, The State University, the State colleges, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rowan University, Montclair State University, Kean University, the county colleges and any other public university or college now or hereafter established or authorized by law; g. "Technology extension services" means programs that not only accelerate the application and transfer of technological innovations by the State's public and private institutions of higher education to existing industry, but also adapt these innovations to the requirements of individual business operations. L.1985, c.366, s.2; amended 2012, c.45, s.85; 2017, c.178, s.48; 2021, c.282, s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-19
Additional reports
Status: in_force

The commissioner may require at such time, and in the manner and on forms prescribed by him, such educational, financial and statistical reports as he may deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-21
Payment to financing, development authority to cover deficiency.
Status: in_force

21. a. In the event that a local unit has failed or is unable to pay to the financing authority or the development authority in full when due any local unit obligations issued by the local unit to the financing authority, including, but not limited to, any lease or sublease obligations, or any other moneys owed by the district to the financing authority, to assure the continued operation and solvency of the authority, the State Treasurer shall pay directly to the financing authority an amount sufficient to satisfy the deficiency from State aid payable to the local unit; provided that if the local unit is a school district, the State aid shall not include any State aid which may otherwise be restricted pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.). As used in this section, local unit obligations include the principal or interest on local unit obligations or payment pursuant to a lease or sublease of a school facilities project to a local unit, including the subrogation of the financing authority to the right of the holders of those obligations, any fees or charges payable to the financing authority, and any amounts payable by a local unit under a service contract or other contractual arrangement the payments under which are pledged to secure any local unit obligations issued to the financing authority by another local unit. b. If the financing authority requires, and if there has been a failure or inability of a local unit to pay its local unit obligations to the financing authority for a period of 30 days, the chairman or the executive director of the financing authority shall certify to the State Treasurer, with written notice to the fiscal officer of the local unit, the amount remaining unpaid, and the State Treasurer shall pay that amount to the financing authority; or if the right to receive those payments has been pledged or assigned to a trustee for the benefit of the holders of bonds or refunding bonds of the financing authority, to that trustee, out of the State aid payable to the local unit, until the amount so certified has been paid. Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, the State Treasurer's obligation to pay the financing authority pursuant to this section shall not extend beyond the amount of State aid payable to the local unit. c. The amount paid to the financing authority pursuant to this section shall be deducted from the appropriation or apportionment of State aid payable to the local unit and shall not obligate the State to make, nor entitle the local unit to receive, any additional appropriation or apportionment. The obligation of the State Treasurer to make payments to the financing authority or trustee and the right of the financing authority or trustee to receive those payments shall be subject and subordinate to the rights of holders of qualified bonds issued prior to the effective date of this act pursuant to P.L.1976, c.38 (C.40A:3-1 et seq.) and P.L.1976, c.39 (C.18A:24-85 et seq.). L.2000, c.72, s.21; amended 2007, c.137, s.32; 2007, c.260, s.47.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-30.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-30.1
Teacher wrongfully dismissed; payment for services
Status: in_force

When the dismissal of any teaching staff member before the expiration of his contract with the board of education shall be decided, upon appeal, to have been without good cause, he shall be entitled to compensation for the full term of the contract, but it shall be optional with the board whether or not he shall continue to perform his duties for the unexpired term of the contract.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64G-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64G / Section 64G-31
Repealer
Status: in_force

N.J.S. 18A:64C-1 through N.J.S. 18A:64C-3, N.J.S. 18A:64C-5 through N.J.S. 18A:64C-25, N.J.S. 18A:65-68 through N.J.S. 18A:65-72 and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act, to the extent of such inconsistency, are superseded and repealed. L.1970, c. 102, s. 31.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-33.23 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-33.23
Development, dissemination of best practices.
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Education, in full consultation with the Commissioner of Children and Families, shall develop and disseminate to all school districts best practices in school-based programs that promote mental wellness, social and emotional learning, and student resilience. L.2021, c.456, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-8
Continuance of membership.
Status: in_force

18A:66-8. a. If a teacher: (1) is dismissed by an employer by reason of reduction in number of teachers employed in the school district, institution, or department when in the judgment of the employer it is advisable to abolish any office, position, or employment for reasons of a reduction in the number of pupils, economy, a change in the administrative or supervisory organization, or other good cause; becomes unemployed by reason of the creation of a regional school district or a consolidated school district; has been discontinued from service without personal fault or through leave of absence granted by an employer or permitted by any law of this State; or meets the eligibility requirements of N.J.S.18A:66-36; and (2) has not withdrawn the accumulated member's contributions from the retirement system, the teacher's membership may continue, notwithstanding any provisions of this article, if the member returns to service within a period of 15 years from the date of discontinuance from service, provided, however, that this paragraph shall be administered consistent with rules governing minimum required distributions from a qualified retirement plan, as those terms are defined pursuant to section 4974 of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 U.S.C. s. 4974. No credit for retirement purposes shall be allowed to the member covering the period of discontinuance, except as provided in this section. In computing the service or in computing final compensation, no time after September 1, 1919, during which a member shall have been employed as a teacher at an annual salary or remuneration, or a number of hours of work, fixed at less than that which is required for membership pursuant to N.J.S.18A:66-4 as applicable to the member shall be credited. In computing the service or in computing final compensation, no time after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.1, during which a member shall have been employed as a teacher for fewer than 32 hours per week shall be credited, unless the member shall have been a member since that effective date continuously. In the case of a veteran member, credit shall be given for service rendered prior to January 1, 1955, in an employment, office, or position if the annual salary or remuneration therefor was fixed at not less than $300.00 and the service consisted of the performance of the full duties of the employment, office or position. b. A teacher may purchase credit for time during which the teacher shall have been absent on an official leave without pay. The credit shall be purchased for a period of time equal to: (1) three months or the duration of the leave, whichever is less; or (2) if the leave was due to the member's personal illness, two years or the duration of the leave, whichever is less; or (3) the period of leave that is specifically allowed for retirement purposes by the provisions of any law of this State. The purchase shall be made in the same manner and be subject to the same terms and conditions provided for the purchase of previous membership service by N.J.S.18A:66-9. amended 1971, c.121, s.3; 1991, c.138, s.1; 2008, c.89, s.6; 2010, c.1, s.2; 2025, c.147, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72H-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72H / Section 72H-7
Advisory board.
Status: in_force

7. To assist in fulfilling the duties and responsibilities relating to this act, the commission shall appoint an advisory board, which shall be broadly representative of those individuals and organizations having an active interest in, and academic or practical knowledge and experience in, the abilities and needs of students with visual impairments, auditory impairments, and learning disabilities; the methods and techniques of evaluation of the disabling conditions and curricular support development, including, without limitation, representatives from professional organizations, parent/student organizations, institutional administrations, academic personnel, student personnel services staff, and students. A representative from the Departments of Labor and Workforce Development and Human Services shall serve on the advisory board. L.1985, c.493, s.7; amended 1994, c.48, s.285; 2017, c.131, s.60.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-60.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-60.1
State colleges may use electronic procurement processes.
Status: in_force

11. Notwithstanding any provisions of the "State College Contracts Law," P.L.1986, c.43 (C.18A:64-52 et seq.) to the contrary, a State college shall use electronic procurement processes for public works construction contracts whenever the project requires public advertisement, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2020, c.59 (C.52:34A-1 et al.). L.2020, c.59, s.11.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64N-18 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64N / Section 64N-18
University deemed employer for certain purposes.
Status: in_force

18. Subject to the provisions of P.L.1969, c.242 (C.18A:66-167 et seq.) and except as otherwise provided by law, the university shall be deemed to be an employer for the purposes of the "Public Employees' Retirement System Act," P.L.1954, c.84 (C.43:15A-1 et seq.), and shall also be deemed to be a "public agency or organization" within the meaning of section 71 of that act (C.43:15A-71). Further, the university's commissioned police officers shall be eligible for participation in and subject to the provisions of the "Police and Firemen's Retirement Systems Act," P.L.1944, c.255 (C.43:16A-1 et seq.), and the university shall be deemed an employer within the meaning of that act. L.2017, c.178, s.18.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-33 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-33
Process for prequalification of contractors.
Status: in_force

59. The development authority shall establish a process for the prequalification of contractors that desire to bid on school facilities projects. A contractor shall not be permitted to bid on such a school facilities project unless the contractor has been prequalified pursuant to P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.). The prequalification process shall apply to general contractors, construction managers, and contractors including those in the following areas: (1) plumbing and gas fitting and all work and materials kindred thereto; (2) steam and hot water heating and ventilating apparatus, steam power plants and all work and materials kindred thereto; (3) electrical work; and (4) structural steel and miscellaneous iron work and materials. The prequalification process established by the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation pursuant to the provisions of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-1 et al.) shall remain in full force and effect unless subsequently revised by the development authority following the enactment of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.52:18A-235 et al.). L.2000, c.72, s.59; amended 2007, c.137, s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-13.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-13.1
Definitions.
Status: in_force

1. As used in this act: a. "Job training course" means any course of instruction which will provide the individual with an identifiable job skill and will assist the individual in gaining reemployment, any course of instruction which is part of a training program approved pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of subsection (c) of R.S.43:21-4, or any course of instruction which is part of the education and training described in the Employability Development Plan developed for the individual pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.47 (C.43:21-59). b. "Public institution of higher education" means the State colleges and the New Jersey Institute of Technology and all other institutions indicated by N.J.S.18A:62-1, except for county colleges. L.1983,c.469,s.1; amended 1992,c.45,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61D-17 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61D / Section 61D-17
Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

7. No licensed campus medical professional, trained designee, or physician providing a prescription under a standing protocol for epinephrine pursuant to this act, shall be held liable for any good faith act or omission committed in accordance with the provisions of this act. Good faith shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness. L.2013, c.211, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-66 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-66
Conformance to specifications
Status: in_force

No bid shall be accepted which does not conform to the specifications furnished therefor. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed as depriving any State college of the right to reject all bids. L. 1986, c. 43, s. 15, eff. July 9, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7G-19 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7G / Section 7G-19
Loans to local units.
Status: in_force

19. a. The financing authority may make and contract to make loans to local units in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this act to finance all or any portion of the cost of a school facilities project which the local unit may lawfully undertake or acquire and for which the local unit is authorized by law to borrow money; or to refund obligations of the local unit which were issued to provide funds to pay for the cost of a school facilities project. The loans may be made subject to the terms and conditions the financing authority determines to be consistent with the purposes of this act. Each loan by the financing authority and the terms and conditions thereof shall be subject to approval by the State Treasurer. b. Each loan to a local unit shall be evidenced by local unit obligations and shall be authorized and issued as provided by law. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the local unit obligations may be sold at private sale to the financing authority at any price, whether or not less than par value, and shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity at any times and at any prices as the financing authority and the local unit may agree. Each loan to a local unit and the local unit obligations issued to evidence the loan shall bear interest at a rate or rates per annum, including zero interest, and shall be repaid in whole or in part, as the financing authority and the local unit may agree, with the approval of the State Treasurer. L.2000, c.72, s.19; amended 2007, c.137, s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-44 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-44
Elimination of non-operating district through merger.
Status: in_force

2. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, the executive county superintendent of schools shall eliminate any non-operating district and merge that district with the district with which it participates in a sending-receiving relationship. b. If a non-operating district is in a sending-receiving relationship with more than one district or is in a sending-receiving relationship with a district in need of improvement pursuant to the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," Pub.L.107-110, then the executive county superintendent shall determine with which district the non-operating district shall be merged. The determination shall be based on the district that is able to accommodate the merger with the least disruption to its finances and educational operations. In making the determination the executive county superintendent shall examine, but need not be limited to, the following factors: current sending-receiving relationships; the quality and effectiveness of educational programming and district operations; proximity of school districts; transportation costs; school building capacity; and special education needs. L.2009, c.78, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-1.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-1.1
Voter registration at public institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

2. The registrar or other principal officer responsible for the registration of students at each public institution of higher education as included under the provisions of N.J.S.18A:62-1 shall: a. cause copies of the voter registration forms and instructions furnished under subsection f. of section 16 of P.L.1974, c.30 (C.19:31-6.4) to be displayed at the office of registration for that institution and to be made available to each eligible enrolled student at and each eligible prospective student of the institution who, when appearing in person at that office, may wish on a voluntary basis to register to vote; b. provide for the continuous supply of the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section to that office of registration; and c. provide the forms and instructions specified in subsection a. of this section in both the English and Spanish languages to each office of registration that is located in any county in which bilingual sample ballots must be provided pursuant to R.S.19:14-21, R.S.19:49-4 or section 2 of P.L.1965, c.29 (C.19:23-22.4). As used in this section: "eligible enrolled student" means an individual who is already enrolled in a public institution of higher education who, by the time of the next election, shall be at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of New Jersey, and a resident of the county in which the individual resides for at least 30 days before the election; and "eligible prospective student" means an individual who is applying for initial enrollment in a public institution of higher education who, by the time of the next election, shall be at least 18 years old, a citizen of the United States, a resident of the State of New Jersey, and a resident of the county in which the individual resides for at least 30 days before the election. L.2003,c.36,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:59-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 59 / Section 59-5
State board empowered to act
Status: in_force

The state board is hereby designated as the state board for the purposes of said act of congress, and shall cooperate, as in the act provided, with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the provisions thereof. The state board shall do all that is or may be required to secure for the state of New Jersey the benefits of appropriations under the act of congress for all purposes specified therein.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:61-5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 61 / Section 61-5
Expense of maintaining pupil
Status: in_force

Whenever the board is satisfied that the resources of a person applying for admission to the school or who is a pupil thereat, or those of his parent or guardian, are sufficient to defray either the whole or a part of the expense of maintenance of the pupil, the board may require the parent or guardian to pay either the whole or such portion thereof as it shall deem just and equitable.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-4.4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-4.4
Police training course
Status: in_force

Every person so appointed and commissioned shall, within 1 year of the date of his commission, successfully complete a police training course at a school approved and authorized by the Police Training Commission; provided, however, that the Police Training Commission may, in its discretion, except from the requirements of this section any person who demonstrates to the commission's satisfaction that he has successfully completed a police training course conducted by any Federal, State or other public or private agency, the requirements of which are substantially equivalent to the requirements of that at a school approved by the commission. L.1970, c. 211, s. 3, eff. Oct. 8, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-145 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-145
Develop, publish guidance, literacy.
Status: in_force

4. a. The Department of Education shall, after consideration of the recommendations provided by the working group pursuant to section 3 of this act, develop and publish guidance for use by school districts beginning with the 2025-2026 school year regarding: (1) acceptable and reliable instruments for conducting a universal literacy screening; (2) high-quality literacy instructional materials; (3) best practices for the frequency of screening students in grades kindergarten through three and grades four through 12; and (4) data analysis strategies for high-quality literacy instruction and intervention. b. The department shall disseminate the guidance developed pursuant to this section to school districts. L.2024, c.52, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64J-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64J / Section 64J-24
Center at Rutgers
Status: in_force

There is established the Advanced Technology Center in Industrial Ceramics at Rutgers, The State University, hereinafter known as the center. Various public and private institutions of higher education and their faculties may be considered for participation in the work of the center in the future by the commission or institution. L. 1985, c. 106, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:46-13.5 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 46 / Section 46-13.5
Use of physical restraint on students with disabilities.
Status: in_force

2. a. A school district, an educational services commission, or an approved private school for students with disabilities that utilizes physical restraint on students with disabilities shall ensure that: (1) physical restraint is used only in an emergency in which the student is exhibiting behavior that places the student or others in immediate physical danger; (2) a student is not restrained in the prone position, unless the student's primary care physician authorizes, in writing, the use of this restraint technique; (3) staff members who are involved in the restraint of a student receive training in safe techniques for physical restraint from an entity determined by the board of education to be qualified to provide such training, and that the training is updated at least annually; (4) the parent or guardian of a student is immediately notified when physical restraint is used on that student, which notification may be by telephone or electronic communication. A full written report of the incident of physical restraint shall be provided to the parent or guardian within 48 hours of the occurrence of the incident; (5) each incident in which a physical restraint is used is carefully and continuously visually monitored to ensure that it was used in accordance with established procedures set forth in a board policy developed in conjunction with the entity that trains staff in safe techniques for physical restraint, in order to protect the safety of the child and others; and (6) each incident in which physical restraint is used is documented in writing in sufficient detail to enable the staff to use this information to develop or improve the behavior intervention plan at the next individualized education plan meeting. b. A school district, an educational services commission, and an approved private school for students with disabilities shall attempt to minimize the use of physical restraints through inclusion of positive behavior supports in the student's behavior intervention plans developed by the individualized education plan team. L.2017, c.291, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:18A-31 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 18A / Section 18A-31
Change in classification as affecting bids; review and reconsideration of classification
Status: in_force

Where there have been developments subsequent to the qualification and classification of a bidder which in the opinion of the board of education would affect the responsibility of the bidder, information to that effect shall forthwith be transmitted to the department for its review and reconsideration of the classification. Before taking final action on any such bid, the board of education concerned shall notify the bidder and give him an opportunity to present to the department any additional information which might tend to substantiate the existing classification. L.1977, c. 114, s. 1, eff. June 2, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:28-15 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 28 / Section 28-15
Effect of change of government of district on tenure
Status: in_force

No teaching staff member in the public schools shall be in any manner affected, in relation to his tenure of service or tenure of service rights, heretofore obtained or hereafter to be obtained, under this or any other law, because of any change in the method of government of the school district or school districts by which he was employed on the date of such change, or by reason of any change of name or title of the position, so held by him on said date, resulting from any such change of government, but he shall continue in said position by its original or changed name or title, as the case may be, with the same tenure of service and the same tenure of service rights which he would have had if such change in the method of government had not occurred.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-8 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-8
Issuance of negotiable bonds for corporate purpose.
Status: in_force

18A:72A-8. (a) The authority is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds for any corporate purpose. In anticipation of the sale of such bonds the authority may issue negotiable bond anticipation notes and may renew the same from time to time, but the maximum maturity of any such note, including renewals thereof, shall not exceed five years from the date of issue of the original note. Such notes shall be paid from any revenues or other moneys of the authority available therefor and not otherwise pledged, or from the proceeds of sale of the bonds of the authority in anticipation of which they were issued. The notes shall be issued in the same manner as the bonds. Such notes and the resolution or resolutions authorizing the same may contain any provisions, conditions or limitations which a bond resolution of the authority may contain. (b) Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds or notes shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or moneys of the authority, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues or moneys. Notwithstanding that bonds and notes may be payable from a special fund, they shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of Title 12A, the Uniform Commercial Code, of the New Jersey Statutes, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration. (c) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the authority, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the members of the authority and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding 50 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, be payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale for such price or prices as the authority shall determine. Pending preparation of the definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive bonds. (d) Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds to be authorized, as to: (i) pledging all or any part of the revenues of a project or any revenue-producing contract or contracts made by the authority with any individual, partnership, corporation or association or other body, public or private, to secure the payment of the bonds or of any particular issue of bonds, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then exist; (ii) the rentals, fees and other charges to be charged, and the amounts to be raised in each year thereby, and the use and disposition of the revenues; (iii) the setting aside of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation and disposition thereof; (iv) limitations on the right of the authority or its agent to restrict and regulate the use of a project; (v) limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of any issue of bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds or any issue of the bonds; (vi) limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured and the refunding of outstanding bonds; (vii) the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; (viii) limitations on the amount of moneys derived from a project to be expended for operating, administrative or other expenses of the authority; and (ix) defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the authority to holders of its obligations and providing the rights and remedies of such holders in the event of a default. (e) Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. (f) The authority shall have power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its bonds or notes. The authority may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders. (g) In connection with any bonds or refunding bonds issued pursuant to this section, the authority may also enter into any revolving credit agreement; agreement establishing a line of credit or letter of credit; reimbursement agreement; bank loan agreement; interest rate exchange agreement; currency exchange agreement; interest rate floor or cap, option, put or call to hedge payment, currency, rate, spread or similar exposure, or similar agreement; float agreement; forward agreement; insurance contract; surety bond; commitment to purchase or sell bonds; purchase or sale agreement; or commitment or other contract or agreement and other security agreement approved by the authority. L.1967, c.271; amended 1999, c.217, s.12; 2021, c.415, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-60 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-60
Superintendent or chief school administrator
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall appoint a suitable person to be the superintendent or chief school administrator of the commission. Such person shall possess a certificate appropriate to the position of superintendent or chief school administrator as prescribed under rules of the State Board of Examiners. The superintendent or chief school administrator shall have a seat on the board of directors, but no vote. He shall have the same powers as are conferred upon superintendents of schools by Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. L.1968, c.243, s.10; amended 1989,c.254,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-21 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-21
Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses
Status: in_force

18A:6-21. If a person subpoenaed to attend at any such hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena, without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance at any such hearing refuses without lawful cause to be examined or to answer a legal or pertinent question, or to exhibit any book, or other document, when ordered to do so by the officer holding such hearing, they or he may apply to any judge of the Superior Court, upon proof by affidavit of the facts, for an order returnable in such time as such judge shall fix, directing such person to show cause before such judge why he should not comply with such subpoena. L.1967, c.271; amended 1991,c.91,s.233.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-6
Expenses of authority
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable from funds provided the authority therefor, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided therefor.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54-12 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 54 / Section 54-12
Establishment by board of chosen freeholders on recommendation of state board
Status: in_force

When it has been determined by resolution of the state board that a need exists in any county for county vocational schools, the state board shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the board of chosen freeholders of the county. Upon receiving the copy, the board of chosen freeholders shall vote on the question whether such schools shall be established in the county in accordance with the recommendation. If the board of chosen freeholders by a majority vote favors the establishment of such schools in the county, such schools shall be forthwith established and maintained in the county and shall be known as the "vocational schools in the county of " (here insert the name of the county in which the schools are located).
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-179 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-179
Conversion privilege upon termination of employment or death
Status: in_force

Any such group policy or policies shall include, with respect to any insurance terminating or reducing because the participant 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 life insurance terminating because of termination of the group policy, 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 the participant dies within the 31-day period during which he would be entitled to exercise the conversion privilege, the amount of life insurance with respect to which he could have exercised the conversion privilege shall be paid as a claim under the group policy. When benefits payable upon the death of a participant following retirement are determined as though the participant had not retired, the death benefits payable under the group policy or policies, together with the amount of life insurance paid under any individual policy obtained under the conversion privilege, shall in no event exceed the amount of insurance for which the participant was insured under the group policy or policies immediately prior to the date the right of conversion arose. If any participant has exercised the conversion privilege under the group policy or policies while on leave of absence or upon termination of employment, when he again becomes a participant of an alternate benefit program and the individual policy obtained pursuant to the conversion privilege is still in force, he shall not again be eligible for any of the group life insurance provided under such policy or policies unless he furnishes satisfactory evidence of insurability. L.1969, c. 242, s. 13, eff. July 1, 1969.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:19-13 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 19 / Section 19-13
Petty cash funds
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the establishment and operation by a board of education of petty cash funds, pursuant to rules of the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:4-28 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 4 / Section 4-28
Materials for guidance of teachers
Status: in_force

The commissioner may prepare, publish and distribute from time to time handbooks, materials or circulars for the guidance of teachers in the public schools.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:71C-43 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 71C / Section 71C-43
Conviction of crime; gross negligence; breach of performance standards; failure to repay; penalties.
Status: in_force

18A:71C-43. a. In the case of: (1) a program participant's conviction of a crime or an act of gross negligence in the performance of service obligations; (2) suspension or revocation of the program participant's license or certification to practice; or (3) a program participant's breach of the performance standards established pursuant to section 10 of P.L.2009, c.145 (C.18A:71C-36.1); the executive director or his designee is authorized to terminate the program participant's service in the program. b. A program participant who fails to repay an amount due the authority under the program may be subject to actions initiated by the authority or its designee, which may include, but are not limited to, recovery of the amount due by an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction or through the offset of State tax refunds or rebates, making this information available to credit reporting agencies, and exclusion from eligibility for any student assistance benefits administered by the authority, as well as action by the federal government, to the extent that loan redemption benefits are federally funded, to recover any amount due it as permitted by federal law. In any action brought by the authority or its designee in a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to this subsection, the program participant shall be liable for: the debt incurred, interest on the debt at the maximum legal prevailing rate as determined by the United States Treasurer, and the administrative and court costs associated with collection of the debt. Amended 2009, c.145, s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64-13.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64 / Section 64-13.2
Tuition-free job training courses
Status: in_force

2. Each public institution of higher education shall permit a person who has been in the labor market for at least two years and is unemployed or has received a layoff notice as a result of a factory or plant closing to enroll without payment of tuition in a job training course, provided that the person is not eligible for any available State or federal student financial aid and that available classroom space permits and that tuition paying students constitute the minimum number required for the course. Nothing herein shall preclude a public institution of higher education from requiring a registration fee not to exceed $20.00 per academic term. L.1983,c.469,s.2; amended 1992,c.45,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36A-4 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36A / Section 36A-4
Establishment of charter school.
Status: in_force

4. a. A charter school may be established by teaching staff members, parents with children attending the schools of the district, or a combination of teaching staff members and parents. A charter school may also be established by an institution of higher education or a private entity located within the State in conjunction with teaching staff members and parents of children attending the schools of the district. If the charter school is established by a private entity, representatives of the private entity shall not constitute a majority of the trustees of the school, and the charter shall specify the extent to which the private entity shall be involved in the operation of the school. The name of the charter school shall not include the name or identification of the private entity, and the private entity shall not realize a net profit from its operation of a charter school. b. A currently existing public school is eligible to become a charter school if the following criteria are met: (1) At least 51 percent of the teaching staff in the school shall have signed a petition in support of the school becoming a charter school; and (2) At least 51 percent of the parents or guardians of pupils attending that public school shall have signed a petition in support of the school becoming a charter school. c. An application to establish a charter school shall be submitted to the commissioner and the local board of education or State district superintendent, in the case of a school district under full State intervention, in the school year preceding the school year in which the charter school will be established. Notice of the filing of the application shall be sent immediately by the commissioner to: the members of the State Legislature; school superintendents; and mayors and governing bodies of all legislative districts, school districts, or municipalities in which there are students who will be eligible for enrollment in the charter school. The commissioner shall post the notice of the filing, along with instructions and a link for the public to submit comments concerning the application, on the department’s Internet website where the notice shall remain until the commissioner makes a final decision on the application. Any other agency or governing body that receives notice of the filing pursuant to this subsection may post the notice on the agency’s or governing body’s Internet website. The commissioner shall cause notice of the filing to be published in the county or counties where the charter school is to be located on three occasions. The notices shall be published in accordance with R.S.35:1-2.2 or any other requirements for issuing or publishing a public notice. Each notice provided to the public, a school district, and a municipality pursuant to this section shall include instructions for the public to submit comments on the application to the commissioner within 30 days of the date of the first notice. The board of education or State district superintendent shall review the application and forward a recommendation to the commissioner within 60 days of receipt of the application. The commissioner shall have final authority to grant or reject a charter application. d. The local board of education or a charter school applicant may appeal the decision of the commissioner to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court. e. A charter school established during the 48 months following the effective date of P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.), other than a currently existing public school which becomes a charter school pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section, shall not have an enrollment in excess of 500 students or greater than 25 percent of the student body of the school district in which the charter school is established, whichever is less. Any two charter schools within the same public school district or within contiguous public school districts that demonstrate a need to consolidate may petition the commissioner to amend their charters and consolidate into one school pursuant to a process that shall be determined by the commissioner. L.1995, c.426, s.4; amended 2000, c.142, s.1; 2002, c.123; 2011, c.140, s.2; 2025, c.277, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36-10 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36 / Section 36-10
Designation of Commodore Barry Day
Status: in_force

September 13 in each year shall be known as Commodore John Barry Day, except when such day shall fall on Saturday, then the day preceding, or on Sunday, then the day following.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-53 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-53
Board of trustees; powers and duties
Status: in_force

In addition to the board of governors, a board of trustees of the county college shall be established and have the powers, authority, rights and privileges and be subject to the duties, obligations and responsibilities set forth in this act. L.1982, c. 42, s. 4, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by L.1982, c. 209, s. 1, eff. Dec. 23, 1982.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:62-6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 62 / Section 62-6
Report by employee; filing; forwarding of report and action taken to state department of higher education
Status: in_force

Any employee of an institution of higher education observing or having direct knowledge from a participant or victim of an act of violence or hazing shall, in accordance with standards established by the chancellor, file a report describing the incident to the chief executive officer of the institution in a manner prescribed by the chancellor, and a copy of the report shall be forwarded to the State Department of Higher Education. The chief executive officer of the institution shall notify the State Department of Higher Education of the incident and of the action taken regarding the incident. L.1982, c. 223, s. 2, eff. Dec. 30, 1982; per s.4, act to "remain in effect for a period of 3 years.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:35-24 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 35 / Section 35-24
State Advisory Committee on Bilingual Education; establishment; membership
Status: in_force

10. The State Board of Education shall establish a State Advisory Committee on Bilingual Education to assist the Department of Education in the formulation of policies and procedures relating to this act. The State Advisory Committee on Bilingual Education shall include representatives of the language communities served, institutions of higher education, local school boards, school administrators, teachers and laymen knowledgeable in the field of bilingual education. L.1974,c.197,s.10; amended 1994,c.48,s.64.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:66-4.1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 66 / Section 66-4.1
Appeal for person denied membership in TPAF.
Status: in_force

13. An appeal by any person who is denied membership in the Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund shall be transmitted as a contested case, along with all relevant materials and documents, by the State Treasurer to the Office of Administrative Law which shall conduct an adjudicatory proceeding thereon pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, C.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). L.2008, c.89, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:17-7 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 17 / Section 17-7
Notices, minutes, special meetings
Status: in_force

18A:17-7. The secretary shall give notice of all regular or special meetings of the board to the members thereof and record the minutes of all proceedings of the board and the results of any annual or special school election in suitable minute books. L.1967, c.271; amended 1995,c.278,s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:7A-38 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 7A / Section 7A-38
Permissive powers of State district superintendent.
Status: in_force

5. Except as otherwise provided in this amendatory and supplementary act, the State district superintendent in a school district under full State intervention may be given the power to: a. Enforce the rules of the State board; and b. Perform all acts and do all things, consistent with law and the rules of the State board, necessary for the lawful and proper conduct, equipment and maintenance of the public schools of the district. L.1987,c.399,s.5; amended 2005, c.235, s.12; 2007, c.16, s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:68-11.6 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 68 / Section 68-11.6
Credit life or health insurance
Status: in_force

When a person liable for the payment of an educational loan consents in writing thereto, the institution of higher education may obtain or provide either or both credit life insurance and credit health insurance on such person, pursuant to chapter 29 of subtitle 3 of Title 17B of the New Jersey Statutes (N.J.S. 17A:29-1 et seq.), and may deduct and retain from the proceeds of such loan an amount equal to the premium lawfully charged by the insurer issuing such insurance. If there is more than one person who is liable for the payment of such loan, insurance may be obtained as herein authorized only upon one of such persons. Nothing in any law of this State shall prohibit an institution of higher education or any employee or agent thereof from collecting the premium or identifiable charge for such insurance, dividend or other gain or advantage resulting from such insurance. L.1977, c. 123, s. 6, eff. June 6, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:26-3 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 26 / Section 26-3
City school district examiners
Status: in_force

In each city school district there may be established by the board of education a district board of examiners consisting of the commissioner, ex officio, the superintendent of schools of the district, if there be one, and such persons having the necessary qualifications as the board of education shall appoint.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-50 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-50
Expenses of delegates; dues.
Status: in_force

18A:6-50. For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the association, the various district boards shall pay the necessary expenses incurred by its delegates, and shall appropriate annually such sums for dues as may be assessed by the association at any delegates meeting. The assessment of dues shall be made upon a graduated scale and shall be made only upon two-thirds vote of the delegates present at such delegates meeting, after notice of the taking of such vote shall have been given to each district board in writing at least 60 days before such delegates meeting. However, the dues assessed any board of education shall not be increased for any year by more than 33 1/3% of the dues assessed that board during the preceding year. Dues shall be payable by the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys of the school district, as appropriate, to the treasurer of the association. amended 1969, c.89; 1970, c.104, s.5; 1973, c.120; 2010, c.39, s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:65-2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 65 / Section 65-2
The term "the corporation" defined; trusts imposed
Status: in_force

The term "the corporation," as used in this chapter, shall mean the said body corporate and politic, incorporated under the name of "the trustees of Queen's-College, in New Jersey," by royal charter dated November 10, 1766 (amended March 20, 1770), confirmed and amended by acts of the legislature of the state of New Jersey adopted June 5, 1781, and May 31, 1799, respectively, and having perpetual succession and existence; its name having been changed to "the trustees of Rutgers college in New Jersey" by act of the legislature adopted November 30, 1825 and to "Rutgers, the state university" pursuant to an act of the legislature, approved June 1, 1956; one of the departments maintained by which is and continues to be the land grant college of New Jersey; the property and educational facilities, rights and privileges of which are and shall continue to be impressed with a public trust for higher education of the people of the state of New Jersey; and which is the instrumentality of the state for the purpose of operating the state university. Nothing herein contained shall impress with such trust any property of the state.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:64A-22.6a — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 64A / Section 64A-22.6a
Designation of paying agent; payments of state aid
Status: in_force

No bonds or notes entitled to the benefits of this act shall be issued unless there is designated therefor a paying agent or paying agents, at least one of which is a bank or trust company authorized to do business in this State. All amounts of State aid to be paid under the provisions of this act for debt service (principal and interest) on bonds or notes entitled to the benefits of this act shall, on or before the date for such payment of interest and principal, be paid on behalf of the county issuing such bonds or notes to the paying agent or paying agents for such bonds or notes in amount with respect to such date as reflects the amount of principal or interest, respectively, payable as to such date by reason of such State aid hereunder payable with respect to such county. Amounts so paid to such paying agent or paying agents shall be applied to the payment of debt service (principal and interest) on such bonds or notes and for no other purpose. L.1972, c. 106, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1972.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:56-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 56 / Section 56-11
Investment in bonds secured by mortgages
Status: in_force

No part of the principal or interest of the fund shall be invested in bonds secured by mortgage on lands except as hereinafter provided in the case of purchase money mortgages.
L.1967, c.271
N.J. Stat. § 18A:3A-1 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 3A / Section 3A-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies Act." L.1984, c. 149, s. 1, eff. Sept. 8, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:8-49 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 8 / Section 8-49
Final audit of non-operating district's accounts.
Status: in_force

7. a. The board of education of the district with which the non-operating district is merged shall cause a final audit of the non-operating district's accounts and financial transactions to be made by a public school accountant pursuant to N.J.S.18A:23-1 et seq., and shall provide for the liquidation of the assets of the non-operating district. The non-operating district shall be responsible for the costs of the final audit which shall be payable from the district's accounts prior to the liquidation of the assets. Upon completion of the liquidation, any cash balances, including any remaining reserve balances, shall be paid to the municipal governing body of the municipality in which the former non-operating district is located, and any indebtedness shall be the responsibility of that municipal governing body. b. Upon the elimination of a non-operating district pursuant to section 2 of this act, the books, documents, and records of that district shall be turned over to the board of education of the new district. c. Upon the elimination of a non-operating district pursuant to section 2 of this act, the municipal governing body of the municipality in which the former non-operating district is located shall take title to and control of all school grounds and buildings, unless the deed on the school grounds and building directs otherwise, and the furnishings and equipment therein, situated in the municipality. L.2009, c.78, s.7.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:72A-5.2 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A-5.2
Exercise of rights, powers or duties.
Status: in_force

6. For the purpose of implementing the provisions of sections 5 through 7 of this act, the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development shall, and a worker employed in the performance of work subject to this act or the employer or any designated representative of the worker may, exercise all rights, powers or duties granted or imposed upon them by P.L.1963, c.150 (C.34:11-56.25 et seq.). L.2004,c.127,s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:40-12.9 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 40 / Section 40-12.9
Annual asthma education opportunities.
Status: in_force

4. The Commissioner of Education shall ensure that annual asthma education opportunities are made available for medical inspectors and all members of the teaching staff. L.2001,c.61,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:13-11 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 13 / Section 13-11
Vacancies in membership of board; filling
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled from the constituent districts represented by the former incumbents in the same manner as vacancies in the membership of boards of education of type II districts having elected boards of education are filled.
L.1967, c.271.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:6-46 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 6 / Section 6-46
Delegates to state association
Status: in_force

Each of the district boards of education shall select annually one of its members as a delegate to the association. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1970, c. 104, s. 2, eff. June 19, 1970.
N.J. Stat. § 18A:36C-16 — NJ Code / Title 18A / Chapter 36C / Section 36C-16
Title to project to revert to board of education under certain circumstances.
Status: in_force

7. In the event the authorization to operate a renaissance school project is terminated or expires for any reason, and no substitute or replacement owner or operator for that renaissance school project has been approved by the State prior to the termination or expiration date, title to the renaissance school project shall revert to the board of education of the renaissance school district for consideration in an amount calculated as follows: (1) if the principal of and interest due on any outstanding debt used to finance the renaissance school project is equal to or greater than the fair market value of the renaissance school project, as determined by a certified appraiser agreed to by the renaissance school district and the owner of the renaissance school project, the renaissance school district shall assume any outstanding debt used to finance the renaissance school project, and thereafter the renaissance school district shall be legally obligated for the payment thereof; or (2) if the fair market value of the renaissance school project is greater than the amount of the principal of and interest due on the outstanding debt used to finance the renaissance school project, the renaissance school district shall pay to the owner of the renaissance school project the fair market value of the renaissance school project, provided that, to the extent that any debt used to finance the renaissance school project is then outstanding, the owner of the renaissance school project shall utilize the funds received from the renaissance school district pursuant to this paragraph to retire the outstanding debt. L.2013, c.149, s.7.