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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-9 - Terms of members of boards

18A:12-9. Terms of members of boards  Of boards consisting of 5 members, one shall be appointed each year for a term of 5 years, of boards consisting of 9 members, 3 shall be appointed each year for terms of 3 years, and of boards consisting of 7 members, 3 shall be appointed in the first year and 2 shall be appointed in each of the 2 following years of each 3-year period, each for a term of 3 years, except the members of the first board of any such district, who shall be appointed for such terms, as shall, as soon as possible, result in all members of a 5-man board being appointed for terms of 5 years and the terms of one member expiring each year, or all members of a 9-man board being appointed for terms of 3 years and the terms of 3 members expiring each year, or all members of a 7-man board being appointed for terms of 3 years and the terms of either 3 or 2 members expiring in each 3-year period. All members shall serve after the expiration of their respective terms until the appointment and qualification of their successors. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 153, s. 2, eff. Sept. 4, 1969.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-10 - Application of subarticle

18A:12-10. Application of subarticle  The provisions of this subarticle shall apply to all type II school districts except as otherwise provided in this title for regional districts and except those districts in which the members of the boards of education are appointed pursuant to subarticle C of this article. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-11 - Election and number of board members; terms

18A:12-11. Election and number of board members; terms  The board of education shall consist of nine members, or it shall consist of three, five or seven members as, and if, it has been so determined pursuant to law or shall be so determined by referendum as provided in this chapter, who shall be elected at annual school elections in the district for terms of three years except as otherwise herein provided. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-11.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-11.1 - New district may elect three, five, seven or nine members

18A:12-11.1. New district may elect three, five, seven or nine members  Whenever a new school district, except a regional school district, or a consolidated school district or a new district created under the terms of article 4 of chapter 8 of this title is created, there shall be placed upon the official ballot to be voted upon, at the first annual school election, the question whether the board shall consist of three, five, seven or nine members. The balloting for board members shall take place as if nine members were to be elected, three for terms of three years, three for terms of two years, and three for terms of one year. If it shall be determined as a result of the balloting that the board shall consist of nine members, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each of said terms shall be declared elected. If it shall be determined that the board shall consist of seven members, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the three-year terms, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the two-year terms, and the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the one-year term shall be declared elected. If it shall be determined that the board shall consist of five members, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the three-year terms, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the two-year terms, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the one-year term shall be declared elected. If it shall be determined that the board shall consist of three members, each candidate receiving the highest number of votes for each of the terms shall be declared elected. Annually thereafter there shall be elected a person or persons for the term of three years in the place of the member or members whose terms shall have expired. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-12 - Increase or reduction in membership; resolution; submission of question

18A:12-12. Increase or reduction in membership; resolution; submission of question  If the board of any district shall determine by resolution that it is for the best interest of the schools that the membership of the board shall be increased from whatever number of members then composes it to five, seven or nine members, or reduced from said number to seven, five or three members, the question of such increase or reduction shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the next annual school election and the question shall be stated in the notice of the election. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-13 - Membership increase

18A:12-13. Membership increase  18A:12-13. If at the election the question of increasing the membership of the board shall be adopted, the membership of the board shall be increased accordingly as of the organization meeting next following the next annual school election and the additional members shall be elected at such annual school election, for terms as follows:  a. If the increase is from three to five, two for three years and one for two years;  b. If the increase is from three to seven, two for three years, one for two years and one for one year;  c. If the increase is from five to seven, one for three years and one for a term of either one or two years, whichever is necessary to cause the terms of two members to expire at each of the next two annual school elections;  d. If the increase is from any other number to nine, for such terms not over three years, as will as soon as possible constitute a board of nine, with three-year terms expiring, three each year.  Each year thereafter successors to the members whose terms expire shall be elected for three years.  L. 1967, c. 271; amended by L. 1987, c. 289, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-14 - Reduction of membership; reduced number of members

18A:12-14. Reduction of membership; reduced number of members  If at the election the question of reducing the membership of the board shall be adopted, the members in office at the next annual school election shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms, and members shall be elected as follows: a. If the reduction is from nine to seven, two shall be elected at such election and two at the next annual school election thereafter; b. If the reduction is from nine to five, one shall be elected at such election, two at the first annual school election thereafter, and two at the second annual school election thereafter; c. If the reduction is from seven to five, one shall be elected at the first annual school election at which three would have been elected; and d. If the reduction is from any other number to three, one member shall be elected at such election and at each annual school election thereafter. All members so elected shall be elected for terms of three years. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-15 - Filling vacancies.

18A:12-15 Filling vacancies.  18A:12-15. Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled as follows: a. By the county superintendent, if the vacancy is caused by the absence of candidates for election to the school board or by the removal of a member because of lack of qualifications, or is not filled within 65 days following its occurrence; b. By the county superintendent, to a number sufficient to make up a quorum of the board if, by reason of vacancies, a quorum is lacking; c. By special election, if in the annual school election two or more candidates qualified by law for membership on the school board receive an equal number of votes. Such special election shall be held only upon recount and certification by the county board of elections of such election result, shall be restricted to such candidates, shall be held within 60 days of the annual school election, and shall be conducted in accordance with procedures for annual and special school elections set forth in Title 19 of the Revised Statutes. The vacancy shall be filled by the county superintendent if in such special election two or more candidates qualified by law for membership on the school board receive an equal number of votes; d. By special election if there is a failure to elect a member at the annual school election due to improper election procedures. Such special election shall be restricted to those persons who were candidates at such annual school election, shall be held within 60 days of such annual school election, and shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for annual and special school elections set forth in Title 19 of the Revised Statutes; e. By the commissioner if there is a failure to elect a member at the annual school election due to improper campaign practices; or f. By a majority vote of the remaining members of the board after the vacancy occurs in all other cases. Each member so appointed shall serve until the organizational meeting following the next annual election unless the member is appointed to fill a vacancy occurring within the 60 days immediately preceding such election if the annual election is held in April, or occurring after the third Monday in July if the election is held in November, to fill a term extending beyond such election, in which case the member shall serve until the organizational meeting following the second annual election next succeeding the occurrence of the vacancy, and any vacancy for the remainder of the term shall be filled at the annual election or the second annual election next succeeding the occurrence of the vacancy, as the case may be. amended 1977, c.324; 1978, c.136, s.28; 1995, c.278, s.29; 1996, c.153; 2013, c.172, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-15.1 - Terms of board members in certain districts.

18A:12-15.1 Terms of board members in certain districts.  45. In the case of a school district in which the annual school election has been moved to November pursuant to subsection a. of section 1 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.19:60-1.1) or section 1 of P.L.2012, c.78 (C.19:60-1.2), the term of office of a member of a board of education that is set to expire in April of a given year shall be extended until the day in January next following the year in which the term was originally set to expire when the member's successor takes office. L.2011, c.202, s.45; amended 2012, c.78, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-16 - Application of subarticle

18A:12-16. Application of subarticle  The provisions of this subarticle shall apply to type II school districts in towns having a population of more than 10,000, in which the members of the board of education are now appointed by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-17 - Appointments; terms; vacancies

18A:12-17. Appointments; terms; vacancies  The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall, between April 1 and April 15 in each year, appoint one member of the board to serve for a term of 5 years beginning on May 15 next succeeding his appointment, to take the place of the member whose term shall expire in that year, and any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be reported forthwith by the secretary of the board to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality, who shall within 30 days thereafter appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1970, c. 3, s. 2, eff. Feb. 4, 1970; L.1979, c. 23, s. 8, eff. Feb. 8, 1979; L.1979, c. 284, s. 2, eff. Jan. 10, 1980.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-18 - Resolution or petition for election of members; submission

18A:12-18. Resolution or petition for election of members; submission  In every such district the question whether or not the members of the board shall thereafter be elected by the voters of the district at annual school elections shall be submitted to the legal voters of the district at the next general or municipal election, following the expiration of 40 days after the adoption by the governing body of the municipality of a resolution, or after the filing with the clerk of the municipality of a petition signed by not less than 15% of the number of legally qualified voters who voted in the municipality at the last preceding general election held for the election of all of the members of the general assembly, directing such submission, whichever occurs earlier, or at the next annual school election, or a special school election called for that purpose, to be held after the expiration of 40 days from the adoption by the board of education of the district of a resolution, or from the filing with the secretary of the board of education of a petition signed by said percentage of such number of legally qualified voters of the district, directing such submission and thereupon said clerk or secretary shall cause said question to be submitted accordingly. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-19 - 5-year terms

18A:12-19. 5-year terms  18A:12-19. If at said election the question shall be adopted, the members of the board of education then in office shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and thereafter until the organization meeting following the next annual school election and their respective successors shall be elected by the legal voters of the district at such and each following annual school election to be held in the district, for terms of five years.  L. 1967, c. 271; amended by L. 1987, c. 289, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-19.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-19.1 - Decrease of term; voter's decision

18A:12-19.1. Decrease of term; voter's decision  1. If the board of education of a school district organized pursuant to subarticle C of Article 4 of Chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes shall determine by resolution that it is in the best interest of the public schools of the district that the terms of the members of the board shall be decreased from five years to three years, the question shall be submitted to the voters of the district at the next annual school election and the question shall be stated in the notice of the election prepared pursuant to R.S.19:12-7. L.1987,c.161,s.1; amended 1995,c.278,s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-19.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-19.2 - Approval; succession

18A:12-19.2. Approval; succession  If at the election the question shall be adopted, the members of the board of education then in office shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms and thereafter until the first Monday following the next annual school election and their respective successors shall be elected by the legal voters of the district at this and each following annual school election to be held in the district, for terms of three years.  L. 1987, c. 161, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-20 - Indemnity of members of boards of education against cost of defense.

18A:12-20 Indemnity of members of boards of education against cost of defense.  18A:12-20. Whenever a civil, administrative, criminal or quasi-criminal action or other legal proceeding has been or shall be brought against any person for any act or omission arising out of and in the course of the performance of his duties as a member of a board of education, and in the case of a criminal or quasi-criminal action such action results in final disposition in favor of such person, the board of education shall defray all costs of defending such action, including reasonable counsel fees and expenses, together with costs of appeal, if any, and shall save harmless and protect such person from any financial loss resulting therefrom. Indemnification for exemplary or punitive damages shall not be mandated and shall be governed by the standards and procedures set forth in N.J.S.59:10-4. Any board of education may arrange for and maintain appropriate insurance to cover all such damages, losses and expenses. L.1967, c.271; amended 1973, c.336; 2001, c.178, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-21 - Short title

18A:12-21. Short title  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Ethics Act." L.1991,c.393,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-22 - Findings, declarations

18A:12-22. Findings, declarations  2. The Legislature find and declares:  a. In our representative form of government it is essential that the conduct of members of local boards of education and local school administrators hold the respect and confidence of the people. These board members and administrators must avoid conduct which is in violation of their public trust or which creates a justifiable impression among the public that such trust is being violated.  b. To ensure and preserve public confidence, school board members and local school administrators should have the benefit of specific standards to guide their conduct and of some disciplinary mechanism to ensure the uniform maintenance of those standards among them.  L.1991,c.393,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-23 - Definitions

18A:12-23. Definitions  3. For the purposes of this act, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:  "Administrator" means any officer, other than a board member, or employee of a local school district who (i) holds a position which requires a certificate that authorizes the holder to serve as school administrator, principal, or school business administrator; or (ii) holds a position which does not require that the person hold any type of certificate but is responsible for making recommendations regarding hiring or the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the local school district; or (iii) holds a position which requires a certificate that authorizes the holder to serve as supervisor and who is responsible for making recommendations regarding hiring or the purchase or acquisition of any property or services by the local school district;  "Board member" means any person holding membership, whether by election or appointment, on any board of education other than the State Board of Education;  "Business" means any corporation, partnership, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, trust, sole proprietorship, union, political organization, or other legal entity but shall not include a local school district or any other public entity;  "Commission" means the School Ethics Commission established pursuant to section 7 of this act;  "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education; "Interest" means the ownership or control of more than 10% of the profits, assets, or stock of a business but shall not include the control of assets in a labor union;  "Local school district" means any local or regional school district established pursuant to chapter 8 or chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes and any jointure commission, county vocational school, county special services district, educational services commission, educational research and demonstration center, environmental education center, and educational information and resource center;  "Member of immediate family" means the spouse or dependent child of a school official residing in the same household;  "Political organization" means a "political committee" or a "continuing political committee" as those terms are defined in "The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act," P.L.1973, c.83 (C.19:44A-1 et seq.);  "Relative" means the spouse, natural or adopted child, parent, or sibling of a school official;  "School official" means a board member, an employee or officer of the New Jersey School Boards Association, but not including any member of the secretarial, clerical or maintenance staff of the association, or an administrator; and  "Spouse" means the person to whom a school official is legally married under New Jersey law.  L.1991,c.393,s.3; amended 1995,c.14,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-23.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-23.1 - Applicability of "School Ethics Act" to charter school administrators, trustees.

18A:12-23.1 Applicability of "School Ethics Act" to charter school administrators, trustees.  1. The provisions of the "School Ethics Act," P.L.1991, c.393 (C.18A:12-21 et seq.) shall apply to an administrator and a member of the board of trustees of a charter school that is established pursuant to P.L.1995, c.426 (C.18A:36A-1 et seq.). L.2004,c.131,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:12-24.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:12-24.1 - Code of Ethics for School Board Members.

18A:12-24.1 Code of Ethics for School Board Members.  5. A school board member shall abide by the following Code of Ethics for School Board Members: a. I will uphold and enforce all laws, rules and regulations of the State Board of Education, and court orders pertaining to schools. Desired changes shall be brought about only through legal and ethical procedures. b. I will make decisions in terms of the educational welfare of children and will seek to develop and maintain public schools that meet the individual needs of all children regardless of their ability, race, creed, sex, or social standing. c. I will confine my board action to policy making, planning, and appraisal, and I will help to frame policies and plans only after the board has consulted those who will be affected by them. d. I will carry out my responsibility, not to administer the schools, but, together with my fellow board members, to see that they are well run. e. I will recognize that authority rests with the board of education and will make no personal promises nor take any private action that may compromise the board. f. I will refuse to surrender my independent judgment to special interest or partisan political groups or to use the schools for personal gain or for the gain of friends. g. I will hold confidential all matters pertaining to the schools which, if disclosed, would needlessly injure individuals or the schools. In all other matters, I will provide accurate information and, in concert with my fellow board members, interpret to the staff the aspirations of the community for its school. h. I will vote to appoint the best qualified personnel available after consideration of the recommendation of the chief administrative officer. i. I will support and protect school personnel in proper performance of their duties. j. I will refer all complaints to the chief administrative officer and will act on the complaints at public meetings only after failure of an administrative solution. L.2001,c.178,s.5.