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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-4 - Audit of claims; warrants for payments; exemptions.

18A:19-4 Audit of claims; warrants for payments; exemptions.  18A:19-4. a. All claims and demands against the board of education, except those which are to be paid from funds derived from athletic events or other activities of pupil organizations, shall, unless otherwise provided by resolution of the board of education, be examined, audited, and certified in writing by the secretary and presented by the secretary to the board of education for its approval at a regularly called meeting, and if found to be correct, shall be ordered paid by the board of education, whereupon the secretary and the president of the board of education and the chief school administrator shall issue and sign a warrant in payment therefor. In a district which has a treasurer of school moneys, the secretary thereupon shall forward the warrant to the treasurer of school moneys. b. The provisions of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to payments made by a board of education for the provision of: (1) telecommunications or basic cable service provided by a telecommunications or cable television company under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities; (2) electric, gas, water, or sewer utility service provided by a public utility, as that term is defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, that is regulated by the Board of Public Utilities pursuant to Title 48 of the Revised Statutes; or (3) a service that is provided under a contract between a public utility, as that term is defined pursuant to R.S.48:2-13, and a board of education that is approved by the Board of Public Utilities under which rates for service are controlled by the terms of the contract. amended 1979, c.98, s.2; 1981, c.174, s.12; 1982, c.196, s.3; 2010, c.39, s.16; 2015, c.177, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-4.1 - Account or demand; audit; approval.

18A:19-4.1 Account or demand; audit; approval.  4. A board of education may, by resolution, designate a person in addition to the secretary to audit any account and demand to be paid pursuant to subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:19-4, and provide for approval of the account or demand by that person or the secretary prior to presentation to the board of education. Any account or demand approval shall be presented to the board of education at their next meeting for ratification. The board of education may establish a maximum dollar amount for which payment may be authorized without prior board of education approval. L.1982, c.196, s.4; amended 2015, c.177, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-9 - Compensation of teachers, etc., payrolls.

18A:19-9 Compensation of teachers, etc., payrolls.  18A:19-9. Payment of the compensation of teachers and other employees may be made on the basis of payrolls certified by the president and secretary of the board and the chief school administrator, stating the names and amounts to be paid to each. In a district which has a treasurer of school moneys, the payrolls shall be delivered to the treasurer of school moneys with a warrant made to his order for the full amount of each payroll. amended 1981, c.174, s.13; 2010, c.39, s.17.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-10 - Payroll bank accounts; checks for compensation.

18A:19-10 Payroll bank accounts; checks for compensation.  18A:19-10. In a district which does not have a treasurer of school moneys, the secretary shall pursuant to N.J.S.18A:19-1 draw and deposit the warrants in separate bank accounts as a net payroll account and agency account for payroll deductions and associated board contributions. Payment shall be made to the teachers and others entitled thereto by individual checks drawn to their respective orders upon such account and signed by the secretary and a board designee. In a district which has a treasurer of school moneys, the treasurer shall deposit the warrants in a separate bank account as a payroll account and payment shall be made to the teachers and others entitled thereto by individual checks drawn to their respective orders upon such account. amended 1981, c.174, s.14; 2010, c.39, s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-11 - Signature of payroll checks by deputy

18A:19-11. Signature of payroll checks by deputy  If the treasurer of the school moneys of the district is the custodian of the municipality composing it, such payroll checks may be signed by a deputy or a municipal officer who serves as such municipal custodian, if the deputy is bonded for the faithful performance of such duties in the same manner as is the treasurer. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1981, c. 174, s. 15, eff. June 19, 1981.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-12 - Interest payable on certain warrants not immediately paid.

18A:19-12 Interest payable on certain warrants not immediately paid.  18A:19-12. When a warrant for the payment of current expenses of a public school is drawn and issued and there are no funds for payment of the same, the warrant shall bear legal interest until such time as the secretary or treasurer, as appropriate, gives public notice of the fact that funds are provided for the payment thereof. amended 1981, c.174, s.16; 2010, c.39, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-13 - Petty cash funds

18A:19-13. Petty cash funds  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-14 - Funds derived from pupil activities

18A:19-14. Funds derived from pupil activities  All funds derived from athletic events or other activities of pupil organizations shall be administered, expended and accounted for pursuant to the rules of the state board. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:19-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:19-15 - Listing of payments

18A:19-15. Listing of payments  Each board of education shall maintain a current and updated listing of payments made for: a. legal fees; b. consulting fees, including negotiating fees; and c. contracts for maintenance. Each list shall specify payees and amounts received during the previous and current school years.  Each of these lists shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours. Copies of the lists shall be made available to the public at a reasonable cost.  L. 1989, c. 46, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-1 - Title in board of education

18A:20-1. Title in board of education  The title to the property, real and personal, of each school district, and the title to all property, real and personal, which shall be acquired for school purposes in the district, is vested and shall vest in the board of education of the district and the board shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, rights and privileges not inconsistent with the provisions of this act heretofore vested in or possessed by any body heretofore having charge and control of the public schools or the public school property, of the district, or of the municipality or municipalities composing the district, and the board shall have the supervision, control and management of all such property. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-2 - Purchase and sale of property in general

18A:20-2. Purchase and sale of property in general  The board of education of any district may, in and by its corporate name, acquire, by purchase or lease, receive, hold, hold in trust and sell and lease real estate and personal property and may take and condemn lands and other property for school purposes in the manner provided by law relating to the taking and condemnation of property for public purposes, subject to the restrictions provided in this title. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-2.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-2.1 - Transfer of title of painting or work of art to municipality; public display

18A:20-2.1. Transfer of title of painting or work of art to municipality; public display  The board of education of any school district owning a painting or other work of art may by resolution transfer title thereto to the municipality in which the school district is located and the board of education and the governing body of the municipality may enter into an agreement relative to their respective responsibilities and obligations in connection with the maintenance, restoration and preservation of the painting or other work of art to assure its appropriate public display. L.1971, c. 53, s. 1, eff. March 19, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-2.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-2.2 - Use of school district surplus funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.

18A:20-2.2 Use of school district surplus funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.  2. a. A school district may expend any of its surplus funds for the joint acquisition of land for recreation and conservation purposes with a municipality, notwithstanding the participation of any other public entity in the purchase, provided that the transaction does not violate any federal or State law and has a direct nexus to, and substantially furthers the core mission of, the school district. b. Nothing in this section shall interfere with or limit the oversight authority of any State agency over a school district. c. For the purposes of this section, "recreation and conservation purposes" means the use of lands for beaches, biological or ecological study, boating, camping, fishing, forests, greenways, hunting, natural areas, parks, playgrounds, protecting historic properties, water reserves, watershed protection, wildlife preserves, active sports, or a similar use for either public outdoor recreation or conservation of natural resources, or both. L.2001,c.283,s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-3 - Acquisition of outstanding interest in real property

18A:20-3. Acquisition of outstanding interest in real property  Any district which holds any real estate or interest therein may acquire any outstanding interest therein by condemnation in the manner provided by law relating to the taking and condemnation of property for public purposes. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-4 - Acceptance and use of gifts

18A:20-4. Acceptance and use of gifts  The board of education may accept any gift or grant of land with or without improvement, and of money or other personal property, without additional authorization or authority, and may: a. Expend any such money or use any such personal property, without any additional authorization or authority, in the equipment of any building for school purposes; or b. Expend such moneys in the construction of a building for school purposes, or addition thereto, and the equipment thereof but only if such expenditure and the expenditures of any additional moneys required to be expended in connection with such construction shall be authorized in the manner prescribed by law for the construction of buildings for school purposes or additions thereto. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-4.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-4.1 - Type II districts; acquisition of property without authorization of voters.

18A:20-4.1 Type II districts; acquisition of property without authorization of voters.  18A:20-4.1 The board of education of any Type II school district may without authority first obtained from the voters of the district: (a) Rent, on a year-to-year basis, or for a term not to exceed 10 years, in case of emergency, buildings to use for school purposes; and (b) Take an option not to exceed 1 year in duration, at a cost not to exceed the fair market value of such option, on the purchase of any land which the board could lawfully purchase after securing the consent of the legal voters to the purchase thereof, but such option may be exercised by the board only after authority to purchase the property covered by such option has been given at an annual or special school election. amended 1968, c.161; 1971, c.300; 2017, c.102, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-4.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-4.3 - Construction, alteration or repair work upon premises to be leased to board of education; public work

18A:20-4.3. Construction, alteration or repair work upon premises to be leased to board of education; public work  Any construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration or repair work, or maintenance work, including painting and decorating, done under private contract for any person, firm, corporation or association acting under an express agreement or understanding with any board of education that, upon completion of the work contracted for the site, structure or premises upon which such work was done will be leased by said board of education for public school purposes under the provisions of section 18A:20-4.2 of the New Jersey Statutes shall be deemed a "public work" for the purposes of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" (P.L. 1963, c. 150) and subject to the applicable provisions of that act, excepting only such provisions as can be applicable only in cases where a public body is a direct party to a contract for a public work. L.1968, c. 175, s. 2, eff. July 19, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-4.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-4.4 - Contract provision for payment of prevailing wage rate; necessity

18A:20-4.4. Contract provision for payment of prevailing wage rate; necessity  Every contract in excess of $2,000.00 for any public work contracted for by a private party acting under an express agreement for subsequent lease by a board of education shall contain a provision stating the prevailing wage rate which can be paid (as determined pursuant to the applicable provisions of the "New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act" (P.L. 1963, c. 150) ) to the workmen employed in the performance of the contract, and the contract shall contain a stipulation that such workmen shall be paid not less than such prevailing wage rate. No board of education shall enter into any such agreement or understanding except upon the condition that such provision and stipulation shall be included in the contract; and no such agreement or understanding shall be valid or shall be honored by any board of education if such provision and stipulation are not included in the contract. L.1968, c. 175, s. 3, eff. July 19, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-4.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-4.5 - Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay prevailing wage; determination and effect

18A:20-4.5. Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay prevailing wage; determination and effect  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-5 - Disposition of property and title of purchaser.

18A:20-5 Disposition of property and title of purchaser.  18A:20-5. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any district by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership may dispose, by sale or otherwise, in the manner prescribed in this chapter, of any lands or any rights or interest therein, owned by it, which cease to be suitable or convenient for the use for which they were acquired or which are no longer needed for school purposes, whether acquired by purchase or through condemnation proceedings and the purchaser thereof shall acquire title thereto free from any use or purpose for which it may have been acquired by the board. Amended 2007, c.137, s.44.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-6 - Public sale; advertisement; exceptions.

18A:20-6 Public sale; advertisement; exceptions.  18A:20-6. Any lands or rights or interests therein sold by any board of education, except lands conveyed as part of a lease purchase agreement pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:20-4.2(f), shall be sold, after advertisement of public sale, to the highest bidder. A board of education is authorized to use electronic procurement practices in accordance with P.L.2018, c.156 (C.40A:11-4.7 et al.) for the advertisement of sale or lease of land and real property thereon, and shall also publish advertisement of the sale or lease in a newspaper published in the district, or, if none is published therein, then in a newspaper circulating in the district, in which the same is situate, at least once a week for two weeks prior to the sale, unless:  a. The same are sold to the State, or a political subdivision thereof, in which case they may be sold at private sale without advertisement; or  b. The sale or other disposition thereof in some other manner is provided for in this Title. amended 1986, c.183, s.2; 2018, c.156, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-7 - Sale at fixed minimum prices; rejection of bids

18A:20-7. Sale at fixed minimum prices; rejection of bids  a. In the case of public sales the board may by resolution fix a minimum price with or without the reservation of the right, upon the completion of said public sale, to accept or reject the highest bid made thereat, a statement whereof shall be included in the advertisement of sale of the lands and public notice thereof shall be given at the time of sale, or it may by resolution provide without fixing a minimum price, that upon the completion of the public sale, the highest bid made thereat shall be subject to acceptance or rejection by the board, but the acceptance or rejection thereof shall be made not later than the second regular meeting of the board following the sale, and, if the board shall fail or refuse to accept or reject any such highest bid, as aforesaid, the said bill shall be deemed to have been rejected. b. If no bid is received or if the bids which are received are rejected by the board, the board may enter into negotiations with any interested party or parties for the sale or other disposal of the property. The acceptance or rejection of the price arrived at through negotiations shall be by recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board at a regularly scheduled meeting. The board may reject any bid if it determines it to be in the public interest to do so, but shall afford the bidder a hearing upon his request before entering into negotiations as provided in this subsection. L.1983, c. 555, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-8 - Exchange of lands.

18A:20-8 Exchange of lands.  18A:20-8. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any school district, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership, may exchange any lands owned by it and not needed for school purposes for lands located in the school district and at least equal in value to the lands conveyed by the board in such exchange. Amended 2007, c.137, s.45.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:20-8.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:20-8.1 - Transfer of land for vocational school purposes.

18A:20-8.1 Transfer of land for vocational school purposes.  1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), the board of education of any school district or regional school district may, by resolution, transfer land to the board of education of a county vocational school district for the purpose of constructing a vocational school on such land. L.1970, c.106, s.1; amended 2007, c.137, s.46.