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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-30 - Issuance of bonds for acquisition of lands to include buildings, equipment, etc.

18A:13-30. Issuance of bonds for acquisition of lands to include buildings, equipment, etc.  Every resolution, proposition, question or proposal heretofore or hereafter adopted by the legal voters of: 1. Any regional district then in existence, or 2. Each local district proposing to join in the creation of a regional district, or 3. Any local district proposing to join with a regional district so as to enlarge the same, and of the regional district so to be enlarged authorizing the issuance of bonds of said existing regional district or of the regional district so to be formed or enlarged, as the case may be, for the purchase or taking or condemning of land for school purposes shall, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, be deemed to include and authorize the purchase of any schoolhouse or schoolhouses or other buildings situate thereon and the furniture and other necessary equipment therefor and the material and supplies therefor, as well as the issuance of said bonds for said purpose in the amount or amounts set forth in such resolution, proposition, question or proposal. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-31 - Authority to purchase and sell property of constituent district

18A:13-31. Authority to purchase and sell property of constituent district  Whenever at an election held to create or enlarge a regional district and at that or a subsequent election a resolution for the purchase of real or personal property or both from one or more of the constituent districts of such regional district and the issuance of bonds of the newly created or enlarged regional district shall be legally adopted and approved by referendum as part of the proposal to create or enlarge such regional district, the board or boards of education of said constituent district or districts shall have power to sell and convey said property if it is no longer useful to such district at the price and on the terms designated in the resolution, and the board of education of the regional district as created or enlarged, when organized, shall have power to purchase the same accordingly at private sale, and to issue and sell such bonds with such maturities, and in such manner as is prescribed by law. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-32 - Application of proceeds of sale of property

18A:13-32. Application of proceeds of sale of property  The board of education of each constituent district from which any purchase of real property is made pursuant to section 18A:13-31 may expend all or any part of the proceeds of any such sale together with any interest thereon for any purpose for which bonds might be issued by such district if the board shall first have been authorized to make such expenditure in the same manner as authority is given in the case of issuance of bonds of the district and all or any part of the proceeds of such sale not so expended shall be applied to the payment of the principal of any outstanding bonds or notes of the district and pending said application shall be invested in war savings bonds or other obligations of the United States of America pursuant to law and the income received from such investments shall be applied to the payment of interest upon said outstanding bonds or notes as it shall become due and payable and if any surplus of such proceeds remains after the payment of the principal and interest payable upon said outstanding bonds or notes, the same, or if there be then no outstanding bonds or notes, the entire proceeds shall be paid into the capital account of the local school district. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-33 - Additional purposes; referendum

18A:13-33. Additional purposes; referendum  Whenever the board of education of a regional district and the commissioner or his representative, shall, after consultation, study and investigation, determine that it is advisable to add to the purposes for which the regional district was created, one or more of the purposes for which such a district may be created as provided in this chapter, the regional board shall by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to that effect and submit to the voters of the regional district at any school election held therein, the question, whether or not said proposal shall be approved, briefly describing the contents thereof and stating the date of its adoption by the regional board of education, and if, at said election, said proposal is adopted by a majority of the votes cast thereon in the regional district, the secretary of the regional district shall certify to the county superintendent of each county in which any of the constituent districts of the regional district is situate, and to the commissioner, the result of said election and thereafter the regional board of education shall be authorized to carry out such additional purpose or purposes. If the proposal to add additional purposes will convert the regional district from a limited purpose regional district to an all purpose regional district, the proposal shall be submitted to the voters of each of the constituent districts of the regional district instead of at large to the voters of the regional district. If the boards of education of a regional district, and of each local district, proposing to join therewith to enlarge said regional district, and the commissioner or his representative, shall, after consultation, study and investigation, determine by resolution so to add to the purpose or purposes of the regional district, the authorization of the adoption of such additional purpose or purposes shall be included by resolution in the proposal to enlarge said regional district and shall be so submitted to the voters of the regional district and of each proposed new constituent district at the election to be held in relation to the enlargement of said regional district. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-34 - Creation of regional school district, apportionment of appropriations.

18A:13-34 Creation of regional school district, apportionment of appropriations.  18A:13-34. If the boards of education of two or more local districts, or the board of education of a consolidated district, or of a district comprising two or more municipalities, and the commissioner or his representative, after consultation, study and investigation, shall determine, that it is advisable for such districts to join and create, or for such district to become (a) an all purpose regional school district for all the school purposes of such districts or district, or (b) a limited purpose regional school district to provide and operate, in the territory comprised within such local districts or district, one or more of the following: elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, vocational schools, special schools, health facilities or particular educational services or facilities, that board or boards shall by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to that effect stating also the manner in which the amounts to be raised for annual or special appropriations for such proposed regional school district, including the amounts to be raised for interest upon, and the redemption of bonds payable by the regional district, shall be apportioned upon the basis of: a. the portion of each municipality's equalized valuation allocated to the regional district, calculated as described in the definition of equalized valuation in section 3 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:7D-3); b. the proportional number of pupils enrolled from each municipality on the 15th day of October of the prebudget year in the same manner as would apply if each municipality comprised separate constituent school districts; or c. any combination of apportionment based upon equalized valuations pursuant to subsection a. of this section or pupil enrollments pursuant to subsection b. of this section, and each such board shall submit on the same day in each municipality in its district at a special election or at the general election the question whether or not the proposal shall be approved, briefly describing the contents of the resolution and stating the date of its adoption and they may submit also, at the special election, as part of such proposal, any other provisions which may be submitted, at such a special election, under the provisions of this chapter but no such special election shall be held on any day before April 15 or after December 1 of any calendar year. Except as otherwise provided herein, the special election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.). amended 1993, c.67, s.2; 1995, c.278, s.33; 2013, c.172, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-34a (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-34a - Board of education for newly created regional district.

18A:13-34a Board of education for newly created regional district.  1. Notwithstanding any section of law to the contrary, the boards of education proposing to form a newly created regional school district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education of the newly created regional district other than in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8. If the commissioner approves the alternative apportionment, then that alternative apportionment shall be included in the consultation, study, and investigation conducted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-34 to determine whether it is advisable for school districts to form a newly created regional school district. If the commissioner or his representative determines that it is advisable for such districts to form a newly created regional school district, and the question of whether or not the proposal to create a regional district is submitted to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-34, and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-35, then the members of the board of education of the regional district shall be elected in accordance with such alternate apportionment. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the last federal census officially promulgated in this State as reported by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2021, c.198 (C.52:4-1.6) shall be the basis for apportionment under this section. L.2017, c.45, s.1; amended 2021, c.198, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-34.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-34.2 - Impact assessment

18A:13-34.2. Impact assessment  6. The Department of Education shall provide to the board of education of a school district proposing to join or create a regional school district and to the board of education of a regional school district proposing to modify its method of apportionment, an impact assessment of the apportionment method. The impact assessment shall be provided to the board of education at least 45 days prior to the date of the school election at which the question will be presented to the voters. The failure of the department to provide an impact assessment in accordance with this section will not preclude the district from submitting the question to the voters at the school election.  L.1993,c.67,s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-35 - Certification and determination of the result of referendum to create regional district

18A:13-35. Certification and determination of the result of referendum to create regional district  The secretary of each local district, so proposed to be included in the proposed regional district, shall certify to the county superintendent of the county, in which such district is situate, within 5 days after such election, the results of the election held therein for the creation of a regional district, showing the number of votes cast for, and the number cast against, the adoption of the proposal to create such a regional district submitted therein, in each municipality in his district and each county superintendent of a county, in which any such municipality or municipalities are situate, shall canvass the vote cast in each such municipality and if such county superintendent or superintendents shall determine from such certificates that a majority of the votes cast for and against the proposal submitted at said election were cast for its adoption in a consolidated district or in each such municipality other than a constituent of a consolidated district, he or they shall immediately certify to the board of education of each such local district, the result of such vote as so determined and the regional school district shall be created and any other provisions included in such proposal in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall become effective on the twentieth day following the day of such election. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 240, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-36 - Apportionment of membership of board of newly created regional district.

18A:13-36 Apportionment of membership of board of newly created regional district.  18A:13-36. Except as otherwise provided in section 1 of P.L.2017, c.45 (C.18A:13-34a), the executive county superintendent or executive county superintendents of any county or counties, in which such newly created regional district is situate, shall calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education of such newly created regional district in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:13-8 and if such regional district is an all purpose regional district such membership shall be apportioned among the municipalities included within the districts according to the number of their inhabitants, as apportionment is made among constituent districts forming a limited purpose regional district, and the members shall be elected or appointed in accordance with such apportionment. amended 2017, c.45, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-37 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-37 - First board of education; appointment

18A:13-37. First board of education; appointment  The county superintendent of each county in which there is located any constituent district of a newly created regional district shall appoint from among the citizens of each constituent district in his county, qualified as required by sections 18A:12-1 and 18A:13-7 of this title, the number of members of the board of education of the regional district requisite to represent such constituent district and all of the members so appointed shall constitute the first board of education of the regional district. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-38 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-38 - Allocation of terms for first elective board

18A:13-38. Allocation of terms for first elective board  The county superintendent or county superintendents appointing the first board of education of a regional district shall allocate the initial elective terms for the first elective members of said board in the following manner: (1) In regional districts having nine members, three members shall be elected for three years, three for two years and three for one year, which terms shall be allocated to the constituent districts to the extent of apportioned membership on the regional board of education, starting with the allocation of the terms of three years, by allocating one of such terms to each of the constituent districts in the alphabetical order of the names of such districts, and continuing then still in such order with allocation of the terms of two years and with allocation of the terms of one year. (2) In regional districts in which there are more than nine constituent school districts, the allocation for the tenth district shall be a term of three years, for the eleventh district a term of two years, and for the twelfth district a term of one year, with continuation of such rotation until provision has been made for allocation of the terms to all districts. In any regional district in which the constituent districts have been or will be dissolved, said allocation shall be made among the municipalities included within the regional district in the manner hereinbefore provided for allocation among the constituent districts. The county superintendent or county superintendents shall notify the board, when it shall have been organized, of the allocation of initial elective terms for its members as so made. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-39 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-39 - Election of first members of board.

18A:13-39 Election of first members of board.  18A:13-39. The first elected members of the board of a newly created regional district shall be elected at the annual election to be held in the calendar year first succeeding the year in which the election for the creation of the district was held. amended 2017, c.45, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-40 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-40 - General powers and duties of board of newly created regional districts.

18A:13-40 General powers and duties of board of newly created regional districts.  18A:13-40. The board of education of a newly created regional district may, prior to taking charge and control of the educational facilities of the regional district, do all other acts and things which may be necessary for the proper organization and functioning of the public schools of the regional district during its first year, including the making of contracts for the employment of necessary personnel and for other proper purposes, the preparation and , if applicable, submission to the voters of the regional district for their approval or disapproval of the budget and the appropriations for the conduct of the public schools of the regional district during its first school year, the authorization of the purchase of real and personal property, and the construction, enlargement and repair of buildings, for school purposes, and the appropriations of the funds necessary to carry out the same and the authorization of the issuance and sale of bonds in order to provide for the payment therefor in whole or in part and the calling and holding of special elections when necessary for any such purposes and to carry out any or all of said purposes. amended 2011, c.202, s.15.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-40.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-40.1 - Coordination of limited purpose regional school districts with constituent districts.

18A:13-40.1 Coordination of limited purpose regional school districts with constituent districts.  1. The board of education of a limited purpose regional school district shall meet and work with the constituent school districts of the regional district, on at least an annual basis, to: a. coordinate the school calendars of the limited purpose regional school district and the constituent school districts in order to ensure consistency across the districts; and b. review and analyze the curriculum of each constituent school district to facilitate consistency in the educational program and in the articulation and alignment of the curriculum of students who will attend the constituent school districts and the limited purpose regional school district.  L.2019, c.432, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-41 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-41 - Taking charge and control of educational facilities of schools in newly created regional districts.

18A:13-41 Taking charge and control of educational facilities of schools in newly created regional districts.  18A:13-41. A regional board of education of a newly created regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the constituent districts in the classes or grades for which the same is formed when the commissioner shall certify to the boards of education of each of the constituent districts that suitable facilities and accommodations have been made available for the instruction of the pupils in said regional district, but it shall not take charge and control of such educational facilities earlier than July 1 of the calendar year next ensuing the date of the election for the creation of the district, except by agreement between the regional board and the boards of education of the constituent districts, approved by the commissioner. Until the commissioner shall so certify, the charge and control of the educational facilities of the constituent districts in the classes and grades for which the regional district was formed shall continue to be in the respective boards of education of the constituent districts.  amended 2017, c.45, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-42 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-42 - Pension and tenure rights; certain teachers transferred to regional districts; preserved

18A:13-42. Pension and tenure rights; certain teachers transferred to regional districts; preserved  Whenever a regional district has been created subsequent to April 1, 1951, or shall hereafter be created, for high school or junior high school education, the tenure and pension rights of any high school or junior high school teacher, who, at the time of the holding of the election to create such regional district, was assigned for a majority of his time in a grade or grades from grades seven to 12 inclusive, in any high school or junior high school in any of the constituent districts of such regional district, shall be recognized and preserved by the board of education of the regional district in the organization and operation of any high school or junior high school in the regional district, and any period of employment in any one or more of the high schools or junior high schools of any such constituent district or districts, shall count toward the acquisition of tenure in the regional district, but nothing in this section shall be applicable to any superintendent or high school or junior high school principal. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:13-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:13-43 - Enlargement of districts; special election.

18A:13-43 Enlargement of districts; special election.  18A:13-43. If the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts, and the commissioner or his representative, after consultation, study and investigation, shall determine that it is advisable to enlarge the regional school district so as to include said local district or districts therein, the board of education of the regional district and of each such local district shall by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to that effect and shall submit upon the same day, in such regional district and in each such local school district, at a special school election or at an election to be held on the third Tuesday in April the question whether or not said proposal shall be approved briefly describing the contents of said resolution and stating the date of its adoption and they may submit also at such special election as part of such proposal any other provision which may be submitted at such a special election under the provisions of this chapter. amended 2017, c.45, s.8.