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NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-10 - Fixing date, etc. for public hearing.

18A:22-10 Fixing date, etc. for public hearing.  18A:22-10. Upon the preparation of its budget, each board of education shall fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing upon said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools for the ensuing school year and the various items and purposes for which the same are to be appropriated. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in districts having a board of school estimate, the hearing shall be held before the board of school estimate between March 22 and March 29 and in districts having no board of school estimate the hearing shall be held before the board of education between March 22 and March 29. In the case of a school district with an annual school election in November, the hearing shall be held before the board of education between April 24 and May 7. amended 1978, c.136, s.8; 1990, c.52, s.46; 1992, c.159, s.13; 1995, c.278, s.39; 2013, c.280, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-11 - Notice of public hearing

18A:22-11. Notice of public hearing  18A:22-11. The board of education shall cause notice of such public hearing and the statement annexed to the budget to be published at least once in at least one newspaper published in the district and if no newspaper be published therein, then in at least one newspaper circulating in said district not less than four days prior to the date fixed for such public hearing. L.1967, c.271; amended 1995,c.278,s.41.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-12 - Contents of notice.

18A:22-12 Contents of notice.  18A:22-12. The notice shall also set forth that said budget will be on file and open to the 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 the public hearing, that in any district having a board of school estimate, except as otherwise provided in this section, the public hearing will be held before the board of school estimate and in other districts that the public hearing will be held before the board of education and that at said public hearing said budget will be on file and open to the examination of the public accordingly and will be produced for the information of those attending the same. In a Type II district having a board of school estimate in which the annual school election is in November, the public hearing shall be held before the board of education. amended 2012, c.78, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-13 - Public hearing; objections; heard, etc.

18A:22-13. Public hearing; objections; heard, etc.  On the date and at the time and place, so fixed, the board of school estimate or the board of education, as the case may be, shall hold such public hearing at which the taxpayers and other interested persons shall have an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated and the various items and purposes for which the same are to be appropriated for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-14 - Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount

18A:22-14. Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount  18A:22-14. At or after the public hearing but not later than April 8, the board of school estimate of a type I district shall fix and determine by official action taken at a public meeting of the board the amount of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), exclusive of the amount which shall have been apportioned to it by the commissioner and shall make two certificates of the amount signed by at least three members of the board, one of which shall be delivered to the board of education and the other to the governing body of the district. Within 15 days after receiving the certificate the board of education shall notify the board of school estimate and governing body of the district if it intends to appeal to the commissioner the board of school estimate's determination as to the amount of money requested pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools of the district for the ensuing school year. L.1967, c.271; amended 1973, c.265, s.1; 1978, c.136, s.9; 1981, c.511, s.10; 1992, c.159, s.14; 1996, c.138, s.55.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-15 - Appropriations, how made

18A:22-15. Appropriations, how made  The governing body of each municipality comprising a type I district shall, upon the receipt of the certificate of the board of school estimate: a. Appropriate the amount, so certified, for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year, if such appropriations in the district are not made upon a calendar year basis; or b. Appropriate not less than one half of the amount, so certified, if such appropriations in the district are made upon a calendar year basis, and in any year except the first in which such appropriation is so made, appropriate also the unappropriated balance, if any, of the sum previously certified by the board of school estimate for the current school year. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-16 - Resumption of school year appropriations

18A:22-16. Resumption of school year appropriations  Nothing in this article shall prevent the resumption by the governing body of each municipality comprising such district of the method of making appropriations for the use of the public schools in the district on the school year basis and thereafter the annual appropriations for such purposes shall be budgeted, certified and made and shall be assessed, levied and raised by taxation in such manner as may be necessary to give effect to such change. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-17 - Tax ordinance; assessment, levy and collection of appropriations; notice of intent to appeal amount of appropriation

18A:22-17. Tax ordinance; assessment, levy and collection of appropriations; notice of intent to appeal amount of appropriation  The governing body of the municipality shall include the amount so appropriated in its tax ordinance, and the same shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as other moneys appropriated are assessed, levied and collected, but the governing body shall not be required so to appropriate any amount in excess of 1 1/2 % of the assessed valuation of the ratables of the municipality, but may do so if it so determines by resolution. Within 20 days after the governing body of the municipality appropriates in its tax ordinance an amount for the use of the public schools of the district for the ensuing school year, the board of education shall notify the governing body if it intends to appeal to the commissioner the amount so appropriated. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1973, c. 265, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-18 - Capital projects; appropriations; estimation.

18A:22-18 Capital projects; appropriations; estimation.  18A:22-18. When a board of education of a type I district shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to sell school bonds to raise money for any capital project authorized by law, it shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate a statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for such purpose. The statement shall include the amount needed to be raised by school bonds, the final eligible costs of the project as approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000,c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) and in the case of a demonstration project pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6), and, if applicable, the amount of any costs of the project which are in addition to the final eligible costs.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1993, c.83, s.6; 2000, c.72, s.36.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-19 - Determination of local share amount.

18A:22-19 Determination of local share amount.  18A:22-19. The board of school estimate shall fix and determine the local share amount necessary for said purpose and shall certify such amount separately to the board of education and to the governing body of the municipality. L.1967, c.271; amended 2000, c.72, s.37.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-20 - Capital projects; appropriations; how raised

18A:22-20. Capital projects; appropriations; how raised  18A:22-20. The governing body of the municipality shall, subject to the limitations hereinafter contained, borrow the sum or sums determined pursuant to N.J.S.18A:22-19, and secure repayment thereof, with interest thereon, at a rate not to exceed 6% per annum, by the authorization and issuance of bonds in the corporate name of the municipality, in accordance with law.  The governing body shall not be required to appropriate any amount which if added to the net school debt of the district at the date of the appropriation shall exceed 1 1/2 % of the average equalized valuations of taxable property as defined in section 18A:24-1, but may do so if it so determines by resolution.  L.1967, c.271; amended 1993,c.83,s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-21 - Additional appropriations; purposes; estimation

18A:22-21. Additional appropriations; purposes; estimation  When a board of education of a type I district shall determine by resolution that it is necessary to raise in any school year funds additional to those set forth in its annual budget for such year for:  (1) current expenses or repair or furnishing of buildings made necessary because the amount requisite therefor was underestimated in the budget; or  (2) repair or utilization of property destroyed or made unusable by accident or other unforeseen cause; or  (3) meeting emergencies arising since the making of such budget;the board shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate a statement of the amount of money determined to be necessary therefor.  L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-22 - Additional appropriations; fixing and certifying

18A:22-22. Additional appropriations; fixing and certifying  The board of school estimate shall meet within a reasonable time after the delivery of the statement and fix and determine the amount necessary for such purpose or purposes and shall certify the same separately to the board of education and to the governing body of the municipality. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-23 - Additional appropriations; raising.

18A:22-23 Additional appropriations; raising.  18A:22-23. Upon receipt of the certificate, the governing body of the municipality shall immediately appropriate the sum or sums for the purpose or purposes and shall raise such sum or sums in the manner provided by law for the raising of such funds by the municipality in emergencies, and the raising of the funds required by such certificate, in such a case, shall be considered an emergency. Upon raising the funds, the governing body shall cause the sum or sums to be paid forthwith to the secretary or treasurer, as appropriate, of the district for such purpose or purposes. amended 2010, c.39, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-24 - Charter limitations on tax rate, etc., inapplicable

18A:22-24. Charter limitations on tax rate, etc., inapplicable  No limitation imposed by charter in any municipality, as to the amount or rate of taxes or as to any other matter, shall apply to the raising of money under this chapter. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-25 - Borrowing against appropriation on notes

18A:22-25. Borrowing against appropriation on notes  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-27 - Type II districts with boards of school estimate; estimate by board of education; certification of estimate.

18A:22-27 Type II districts with boards of school estimate; estimate by board of education; certification of estimate.  18A:22-27. Whenever the board of education in a type II school district having a board of school estimate shall, by resolution adopted by recorded roll call affirmative vote of two thirds of its full membership, determine that it is necessary to sell school bonds to raise money for any capital project, it shall, by such resolution, estimate the amount necessary to be raised for such project or projects, itemizing such estimate so as to make it readily understandable, and the secretary of the board of education shall certify a copy of such resolution to each member of the board of school estimate of the district. The resolution shall include the amount needed to be raised by school bonds, the final eligible costs of the project as approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5) and in the case of a demonstration project pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c.72 (C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6) , and, if applicable, the amount of any costs of the project which are in addition to the final eligible costs. L.1967, c.271; amended 1993, c.83, s.8; 2000, c.72, s.38.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-28 - Public hearing by board of school estimate; notice.

18A:22-28 Public hearing by board of school estimate; notice.  18A:22-28. The board of education of such district shall also, upon delivery of such certificate to the members of the board of school estimate, fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing by the board of school estimate with respect to the amount of money to be raised locally for such project or projects, which date shall be not less than 15 nor more than 30 days after the date of such delivery, and shall cause notice of such public hearing and such resolution, including a statement that said resolution will be on file and open to examination to the public between reasonable hours to be fixed and at a place to be named therein from the date of such notice until the date of said public hearing, to be published at least once and not less than seven days before such public hearing in at least one newspaper, published in each municipality comprised within the school district, and if no newspaper is published in any such municipality, then, as to such municipality, in at least one newspaper circulating in the municipality, and said board of education shall cause said resolution 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. L.1967, c.271; amended 2000, c.72, s.39.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-29 - Public hearing, public participation.

18A:22-29 Public hearing, public participation.  18A:22-29. On the date and at the time and place so fixed for such public hearing, the board of school estimate shall grant the taxpayers and other interested persons an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to said resolution and the amount of money necessary to be raised locally for such project or projects and with respect to the various items and projects for which the same is to be raised. L.1967, c.271; amended 2000, c.72, s.40.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-30 - Determination of amount to be raised locally.

18A:22-30 Determination of amount to be raised locally.  18A:22-30. At or after such hearing the board of school estimate shall fix and determine the amount of money necessary to be raised locally for said project or projects, and the secretary of said board shall certify said amount to the board of education of the district and to the board or body of each municipality comprised therein which has power to make appropriations of money to be raised by taxes in such municipality. The board of education of the district and the governing body of each such municipality comprising the district shall apportion the amount so to be appropriated, assessed, levied and raised in each of such municipalities, as nearly as may be, on the same basis and by the application of the same standards as are provided by law for apportionment of appropriations by county tax boards. L.1967, c.271; amended 2000, c.72, s.41.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-31 - Determination of amounts by board of school estimate

18A:22-31. Determination of amounts by board of school estimate  In any district in which the amounts to be raised, levied and collected by taxes for school purposes are fixed and determined by a board of school estimate, the secretary of the board of education shall certify the amounts so estimated to be necessary for said purposes, itemizing the same so as to make the same readily understandable, to each member of the board of school estimate of the district and said board of school estimate shall meet within seven days after the delivery of said certificates and by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership, shall fix and determine the amounts necessary to be raised for said purposes, and the secretary of said board shall certify, within five days, said amounts to the board of education, to the board or body of each municipality situate within the district which has power to make appropriations of money to be raised by taxes in such municipality, to the county board of taxation and to the county superintendent of schools. L.1967, c.271.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-32 - Appropriation determination for certain type II districts.

18A:22-32 Appropriation determination for certain type II districts.  18A:22-32. a. Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, at or after the public hearing on the budget but not later than 18 days prior to the April school election, the board of education of each type II district having no board of school estimate shall fix and determine by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership the amount of money to be raised pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) and any additional funds to be voted upon by the legal voters of the district at the April school election pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of that act, which sum or sums shall be designated in the notice calling the election as required by law. b. At or after the public hearing on the budget but not later than May 14, the board of education of each type II district having no board of school estimate in which the annual school election is in November, shall fix and determine by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership the amount of money to be raised pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) and any additional funds to be voted upon by the legal voters of the district at the November school election pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of that act, which sum or sums shall be designated in the notice calling the election as required by law. amended 1977, c.190, s.1; 1978, c.136, s.11; 1995, c.278, s.42; 1996, c.138, s.57; 2011, c.202, s.19; 2013, c.280, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-34 - Appropriations; how assessed, levied and raised

18A:22-34. Appropriations; how assessed, levied and raised  2. The amount so certified shall be assessed, levied and raised in the municipality or municipalities composing the district, as follows: a. In districts in which such appropriations are not made upon a calendar year basis, the full amount thereof, if the district consists of but one municipality, or the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality, if the district is composed of more than one municipality, shall be so assessed, levied and raised therein; or b. In districts in which the appropriations for the use of the public schools are made upon a calendar year basis, not less than one half, as determined by the governing body of the municipality, of the amount so certified, if the district consists of but one municipality, or not less than one half, as determined by the governing body, of the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality, if the district is composed of more than one municipality, shall be so assessed, levied and raised therein, and in the first year in which such appropriations are made upon said basis, the amount certified to the municipality for the payment of the interest on any note or bond of the district, temporary or permanent, and any part of the principal thereof falling due between July 1 and December 31 of the current school year, or the amount thereof apportioned to the municipality, also, shall be so assessed, levied and raised, and in any year, except the first, in which the appropriations are made upon said basis, the balance, if any, of the sum previously certified to the municipality by the board of school estimate, or the portion thereof apportioned to the municipality for the current school year, and the amount required of the municipality for the payment of the interest upon any note or bond of the district or any part of the principal thereof falling due in the calendar year, shall be so assessed, levied and raised. L.1967,c.271, s.18A:22-34, eff. Jan.11, 1968.
NJ Rev Stat § 18A:22-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 18A - Education|Section 18A:22-35 - Resumption of school year appropriations

18A:22-35. Resumption of school year appropriations  Nothing in this article shall prevent the resumption by the governing body of each municipality comprising any such school district of the method of making appropriations for the use of the public schools in the district on the school year basis and thereafter the annual appropriations made upon such basis shall be assessed, levied and raised by special district taxes in such manner as may be necessary to give effect to such change. L.1967, c.271.