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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-5 - Conduct of regional district elections, votes required

18A:13-5. Conduct of regional district elections, votes required
18A:13-5. Elections in regional districts shall be conducted as in other local districts except that in any such elections, unless otherwise provided by this Title, the total vote of the entire regional district, without regard to the territorial boundaries of the constituent districts, shall be counted in determining the result of the election.
In any case in which a proposal for the creation of a regional district or for the enlargement of a regional district is submitted, such proposal shall be adopted only if a majority of the votes cast thereon
a. In each of the local districts, other than a consolidated district, proposing to form the regional district,
b. In the consolidated district proposing to form the regional district without regard to the territorial boundaries of the constituent districts, or
c. In the regional district to be enlarged, and in each district proposed to enlarge it,
shall be cast in favor of the adoption of such proposal.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1968,c.240,s.1; 1995,c.278,s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-6 - Body corporate and corporate title

18A:13-6. Body corporate and corporate title
Each board of education of a regional district shall be a body corporate and shall be known as "the board of education of the regional school district including the school districts of (herein insert the names of the constituent districts and the names of the county or counties in which each is situate)" unless the regional board shall determine to adopt a shorter title, with the approval of the state board, in which case the new title shall be certified by the secretary of the board to the secretary of state and thereupon it shall become the corporate title of the regional district and any obligations of the regional board, under the former title, shall become the obligation of the board under the new title.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-7 - Regional board members

18A:13-7. Regional board members
A member of a regional board of education shall be for at least one year a resident of the constituent district of the regional district, to be represented by the member, in the regional board of education.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L. 1986, c. 98, s. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-9 - Reapportionment of membership

18A:13-9. Reapportionment of membership
1. Each apportionment shall continue in effect unless and until a reapportionment shall become necessary by reason of the receipt by the Governor of the next federal census or the enlargement of the regional district by the admission of one or more local districts. In any such case, immediately after the receipt by the Governor of said census or the certification of a favorable result of the election for enlargement of the regional district, the county superintendent or county superintendents of the county or counties in which the constituent districts are situate shall reapportion the members accordingly but all members shall continue in office for the terms for which they were elected or appointed notwithstanding any reapportionment. If any constituent district shall become entitled to increased representation on the board the additional members shall be elected at the next annual school election of the regional district. If, as a result of such reapportionment, a disproportionate number of the total representatives of any one constituent district to a regional board are to be elected at a single annual school election, the commissioner shall have the power, on petition of a constituent district board of education, to alter the term of any member representing such constituent district by not more than 1 year, so as to temporarily apportion, as equally as possible over any given 3-year period, the election of the members representing such constituent district.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1977, c. 327, s. 1, eff. Jan. 10, 1978; amended 2021, c.369, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-9a - Apportionment of membership of board of education.

18A:13-9a Apportionment of membership of board of education.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-9 or any other section of law to the contrary, in the case in which the membership of the board of education of the regional district is apportioned pursuant to section 1 or section 3 of P.L.2017, c.45 (C.18A:13-34a or C.18A:13-46.1), the apportionment shall continue in effect until the receipt by the Governor of the next federal census. Immediately after the receipt by the Governor of a federal census, the Commissioner of Education shall consult with the constituent districts of the regional district to determine whether or not to reapportion the membership of the board of education of the regional district. All members of the board of education of the regional district shall continue in office for the terms for which they were elected or appointed notwithstanding any reapportionment ordered by the commissioner. If any constituent district receives increased representation on the board as a result of a reapportionment ordered by the commissioner, the additional members shall be elected at the next annual school election of the regional district. If, as a result of such reapportionment, a disproportionate number of the total representatives of any one constituent district to a regional board are to be elected at a single annual school election, the commissioner shall have the power, on petition of a constituent district board of education, to alter the term of any member representing such constituent district by not more than one year, so as to temporarily apportion, as equally as possible over any given three-year period, the election of the members representing such constituent district.
L.2017, c.45, s.2; amended 2021, c.369, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-9.1 - Special election of members of board after Federal decennial census; resolution

18A:13-9.1. Special election of members of board after Federal decennial census; resolution
1. Whenever the board of education of a regional district shall, following the taking of a federal decennial census and the issuance of preliminary populations of the constituent districts pursuant to said census but prior to the issuance of the final populations of said districts and the receipt by the Governor of said census in this State, determine that (a) said final populations and receipt by the Governor of the census shall not be available in time for the next succeeding election of members of said board, (b) said preliminary figures indicate that significant changes in the number of members to be allocated to the constituent districts will result, and (c) the allocation of members among the constituent districts on the basis of the present official census effective in this State will result in inequitable representation, it may, by resolution unanimously adopted and approved by the Commissioner of Education, provide that, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, the members to be next elected pursuant to article 7 of chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes shall be elected at a special election to be held on a day no later than 60 days after the receipt by the Governor of said census in this State as specified in said resolution.
L.1970, c. 305, s. 1, eff. Dec. 14, 1970; amended 2021, c.369, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-9.2 - Special election

18A:13-9.2. Special election
In the event that such a resolution is adopted and approved, the terms of the present members of the regional board whose terms would terminate in the year of said election shall be continued until the organization meeting which shall be held during the first or second week after said special election at which time the board shall organize pursuant to section 18A:13-12 of the New Jersey Statutes and the terms of the members elected in said election shall commence. The powers of the present board shall continue unaltered until said organization meeting after said special election. Each such new member shall serve for the unexpired term only.
L. 1970, c. 305, s. 2; amended by L. 1987, c. 289, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-10 - Annual elections.

18A:13-10 Annual elections.
18A:13-10. The board of education of each regional district shall provide for the holding, in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et al.), of an annual school election for the regional district.
At such election there shall be elected for terms of three years, the members of the regional boards of education to succeed those members of the board whose terms shall expire in that year, except as is in this chapter provided for the election of the first elected members of the board. The term of a member of a regional board of education elected in April shall begin on any day of the first or second week following the election. The term of a member of a regional board of education elected in November shall begin on any day of the first week in January.
amended 1978, c.136, s.3; 1979, c.23, s.6; 1981, c.371, s.1; 1987, c.289, s.5; 1992, c.159, s.10; 1995, c.278, s.32; 2011, c.202, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-11 - Vacancies in membership of board; filling

18A:13-11. Vacancies in membership of board; filling
Vacancies in the membership of the board shall be filled from the constituent districts represented by the former incumbents in the same manner as vacancies in the membership of boards of education of type II districts having elected boards of education are filled.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-12 - Election of officers.

18A:13-12 Election of officers.
18A:13-12. The board shall hold a regular meeting forthwith after its first appointment, and annually thereafter on any day of the first or second week following the annual school election in April, at which it shall organize by the election, from among its members, of a president and vice president, who shall serve until the organization meeting next succeeding the election of their respective successors as members of the board. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, the organization meeting shall be held on any day of the first week in January. If any board shall fail to organize within the designated period, the executive county superintendent of the county, or the executive county superintendents of the counties, in which the constituent districts are situate, shall appoint, from among the members of the board, a president and vice president to serve until the organization meeting next succeeding the next election.
amended 1974, c.105, s.2; 1979, c.23, s.9; 1982, c.17, s.1; 1987, c.289, s.6; 2011, c.202, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-13 - Appointment of secretary.

18A:13-13 Appointment of secretary.
18A:13-13. The board shall appoint a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board, for the term of one year beginning on July 1, or January 15 in the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, following his appointment but he shall continue to serve after the expiration of his term until his successor is appointed and qualified. In a district which does not have a treasurer of school moneys, the secretary shall give bond in such amount and with such surety as the board shall direct. The board shall be guided in its determination of the amount of coverage necessary by a schedule of minimum limits promulgated by the State Board of Education.
amended 2010, c.39, s.6; 2011, c.202, s.11.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-14 - Treasurer of school moneys; appointment; term; bond.

18A:13-14 Treasurer of school moneys; appointment; term; bond.
18A:13-14. The board may appoint a treasurer of school moneys who shall not be a member or employee of the board and it shall fix his salary. His term of office shall expire annually on June 30 of each year, or January 15 of each year in the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November. If a municipal officer is appointed treasurer, his term shall cease if he ceases to hold his municipal office and in either case, the treasurer shall continue in office after the expiration of his term until his successor is qualified. He shall give bond in such amount, and with such surety, as the board shall direct. The board in its determination of the amount shall be guided by a schedule of minimum limits to be promulgated by the State board.
amended 1981, c.174, s.1; 2010, c.39, s.7; 2011, c.202, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-15 - Acquisition of lands without districts

18A:13-15. Acquisition of lands without districts
The board of education of any regional school district may from time to time acquire for school purposes, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, lands or premises not exceeding 45 acres in extent and situated in whole or in part in any one or more municipalities adjoining the regional school district, and all of the proceedings to acquire such lands or premises shall be in accordance with the provisions of this title.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-16 - Special police services; contracts with municipalities

18A:13-16. Special police services; contracts with municipalities
The board of education of any regional district may contract with the municipality in which any of its regional schools are located for such special police services as may be required for the safety of its students and such regional district shall appropriate and raise annually in the same manner as other school moneys are appropriated and raised in the district the amount required to pay therefor.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-17 - Submission of budget; other questions to voters; adherence to procedures.

18A:13-17 Submission of budget; other questions to voters; adherence to procedures.
18A:13-17. a. The regional board of education shall, at each annual April school election, submit to the voters of the regional district the amount of money fixed and determined in its budget to be voted upon for the use of the regional schools of the district for the ensuing school year and may submit thereat any other question authorized by this law to be submitted at such an election. The board may, in submitting to the voters the amount of money to be voted upon for the use of the regional schools of the district, identify the amount of money determined to be the constituent municipality's share. The board shall follow the procedures established in section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) and N.J.S.18A:22-33.
b. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, the regional board of education shall fix and determine the district's budget for the ensuing school year and may submit at the annual school election any question authorized by law to be submitted at such an election. The board shall follow the procedures established in section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), N.J.S.18A:22-33, and section 41 of P.L.2011, c.202 (C.18A:7F-5.4).
amended 1996, c.138, s.47; 2001, c.26, s.1; 2011, c.202, s.13.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-19 - Procedure following school budget rejection.

18A:13-19 Procedure following school budget rejection.
18A:13-19. a. If the voters reject any of the items submitted at the annual April school election, within two days thereafter the board of education of the regional district shall certify to the governing body of each municipality, included within the regional district, the item or items so rejected, and such governing bodies, after consultation with the board, and no later than May 19 shall determine the amount or amounts for the ensuing school year and cause the same to be certified by the respective municipal clerks to the board of education of the regional district. The board and the governing bodies shall follow the procedures established in section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) and N.J.S.18A:22-37.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, whenever the Commissioner of Education changes the annual school election date pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1), the commissioner shall change the deadline set forth in subsection a. of this section by which date the governing bodies are required to determine the amount for the ensuing school year and cause the same to be certified to the board of education of the regional district. The commissioner in changing the deadline shall ensure that the number of calendar days from the changed date of the annual school election to the deadline is no less than the number of calendar days from the third Tuesday of April to May 19 of that calendar year.
amended 1969, c.250, s.1; 1978, c.136, s.4; 1979, c.23, s.10; 1983, c.119, s.1; 1992, c.159, s.11; 1995, c.94, s.1; 1996, c.138, s.48; 2011, c.202, s.14; 2013, c.173, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-20 - Determination, certification of amount by commissioner

18A:13-20. Determination, certification of amount by commissioner
18A:13-20. Should said governing bodies fail to so certify or fail to agree and certify different amounts for said purposes, then the commissioner shall determine and certify the amount or amounts to the board of education of the regional district. The commissioner shall follow the procedures established in N.J.S.18A:22-38.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1996, c.138, s.49.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-21 - Inclusion of amounts certified in tax

18A:13-21. Inclusion of amounts certified in tax
The amount or amounts so certified by all of said governing bodies or by the commissioner, as the case may be, shall be apportioned among municipalities included within the regional district and shall be included in the tax levy for such municipalities for such appropriations, as provided by law.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-23 - Apportionment of appropriations.

18A:13-23 Apportionment of appropriations.
18A:13-23. The annual or special appropriations for regional districts, including the amounts to be raised for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds payable by the district, shall be apportioned among the municipalities included within the regional district, as may be approved by the voters of each municipality at the annual school election or a special school election, 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.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45);
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.
Amended 1975, c.212, s.29; 1990, c.52, s.37; 1993, c.67, s.1; 1996, c.138, s.50; 2007, c.260, s.50.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-23.3 - Modification of apportionment of appropriations

18A:13-23.3. Modification of apportionment of appropriations
5. A regional district may modify the manner in which the amounts to be raised for annual or special appropriations for the district, including the amounts to be raised for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds payable by the district, are apportioned pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-23 only upon the occurrence of one of the following events:
a. Ten years have elapsed since the last school election in which the apportionment of costs was approved by the voters;
b. A school year in which the equalized valuations of any constituent municipality when divided by the total equalized valuations of all the constituent municipalities is either greater than .10 plus or less than .10 minus the result expressed as a decimal of the equalized valuations of the constituent municipality divided by the total equalized valuations of all the constituent municipalities in the school year of the last school election in which the apportionment of costs was approved by the voters;
c. A school year in which the pupil population of any constituent municipality when divided by the total pupil population of the regional district is either greater than .10 plus or less than .10 minus the result expressed as a decimal of the pupil population of the constituent municipality divided by the total pupil population of the regional district in the school year of the last school election in which the apportionment of costs was approved by the voters;
d. A school year in which the regional district is enlarged by the admission of one or more districts;
e. During any school year if the regional district was formed prior to the effective date of P.L.1993, c.67 (C.18A:7D-37 et al.) and has never revised its cost apportionment basis.
L.1993,c.67,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-24 - Appropriations; certification; apportionment; assessment and collection among constituent districts

18A:13-24. Appropriations; certification; apportionment; assessment and collection among constituent districts
The amounts to be raised for annual or special appropriations and for interest upon, and the redemption of, bonds for regional districts shall be certified by the regional board of education to, and shall be apportioned among the municipalities included within the regional district as follows:
a. When the regional district is located wholly within one county, said amounts shall be certified to the county board of taxation of the county and shall be apportioned by it among such municipalities in the manner, and upon the basis, prescribed in this article; or
b. When the regional district is located in more than one county, said amount shall be certified to the county board of taxation of the county in which the largest number of regional district pupils are resident, and said amounts shall be apportioned by said county board of taxation, among such municipalities in the manner, and upon the basis, prescribed in this article.
The share of the amount to be raised by taxation in each municipality included in a regional district shall be certified to the appropriate county board of taxation by the Commissioner of Education.
The amounts apportioned to each such included municipality shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other school taxes are assessed, levied and collected therein and shall be paid upon requisition as in other Type II school districts.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1975, c. 212, s. 30, eff. July 1, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-26 - Authorization; issuance; maturities, sales and lien of bonds

18A:13-26. Authorization; issuance; maturities, sales and lien of bonds
Bonds or notes of a regional school district shall be issued in the corporate name of the district, and shall be authorized and issued, in accordance with the law governing the issuance of bonds by type II districts, and the outstanding bonds and notes of a regional school district shall be a lien upon the real estate, situate in all the constituent school districts in the regional district, and the personal estates of the inhabitants of all of such constituent districts, as well as the public property of said constituent districts and of the regional district, shall be liable for the payment thereof.
All bonds and notes issued by or for regional districts shall be dated and sold in all respects in accordance with the provisions of this title and shall mature within the period or respective periods of time prescribed by such provisions, in each case computed from the date of such bonds.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-27 - Newly created regional districts; issuance of temporary bonds or notes for current expenses; submission to voters, etc.

18A:13-27. Newly created regional districts; issuance of temporary bonds or notes for current expenses; submission to voters, etc.
Whenever the boards of education of all local school districts proposing to create a regional district shall determine by identical resolutions that it is desirable, as part of the proposal to create such regional district, to issue promissory notes or temporary loan bonds of the regional district, in a principal amount not exceeding such amount as shall be stated in said resolutions, to mature not later than one year, from the date of the issuance of the first of such notes or bonds, in order to provide for the current expenses of the proposed regional district to be incurred until appropriations for the operation of the regional district will be available and the commissioner shall certify in writing that said principal amount does not exceed the amount which reasonably may be expected to be necessary for such expenses, each of said boards of education may, at the election called and conducted to act upon the proposal for the creation of the regional district, submit as part of such proposal the authorization and approval of the issuance of said notes or bonds briefly describing the contents of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the same and stating the date upon which it was adopted by the boards of education in question. If such proposal is adopted any such note or bond so authorized may be issued and may be renewed in like form, without further certification or submission to the voters, to mature not later than two years from the date of the first of the notes or bonds so renewed, but no school debt statement need be prepared or filed prior to the authorization of such bonds.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-28 - Authorization of bonds upon formation of regional district

18A:13-28. Authorization of bonds upon formation of regional district
The board of education of each local district proposing to create or to join in the creation of the regional district or the board of education of any regional district and of each local district proposing to unite to enlarge the regional district may adopt identical resolutions authorizing the issuance of bonds of such proposed or enlarged regional district, in such amount or amounts, and for such of the purposes described in section 18A:24-5 as they shall determine upon and there may be submitted, as part of the proposal for the creation or enlargement of the regional district the approval of the authorization of the issuance of such bonds. If the provisions of sections 18A:24-24 through 18A:24-27 are applicable to such issuance of bonds, a copy of such resolutions shall be submitted, prior to such election, for consideration by the commissioner and the local finance board under and for all the purposes of said sections and no such authorization shall be submitted in any such case except it be approved for submission as provided in said sections. If the proposal containing such authorization shall be approved by referendum in each of such districts such resolutions shall after such vote be authority for the issuance of bonds of such regional district to the amount and for the purpose or purposes set forth therein, and from and after the date of, such vote, shall for all purposes of any provisions of this title, be deemed to constitute resolutions duly approved on said date by the local voters of such regional district authorizing the board of education thereof to issue bonds of such regional district for the purpose or purposes and in the amount or amounts set forth in such proposal.
If the regional district so created or enlarged is a limited purpose regional district, no school debt statement in relation to the issuance of such bonds need be prepared and filed prior to the authorization of the issuance thereof.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-29 - Issuance of bonds of constituent district by all purpose regional district

18A:13-29. Issuance of bonds of constituent district by all purpose regional district
If in any consolidated district, or local district comprising two or more municipalities, which is comprised in an all purpose regional district, the issuance of bonds of said consolidated district or district comprising two or more municipalities has been authorized and approved by referendum in accordance with this title before the creation of such regional district and all or any part of such issue of bonds remained or remain unissued at the time of the creation of the regional district, such authorization and approval shall, be authority for the issuance of bonds of the regional district in same amount and for the same purpose or purposes after the date of such creation, as though such authorization and approval by referendum had been given in the regional districts after the creation thereof. The bonds so issued shall be dated and sold and made payable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any provisions of resolutions with respect to the dates and maturities of such bonds shall not affect the powers of the regional board of education with respect to such dates and maturities.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-33.1 - Proposal to increase purposes of regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board of education.

18A:13-33.1 Proposal to increase purposes of regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board of education.
15. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a proposal to add to the purposes for which a regional district was created is submitted to the voters and adopted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-33, the board of education of a constituent district and of the limited purpose or all purpose regional district, as applicable, shall proceed with the regionalization plan in accordance with the provisions of the proposal. Any claim that a board of education of a constituent district or the board of education of the limited purpose or all purpose regional district, as applicable, is proceeding with the regionalization plan in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of the proposal shall be made directly to the Commissioner of Education.
b. In the event that the commissioner determines that a board of education of a constituent district or the board of education of the limited purpose or all purpose regional district, as applicable, is acting in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of a proposal adopted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-33, such board of education shall submit plans to the commissioner detailing the steps to be taken to address such inconsistencies.
L.2021, c.402, s.15.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-33.3 - Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; limited purpose to all purpose regional district.

18A:13-33.3 Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; limited purpose to all purpose regional district.
17. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a limited purpose regional district is proposing to add additional purposes that will convert the limited purpose regional district to an all purpose regional district, the constituent districts may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education of the newly formed all purpose regional district among the constituent districts as nearly as may be according to the number of their inhabitants, except that each constituent district shall have at least one member.
The new members of the board of education of the newly created all purpose regional district, who shall serve until the election of the first elected members of the newly formed regional district pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section, shall be selected as follows:
(1) two-thirds shall be selected from among the members of the boards of education or governing bodies of the constituent districts constituting the limited purpose regional district; and
(2) one-third shall be selected from among the members of the board of education of the limited purpose regional district proposing to add additional purposes, with such members selected according to the number of each constituent districts' inhabitants.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the first elected members of the board of education of the newly formed regional district shall be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section 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.
L.2021, c.402, s.17.
2023 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.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45);
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 and any such special election pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be held pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et seq.). 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; 2021, c.402, s.20.
2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-34b - Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; newly created regional district.

18A:13-34b Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; newly created regional district.
18. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the boards of education proposing to form a newly created regional 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 according to the number of each constituent districts' inhabitants, except that each constituent district shall have at least one member. The calculation and method of apportionment chosen pursuant to the provisions of this subsection need not be approved by the commissioner or his representative. If the commissioner or his representative determines that it is advisable for such districts to form a newly created regional 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 newly formed regional district shall be selected from among the members of the boards of education of each constituent district of the newly created regional district, who shall serve until the election of the first elected members of the newly created regional district pursuant to the provisions of subsection b. of this section, in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to this subsection.
b. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the first elected members of the board of education of a newly created regional district shall be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to subsection a. of this section 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.
L.2021, c.402, s.18.
2023 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.