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2023 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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-35.1 - Proposal to form regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board of education.

18A:13-35.1 Proposal to form regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board of education.
13. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a proposal to form a limited purpose or all purpose 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, a board of education shall proceed with the regionalization plan in accordance with the provisions of the proposal. Any claim that a board of education 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 is acting in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of a proposal adopted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-35, 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.13.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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 held pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.278 (C.19:60-1 et seq.) 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; 2021, c.402, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-44 - Certification of results of election for enlargement of regional district

18A:13-44. Certification of results of election for enlargement of regional district
The secretary of the regional district and of each local district, which is included in the proposal to enlarge the regional district, shall certify to the county superintendent of the county in which such district is situate, within five days after such election, the result of the election in his district showing the number of votes cast for, and the number cast against, the adoption of such proposal and such county superintendent or county superintendents shall canvass the vote and if he or they shall determine from such certificates that such proposal was adopted in the regional school district and in each proposed constituent district, he or they shall notify the board of education of the regional district and of each proposed constituent district, and the commissioner, accordingly and the enlargement of the regional district, by the admission thereto of the proposed constituent district or districts, 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 said election.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-44.1 - Proposal to enlarge regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board, boards of education.

18A:13-44.1 Proposal to enlarge regional district adopted by voters; duties of affected board, boards of education.
14. a. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, when a proposal to enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district is submitted to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-43, and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-44, a board of education of the regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts determined to enlarge the regional district shall proceed with the regionalization plan in accordance with the provisions of the proposal. Any claim that a board of education 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 regional district or of one or more local districts is acting in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of a proposal adopted pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-44, 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.14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-45 - Corporate existence and name; assumption of indebtedness

18A:13-45. Corporate existence and name; assumption of indebtedness
The corporate existence of an enlarged regional district shall be continued without interruption from the date of its original creation notwithstanding its enlargement and its corporate name shall remain unchanged unless another corporate name, approved by the state board, shall be adopted by resolution of the regional board of education and shall be certified to the secretary of state.
Each new constituent district shall become responsible, for the indebtedness of the regional district then outstanding or authorized but unissued, as if it had originally constituted a part of the regional district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-46 - Enlargement of regional districts; new board members; reapportionment.

18A:13-46 Enlargement of regional districts; new board members; reapportionment.
18A:13-46. Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of P.L.2017, c.45 (C.18A:13-46.1), the executive county superintendent of the county in which any new constituent district of an enlarged regional district shall be situate shall, not later than 30 days after the election for the enlargement thereof, appoint one member of the enlarged board of education of the regional district from among the qualified citizens of each such new constituent district and the members so appointed shall serve until the first Monday succeeding the first annual April school election of the enlarged regional district and their successors shall be elected at said election. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, the members so appointed shall serve until the first week in January next succeeding the first annual November school election of the enlarged regional district and their successors shall be elected at that election. If by reason of the enlargement of the district it becomes necessary to reapportion the membership of the enlarged board of education the executive county superintendent or superintendents of the county or counties in which the constituent local districts of the enlarged district are situate shall reapportion the membership of the enlarged board of education in accordance with the provisions of sections 18A:13-8 and 18A:13-36, and at the same time shall designate the number of members to be elected from each constituent school district at the succeeding annual school election to be held therein upon the expiration of the terms of office of the members of the regional board then in office, in such manner that the representation of the constituent districts shall be established in accordance with such reapportionment at the earliest possible time but the members then in office shall continue in office for the terms for which they were elected or appointed notwithstanding such reapportionment.
amended 2011, c.202, s.16; 2017, c.45, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-46.2 - Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; enlarged regional district.

18A:13-46.2 Proposal to calculate, apportion board membership; enlarged regional district.
19. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts determined to enlarge the regional district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the enlarged board of education 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 to enlarge the regional district to include the local district or districts therein, and the question of whether or not the proposal to enlarge the regional district is submitted to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-43, and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-44, then all members of the board of education of the enlarged regional district shall be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to this subsection at the next annual school election after the election to enlarge the regional district.
b. For an enlarged regional district with a board of education apportioned pursuant to this section, the board of education of the new constituent district of the enlarged regional district shall, not later than 30 days after the election for the enlargement thereof, appoint one member of the enlarged board of education of the regional district from among the members of the board of education of the new constituent district, and the member so appointed shall serve until the first Monday succeeding the first annual April school election of the enlarged regional district. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, the member so appointed shall serve until the first week in January next succeeding the first annual November school election of the enlarged district.
L.2021, c.402, s.19.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47 - Enlarged regional districts; educational facilities; powers of board

18A:13-47. Enlarged regional districts; educational facilities; powers of board
The regional board of education of an enlarged regional district shall not take charge and control of the educational facilities, being provided for pupils in the classes or grades included in the regional district before its enlargement, in the local districts to be added thereto, until such time, not earlier than July 1 of the calendar year following that in which the election to enlarge the regional district is held, as the commissioner shall certify to the board of education of the regional district before its enlargement, and the board of education of each new constituent district, that suitable facilities and accommodations have been made available for the instruction of pupils in the enlarged regional district and until then the pupils in the regional district and in the new constituent districts shall continue under the charge and control of the board of education of the regional district existing prior to its enlargement and the board or boards of education of said new constituent district or districts, respectively. The time for taking charge and control of such facilities may be accelerated or postponed by agreement of the board of education of the regional district existing prior to its enlargement and of the board or boards of education of the new constituent district or districts with the approval of the commissioner. Upon taking charge and control of the educational facilities of the enlarged regional district the board of education of the enlarged regional district shall have full authority and control with respect thereto and in the meantime said board of the enlarged regional district may exercise any other powers and perform any other duties with respect to the enlarged regional district which the first board of education of a newly formed regional district may exercise and perform, as provided in section 18A:13-40.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.1 - Definitions.

18A:13-47.1 Definitions.
1. As used in sections 2 through 8 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2 through C.18A:13-47.8):
"Board of education" means and includes the board of education of a local school district, consolidated school district, non-operating school district, and the board of education of a limited purpose or all purpose regional district.
"Division" means the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Governing body" means and includes, in the event that a school district enumerated herein does not have a board of education, the governing body of a local school district, a municipality constituting part of a consolidated school district, and the governing body of a municipality constituting a constituent district of a limited purpose or all purpose regional district.
"Participating district" means a school district whose board of education or governing body, as applicable, by resolution certifies a commitment to participate in a feasibility study submitted as part of an application under the grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2).
"School district" means and includes a local school district, consolidated school district, non-operating school district, a constituent school district, and a limited purpose or all purpose regional district.
L.2021, c.402, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.2 - Grant program established.

18A:13-47.2 Grant program established.
2. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall establish a grant program, within the limit of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program, the purpose of which shall be to provide for the reimbursement of eligible costs associated with conducting feasibility studies that support the creation of meaningful and implementable plans to form or expand regional school districts. The division shall retain one percent of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the program for the purpose of offsetting the expenses related to the administration of the program. In addition to funds being made available to boards of education and governing bodies seeking to conduct feasibility studies after the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.1 et al.), funds under the grant program shall be made available to:
a. the boards of education or governing bodies of two or more school districts which have conducted within two years prior to the enactment of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.1 et al.) a feasibility study for which no prior reimbursement was made; and
b. the boards of education or governing bodies of two or more school districts that are in the process of conducting a feasibility study as of the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.1 et al.).
L.2021, c.402, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.6 - Reimbursement, election costs; criteria.

18A:13-47.6 Reimbursement, election costs; criteria.
6. The Department of Education shall reimburse participating districts for any costs incurred to hold an election to establish or enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district provided that the decision to establish or enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district stems from the completion of a feasibility study conducted in connection with the grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2).
L.2021, c.402, s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.7 - Receipt of grant award application, notice.

18A:13-47.7 Receipt of grant award application, notice.
7. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs shall provide notice to the Senate President, the Speaker of the General Assembly, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the General Assembly upon the division's receipt of an application for a grant award submitted pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.3). The notice shall be provided within 15 days of the division's receipt of the application and shall include information identifying each applicant seeking a grant award.
L.2021, c.402, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.8 - Grant program implementation report, content.

18A:13-47.8 Grant program implementation report, content.
8. The Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Education, shall submit a report on the implementation of the grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.2) to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1) within one year following the date of enactment of P.L.2021, c.402 (C.18A:13-47.1 et al.) and annually thereafter. The report shall include, but not be limited to:
a. an analysis of the grant program identifying:
(1) the boards of education or governing bodies that applied for a grant;
(2) the boards of education or governing bodies that were awarded a grant;
(3) the amount of each grant awarded;
(4) the availability of any funds remaining under the grant program;
(5) the reasoning behind the denial of any grant application; and
(6) an analysis of the effects of consolidations or withdrawals, or both, on the opportunities for students to attend schools that are integrated by race, socioeconomic, disability, and English Language Learner status;
b. a description of the experience of the boards of education or governing bodies that applied and were approved for grant funding, including the status and analysis of any feasibility studies conducted with grant funding;
c. information on whether any grant recipients completed regionalization;
d. an analysis of any legal, financial, educational, or other factors that either facilitated or impeded the expansion or creation of a regional district by participating districts including, but not limited to, recommendations to existing State laws or regulations that would remove impediments to regionalization; and
e. recommendations as to the feasibility and advisability of expanding the grant program.
L.2021, c.402, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.9 - Expiring employment salary guide and terms and conditions.

18A:13-47.9 Expiring employment salary guide and terms and conditions.
9. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever the salary guide and terms and conditions of employment of one or more school districts seeking to join a newly formed or existing limited purpose or all purpose regional district is set to expire upon the formation of the new regional district, the school district may:
a. elect to adopt the expiring salary guide and terms and conditions of employment for a period not to exceed one year or until a successor agreement is negotiated with the majority representative of the new regional district, whichever occurs first; or
b. elect to adopt the salary guide and terms and conditions of employment of the largest comparable district joining the new regional district.
L.2021, c.402, s.9.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-47.10 - Tenure, seniority rights recognized, preserved.

18A:13-47.10 Tenure, seniority rights recognized, preserved.
10. Notwithstanding section 3 of P.L.1995, c.294 (C.18A:6-31.5) or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a limited purpose or all purpose regional district is formed or enlarged, the tenure and seniority rights of all employees from the affected, constituent, replaced, displaced, or dissolved districts, except for employees who are superintendents without prior underlying tenure and seniority rights in the affected, constituent, replaced, displaced, or dissolved districts, which form or are a part of, or are affected, replaced, or displaced by the newly formed or enlarged limited purpose or all purpose regional district, shall be recognized and preserved by the newly formed or enlarged limited purpose or all purpose regional district and all periods of employment in any of the school districts shall count toward acquisition of tenure and seniority in the newly formed or enlarged limited purpose or all purpose regional district. All statutory and contractual rights to accumulated sick leave, leave of absence, and pension of an employee that have been acquired through employment in any of the districts shall be recognized by the newly formed or enlarged limited purpose or all purpose regional district. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, whenever a limited purpose or all-purpose regional district is formed or enlarged, any employee not covered by statutory seniority rights shall be placed on a seniority list in accordance with the employee's years of employment in any of the constituent districts for the purposes of employment.
L.2021, c.402, s.10.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-34.3 - Phase-in payment schedule; transitional methodology.

18A:13-34.3 Phase-in payment schedule; transitional methodology.
12. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-34 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education may permit the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts, boards of education of two or more local districts, the board of education of a consolidated district, or the board of education of a district comprising two or more municipalities seeking to form or enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district to agree to phase-in payment of the amount to be paid by each district under the apportionment method adopted by the voters. The phase-in payment schedule shall be for a period not to exceed 10 years. Following completion of the phase-in payment period, the method of apportionment shall revert to full payment under the method approved by the voters.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-34 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education may permit the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts, boards of education of two or more local districts, the board of education of a consolidated district, or the board of education of a district comprising two or more municipalities seeking to form or enlarge a limited purpose or all purpose regional district to agree to establish a transitional methodology, not to exceed 10 years, of the apportionment method adopted by the voters provided that the methodology is agreed to by all participating districts.
L.2021, c.402, s.12.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-48 - Dissolution of local districts; original boards to function until taking over of schools

18A:13-48. Dissolution of local districts; original boards to function until taking over of schools
Whenever any local district has joined or shall join in
a. Creating or enlarging an all purpose regional district, or
b. The formation of a limited purpose regional district and thereafter has joined or shall join in the formation of another regional district for all other school purposes,
all existing districts forming such regional district or any existing district so united with such last named regional district shall be dissolved when the board of education of such regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the schools of such existing district or districts and thereafter each municipality included within such regional district shall become a constituent district of such regional district.
The board of education of each district to be dissolved shall continue in office with power to conduct the schools of the district until such date as the board of education of such regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the schools of such regional district, on which date their terms of office shall terminate.
No election shall be held for members of any district to be so dissolved in or after any year in which the members of the board of the regional district are elected.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-49 - Principals, teachers and employees transferred

18A:13-49. Principals, teachers and employees transferred
All principals, teachers and employees in the employ of any dissolving local district shall be transferred to and continue in their respective employments in the employ of the regional school district and their rights to tenure, pension and accumulated leave of absence accorded under the laws of the state shall not be affected by their transfer to the employ of the regional school district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-50 - Transfers; funds; personal property, books, etc., obligations of indebtedness.

18A:13-50 Transfers; funds; personal property, books, etc., obligations of indebtedness.
18A:13-50. Upon the dissolution of any local district the officer having custody of the funds of such district shall deliver all of the funds of the dissolved district in his possession to the secretary of the successor regional district who shall give his receipt therefor and shall, in a district which has a treasurer of school moneys, immediately turn the same over to the treasurer of school moneys of the regional district.
All personal property, books, papers, vouchers and other documents belonging to any district, being dissolved, shall be transferred to the secretary of said regional district who shall cause a complete inventory to be made on all assets, real and personal, received by the regional school district. Upon and after the date of dissolution of the district all proceeds of taxes of any nature raised or to be levied for use or benefit of each dissolving school district and rights and claims with respect thereto, and all the property, funds, moneys and assets of each dissolving district shall vest in the regional district and the regional district shall be subject to all the contracts, debts and other obligations of each dissolving district. Upon said date all bonds and notes, of each dissolving district, theretofore issued and outstanding and all bonds and notes theretofore issued and outstanding of any municipality constituting or comprised within any dissolving district which were issued for the purpose of acquiring property which is vesting on said date in the regional district shall be and shall constitute obligations of and payable as to both principal and interest by the regional district, and, unless otherwise required or provided for by law, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such bonds and notes had been issued by the board of the regional district. The regional board shall cause an audit and settlement of all accounts of officers of the former district or districts to be made forthwith. The official bonds of such officers shall be continued in full force and effect until the completion of such audit and satisfactory financial settlement of said accounts shall have been made.
amended 1971, c.377; 2010, c.39, s.8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-51 - Investigation as to advisability of withdrawal, dissolution; application; procedures

18A:13-51. Investigation as to advisability of withdrawal, dissolution; application; procedures
1. The board of education of any local school district constituting part of a limited purpose regional school district or the governing body of the municipality constituting a constituent district may, by resolution, apply to the county superintendent of schools to make an investigation as to the advisability of withdrawal of such local district from the regional district.
A majority of the boards of education of the school districts which constitute a limited purpose regional school district and a majority of the governing bodies of the municipalities which constitute the constituent school districts of a limited purpose regional school district may, by separate resolutions, apply to the county superintendent of schools to make an investigation as to the advisability of the dissolution of the regional district.
Within 21 days following adoption of the resolution or resolutions required pursuant to this section, the county superintendent shall call a meeting of representatives of each constituent governing body, each board of education constituting part of the regional district, and the board of education of the regional district to review the procedures to be followed for the withdrawal from, or dissolution of, the limited purpose regional district. This meeting, however, may be called by the county superintendent prior to the adoption of the required resolutions.
L.1975,c.360,s.1; amended 1993,c.255,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-52 - Report; feasibility study.

18A:13-52 Report; feasibility study.
2. The executive county superintendent shall, within 60 days after such request, file with the governing bodies of the municipalities constituting the regional district and the boards of education of all of the constituent school districts and the board of education of the regional school district a report containing a statement of the current assets and operating expenses of the regional district for the then current year and such financial, educational and other information as he may deem necessary to enable said governing bodies and local boards of education and regional board of education to form an intelligent judgment as to the advisability of the proposed withdrawal or dissolution and the effect thereof upon the educational and financial condition of the withdrawing district and the regional district, or upon each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution and setting forth the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be assumed by the withdrawing and the regional districts, or by each constituent district in the event of a dissolution, calculated as hereinafter provided. The report, in discussing the educational and financial effect of the withdrawal or dissolution, shall include the effect thereof upon the administrative and operational efficiencies, and the resultant cost savings or cost increases, in the withdrawing and the regional districts, or by each constituent district in the event of a dissolution.
The executive county superintendent may require the constituent municipalities and school districts and the regional district to submit a feasibility study in order to determine the educational and financial impact of the withdrawal from, or dissolution of, the limited purpose regional district. In the event the executive county superintendent requests a feasibility study to be conducted, the executive county superintendent's report required pursuant to this section shall be filed within 60 days following submission of the feasibility study.
L.1975, c.360, s.2; amended 1977, c.279, s.1; 1993, c.255, s.2; 2007, c.63, s.52.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-53 - Calculation of amount of indebtedness to be assumed

18A:13-53. Calculation of amount of indebtedness to be assumed
3. The county superintendent shall calculate the amount of indebtedness relating to buildings, grounds, furnishings, equipment and additions thereto so to be assumed on the basis of the proportion which the replacement cost of the buildings, grounds, furnishings, equipment, and additions thereto of the regional district situated in the withdrawing district, or in each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution, bears to the replacement cost of the buildings, grounds, furnishings, equipment and additions thereto situated in the entire regional district. Said replacement cost shall be determined according to rules prescribed by the commissioner with the approval of the State board and in accordance with recognized accounting practices. The county superintendent shall also calculate the amount of all other indebtedness and unfunded liabilities to be so assumed on an equitable basis.
L.1975,c.360,s.3; amended 1977,c.279,s.2; 1993,c.255,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-54 - Petition for permission to submit to voters for approval of withdrawal, dissolution; proof of service

18A:13-54. Petition for permission to submit to voters for approval of withdrawal, dissolution; proof of service
4. The municipal governing body or the board of education of the withdrawing district or the municipal governing body and the board of education of each constituent district seeking dissolution may, within 30 days after the filing of the report by the county superintendent, petition the commissioner for permission to submit to the legal voters of the withdrawing district and the remaining districts within the regional district the question whether or not it shall so withdraw or in the event of a dissolution to submit to the legal voters of each constituent district whether the regional district shall dissolve. The board may request in the petition any specific reduction or increase in the amount of indebtedness to be assumed as set forth in the county superintendent's report. Proof of the service of a copy of the petition upon the municipal governing body and the board of education of each constituent district, the board of education of the regional district, and the county superintendent, prior to the filing of the petition, shall accompany the petition.
L.1975,c.360,s.4; amended 1993,c.255,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-55 - Answer; filing; contents

18A:13-55. Answer; filing; contents
The governing body of any municipality constituting a constituent district or the board of education of any such constituent district and the board of education of the regional district shall, within 15 days after service of a copy of the petition upon it, file an answer thereto with the commissioner and serve a copy of such answer upon the board of education of every other constituent district and of the regional district and the county superintendent. The answer shall set forth matters similar to those described in section 6 of this act.
L.1975, c. 360, s. 5, eff. March 3, 1976.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-57 - Fixing date of election

18A:13-57. Fixing date of election
7. If the application be granted, the county superintendent shall, after conferring with the boards of education of the constituent districts, fix a day and a time on said day for holding a special school election, at which time the question whether or not the withdrawing school district shall withdraw from the regional district or whether the regional district shall be dissolved, whichever shall be applicable, shall be submitted to the legal voters of the withdrawing district and to the legal voters within the remainder of the regional district or to the legal voters of each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution.
L.1975,c.360,s.7; amended 1977,c.279,s.3; 1993,c.255,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:13-58 - Statement of indebtedness to be assumed in notices and advertisements; conduct of election; certification of results

18A:13-58. Statement of indebtedness to be assumed in notices and advertisements; conduct of election; certification of results
8. The amount of indebtedness to be assumed by the withdrawing district or by each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution and the effect of such indebtedness upon the borrowing margin of the municipality, the withdrawing district, the remaining districts, and the remaining municipalities within the regional district, or by each of the constituent districts and municipalities within the regional district in the event of a dissolution, shall be stated in the notices and advertisements of the special school election and in the ballots to be used therein, and said election shall be conducted and the results thereof determined in the manner prescribed by law for special school elections in type II districts. The result shall be certified within five days after the holding of the election to the county superintendent and to the boards of education of the withdrawing district, the regional district and the constituent districts within the regional district, or to the boards of education of each of the constituent districts in the event of a dissolution.
L.1975,c.360,s.8; amended 1993,c.255,s.7.