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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.8 - Designated district.

18A:38-7.8 Designated district.
2. a. After July 1, 1988 and until July 1, 2018, persons of school age who reside on federal property which is located entirely within the geographic boundaries of two or more school districts, one of which is a constituent district of a limited purpose regional district with more than six constituent districts in a county of the fifth class shall be deemed to be domiciled in a district to be designated by the executive county superintendent of schools. These persons shall attend the schools of the designated district and the designated district shall count these pupils in the resident enrollment of the district for all State aid and all federal funds provided under Pub. L. 81-874, 20 U.S.C. s. 236 et seq.
b. The designated district shall be a district that contains within its boundaries a portion of the federal property on which the pupils reside. Not later than 10 days after the effective date of this act, the board of education of any school district that seeks to be designated by the executive county superintendent of schools pursuant to this section shall adopt a resolution by majority vote of its members indicating its interest and the resolution shall be forwarded to the executive county superintendent. Based on a determination of the best interests of the pupils residing on federal property and pupils residing in the districts seeking designation, the executive county superintendent shall, within 30 days of the effective date of this act, certify to the Commissioner of Education which local school district, if any, shall be the designated district. In the event that no board of education adopts a resolution indicating an interest in being designated pursuant to this section, the executive county superintendent shall not designate a district and the pupils residing on the federal property shall attend the schools of the district in which they reside.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, those pupils residing on federal property prior to October 1, 1987 shall be permitted at the option of each pupil to continue in the school they were attending on September 30, 1987 until graduation from the school. For the purpose of calculating State and federal aid, each pupil who elects to remain shall continue to be included in the resident enrollment of the district in which they reside.
L.1988, c.12, s.2; amended 2018, c.13, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.8a - Enrollment schedule, exceptions.

18A:38-7.8a Enrollment schedule, exceptions.
2. a. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the pupils residing on the federal property described in subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1988, c.12 (C.18A:38-7.8) shall be enrolled in the schools of the district in which the pupils reside in accordance with an enrollment schedule determined by the executive county superintendent of schools. The enrollment schedule shall provide for the transition, over a period of four school years, of the pupils to enrollment in the schools of the district in which the pupils reside, so that by July 1, 2021 all such pupils are enrolled in the schools of the district in which they reside.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, pupils who attend the designated district pursuant to subsection a. of section 2 of P.L.1988, c.12 (C.18A:38-7.8) on the effective date of P.L.2018, c.13 (C.18A:38-7.8a et al.) shall be permitted at the option of each pupil to continue in the school of the designated district they are attending on that effective date until graduation from the school. For the purpose of calculating State and federal aid, a pupil who elects to remain shall continue to be included in the resident enrollment of the designated district.
L.2018, c.13, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.9 - Apportionment of State aid, taxes.

18A:38-7.9 Apportionment of State aid, taxes.
3. a. In the event the designated district is composed of more than one municipality, when allocating equalized valuations or district incomes, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45), for the purpose of calculating State aid, persons attending schools in the designated district pursuant to section 2 of this act shall be assigned to each municipality comprising the designated district in direct proportion to the number of persons ordinarily attending school from each municipality in the designated district without considering the persons attending pursuant to this act.
b. In the event the designated district is a constituent district of a limited purpose regional district, when allocating equalized valuations or district incomes, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-45), for the purpose of apportioning the amounts to be raised by taxes for the limited purpose regional district of which the designated district is a constituent district, persons attending schools in the designated district pursuant to section 2 of this act shall not be counted.
L.1988, c.12, s.3; amended 1990, c.52, s.49; 1996, c.138, s.63; 2007, c.260, s.59.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.10 - Findings, declarations

18A:38-7.10. Findings, declarations
The Legislature finds and declares that all persons of school age who reside on federal property located within this State are entitled under the New Jersey Constitution and the laws of this State to a free public education.
L. 1988, c. 105, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.11 - Definition

18A:38-7.11. Definition
As used in this act, "multi-district federal enclave" means a contiguous piece of federal property which is located entirely or partially within the geographic boundaries of a county of the second class with a population of not less than 315,000 and not more than 400,000 according to the 1980 federal decennial census and which federal property is located within more than one school district.
L. 1988, c. 105, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.12 - Multi-district federal enclave

18A:38-7.12. Multi-district federal enclave
Persons of school age who reside in a multi-district federal enclave shall be deemed to be domiciled in a single district to be designated by the county superintendent of schools. Where all persons of school age who reside in a multi-district federal enclave already attend a single district, the county superintendent shall designate that district as the district to be attended by all current and future pupils residing in the multi-district federal enclave. Any person attending on the effective date of this act a school in a district other than a district designated by the county superintendent pursuant to this act shall be permitted to continue in such school until graduation.
L. 1988, c. 105, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.13 - Designation of district for pupils residing in multi-district federal enclave.

18A:38-7.13 Designation of district for pupils residing in multi-district federal enclave.
4. The county superintendent of schools shall, within 120 days of the effective date of this act, certify to the Commissioner of Education which local school district shall be the designated district for persons of school age residing in a multi-district federal enclave. The district certified as the designated district shall count all pupils who reside in a multi-district federal enclave in the resident enrollment of the district for all State aid purposes and shall be designated by the commissioner to receive State aid and all federal funds provided under Pub.L.81-874 (20 U.S.C. s.236 et seq.).
For the purposes of calculating State aid pursuant to P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.), whenever pupils residing in one district are attending the schools of the designated district, the district income of the resident district shall be allocated between the resident district and the designated district in proportion to the number of pupils residing in the resident district attending the schools of the resident district and designated district.
L.1988, c.105, s.4; amended 1990, c.52, s.82; 1996, c.138, s.64; 2007, c.260, s.60.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-7.14 - Boundaries, eligibility unaltered

18A:38-7.14. Boundaries, eligibility unaltered
Nothing contained in this act shall be construed to alter any existing school district boundary or to alter any district's eligibility for federal funds pursuant to Pub. L. 81-874, 20 U.S.C. s. 237 et seq. or similar subsequent legislation.
L. 1988, c. 105, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-8 - Duty to receive pupils from other districts

18A:38-8. Duty to receive pupils from other districts
The board of education of any school district having the necessary accommodations may receive, or may be required to receive by order of the state board, pupils from another district not having sufficient accommodations, at rates of tuition fixed as in this article provided.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-8.1 - Representation of board of education of sending district; matters covered.

18A:38-8.1 Representation of board of education of sending district; matters covered.
1. In addition to the members of the board of education of a Type I and Type II school district provided by law, in a school district which is receiving pupils from another district or districts pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8, there shall be an additional member as provided pursuant to section 2 of this act to represent the board of education of each sending district. Any additional member shall be a member of the board of education of a sending district designated annually by the board of that district and shall be eligible to vote on the following matters before the receiving district board of education:
a. Tuition to be charged the sending district by the receiving district and the bill lists or contracts for the purchase, operation or maintenance of facilities, equipment and instructional materials to be used in the education of the pupils of the sending district;
b. New capital construction to be utilized by sending district pupils;
c. Appointment, transfer or removal of teaching staff members providing services to pupils of the sending district, including any teaching staff member who is a member of the receiving district's central administrative staff;
d. Addition or deletion of curricular and extracurricular programs involving pupils of the sending district;
e. Any matter directly involving the sending district pupils or programs and services utilized by those pupils;
f. Approval of the annual receiving district budget;
g. Any collectively negotiated agreement involving employees who provide services utilized by sending district pupils;
h. Any individual employee contracts not covered by a collectively negotiated agreement, if those employees provide or oversee programs or services utilized by sending district pupils; and
i. Any matter concerning governance of the receiving district board of education including, but not limited to, the selection of the board president or vice-president, approval of board bylaws, and the employment of professionals or consultants such as attorneys, architects, engineers, or others who provide services to the receiving district board of education.
L.1995, c.8, s.1; amended 1996, c.103; 2017, c.140.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-8.2 - Representation from sending school district to board of receiving district

18A:38-8.2. Representation from sending school district to board of receiving district
2. A school district which is sending pupils to another school district pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8 shall have representation on the board of education of the receiving school district as follows:
a. (1) If the pupils of the sending district comprise less than 10 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district will be enrolled, the sending district shall have no representation on the receiving district board of education.
(2) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 10 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending district will be enrolled, the sending district shall have one representative on the receiving district board of education.
b. If the total number of pupils of two or more sending districts, which do not qualify for representation under subsection a. of this section, comprise at least 15 percent of the total enrollment of the pupils in the grades of the receiving district in which the pupils of the sending districts will be enrolled, they shall have collectively two representatives on the receiving district board of education. The annual designation of the representatives, in the event more than two districts collectively qualify under this subsection, shall be rotated among the boards of education of the sending districts according to a schedule determined by the joint agreement of the boards.
c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section, the number of representatives designated by the sending districts to be additional members shall not exceed three additional members on a receiving board with originally nine or more members, two additional members on a receiving board with originally seven or eight members, and one additional member on a receiving board with originally less than seven members. In the event that this restriction results in an unequal representation of sending districts, the annual designation of the representative or representatives shall be rotated among the boards of education of the sending districts according to a schedule determined by the joint agreement of the boards.
d. A representative of a sending district board of education shall be designated at the meeting of the board which is closest in time to the annual organizational meeting of the receiving district board of education and shall serve a one-year term beginning with the organizational meeting of the receiving district board. The representative shall be subject to the rules and procedures of the receiving district board of education.
e. The calculation of percentages required under this section shall be based on the number of pupils reported as of the last school day prior to October 16 of each prebudget year.
L.1995,c.8,s.2; amended 1996, c.138, s.65.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-8.4 - Board of Education representation of sixth class county school district; certain.

18A:38-8.4 Board of Education representation of sixth class county school district; certain.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.2) or any other law or regulation to the contrary, a school district which is located in a county of the sixth class according to the latest federal decennial census, which has an October 1998 resident enrollment greater than 2,400 pupils but less than 2,600 pupils, and which sends its pupils in grades 9 through 12 to a school district in the same county pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8 shall have representation on the board of education of the receiving district as follows:
a. (1) If the pupils of the sending district comprise less than 10% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have no representation on the receiving district board of education;
(2) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 10% but not more than 29% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have one representative on the receiving district board of education;
(3) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 30% but not more than 39% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have two representatives on the receiving district board of education; and
(4) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 40% or more of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have three representatives on the receiving district board of education.
b. The calculation of the percentages required under this section shall be based on the number of pupils reported as of the last school day prior to October 16 of the prebudget year.
c. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be designated by the sending district board at a meeting of the board which is closest in time to the annual organizational meeting of the receiving district board of education.
d. The representatives of a sending district board of education appointed to a receiving district board of education pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the members of the board of education of a Type I or Type II school district provided pursuant to chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be eligible to vote on those matters authorized pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.1).
L.1999,c.414,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-9 - Attendance in adjoining district because of remoteness from school

18A:38-9. Attendance in adjoining district because of remoteness from school
Any child living remote from any public school in the district in which he resides shall be allowed to attend a public school in an adjoining district, with the written consent of the county superintendent or county superintendents of each county in which the districts are situate. One copy of such written consent shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education of the district in which the child resides and one copy thereof shall be filed with the secretary of the board of education of the district in which such child shall attend school.
L.1967, c.271
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-10 - Attendance outside of state

18A:38-10. Attendance outside of state
Any board of education of a district may arrange for the attendance of any or all of the pupils of the district in the public school or schools of an adjacent school district outside of the state, if it shall determine that it is advisable so to do in order to secure better school facilities for the pupils or for reasons of economy or other good cause and that it is inadvisable for said pupils to attend public schools in another school district within the state because of the distance to be traveled, the topography of the intervening country, the condition of the roads or the likelihood of unusual hazardous traveling conditions during certain seasons of the year, and if the commissioner shall concur in the determination of the board and give his consent thereto, but the commissioner may withdraw such consent upon reasonable notice whenever the reason or reasons for giving his consent shall cease to exist.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-11 - Designation of high school of another district for attendance by pupils

18A:38-11. Designation of high school of another district for attendance by pupils
The board of education of every school district which lacks high school facilities within the district and has not designated a high school or high schools outside of the district for its high school pupils to attend shall designate a high school or high schools of this state for the attendance of such pupils.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-12 - Allocation and apportionment of pupils among two or more high schools

18A:38-12. Allocation and apportionment of pupils among two or more high schools
Whenever the board of education of a district shall designate two or more high schools without the district for the attendance of its high school pupils it shall, by resolution, allocate and apportion such pupils among the designated high schools and if no such allocation and apportionment has been made prior to the academic year 1943-1944, the actual allocation and apportionment of pupils among said high schools in effect in said academic year shall be effective as such allocation and apportionment but if any board of education of any district which is not now sending pupils to a high school or high schools without the district shall hereafter so designate two or more high schools for said purpose and shall fail to allocate and apportion them by resolution among said high schools, the actual allocation and apportionment of high school pupils made in the first academic year of the designation shall be effective as the allocation and apportionment of such pupils.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-13 - Change in designation, allocation

18A:38-13. Change in designation, allocation
No such designation of a high school or high schools and no such allocation or apportionment of pupils thereto, heretofore or hereafter made pursuant to law, shall be changed or withdrawn, nor shall a district having such a designated high school refuse to continue to receive high school pupils from such sending district except upon application made to and approved by the commissioner. Prior to submitting an application the district seeking to sever the relationship shall prepare and submit a feasibility study, considering the educational and financial implications for the sending and receiving districts, the impact on the quality of education received by pupils in each of the districts, and the effect on the racial composition of the pupil population of each of the districts. The commissioner shall make equitable determinations based upon consideration of all the circumstances, including the educational and financial implications for the affected districts, the impact on the quality of education received by pupils, and the effect on the racial composition of the pupil population of the districts. The commissioner shall grant the requested change in designation or allocation if no substantial negative impact will result therefrom.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L. 1986, c. 156, s. 1, eff. Nov. 24, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-13.1 - 5-year minimum

18A:38-13.1. 5-year minimum
Any school district entering into a sending-receiving relationship subsequent to severing a prior sending-receiving relationship pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:38-13 shall remain in the subsequent relationship for not less than five years. If, after that five year period that sending-receiving relationship is severed, any student in the sending district shall be permitted to complete his secondary education within the receiving district.
L. 1986, c. 156, s. 2, eff. Nov. 24, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-14 - Appeal from determination of commissioner

18A:38-14. Appeal from determination of commissioner
The determination of the commissioner upon any such application may be appealed by the applying board of education or by the board of education of any school district affected thereby to the state board, which may in its discretion affirm, reverse, revise or modify the determination appealed from.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-15 - Attendance at special high school courses of study in another district

18A:38-15. Attendance at special high school courses of study in another district
Any board of education not furnishing instruction in a particular high school course of study, which any pupil resident in the district and who has completed the elementary course of study provided therein may desire to pursue, may, in its discretion, pay the tuition of such pupil for instruction in such course of study in a high school of another district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-16 - Attendance at evening high school in another district

18A:38-16. Attendance at evening high school in another district
Any board of education not furnishing instruction in approved evening high school courses, which any pupil in the district may desire to pursue, may, in its discretion, pay the tuition of such pupil in an approved evening high school in another district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-17 - Attendance outside district for instruction beyond twelfth grade

18A:38-17. Attendance outside district for instruction beyond twelfth grade
Any board of education not furnishing instruction beyond the twelfth grade which any pupil, resident in the district, may desire to pursue, may arrange for the attendance of such pupil in any district where instruction beyond the twelfth grade, under rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the state board, is offered to residents and nonresidents of the district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-18 - High school education in another district; tuition

18A:38-18. High school education in another district; tuition
Any board of education offering instruction, to residents and nonresidents of the district beyond the twelfth grade, under rules, approved by the commissioner and the state board, may charge tuition for such instruction and any board of education, not furnishing such instruction, may arrange for the attendance, and pay the tuition fees, in whole or in part, of pupils, resident in its district, who desire to obtain such instruction.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-19 - Tuition of pupils attending schools in another district.

18A:38-19 Tuition of pupils attending schools in another district.
18A:38-19. Whenever the pupils of any school district are attending public school in another district, within or without the State, pursuant to this article, the board of education of the receiving district shall determine a tuition rate to be paid by the board of education of the sending district to an amount not in excess of the actual cost per pupil as determined under rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board, and such tuition shall be paid by the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of the sending district out of any moneys in his hands available for current expenses of the district upon order issued by the board of education of the sending district, signed by its president and secretary, in favor of the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of the receiving district.
amended 2001, c.285; 2007, c.260, s.61; 2010, c.39, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-20 - Additional school facilities; agreement as to tuition

18A:38-20. Additional school facilities; agreement as to tuition
Whenever a board of education, now or hereafter furnishing elementary and high school education or either thereof for the pupils of another school district, finds it necessary to provide additional facilities for the furnishing of education to such pupils, it may, as a condition precedent to the provision of such additional facilities, enter into an agreement with the board of education of such other district for a term not exceeding 10 years whereby it agrees to provide such education to the pupils of such other district during the term of such agreement, in consideration of the agreement by the board of education of such other district that it will not withdraw its pupils and provide school facilities for them in its own or another district during the term of said agreement except as provided in this article, and that the sending district will provide for the payment of tuition in accordance with section 18A:38-19.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-21 - Termination of agreement concerning tuition as to pupils

18A:38-21. Termination of agreement concerning tuition as to pupils
Any board of education which shall have entered into such an agreement may apply to the commissioner for consent to terminate the same, and to cease providing education to the pupils of the other contracting district on the ground that it is no longer able to provide facilities for the pupils of the other district, or to withdraw its pupils from the schools of the other contracting district and provide educational facilities for them in its own or another district on the ground that the board of education of the receiving district is not providing school facilities and an educational program suitable to the needs of the pupils of the sending district or that the board of education of the receiving district will not be seriously affected educationally or financially by their withdrawal.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-22 - Hearing on application for termination of agreement

18A:38-22. Hearing on application for termination of agreement
Upon the making of any such application, an opportunity to be heard before the commissioner shall be given to the board of education of the other district before any determination is made by the commissioner, and if the commissioner finds that there are good grounds for the application, as provided in this article, he shall give his consent, and the applying board of education shall thereupon be entitled to terminate the agreement in accordance therewith but the commissioner's determination shall be subject to appeal to the state board.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-23 - Pupils not excluded for nonpayment of tuition; withdrawal of pupils

18A:38-23. Pupils not excluded for nonpayment of tuition; withdrawal of pupils
Whenever at the beginning of or during a school year a board of education receives pupils from another district on a tuition basis, it shall not exclude during that year any such pupils because of the nonpayment of tuition if the sending board delivers to the receiving board a school warrant in accordance with the terms of the contract or agreement between such boards. Such warrant shall bear interest at the legal rate. The board of education sending the pupils to said district shall not withdraw any such pupils during the year without the consent of the receiving board.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-24 - Attendance of pupils at demonstration schools

18A:38-24. Attendance of pupils at demonstration schools
18A:38-24. Any pupil may with the consent of the board of education of the district in which he resides and of the commissioner be admitted to any demonstration school maintained in connection with any State college. The board of education of the district and the board of trustees of the State college shall determine the amount to be paid for the education of the pupil, and the board of education of the district shall pay the amount so determined to the treasurer of the college out of any money available for the current expenses of the district. Pupils attending such demonstration schools for whom tuition is paid by the sending district shall be counted in the determination of State aid for the school district in the same manner as pupils attending schools in any school district other than the sending district.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1994,c.48,s.67.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-25 - Attendance required of children between six and 16; exceptions

18A:38-25. Attendance required of children between six and 16; exceptions
Every parent, guardian or other person having custody and control of a child between the ages of six and 16 years shall cause such child regularly to attend the public schools of the district or a day school in which there is given instruction equivalent to that provided in the public schools for children of similar grades and attainments or to receive equivalent instruction elsewhere than at school.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-25.1 - "Chronically absent" students, corrective action plan.

18A:38-25.1 "Chronically absent" students, corrective action plan.
2. a. As used in this section, "chronically absent" shall be defined in rules and regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of Education within 90 days of the effective date of P.L.2018, c.23 (C.18A:38-25.1 et al.).
b. In the event that 10 percent or more of the students enrolled in a public school are chronically absent, the school shall develop a corrective action plan to improve absenteeism rates. The corrective action plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) identifying problems and barriers to school attendance;
(2) developing recommendations to address the problems and barriers to school attendance that have been identified;
(3) outlining communication strategies to educate and inform parents on the importance of school attendance;
(4) establishing protocols on informing and engaging parents when a child begins to show a pattern of absences; and
(5) reviewing school policies to ensure that they support improved school attendance.
In developing the corrective action plan, the school shall solicit input from parents of students currently attending the school. The solicitation shall include, at a minimum, a parental survey that includes questions related to parents' beliefs regarding the reasons why students are chronically absent and recommendations on the best ways to improve attendance. In developing the corrective action plan, the school shall engage the school's parent organization, if one exists, in identifying the causes of the school's high absenteeism rate and possible solutions. If there is no parent organization at the school, the school shall hold a public meeting to provide parents with an opportunity to provide input during the development of the corrective action plan.
c. The school shall present the corrective action plan to the board of education. The school shall annually review and revise the corrective action plan, and present the revisions to the board, until the percentage of students who are chronically absent is less than 10 percent.
L.2018, c.23, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-25.2 - Annual review.

18A:38-25.2 Annual review.
3. The Commissioner of Education shall annually review the chronic absenteeism rates of each school and school district, as included on the School Report Cards issued pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.235 (C.18A:7E-2), and report on the rates to the State Board of Education.
L.2018, c.23, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-26 - Days when attendance required; exceptions

18A:38-26. Days when attendance required; exceptions
Such regular attendance shall be during all the days and hours that the public schools are in session in the district, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the board of education of the district that the mental condition of the child is such that he cannot benefit from instruction in the school or that the bodily condition of the child is such as to prevent his attendance at school, but nothing herein shall be construed as permitting the temporary or permanent exclusion from school by the board of education of any district of any child between the ages of five and 20, except as explicitly otherwise provided by law.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-27 - Truancy and juvenile delinquency defined

18A:38-27. Truancy and juvenile delinquency defined
Any child between the ages of six and 16 years who shall repeatedly be absent from school, and any child of such age found away from school during school hours whose parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of the child is unable to cause him to attend school and any pupil who is incorrigible, actually vagrant, vicious, or immoral in conduct, shall be deemed to be a juvenile delinquent and shall be proceeded against as such.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-28 - Truants; return to parents or school

18A:38-28. Truants; return to parents or school
Any attendance officer who shall find any child between six and 16 years of age who is a truant from school, shall take the child and deliver him to the parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of the child, or to the teacher of the school which such child is lawfully required to attend.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-29 - Warning and arrest of vagrants or habitual truants

18A:38-29. Warning and arrest of vagrants or habitual truants
The attendance officer shall examine into all violations of this article, shall warn any child violating any of the provisions of this article and the parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of the child of the consequences of the violation if persisted in, and shall notify such person in writing to cause the child to attend school within five days from the date on which notice is served, and regularly thereafter. The attendance officer shall have full police power to enforce the provisions of this article and may arrest without warrant any vagrant child or habitual truant or any child who is habitually incorrigible or who is vicious or immoral in conduct or illegally absent from school.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-31 - Failure to comply with provisions of article; fine

18A:38-31. Failure to comply with provisions of article; fine
A parent, guardian or other person having charge and control of a child between the ages of 6 and 16 years, who shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this article relating to his duties, shall be deemed to be a disorderly person and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $25.00 for a first offense and not more than $100.00 for each subsequent offense, in the discretion of the court.
In any such proceeding, the summons issuing therein, or in special circumstances a warrant, shall be directed to the alleged disorderly person and the child.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1980, c. 153, s. 1, eff. Nov. 24, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-32 - District and county vocational school attendance officers

18A:38-32. District and county vocational school attendance officers
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this article, the board of education of each school district and the board of education of each county vocational school shall appoint a suitable number of qualified persons to be designated as attendance officers, and shall fix their compensation; except that if a county attendance officer or officers are appointed for any county, any district board of education of such county may be exempt from the appointment of a local attendance officer if such exemption is approved by the county superintendent. Each board shall make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this article and subject to the approval of the commissioner, for the government of the attendance officers.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-33 - Tenure of attendance officers in city districts

18A:38-33. Tenure of attendance officers in city districts
The services of all attendance officers of the public schools of a city district shall, after employment in such district for one year, be under tenure during good behavior and efficiency and they shall not be dismissed or reduced in compensation except for inefficiency, conduct unbecoming an officer, or other just cause, and only in the manner prescribed by subarticle B of article 2 of chapter 6 of this title.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-34 - Attendance officers in counties other than counties of first class; duties; terms; salaries

18A:38-34. Attendance officers in counties other than counties of first class; duties; terms; salaries
Whenever a majority of the boards of education of any county other than counties of the first class has by resolution requested the appointment of a county attendance officer or officers and, upon investigation, the commissioner and the state board shall deem the appointment of a county attendance officer or officers to be for the best interest of the schools of that county, the commissioner shall appoint, subject to the approval of the state board, a suitable person or persons to be known as the county attendance officer or officers for the county who shall perform in all districts of the county exclusive of city school districts such duties as may be prescribed by rules of the state board. Each county attendance officer shall have the same power to enforce the compulsory school law and rules connected therewith as is conferred upon attendance officers appointed by local boards of education. If any such person so appointed a county attendance officer is in possession of a proper visiting teacher's certificate, in full force and effect, such county attendance officer shall be designated "home and school counsellor," and such "home and school counsellor," in addition to the powers of a county attendance officer, shall have all the powers of a visiting teacher. The term of office of such county attendance officer shall be for one year and the commissioner shall fix the salary of such county attendance officer or officers with the approval of the state board.
L.1967, c.271
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-35 - Salaries and expenses of county attendance officers

18A:38-35. Salaries and expenses of county attendance officers
The salary of each county attendance officer shall be paid as other state salaries are paid. The director of the division of budget and accounting shall on order of the commissioner draw his warrant for such salary on the state treasurer. All claims for the expenses of a county attendance officer shall be paid after being audited by the county superintendent on orders issued by the county superintendent and drawn on the county treasurer. The expenses for each such officer shall not exceed in any one year the sum of $700.00.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:38-36 - Employment certificates to part-time pupils; revocation

18A:38-36. Employment certificates to part-time pupils; revocation
The commissioner of education and the commissioner of labor and industry may issue employment certificates to pupils over 14 years of age who study part time in elementary or high school grades or in public vocational schools, to work part time in factories, workshops, mills, and all places where the manufacture of goods is carried on designated by the board of education, which employment shall be considered as a part of the schooling of such children and shall conform to state and federal rules and regulations for the employment of youth.
The commissioner of education or the commissioner of labor may revoke the certificate at any time without assigning cause.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:39-1a - Adjustment of non-public school transportation costs.

18A:39-1a Adjustment of non-public school transportation costs.
2. For the 2002-2003 school year, the maximum amount of nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil provided for in N.J.S.18A:39-1 shall equal $735 and this amount shall be increased in each subsequent year in direct proportion to the increase in the State transportation aid per pupil in the year prior to the prebudget year compared to the amount for the prebudget year or by the CPI, whichever is greater.
As used in this section, State transportation aid per pupil shall equal the total State transportation aid payments made pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-57) divided by the number of pupils eligible for transportation. "CPI" means the average annual increase, expressed as a decimal, in the consumer price index for the New York City and Philadelphia areas during the fiscal year preceding the prebudget year as reported by the United States Department of Labor.
In the 2002-2003 school year and thereafter, any additional costs incurred by a school district due to the increase in the maximum amount of nonpublic school transportation costs per pupil pursuant to this section shall be borne by the State.
L.1981, c.57, s.2; amended 1990, c.52, s.51; 1992, c.33, s.2; 1996, c.138, s.66; 2001, c.437, s.1; 2007, c.260, s.62.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:39-1b - Furnishing of district information

18A:39-1b. Furnishing of district information
3. Each school district shall furnish to the Department of Education the information necessary for the department to complete a comparison of transportation costs, so that equitable adjustments may be made in the amount of the payments in lieu of transportation required pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1.
L.1992,c.33,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:39-1c - Waiver for pupil transportation services under certain circumstances.

18A:39-1c Waiver for pupil transportation services under certain circumstances.
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:39-1 or any other section of law to the contrary, a school district shall not be required to provide transportation services for the school year to an elementary school pupil who lives more than two miles from his public school of attendance or to a secondary school pupil who lives more than 2 1/2 miles from his public school of attendance if the pupil's parent or guardian signs a written statement that the pupil waives transportation services for that school year. The written statement shall be in such form as determined by the Department of Education.
b. In the event that a parent or guardian signs a waiver pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the school district shall develop a policy for the provision of transportation services to the pupil in the case of a family or economic hardship.
L.2011, c.132, s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:39-1.1 - Transportation of other pupils by board.

18A:39-1.1 Transportation of other pupils by board.
18A:39-1.1. In addition to the provision of transportation for pupils pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1 and N.J.S.18A:46-23, the board of education of any district may provide, by contract or otherwise, in accordance with law and the rules and regulations of the State board, for the transportation of other pupils to and from school.
Districts shall not receive State transportation aid pursuant to section 15 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-57) for the transportation of pupils pursuant to this section.
Amended 1990, c.52, s.52; 1996, c.138, s.67; 2007, c.260, s.63.