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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-9 - Conveyance of certain school property for public, civic purposes for nominal consideration.

18A:20-9 Conveyance of certain school property for public, civic purposes for nominal consideration.
18A:20-9. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of land is no longer desirable or necessary for school purposes it may authorize the conveyance thereof, whether there is a building thereon or not, for a nominal consideration, to the municipality or any board, body or commission thereof, or to any volunteer fire company or rescue squad actively engaged in the protection of life and property and duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, or to any American Legion post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or other recognized veterans' organization of the United States of America, located in the municipality or the county, as a meeting place for such organization, or to a nonprofit child care service organization duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, to a nonprofit hospital duly licensed under the laws of the State, or to a nonprofit organization duly licensed under the laws of the State of New Jersey to provide emergency shelter for the homeless, or to a nonprofit historic preservation organization duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey to provide a place for educational, cultural and musical functions. The president and secretary of the board shall be authorized to execute and deliver a conveyance for the same in the name and under the seal of the board, which conveyance may, in the discretion of the board, be made subject to a condition or limitation that said land shall be used by such municipality, board, body or commission thereof for public purposes and by any such fire company for fire company purposes or by such rescue squad for rescue squad purposes or to any veterans' organization, or to any child care service organization, or to any nonprofit hospital, or to any provider of emergency shelter for the homeless, or to any nonprofit historic preservation organization, and in the event that the property shall cease to be used for any of the purposes contemplated by this section, such property shall thereupon revert to and the title thereof shall vest in the board of education making the conveyance thereof hereunder.
Amended 1977, c.447; 1985, c.260; 1987, c.65, s.1; 1995, c.29; 2007, c.137, s.48.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-9.1 - Conveyance of certain sewer lines to a municipality

18A:20-9.1. Conveyance of certain sewer lines to a municipality
Upon the request or with the concurrence of the governing body of a municipality the board of education of any district is authorized to convey and transfer, without consideration, its right, title and interest in and to any trunk or other sewer line to the municipality in which it is situated subject to the continued right of the district to use the same together with such other use as may be authorized by the governing body of the municipality.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-9.2 - Sale of school property to nonprofit private school for students with disabilities.

18A:20-9.2 Sale of school property to nonprofit private school for students with disabilities.
1. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to section 14 of P.L.2007, c.137 (C.18A:7G-45), whenever any board of education shall by resolution determine that any tract of land is no longer desirable or necessary for public school purposes it may authorize the conveyance thereof, at no less than the fair market price, whether there is a building thereon or not, to a nonprofit private school for students with disabilities duly incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey. As used in this section, market price shall equal the median of two or more appraisals conducted by qualified real estate appraisers. The president and secretary of the board shall be authorized to execute and deliver a conveyance for the same in the name and under the seal of the board, which conveyance may, in the discretion of the board, be made subject to a condition or limitation that said land shall be used by such nonprofit private school for students with disabilities and in the event that the property shall cease to be used for the purposes contemplated by this section, such property shall first be offered for resale to the board of education making the conveyance thereof hereunder at the market price current at the time of resale.
L.1990, c.35, s.1; amended 2007, c.137, s.49; 2017, c.131, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-10 - Lands conveyed on condition

18A:20-10. Lands conveyed on condition
Whenever any district has heretofore received a conveyance of lands subject to a recital or condition in the deed of conveyance, substantially providing that the land and premises conveyed are intended to be conveyed for the express purpose of building a public schoolhouse on the same and for the uses and purposes of a public school for said district, and the lands so conveyed have been held by the district for more than 30 years, and no public schoolhouse has ever been built or has stood for the past 20 years thereon, and the board of education of the district shall determine that the lands are not required for school uses and purposes, the board may sell and convey the said lands and make, execute and deliver a valid conveyance thereof, free of any such recital or condition and thereby vest a title in fee simple absolute in the grantee as fully as though such recital or condition was not contained in the deed of conveyance to the school district; provided, that no proceeding or action shall be commenced against said school district for the recovery of said lands or the enforcement of such recital or condition within a period of one year from the date of conveyance of said lands by the board.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-11 - Property devised in trust

18A:20-11. Property devised in trust
When any person dies and by his last will and testament gives, devises and bequeaths any real estate to any board of education, by whatever name or names the board may be designated, in trust to take and receive the rents, issues, and profits arising from the same, pay all expenses necessary to the maintenance and proper care of such premises, and the net income arising therefrom to invest in books or other school properties, or otherwise for and on behalf of the schools or any school in the district, and for the use and benefit of the pupils thereof, such real estate may be sold under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated and in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-12 - Proceedings to sell; when authorized

18A:20-12. Proceedings to sell; when authorized
If any building upon the property so devised is or becomes old, dilapidated and greatly in need of extraordinary repairs, or if any such building is not well adapted or becomes not well adapted for business or other purposes for which it was built, or cannot be repaired or modernized so as to yield a good income without extraordinary expense, or when a fair rental, considering the value of the property, cannot be obtained for the same, or when the premises consist in whole or in part of vacant lots which cannot be rented for a fair price or at all, and when if sold the proceeds arising from the sale of the real estate could be invested and in that way yield a larger income than could be obtained by the renting or other use of the premises, then the board of education may institute a civil action in the superior court to direct such lands and other premises to be sold in fee simple absolute. The court may proceed in the action in a summary manner or otherwise.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-13 - Sale of real estate charged with private bequest

18A:20-13. Sale of real estate charged with private bequest
When any such testator shall make a charge on any real estate so devised to any board of education, of any legacy or bequest to any other person in trust or otherwise, then no direction for the sale thereof shall be made by the court unless the beneficiary under the legacy or bequest is made a party defendant to the action; nor shall the sale be made unless it shall appear to the court that the rights and interests of the beneficiary under such legacy or bequest will not be prejudiced thereby and if a sale is directed the court shall make all necessary orders for the conservation of such legacy or bequest with respect to the investment of moneys arising from the sale.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-14 - Sale; when ordered

18A:20-14. Sale; when ordered
If it shall be made to appear to the court by any person or persons whom it may concern that such sale may be had without prejudice to the public welfare and the best interests of the school or schools for whose benefit the devise was made, and that it is advisable and best for the beneficiaries of the trust, and that their interests would be promoted by the sale, the court may direct the lands and other premises to be sold in fee either at public or private sale, and with such limitations as to price and as to credit for purchase money as it may deem proper to direct.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-15 - Conveyance; title of purchaser

18A:20-15. Conveyance; title of purchaser
A deed given pursuant to such directions and made by such person as may be designated by the court shall convey to the purchaser an estate in fee simple absolute, freely and fully discharged from the trust and any charge thereon created by the will of the testator.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-16 - Investment of proceeds under direction of superior court

18A:20-16. Investment of proceeds under direction of superior court
The moneys arising from any such sale shall be invested, under the direction of the superior court, by and in the name of the board of education to whom the real estate so sold shall have been devised and shall be held by it in trust for the uses and purposes set forth in the will. The court may from time to time make such further orders and directions in the premises as shall conserve the purposes of the trust and be deemed necessary to carry out the will of the testator.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-17 - Equipping and establishing playgrounds, etc., funds

18A:20-17. Equipping and establishing playgrounds, etc., funds
The board of education of any district may establish public playgrounds and recreation places of such size and dimensions and in such locations within or without the district as it shall deem suitable, and may lease, purchase or condemn, or acquire by gift or otherwise, the lands necessary therefor, and any moneys required in payment or for erecting or repairing buildings thereon or otherwise improving the same and providing equipment therefor shall be raised by, or furnished to, the board of education in the same manner as moneys are raised by, or furnished to, the board for school purposes.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-18 - Transfer by municipality to board of education

18A:20-18. Transfer by municipality to board of education
Whenever the governing body of a municipality, in which any public playground and recreation place has been established, shall determine by resolution that it is advisable that it be relieved of the maintenance, control, and management thereof, the governing body may, without consideration, convey the same to the board of education of the school district in the municipality, for use for public playgrounds and recreation places if said board shall by resolution consent to accept, maintain, control and manage the same. The real estate so transferred and conveyed shall be under the control of and shall be maintained and managed by the board of education.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-19 - Funds for maintenance of playgrounds and recreation places

18A:20-19. Funds for maintenance of playgrounds and recreation places
Whenever any board of education has established any public playground or recreation place, or has assumed the maintenance, control, and management of a public playground or recreation place, it shall include in its annual budget an itemized statement of the amount of money estimated to be necessary for the cost of maintenance and management of such playground and recreation place for the ensuing year.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-20 - Control and regulation of playgrounds and recreation places

18A:20-20. Control and regulation of playgrounds and recreation places
The board of education shall have full control over all lands, public playgrounds, and recreation places acquired or leased by it, pursuant to law, and may adopt suitable rules for the use thereof, and the conduct of all persons while on or using the same.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-21 - Supervisors and other employees

18A:20-21. Supervisors and other employees
The board shall appoint such supervisors, instructors, teachers, custodians, and employees as it shall think necessary for the proper maintenance, control, and management of such public playgrounds and recreation places, and shall fix their compensation and terms of employment.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-22 - School districts joining with municipality or county in equipment and operation

18A:20-22. School districts joining with municipality or county in equipment and operation
The board of education of any district may join with the governing body of any municipality, or the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which the district is located, in acquiring, improving, equipping, operating and maintaining playgrounds, playfields, gymnasiums, public baths, swimming pools, and indoor recreation centers, and may appropriate money therefor and may pay over to the said body or board such money as may be so appropriated to be disbursed for any of such joint purposes.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-23 - Local improvement assessments; payment of

18A:20-23. Local improvement assessments; payment of
The board of education of any type II district may, in its discretion, pay assessments made against any of its real estate on account of special benefits conferred by any local improvement made by any municipality in which the district is located.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-26 - Board of education of city district may insure in municipal fund

18A:20-26. Board of education of city district may insure in municipal fund
Where a municipal insurance fund is established in any city and insurance fund commissioners appointed, the board of education of the city school district may in its discretion by resolution provide that from and after the adoption of the resolution, the school buildings and school property of the district be insured in the municipal insurance fund of the city.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-27 - Each building and its contents insured separately

18A:20-27. Each building and its contents insured separately
Each school building and its contents insured in such municipal insurance fund shall be insured separately and for definite and determined sums respectively, except where the insurance fund commissioners have insured the same in an insurance company as provided in this subarticle.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-28 - Fixing and payment of premiums

18A:20-28. Fixing and payment of premiums
The insurance fund commissioners of such city may fix reasonable rates of premium for all insurance carried on school buildings and school property of the school district by the fund, and the board of education shall pay forthwith to the insurance fund commissioners of the city the premium for any insurance carried by the municipal insurance fund on school buildings and school property of the city school district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-29 - Investment of premiums

18A:20-29. Investment of premiums
All moneys received by the insurance fund commissioners for premiums on school buildings and school property insured in the municipal insurance fund of the city, except so much as may be necessary to pay premiums upon insurance placed upon any of such school buildings and school property with insurance companies as provided in this subarticle, shall be invested by the commissioners with the moneys of the municipal insurance fund and in the manner provided by law for the investment of such moneys.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-30 - Appropriations to municipal fund

18A:20-30. Appropriations to municipal fund
The body having control of the finances of any city wherein the school buildings and other school property of the city school district are insured in the municipal insurance fund may, from time to time, if in its judgment advisable, appropriate additional sums of money to the municipal insurance fund of the city from moneys under its control not otherwise appropriated, or by raising such sums in the tax levies for the years in which they are severally appropriated.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-31 - Adjustment and payment of losses

18A:20-31. Adjustment and payment of losses
In case of loss incurred by fire or other casualty insured against on any building or contents insured in the municipal insurance fund and not insured in an insurance company, if the loss be total, the commissioners shall pay the whole sum from the fund to the board of education of the district within 60 days. If the loss be partial, the sum to be paid shall be fixed and adjusted by a commission of adjustment consisting of a commissioner of the municipal insurance fund, the president of the board of education of the school district and the presiding officer of the board or body having control of the finances of the city.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-32 - Commissioners may insure buildings and property in insurance companies

18A:20-32. Commissioners may insure buildings and property in insurance companies
Whenever the insurance fund commissioners of any city deem it expedient, they may place insurance on school buildings and school property, insured in the municipal insurance fund, with insurance companies authorized to do business in this state. The premiums for such insurance in excess of the rates of premium thereon fixed by the commissioners shall be paid forthwith to the commissioners by the board of education of the district. The policies of insurance shall provide that the loss be payable to the board of education of the school district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-33 - Insurance money; use for reconstruction or repair

18A:20-33. Insurance money; use for reconstruction or repair
Whenever any of the school buildings and the furnishings thereof in any school district have been or shall have been partially or totally destroyed by fire or other casualty, the insurance moneys received by the board of education by reason thereof, whether payable from a municipal insurance fund or otherwise, may be used by the board for the repair, reconstruction, or rebuilding of the building and the purchase and repair of the furnishings and contents thereof, but the board shall not use the money for the erection of a building on a site other than that occupied by the building destroyed without the authority of the appropriating power. The board of education shall not enter into a contract for the construction of a building to cost more than the amount of insurance moneys received until the additional amount required shall have been authorized for expenditure for such purpose and regularly appropriated.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-34 - Schoolhouse, rooms; permitted usage

18A:20-34. Schoolhouse, rooms; permitted usage
18A:20-34. The board of education of any district may, pursuant to rules adopted by it, permit the use of any schoolhouse and rooms therein, and the grounds and other property of the district, when not in use for school purposes, for any of the following purposes:
a. The assembly of persons for the purpose of giving and receiving instruction in any branch of education, learning, or the arts, including the science of agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture;
b. Public library purposes or stations of public libraries;
c. The holding of such social, civic, and recreational meetings and entertainments and such other purposes as may be approved by the board;
d. Such meetings, entertainments, and occasions where admission fees are charged as may be approved by the board;
e. Polling places, holding elections, registration of voters, and holding political meetings;
f. Child care services provided by the board of education, or a board approved sponsor, or a child care program licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.), before or after regular school hours, for any school aged child who attends school within the school district.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1999,c.83.s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-34.1 - Rules, regulations relative to child care services, programs

18A:20-34.1 Rules, regulations relative to child care services, programs
3. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act.
L.1999,c.83, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-36 - Commissioner may order alteration or abandonment of buildings

18A:20-36. Commissioner may order alteration or abandonment of buildings
The commissioner may direct the entire or partial abandonment of any building used for school purposes and may direct the making of such changes therein as to him may seem proper.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-38 - Record of receipt; report; filing; transmittal of securities to depository

18A:20-38. Record of receipt; report; filing; transmittal of securities to depository
When said securities are received by the school district, the secretary shall duly record the receiving thereof in an appropriate manner and at the next regular or special meeting after such receipt, he shall transmit a written report to the board of education, setting forth the amount of securities so received, the series, date and the numbers and interest periods, if any, thereof and at the same time, transmit said securities to such depository, person or persons as the board of education shall direct for safekeeping. Such written report shall be recorded in the minutes at such meeting, and a certified copy of such minute record shall forthwith be filed with the Bureau of Financial Regulation and Assistance in the Department of the Treasury.
L.1977, c. 177, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-39 - Securities not to be canceled; sale; resolution

18A:20-39. Securities not to be canceled; sale; resolution
Securities of a school district, purchased by it, shall not be canceled but may be sold as and when directed by resolution adopted by a majority vote of all the members of the board of education.
L.1977, c. 177, s. 3, eff. Aug. 16, 1977.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:20-40 - Testing for radon in public school building

18A:20-40. Testing for radon in public school building
3. a. Except as may be provided pursuant to subsection b. of this section, every public school building used as a public school in the State shall be tested for the presence of radon gas or radon progeny at least once every five years. If the public school has been tested less than five years prior to the effective date of this act, then the test shall be performed within five years of that test and once every five years thereafter.
b. The Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, shall determine the extent of testing required and the locations for the testing, provided that at least every public school building used as a public school in which a child care center is operated by a nonprofit organization is tested by the school in which the child care center is operated for the presence of radon gas or radon progeny at least once every five years. The superintendent of each school district in the State, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and the principal of each school to be tested, shall determine the buildings to be tested, the locations within each building to be tested, the method of testing, and the procedures concerning notification and circulation of the testing results.
L.2000,c.122,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:21-1 - Capital projects; description

18A:21-1. Capital projects; description
The capital projects which may be undertaken by a board of education, for any lawful purposes, the cost whereof may be provided for from taxes, or by the issuance of bonds, as provided by this chapter, are as follows:
1. The acquisition by purchase or condemnation of lands;
2. The grading, draining and landscaping of lands owned or to be acquired by the board and the improvement thereof in any like manner;
3. The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, alteration, enlargement or major repair of buildings; and
4. The purchase of the original furniture, equipment and apparatus, or of major renewals of furniture, equipment and apparatus, for any building used or to be used for such purposes.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:21-2 - Authorization; establishment of accounts

18A:21-2. Authorization; establishment of accounts
18A:21-2. The board of school estimate of any district having such a board and the board of education of any other district may establish a capital reserve account pursuant to this article which may be maintained and used as in this article provided.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1990,c.52,s.38.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:21-3 - Earnings credited to capital reserve accounts.

18A:21-3 Earnings credited to capital reserve accounts.
18A:21-3. The account shall be established by resolution of the board of school estimate or the board of education, as the case may be, in such form as shall be prescribed by the commissioner, a true copy of which shall be filed with the department. The account shall include the earnings attributable to the investment of the assets of the account.
Amended 1990, c.52, s.39; 1993, c.80, s.2; 1996, c.138, s.51; 2007, c.260, s.51.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:21-4 - Use of capital reserve accounts

18A:21-4. Use of capital reserve accounts
18A:21-4. A board of education may in any school year draw against its capital reserve account, up to the amount of the balance therein, to the extent that the withdrawal is anticipated as a revenue in the school budget for the then current school year or approved by the commissioner for good cause; provided, that no money drawn from the account may be used for current expenses of the general fund or debt service payments but shall be used exclusively for capital expenses of the general fund or capital projects fund when expressly authorized as part of a referendum.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1990, c.52, s.40; 1996, c.138, s.52.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:21-5 - Maintenance of capital reserve accounts

18A:21-5. Maintenance of capital reserve accounts
18A:21-5. The capital reserve account of each district shall be maintained by the local district, in accordance with procedures to be established by the commissioner.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1990,c.52,s.41
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-1 - Number of members; appointments; vacancies

18A:22-1. Number of members; appointments; vacancies
There shall be in each type I district a board of school estimate, which shall consist of two members of the board of education appointed by it, two members of the governing body of the municipality appointed by it, and the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality or if there be no chief executive officer then an additional member appointed by the governing body. Appointments shall be made annually in December, and vacancies shall be filled immediately by appointment as the original appointments were made for the unexpired terms.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1978, c. 136, s. 6, eff. Oct. 30, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-3 - Application of subarticle

18A:22-3. Application of subarticle
The provisions of this subarticle shall apply to every type II local district having within its territorial limits more than one municipality, and having a population of more than 10,000, in which there is now a board of school estimate.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-4 - Membership; terms; vacancies

18A:22-4. Membership; terms; vacancies
The board of school estimate shall consist of the chief executive officer of the governing body of each municipality and the president of the board of education of the district ex officio, and two members of the governing body of each municipality, to be chosen by their respective governing bodies and one member of the board of education of the district, to be chosen by said board, all of whom shall be chosen during the month of January and shall serve for one year from February 1 and until their successors are chosen. Vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired terms.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-5 - Majority of all members

18A:22-5. Majority of all members
When it is required by law that any action shall be taken by at least a majority of the full membership of the board of school estimate, such majority must include a majority of the members, representing the respective municipal governing bodies and the action shall be certified accordingly.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-7 - Budgets; preparation.

18A:22-7 Budgets; preparation.
18A:22-7. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board of education of every school district having a board of school estimate shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate, on or before March 22 in each year, and the board of education of every other school district shall prepare a budget for the school district for the ensuing year, on or before March 22. In the case of a school district with an annual school election in November, the board of education of every school district having a board of school estimate shall prepare and deliver to each member of the board of school estimate, on or before April 20 in each year, and the board of education of every other school district shall prepare a budget for the school district for the ensuing year on or before April 20.
amended 1978, c.136, s.7; 1979, c.23, s.12; 1992, c.159, s.12; 1995, c.278, s.37; 2013, c.280, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8 - Contents of budget; format.

18A:22-8 Contents of budget; format.
18A:22-8. The budget shall be prepared in such detail and upon such forms as shall be prescribed by the commissioner and to it shall be annexed a statement so itemized as to make the same readily understandable, in which shall be shown:
a. In tabular form there shall be set forth the following:
(1) The total expenditure for each item for the preceding school year, the amount appropriated for the current school year adjusted for transfers as of February 1 of the current school year, and the amount estimated to be necessary to be appropriated for the ensuing school year, indicated separately for each item as determined by the commissioner;
(2) The amount of the surplus account available at the beginning of the preceding school year, at the beginning of the current school year, and the amount anticipated to be available for the ensuing school year;
(3) The amount of revenue available for budget purposes for the preceding school year, the amount available for the current school year as of February 1 of the current school year, and the amount anticipated to be available for the ensuing school year in the following categories:
(a) Total to be raised by local property taxes
(b) Total State aid
(i) Equalization aid
(ii) Special education categorical aid
(iii) Transportation aid
(iv) Preschool education aid
(v) Security aid
(vi) Adjustment aid
(vii) Other (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner)
(c) Total federal aid
(i) Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.s.2701 et seq.)
(ii) Students with disabilities
(iii) Impact Aid
(iv) Vocational
(v) Other (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner)
(d) Other sources (detailed at the discretion of the commissioner).
b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.117).
c. In the event that the total expenditure for any item of appropriation is equal to $0.00 for: (1) the preceding school year, (2) the current school year, and (3) the amount estimated to be necessary to be appropriated for the ensuing school year, that item shall not be required to be published pursuant to N.J.S.18A:22-11.
d. The instruction function of the budget shall be divided at a minimum into elementary (K-5), middle school (6-8), and high school (9-12) cost centers, each of which shall be further divided by the core curriculum content areas. The commissioner shall phase in these requirements as soon as practicable.
e. The budget as adopted for the school year pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) shall be provided for public inspection on the school district's Internet site, if one exists, and made available in print in a "user-friendly" format using plain language. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate a "user-friendly," plain language budget summary format for the use of school districts for this purpose.
amended 2000, c.72, s.39; 2017, c.131, s.22.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8a - "User-friendly" plain language budget summary forms for school districts; information; submission; availability.

18A:22-8a "User-friendly" plain language budget summary forms for school districts; information; submission; availability.
2. a. The Commissioner of Education shall promulgate "user-friendly," plain language budget summary forms for the use of school districts. The commissioner shall also promulgate a procedure for the submission by each school district of the required budget summary form to the Department of Education following the approval of the budget.
b. The plain language budget summary shall provide the public with information in summary form about the budget of the school district and shall include, in addition to an abbreviated version of the formal budget adopted by the school district, such statistical information as the commissioner determines to be useful for the public's understanding of the school district's fiscal matters and condition, and shall also include, but not be limited to, the following information for both the district's budget year and the prebudget year: all line items of appropriation aggregated by item type; the school tax rate; the equalized school tax rate; revenues by major category; the amount of available surplus; a description of unusual revenues or appropriations, with a description of the circumstances of the revenues or appropriations; and a list of shared service agreements in which the district is participating.
c. The plain language budget summary shall be submitted to the Department of Education in such form as determined by the commissioner, and, upon its receipt of the summary, the department shall make the summary available to the public through an Internet website maintained by the department in an easily accessible location. The information on the web site shall be presented as data that can be downloaded by the public for comparative purposes using commonly-used software.
L.2007, c.53, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8b - Required promulgation of forms, procedures.

18A:22-8b Required promulgation of forms, procedures.
3. Not later than the first day of the sixth month next following the enactment of P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:55-3 et al.), the Commissioner of Education shall promulgate the "user friendly," plain language budget summary forms and procedures required pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2007, c.53 (C.18A:22-8a).
L.2007, c.53, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8c - Rules, regulations to effectuate certain budgeting, fiscal procedures.

18A:22-8c Rules, regulations to effectuate certain budgeting, fiscal procedures.
7. Notwithstanding any provision of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the Commissioner of Education may adopt, immediately upon filing with the Office of Administrative Law, such rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to effectuate the budgeting and fiscal procedures under chapter 22 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes which shall be effective for a period not to exceed 12 months following the effective date of P.L.2008, c.37 (C.18A:11-13 et al.). The regulations shall thereafter be amended, adopted, or readopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.); and the commissioner shall, at a minimum, hold at least one public hearing in each of the north, central, and southern regions of the State within 60 days of the public notice of any regulations proposed by the commissioner to be amended, adopted, or readopted pursuant to that act.
L.2008, c.37, s.7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8.1 - Transfer of funds, conditions.

18A:22-8.1 Transfer of funds, conditions.
2. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this section, whenever a school district desires to transfer amounts among line items and program categories, the transfers shall be by resolution of the board of education approved by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the authorized membership of the board; however, a board may, by resolution, designate the chief school administrator to approve such transfers as are necessary between meetings of the board. Transfers approved by the chief school administrator shall be reported to the board, ratified and duly recorded in the minutes at a subsequent meeting of the board, but not less than monthly. Transfers of surplus amounts or any other unbudgeted or underbudgeted revenue to line items and program categories shall require the approval of the Commissioner of Education and shall only be approved between April 1 and June 30 for line items and program categories necessary to achieve the thoroughness standards established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-46); except that upon a two-thirds affirmative vote of the authorized membership of a board of education, the board may petition the commissioner for authority to transfer such revenue prior to April 1 due to an emergent circumstance and the commissioner may authorize the transfer if he determines that the transfer is necessary to meet such emergency. Transfers from any general fund appropriation account that, on a cumulative basis, exceed 10% of the amount of the account included in the school district's budget as certified for taxes shall require the approval of the commissioner. In a school district wherein the Commissioner of Education has directed an in-depth evaluation pursuant to subsection e. of section 14 of P.L.1975, c.212 (C.18A:7A-14), the board of education shall obtain the written approval of the executive county superintendent of schools prior to implementing any board authorized transfer of funds.
L.1979, c.294, s.2; amended 1987, c.196; 1987, c.398, s.4; 2004, c.73, s.6; 2005, c.235, s.34; 2007, c.260, s.53.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-8.2 - Certain transfers not allowed

18A:22-8.2. Certain transfers not allowed
3. No transfer may be made under this section from appropriations or surplus accounts for:
a. Interest and debt redemption charges;
b. Capital reserve account;
c. Items classified as general fund expenses except to other items so classified, or to the capital projects fund to supplement the proceeds from a bond authorization or lease purchase agreement upon application to and a formal finding by the commissioner that the transfer is in the best interests of both the students and taxpayers of the district after consideration of alternative corrective actions.
L.1979,c.294,s.3; amended 1990, c.52, s.44; 1991, c.62, s.22; 1993, c.83, s.5; 1996, c.138, s.54.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-9 - Categories of expenditures; fixing

18A:22-9. Categories of expenditures; fixing
The commissioner shall, with the approval of the state board, prescribe the items of expenditure to be included in each category of appropriation mentioned in subsection a. of section 18A:22-8 in accordance with the terms thereof any may, upon request, decide in which category a proposed item of expenditure shall be included.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-10 - Fixing date, etc. for public hearing.

18A:22-10 Fixing date, etc. for public hearing.
18A:22-10. Upon the preparation of its budget, each board of education shall fix a date, place and time for the holding of a public hearing upon said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools for the ensuing school year and the various items and purposes for which the same are to be appropriated. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in districts having a board of school estimate, the hearing shall be held before the board of school estimate between March 22 and March 29 and in districts having no board of school estimate the hearing shall be held before the board of education between March 22 and March 29. In the case of a school district with an annual school election in November, the hearing shall be held before the board of education between April 24 and May 7.
amended 1978, c.136, s.8; 1990, c.52, s.46; 1992, c.159, s.13; 1995, c.278, s.39; 2013, c.280, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-11 - Notice of public hearing

18A:22-11. Notice of public hearing
18A:22-11. The board of education shall cause notice of such public hearing and the statement annexed to the budget to be published at least once in at least one newspaper published in the district and if no newspaper be published therein, then in at least one newspaper circulating in said district not less than four days prior to the date fixed for such public hearing.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1995,c.278,s.41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-12 - Contents of notice.

18A:22-12 Contents of notice.
18A:22-12. The notice shall also set forth that said budget will be on file and open to the examination of the public between reasonable hours to be fixed therein and at a place to be named therein, from the date of said publication until the date of the holding of the public hearing, that in any district having a board of school estimate, except as otherwise provided in this section, the public hearing will be held before the board of school estimate and in other districts that the public hearing will be held before the board of education and that at said public hearing said budget will be on file and open to the examination of the public accordingly and will be produced for the information of those attending the same. In a Type II district having a board of school estimate in which the annual school election is in November, the public hearing shall be held before the board of education.
amended 2012, c.78, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-13 - Public hearing; objections; heard, etc.

18A:22-13. Public hearing; objections; heard, etc.
On the date and at the time and place, so fixed, the board of school estimate or the board of education, as the case may be, shall hold such public hearing at which the taxpayers and other interested persons shall have an opportunity to present objections and to be heard with respect to said budget and the amounts of money necessary to be appropriated and the various items and purposes for which the same are to be appropriated for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-14 - Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount

18A:22-14. Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount
18A:22-14. At or after the public hearing but not later than April 8, the board of school estimate of a type I district shall fix and determine by official action taken at a public meeting of the board the amount of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools in the district for the ensuing school year pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), exclusive of the amount which shall have been apportioned to it by the commissioner and shall make two certificates of the amount signed by at least three members of the board, one of which shall be delivered to the board of education and the other to the governing body of the district. Within 15 days after receiving the certificate the board of education shall notify the board of school estimate and governing body of the district if it intends to appeal to the commissioner the board of school estimate's determination as to the amount of money requested pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5), necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools of the district for the ensuing school year.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1973, c.265, s.1; 1978, c.136, s.9; 1981, c.511, s.10; 1992, c.159, s.14; 1996, c.138, s.55.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:22-15 - Appropriations, how made

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