New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 26A - SECURING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE BOND ACT GRANTS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6A:26A-1.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms shall have the following
				  meanings when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act" means the Securing Our Children's Future Bond Act, P.L.
				  2018, c. 119.
"Alternative emergency mechanism" means a device or system
				  that generates a notification to local law enforcement in the event of a school
				  security emergency, as approved by the Department.
"Alyssa's Law" means P.L. 2019, c. 33 (N.J.S.A. 18A:41-10 et
				  seq.).
"Bonds" means the bonds authorized to be issued, or issued,
				  under the Act.
"Career and technical education" or "CTE" means as defined at
				  N.J.A.C. 6A:19-1.2.
"Career and technical education program" or "CTE program"
				  means a program, approved by the Department, that offers a sequence of courses
				  that provide students with the coherent and rigorous content aligned with
				  challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills
				  needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging
				  professions. A CTE program provides technical skill proficiency, an
				  industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree.
"Construct" and "construction" means the planning, erecting,
				  altering, repairing, purchasing, improving, developing, constructing,
				  reconstructing, extending, rehabilitating, renovating, upgrading, demolishing,
				  and equipping of water infrastructure improvement projects and security
				  projects in schools, and of education buildings at schools, county vocational
				  school districts, and county colleges.
"Cost" means the expenses incurred in connection with: the
				  acquisition by purchase, lease, or otherwise, the development, and the
				  construction of any project authorized by the Act; the acquisition by purchase,
				  lease, or otherwise, and the development of any real or personal property for
				  use in connection with a project authorized by the Act, including any rights of
				  interest therein; the execution of any agreements and franchises deemed by the
				  Commissioner or the Secretary of Higher Education to be necessary or useful and
				  convenient in connection with any project; and the procurement or provision of
				  engineering, architectural design, surveying, inspection, planning, legal,
				  financial, or other professional services, estimates, studies, reports, or
				  advice.
"County college" means an entity established pursuant to
				  Chapter 64A of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
"County vocational school district" or "CVSD" means an entity
				  established pursuant to Article 3 of Chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
				  Statutes.
"Debt service" means as set forth at N.J.S.A.
				  18A:7G-3.
"Debt service aid" means aid provided pursuant to N.J.S.A.
				  18A:7G-9.
"Drinking water outlet" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:26-1.2.
"Economically disadvantaged student" means as defined at
				  N.J.A.C. 6A:19-1.2.
"Education buildings" means buildings, structures, and
				  facilities required for the operation of schools, county vocational school
				  districts, or county colleges.
"English language learner" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:15-1.2.
"Grant" means a grant of moneys from the Securing Our
				  Children's Future Fund approved by the Commissioner for a project.
"Grant agreement" means the agreement between the school
				  district and the Commissioner that sets forth the terms and conditions of the
				  grant, amount of the grant, and disbursement schedule.
"Homeless student" means the same as "homeless child" as
				  defined at N.J.A.C. 6A:17-1.2.
"Lead service line" means, as defined at 40 CFR 141.2, a
				  service line made of lead that connects the water main to the building inlet
				  and any lead pigtail, gooseneck, or other fitting that is connected to such
				  lead line, and includes lead lined/dipped galvanized pipe.
"Multilingual learner" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:15-1.2.
"New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act" or "NJSDWA" means
				  N.J.S.A. 13:1D-1 et seq.
"New Jersey Schools Development Authority" or "NJSDA" means
				  the New Jersey Schools Development Authority established pursuant to N.J.S.A.
				  52:18A-237.
"Nontraditional fields" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:19-1.2.
"Panic alarm" means a silent security system signal generated
				  by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life-threatening or
				  emergency situation requiring a response from law enforcement as set forth at
				  N.J.S.A. 18A:41-11 and N.J.A.C. 19:32A-1.3.
"Project" means the establishment and construction of
				  education buildings and the expansion and construction of additional facilities
				  at, and the acquisition and installation of additional or upgraded equipment
				  for, existing or new education buildings, or parts thereof, at county
				  vocational schools and county colleges for the purpose of increasing academic
				  capacity to expand or offer new CTE programs, which shall include, but not be
				  limited to, classrooms, laboratories, computer facilities, and other academic
				  buildings and all property appurtenant thereto, but shall not include
				  dormitories, administrative buildings, athletic facilities, or other
				  revenue-producing facilities; and the construction, repair, rehabilitation, or
				  replacement of water supply infrastructure in school districts for the purpose
				  of improving water quality in school district schools; and security projects in
				  school districts.
"Resource family home" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  3A:51-1.3.
"Routine maintenance" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:26-1.2.
"Safe Drinking Water Act" or "SDWA" means 42 U.S.C.
				  §§ 300f et seq.
"School" means an educational institution that includes any
				  of the grades kindergarten through 12.
"School building" means a building owned or leased by a
				  school district and used to permanently house students in any combination of
				  grades kindergarten through 12.
"School district" means a local or regional school district,
				  a county special services school district, a county vocational school district,
				  and a district under partial or full State intervention pursuant to P.L. 1987,
				  c. 399 (N.J.S.A. 18A:7A-34et seq.). For the purposes of this chapter, school
				  district does not include charter or renaissance schools.
"School security emergency" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  19:32A-1.3.
"Securing Our Children's Future Fund" means the fund
				  established pursuant to Section 13 of the Act in which the proceeds of the
				  bonds are deposited to be used for the purposes set forth in the Act.
"Security project" means the construction, improvement,
				  alteration, or modernization of all, or any part, of a school in a school
				  district for school security purposes, including alarms and silent security
				  systems. Security project shall not include routine maintenance.
"Student with a disability" means as defined at N.J.A.C.
				  6A:14-1.3.
"Substantial completion" means that point in time for a
				  project when all of the following have occurred, as applicable:
1. All essential requirements of the
				contracts have been fully performed so that the purpose of the contracts is
				accomplished;
2. The punchlist has
				been created;
3. There are no
				important material omissions or technical defects or deficiencies regarding the
				project;
4. A temporary certificate
				of occupancy, continued use, or completion has been issued; and/or
5. The project is ready for occupancy or use
				in accordance with its intended purpose.
"Water infrastructure improvement" means the construction,
				  reconstruction, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of water supply
				  infrastructure in school districts for the purpose of improving water quality
				  in school district schools.