New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES › Subchapter 2 - EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS › Section 6A:23A-2.2 - School district regionalization and consolidation of services advisory committee

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Each executive county superintendent
				shall create a School District Regionalization and Consolidation of Services
				Advisory Committee (advisory committee) for the purpose of providing advice and
				consultation to the executive county superintendent on the issue of
				regionalization of school districts or consolidation of school district
				services. The Advisory Committee shall consist of representation from each
				school district in the county and shall meet on a monthly basis. At least
				quarterly, county representatives from the New Jersey Leadership for
				Educational Excellence (LEE) Group will be invited by the executive county
				superintendent to attend and participate in the advisory committee meetings.
				The LEE Group is composed of the New Jersey Education Association, the New
				Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the New Jersey School Boards
				Association, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials, the New
				Jersey Association of School Administrators, and the New Jersey Congress of
				Parents and Teachers. The executive county superintendent may designate the
				county superintendent roundtable as the advisory committee, if appropriate. If
				the roundtable is used, attendance by the above organizations shall include
				only the portion of the roundtable meeting dedicated to the issue of
				regionalization and consolidation of services.
(b) The executive county superintendent may
				create one or more advisory subcommittees that address issues by subject
				matter, by region, or by some other method. Subcommittee members may be local
				taxpayers or residents, district board of education members, employees, school
				district parents, local government officials, representatives of State or local
				education associations, or others, as deemed appropriate by the executive
				county superintendent. The membership shall reflect the diversity of the county
				to the extent possible.
(c) The
				executive county superintendent, in his or her discretion, shall determine the
				working structure of the advisory subcommittees as he or she deems most
				effective and efficient.
(d) The
				executive county superintendent shall coordinate the work of the advisory
				subcommittees and shall report on the progress of that work to the advisory
				committee at its monthly meetings.
(e) The executive county superintendent shall
				report on the progress of the advisory committee and advisory subcommittees'
				work at the regularly scheduled executive county superintendent roundtables,
				where appropriate.
(f) The
				executive county superintendent may take, where necessary, appropriate action
				to engage consultants to perform the work and studies required by this chapter,
				including assisting school districts in submission of applications for funds
				under the SHARE program pursuant to
				N.J.S.A.
				40A:65-30.
(g) The executive county superintendent shall
				encourage the advisory subcommittees to solicit input, to the extent possible,
				from current school employee representatives regarding regionalization and
				consolidation of services proposals.