New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 6A - EDUCATION › Chapter 32 - SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS › Subchapter 11 - WITHDRAWAL FROM REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 6A:32-11.2 - Investigation and report by executive county superintendent

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a)
				The executive county superintendent shall investigate the advisability of the
				withdrawal of the requesting constituent district from, or the dissolution of,
				the regional school district upon receipt of the resolution(s) and accompanying
				data pursuant to
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:32-11.1. Within 60 days after receipt of
				the request, the executive county superintendent shall issue a report, in
				accordance with
				N.J.S.A.
				18A:13-52 or
				18A:13-67,
				to governing bodies of the municipalities constituting the regional school
				district and the board of education of the regional school district. If the
				executive county superintendent's report addresses the withdrawal of a
				constituent school district(s) from, or the dissolution of, a limited-purpose
				regional school district, the report shall also be issued to the district
				boards of education of the constituent school districts. When the executive
				county superintendent has begun the investigation, no action shall be taken
				upon a subsequent request from another constituent school district or
				municipality of the same regional school district until the investigation,
				report, and action have been completed. The report shall be based on data
				including, but not limited to, the following:
1. A general description of the regional
				school district, including the number of constituent school districts, school
				buildings, area of the total school district, and area of the withdrawing
				school district or municipality;
2.
				Enrollment data, including the number of students enrolled as reported by grade
				on the Annual Application for State School Aid and estimated projected
				enrollment, by grade level, for the succeeding five school years for both the
				withdrawing school district or municipality and the remaining regional school
				district. The estimated projected enrollments shall be based on growth factors
				using average percentages for the last three school years and a review of
				municipal planning documents (master plan elements, zoning maps), including any
				annual reports or summaries of land-use approvals within the past five
				years;
3. Enrollment data, by grade
				level, showing the racial composition of the present regional student
				population and the resulting racial composition for both the withdrawing school
				district or municipality and the remaining regional school district if
				withdrawal were to be approved;
4.
				The operating expenses of the regional school district for the present school
				year including the distribution of current operating expenses among the
				constituent school districts or municipalities;
5. The equalized valuation of each
				constituent school district or municipality of the regional school district as
				set forth in
				N.J.S.A.
				18A:7F-45;
6. The average equalized valuations of the
				real property of each constituent school district or municipality of the
				regional school district as set forth in
				N.J.S.A. 18A:24-1 et
				seq.;
7. The borrowing margin of
				each constituent school district or municipality of the regional school
				district as determined by
				N.J.S.A. 18A:24-1 et
				seq., and the revised borrowing margin of each constituent school district or
				municipality and the withdrawing school district or municipality, if approval
				were to be granted;
8. The
				apportionment by dollar amounts and percentages of debt service for the current
				school year among all the constituent school districts or municipalities of the
				regional school district;
9. The
				replacement costs of school buildings, additions, grounds, furnishings, and
				equipment of the regional school district, and the replacement cost of any
				school building, additions, grounds, furnishings, and equipment of the regional
				school district situated in the withdrawing school district or municipality.
				The Department will calculate the school building replacement costs as follows:
i. The current overall cost per square foot
				for school construction in New Jersey, updated in the fall of each year, will
				be multiplied by the gross area of the building. The figure shall include
				construction costs, moveable and built-in furniture and equipment, and fees;
				and
ii. Site costs will be excluded
				since they are already included under
				N.J.A.C.
				6A:26-7.1(a).
10. The amount of indebtedness, if
				any, to be assumed by the withdrawing constituent school district or
				municipality;
11. The distribution
				of assets and liabilities of the existing regional school district and
				remaining regional school district following withdrawal in the manner provided
				by
				N.J.S.A.
				18A:8-24;