New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 19 - OTHER AGENCIES › NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY › Chapter 32 - SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECTS: SECTION 15 GRANT PROCEDURES › Subchapter 2 - GRANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS › Section 19:32-2.2 - Eligibility

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) All of the following conditions shall
				  apply regarding eligibility for a grant:
1.
				  The district shall obtain approval of the district's long-range facilities plan
				  pursuant to
				  6A:26-2.3.
2. The district shall obtain approval of the
				  school facilities project from the Department pursuant to
				  18A:7G-5 and
				  6A:26-3.3.
3. There is a determination of the final
				  eligible costs and the State share of the school facilities project by the
				  Department pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7G-5.h and
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:26-3.6.
4. The district shall obtain approval of
				  educational specifications and schematic plans from the Department pursuant to
				  6A:26-5.2 and 5.3, if applicable.
				  If land was acquired as part of the school facilities project, the district
				  shall obtain approval of the land acquisition from the Department pursuant to
				  6A:26-7.1. If an existing facility
				  was acquired, the district shall obtain the approvals of the school site and
				  the facility from the Department pursuant to
				  6A:26-7.3.
5. Any appeals by the district regarding any
				  of the above approvals required to be obtained by the district from the
				  Department for the school facilities project shall have been taken and
				  completed at the highest level of appeal so that a final nonappealable order
				  shall have been issued establishing approval for the school facilities project
				  and determination of final eligible costs and State share.
6. The district shall obtain approval for the
				  local share in accordance with the provisions for the approval of capital
				  projects pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:22-1 et seq., and N.J.S.A. 18A:24-1 and
				  P.L.
				  1991, c. 139 (N.J.S.A. 18A:7A-46.1 et seq.), as
				  applicable to the district pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:7G-11 and
				  N.J.A.C.
				  6A:26-3.7.
i. If the local share is funded through the
				  issuance of school bonds, the district shall submit a referendum to the voters
				  pursuant to
				  18A:22-39 and
				  6A:26-3.7 and the voters shall
				  have approved the referendum in the amount of the local share.
ii. If the local share is to be funded
				  through the capital reserve account, the district shall comply with the
				  requirements of
				  6A:26-3.7 and 6A:23-2.1 3
				  governing the use of the capital reserve account for the local share.
iii. If the local share is to be funded
				  through sources other than bonds or capital reserve, such as a lease purchase
				  agreement of not in excess of five years duration, the district shall obtain
				  approval of local share in accordance with
				  6A:26-3.7 and any statutory and
				  regulatory authorities specifically governing that source of local share, such
				  as 18A:20-4.2(f) 
				  and N.J.A.C. 6A:26-10.
7. The district shall delegate to
				  the school business administrator or other authorized officer supervision of
				  the school facilities project.