N.J. Stat. § 18A:38-8.4

Current through L. 2024, c. 87.
Section 18A:38-8.4 - Board of Education representation of sixth class county school district; certain

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L. 1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.2) or any other law or regulation to the contrary, a school district which is located in a county of the sixth class according to the latest federal decennial census, which has an October 1998 resident enrollment greater than 2,400 pupils but less than 2,600 pupils, and which sends its pupils in grades 9 through 12 to a school district in the same county pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:38-8 shall have representation on the board of education of the receiving district as follows:

a.
(1) If the pupils of the sending district comprise less than 10% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have no representation on the receiving district board of education;
(2) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 10% but not more than 29% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have one representative on the receiving district board of education;
(3) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 30% but not more than 39% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have two representatives on the receiving district board of education; and
(4) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 40% or more of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district shall have three representatives on the receiving district board of education.
b. The calculation of the percentages required under this section shall be based on the number of pupils reported as of the last school day prior to October 16 of the prebudget year.
c. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be designated by the sending district board at a meeting of the board which is closest in time to the annual organizational meeting of the receiving district board of education.
d. The representatives of a sending district board of education appointed to a receiving district board of education pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the members of the board of education of a Type I or Type II school district provided pursuant to chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be eligible to vote on those matters authorized pursuant to section 1 of P.L. 1995, c.8 (C.18A:38-8.1).

N.J.S. § 18A:38-8.4

L. 1999, c. 414, s. 1.