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• Chapter 1

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
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• Chapter 2

• 2
  Payment and disposition of fines imposed under this title.
  
  
• 3
  Preparation, offering for sale of certain documents; penalty
  
  
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• Chapter 3

• 14.1
  Annual report of sources of financial assistance
  
  
• 14.2
  Distribution of report
  
  
• 15.1
  Deceptive diploma practices
  
  
• 15.2
  Use of fraudulent degree
  
  
• 15.3
  Letter designation restricted
  
  
• 15.4
  Out-of-State degrees.
  
  
• 15.5
  Civil penalty
  
  
• 19.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 19.2
  Disclosure of foreign gifts
  
  
• 19.3
  Information to the Department of the Treasury
  
  
• 19.4
  Public record
  
  
• 24
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 25
  Pledge's Bill of Rights
  
  
• 26
  Information on hazing included
  
  
• 27
  Distribution
  
  
• 28
  Display, certain, of students' social security numbers prohibited.
  
  
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• Chapter 3A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Legislative findings, determinations and declarations
  
  
• 3
  Institute on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies
  
  
• 4
  Duties
  
  
• 5
  Findings and recommendations; transmittal
  
  
• 6
  Advisory board
  
  
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• Chapter 3B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Department of Higher Education abolished
  
  
• 5
  Termination of offices, terms
  
  
• 6
  Powers, duties of governing boards of institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 7
  "New Jersey Presidents' Council" established.
  
  
• 8
  Responsibilities of council.
  
  
• 9
  Powers of council
  
  
• 10
  Funding necessary expenses of council
  
  
• 11
  Organization of council, selection of officers
  
  
• 12
  Executive board.
  
  
• 13
  New Jersey Commission on Higher Education.
  
  
• 14
  Responsibilities of commission.
  
  
• 14.1
  Dissemination of fire safety information by N.J. institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 15
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 16
  Report to Legislature, Governor
  
  
• 19
  Educational Opportunity Fund transferred
  
  
• 21
  Educational Facilities Authority transferred.
  
  
• 22
  State Board of Higher Education project approval transferred
  
  
• 23
  State Board of Higher Education equipment purchase, allocation of funds transferred
  
  
• 24
  Equipment purchase, allocation of funds under C.18A:72A-49 et seq. transferred
  
  
• 25
  Functions, powers, duties under P.L.1984, c.99 transferred
  
  
• 26
  Construction of act in regard to Rutgers, The State University
  
  
• 27
  Allocation of institutions to Department of State
  
  
• 28
  Construction of act
  
  
• 29
  Disposition of petitions, controversies, disputes
  
  
• 30
  Responsibility for action to implement act
  
  
• 31
  Interim, comprehensive reports to Governor, Legislature
  
  
• 32
  Exercise of powers conferred in act
  
  
• 33
  Participation in alternate benefits program continued
  
  
• 34
  Powers of Secretary of Higher Education.
  
  
• 35
  Annual report by institution of higher education.
  
  
• 36
  Specific enabling legislation required for reorganization transfer
  
  
• 37
  Alternate opportunity to take test, examination for student due to religious observance.
  
  
• 38
  "Standardized test" defined; alternate administration of tests offered.
  
  
• 39
  Long-range facilities plan.
  
  
• 40
  Network to propose, develop economic development policies, programs.
  
  
• 41
  Short title.
  
  
• 42
  Establishment of Troops to College Program.
  
  
• 43
  Short title.
  
  
• 44
  Information provided by certain colleges, universities.
  
  
• 45
  Guidelines, criteria for collection, calculation of information.
  
  
• 46
  Definitions relative to structure and fiscal management of higher education.
  
  
• 47
  Secretary of Higher Education.
  
  
• 48
  Audit committee.
  
  
• 49
  Internal auditor.
  
  
• 50
  Independent outside auditor.
  
  
• 51
  Submission of audit to commission.
  
  
• 52
  Policies, procedures for reports of wrongdoing, confidentiality.
  
  
• 53
  Recommendations for penalties for noncompliance.
  
  
• 54
  Additional authority of commission.
  
  
• 55
  Notice of representation filed by governmental affairs agent, reports.
  
  
• 56
  Approval of contract.
  
  
• 57
  Policies concerning professional services contracts.
  
  
• 58
  Executive committee.
  
  
• 59
  Compensation committee.
  
  
• 60
  Nominations and governance committee.
  
  
• 61
  Fundraising and development strategies.
  
  
• 62
  Provision of information, orientation, training.
  
  
• 63
  Procedure for change in programmatic mission.
  
  
• 64
  Meeting convened by commission.
  
  
• 65
  Plan for branch campus.
  
  
• 66
  Reference to mean, refer to Secretary of Higher Education.
  
  
• 67
  Regulations.
  
  
• 68
  Adoption of policy by public institutions of higher education.
  
  
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• Chapter 3C

• 1
  Definitions relative to certain credit card solicitations.
  
  
• 2
  Annual registration of credit card issuer.
  
  
• 3
  Provision of program of education on responsible use of credit.
  
  
• 4
  Certificate required for issuance of credit card to student.
  
  
• 5
  Prohibited actions for credit card issuer.
  
  
• 6
  Prohibited debt collection actions.
  
  
• 7
  Violations, penalties.
  
  
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• Chapter 3

• 5
  1966, c. 302, article (C. 18:21A-34 to C. 18:21A-44 incl.)
  
  
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• Chapter 4

• 1
  State department of education continued; composition
  
  
• 2
  Offices
  
  
• 3
  Membership qualifications
  
  
• 4
  Appointment of members; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 5
  Continuation of present state board; appointment of successors
  
  
• 6
  Expenses of members; no compensation
  
  
• 7
  Meetings
  
  
• 8
  Organization of board; officers; vacancies
  
  
• 9
  Secretary of state board
  
  
• 10
  General supervision of public education except higher education vested in state board
  
  
• 11
  Acquisition of land and other property by condemnation
  
  
• 12
  Use of lands controlled by state board for recreation purposes
  
  
• 13
  Building operations
  
  
• 14
  Uniform system of bookkeeping for school districts
  
  
• 14.1
  Conformity to uniform system
  
  
• 15
  General rule-making power
  
  
• 16
  Incidental powers conferred
  
  
• 17
  Right to administer oaths and examine witnesses; false swearing
  
  
• 18
  Compelling attendance of school personnel
  
  
• 19
  Subpoenas; penalty
  
  
• 20
  Annual report to legislature
  
  
• 21
  Appointment; term; qualifications; salary
  
  
• 22
  Chief officer of the department
  
  
• 23
  Supervision of schools; enforcement of rules
  
  
• 24
  Determining efficiency of schools; report to state board
  
  
• 25
  Prescribing minimum courses of study for public schools; approval of courses of study
  
  
• 26
  Acceptance of grants and donations
  
  
• 27
  Notice and hearing
  
  
• 28
  Materials for guidance of teachers
  
  
• 29
  Instruction of county superintendents and superintendents of schools; meetings
  
  
• 30
  Annual report of comparative financial statistics of school districts
  
  
• 31
  Right to administer oaths, take affidavits and examine witnesses; false swearing
  
  
• 32
  Assistant commissioners; appointment; compensation
  
  
• 33
  Deputy commissioner
  
  
• 34
  Duties of assistant commissioner.
  
  
• 35
  Directors, inspectors and assistants
  
  
• 36
  Helping teachers, salaries and expense allowance
  
  
• 37
  Payment of salaries and expenses
  
  
• 38
  Employment of clerks and other employees; compensation
  
  
• 39
  Record of official acts; seal; copies of papers
  
  
• 40
  Monthly, annual and other reports to state board
  
  
• 41
  Waiving of certain requirements
  
  
• 42
  Findings, declarations relative to Italian heritage and cultural and educational programs.
  
  
• 43
  New Jersey Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs.
  
  
• 44
  Responsibilities, duties of commission.
  
  
• 45
  Assistance to commission.
  
  
• 46
  Duties of commission relative to Institute of Italian and Italian American Heritage Studies.
  
  
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• Chapter 4A

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education.
  
  
• 3
  Responsibilities, duties of commission
  
  
• 4
  Commission assistance, cooperation
  
  
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• Chapter 6

• 1
  Corporal punishment of pupils
  
  
• 1.1
  Experimental or stimulation of learning process drugs or medications; administration to pupils; written consent of parent or guardian and physician
  
  
• 2
  Instruction in accident and fire prevention
  
  
• 3
  Courses in Constitution of United States
  
  
• 4
  Annual report of institutions receiving State aid and private schools
  
  
• 4.1
  Security officers of public and nonprofit educational institutions; training courses
  
  
• 4.2
  Policemen; appointment by governing body of institution of learning
  
  
• 4.3
  Application by policeman; approval; issuance of commission
  
  
• 4.3a
  Background investigations of university police officer candidates.
  
  
• 4.4
  Police training course
  
  
• 4.5
  Police powers
  
  
• 4.6
  Name plate and shield
  
  
• 4.7
  Traffic and parking violations; authority; procedure on issuance of tickets
  
  
• 4.8
  Application of concealed weapons law
  
  
• 4.9
  Repeal
  
  
• 4.10
  Construction of act
  
  
• 4.11
  Severability
  
  
• 4.12
  Educational institution reimbursement.
  
  
• 4.13
  Nonpublic school employment candidates to demonstrate no criminal history.
  
  
• 4.14
  Criminal history record check for applicant for nonpublic school employment
  
  
• 4.15
  Determination, reporting of qualification; written notice, notice of pending charge
  
  
• 4.16
  Records to be kept no longer than three years; exceptions.
  
  
• 4.17
  Initial criminal history record check for substitute employees
  
  
• 5
  Inquiry as to religion and religious tests prohibited
  
  
• 6
  No sex discrimination
  
  
• 7
  Oaths of persons employed in teaching capacities
  
  
• 7a
  Alleged child abuse, neglect by school employee; no use if unfounded.
  
  
• 7.1
  Criminal record check in public school employment, volunteer service.
  
  
• 7.1b
  Initial criminal history check for substitutes
  
  
• 7.1c
  Employment of applicant on emergent basis, conditions.
  
  
• 7.2
  Fingerprinting; reimbursement of unpaid volunteers.
  
  
• 7.2a
  Authority of commissioner
  
  
• 7.3
  Notice to applicant; notice of pending charges
  
  
• 7.4
  Three-year limitation; exceptions.
  
  
• 7.5
  Fine for noncompliance
  
  
• 8
  Interest of school officers, etc., in sale of textbooks or supplies; royalties
  
  
• 8.1
  Leave of certain employees to serve in legislature
  
  
• 8.2
  Leave of certain employees to serve on board of chosen freeholders
  
  
• 8.3
  Suspended employee or officer of board of education; compensation; exceptions
  
  
• 8.4
  Right to hold elective or appointive state, county or municipal office
  
  
• 8.5
  Requirements for receipt of employee tuition assistance, additional compensation.
  
  
• 8.6
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 9
  Controversies, disputes arising under school laws; jurisdiction
  
  
• 9.1
  Commissioner's determinations considered final agency action; appeals; request for relief.
  
  
• 9.2
  Authority of State BOE to consider appeal terminated.
  
  
• 10
  Dismissal and reduction in compensation of persons under tenure in public school system
  
  
• 11
  Written charges; written statement of evidence; filing; statement of position by employee; certification of determination; notice
  
  
• 13
  Dismissal of charge for failure of determination by board
  
  
• 14
  Suspension upon certification of charge; compensation; reinstatement
  
  
• 16
  Proceedings before commissioner; written response; determination.
  
  
• 17
  Board of education a party; conduct of hearing
  
  
• 18
  Dismissal, reduction and compensation of persons under tenure in schools and institutions of higher education
  
  
• 18.1
  Charge against suspended person not determined within 180 days; payment of salary
  
  
• 19
  Administering of oaths
  
  
• 20
  Right to testify; counsel; witnesses; compulsory process
  
  
• 21
  Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses
  
  
• 22
  Order to testify, etc.
  
  
• 23
  Witness fees and privileges
  
  
• 24
  Hearings before commissioner; presentation of facts
  
  
• 25
  Decisions in controversies and disputes
  
  
• 30
  Compensation for persons illegally dismissed or suspended
  
  
• 30.1
  Teacher wrongfully dismissed; payment for services
  
  
• 31
  Tenure and civil service rights saved
  
  
• 31.1
  Tenure to continue
  
  
• 31.2
  Tenure, seniority and pension rights continued
  
  
• 31.3
  "New school district" defined
  
  
• 31.4
  Terms, conditions of employment
  
  
• 31.5
  Tenure, seniority rights
  
  
• 31.6
  Filling vacancies, available positions
  
  
• 31.7
  Employee rights, benefits preserved
  
  
• 32
  Pension and tenure rights in American Red Cross service saved
  
  
• 33
  Tenure, pension and other employment rights in military and naval service saved
  
  
• 33.1
  Grant program; innovative educational ideas and techniques
  
  
• 33.2
  Aim and purpose of act
  
  
• 33.3
  Certification of proposals for grant funds
  
  
• 33.4
  Advisory committee; review of grant applications; recommendations
  
  
• 33.5
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 33.6
  Maximum amount of individual grants
  
  
• 33.7
  Short title
  
  
• 33.8
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 33.9
  Definitions
  
  
• 33.10
  Eligible proposals
  
  
• 33.11
  Community participation
  
  
• 33.12
  Selection criteria
  
  
• 33.14
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 34
  Board of Examiners
  
  
• 35
  Terms of members; vacancies
  
  
• 36
  Chairman; organization
  
  
• 37
  Service without payment; reimbursement for expenses
  
  
• 38
  Powers, duties of board, issuance of certificates, credentials, fees.
  
  
• 38.1
  Revocation of certificate on commissioner's recommendation; rules.
  
  
• 38.3
  Noncompliance with GAAP, review of certification of administrator.
  
  
• 38.4
  Appeal of determination of State Board of Examiners.
  
  
• 39
  Issuance of certificates to noncitizens
  
  
• 40
  "Qualifying academic certificate" defined.
  
  
• 41
  Application for certificate; fee; refund
  
  
• 42
  Accounting; deposit of moneys
  
  
• 43
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 44
  Right of disabled veterans to certificate
  
  
• 45
  New Jersey School Boards Association established
  
  
• 46
  Delegates to state association
  
  
• 47
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 48
  Officers
  
  
• 49
  Perpetual succession; powers
  
  
• 50
  Expenses of delegates; dues.
  
  
• 51
  Definitions
  
  
• 52
  Establishment of commission; petition
  
  
• 53
  Approval of establishment; commissioners, first meeting
  
  
• 54
  Representative assembly, organization; election of board of directors.
  
  
• 55
  Membership of board
  
  
• 56
  Election; terms
  
  
• 57
  Meetings; transaction of business
  
  
• 58
  Secretary; compensation; term; bond
  
  
• 59
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 60
  Superintendent or chief school administrator
  
  
• 61
  Body corporate
  
  
• 62
  Annual budget; preparation, adoption, funding
  
  
• 63
  Services; contracts
  
  
• 64
  Withdrawal of membership
  
  
• 65
  Employment of personnel
  
  
• 66
  Rights and benefits of personnel
  
  
• 67
  Funds and grants; contracting for, receiving and administration
  
  
• 68
  Bookkeeping and accounting system
  
  
• 69
  Enlargement, alteration of purposes
  
  
• 70
  Application for admission; representative
  
  
• 71
  Establishment and operation of centers
  
  
• 72
  Projects
  
  
• 73
  Rules and regulations; implementation of provisions
  
  
• 74
  Cooperation with other agencies
  
  
• 75
  Establishment and operation
  
  
• 76
  Objectives
  
  
• 76.1
  Provisional certificate program; implementation
  
  
• 77
  Implementation
  
  
• 78
  Cooperation and involvement of other state agencies
  
  
• 79
  Establishment and operation; projects; plan and development; implementation
  
  
• 91.1
  New Jersey Commission on Environmental Education
  
  
• 91.2
  Duties of commission
  
  
• 91.3
  Inter-agency Work Group, duties
  
  
• 91.4
  Inter-agency Work Group created
  
  
• 91.5
  Environmental Education Fund created
  
  
• 95.1
  Educational information and resource center; establishment; services provided
  
  
• 95.2
  Coordination with programs and services provided by department of education
  
  
• 95.3
  Funding
  
  
• 95.4
  Transfer of assets
  
  
• 96
  Control, management, etc. by board of directors
  
  
• 96.1
  Transfer of board; term
  
  
• 97
  Members; selection; reimbursement of expenses; term of office; vacancies; removal
  
  
• 98
  Leave of absence without loss of pay to attend meetings of board
  
  
• 99
  Organization; meetings
  
  
• 100
  Powers and duties
  
  
• 101
  Executive director
  
  
• 102
  Employees; tenure; pensions
  
  
• 103
  Short title
  
  
• 104
  Findings, declarations relative to Educational Technology Teacher Training
  
  
• 105
  Educational Technology Teacher Training Program
  
  
• 106
  "Educational Technology Teacher Training Fund"
  
  
• 107
  Proposals for training programs; grants; training sites
  
  
• 108
  Evaluation by commissioner
  
  
• 109
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 110
  Spread the Word Program.
  
  
• 111
  Findings, declarations relative to instruction in suicide prevention in public schools.
  
  
• 112
  Instruction in suicide prevention for public school teaching staff.
  
  
• 113
  Provision for instruction in suicide prevention in school curriculum.
  
  
• 114
  Comprehensive program of after school activities in certain districts.
  
  
• 115
  Personal financial literacy course pilot program.
  
  
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• Chapter 7

• 1
  Appointment; qualifications; term of executive county superintendent.
  
  
• 2
  Disability or vacancy; designation of temporary replacement by commissioner.
  
  
• 3
  Salary, cap; expenses.
  
  
• 4
  Withholding salaries and expenses.
  
  
• 5
  Full-time officer; general jurisdiction.
  
  
• 6
  Office; location; school records.
  
  
• 7
  Clerical assistants; selection; salaries.
  
  
• 8
  General powers and duties.
  
  
• 9
  Administration of oaths without charge.
  
  
• 10
  Budget requests; appropriations.
  
  
• 11
  Executive county business official, term.
  
  
• 12
  Application for services assumed by the office of the superintendent.
  
  
• 13
  Appointment of executive county superintendent of schools.
  
  
• 14
  Term county superintendent deemed to refer to executive county superintendent of schools.
  
  
• 15
  Limitation on post employment for executive county superintendent.
  
  
• 16
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 7A

• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 10
  New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum for evaluating school performance.
  
  
• 11
  Reports by school districts, commissioner; interim review.
  
  
• 13
  Biennial message of Governor to legislature
  
  
• 14
  Review, evaluation of reports, performance continuum placement, procedure.
  
  
• 14a
  Findings, declarations relative to school district evaluation and monitoring.
  
  
• 15
  Hearing on State intervention, corrective action; full State intervention; withdrawal.
  
  
• 15.1
  Authority of State board.
  
  
• 16
  Failure or refusal to comply with administrative order; application to court for order directing compliance
  
  
• 29
  Powers of state board, commissioner or local boards; effect of act
  
  
• 30
  State board of education; powers and duties
  
  
• 31.2
  Report on order to establish school district under full State intervention.
  
  
• 31.3
  Improvement plan; report on progress; monitoring.
  
  
• 32
  Severability
  
  
• 33
  Repeals
  
  
• 34
  Creation of school district under full State intervention.
  
  
• 35
  State district superintendent.
  
  
• 36
  Certificate required
  
  
• 37
  Corporate entity.
  
  
• 38
  Permissive powers of State district superintendent.
  
  
• 39
  Authority of State district superintendent.
  
  
• 40
  Collective bargaining agreements.
  
  
• 41
  Internal audit team.
  
  
• 42
  Officers, employees, consultants.
  
  
• 43
  Tenure rights.
  
  
• 44
  Abolition of administrative positions; reorganization.
  
  
• 45
  Evaluation of principals, vice-principals.
  
  
• 46
  Procedure for creation, conduct.
  
  
• 46.1
  Capital Project Control Board.
  
  
• 46.2
  Board to hear recommendations concerning proposed capital projects.
  
  
• 46.3
  Capital projects financed by issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 46.4
  Issuance of authorization of notes, bonds.
  
  
• 46.5
  Cessation of existence of board
  
  
• 46.6
  Debt service part of municipal budget.
  
  
• 47
  Board of Education.
  
  
• 49
  Reports of progress under full State intervention; transition to local control.
  
  
• 50
  Budget development, presentation.
  
  
• 51
  Public hearing.
  
  
• 52
  Determination of amount of appropriation for following school year.
  
  
• 53
  Evaluation of Level I district, Level II or III districts, methodology; transition to local control.
  
  
• 53.1
  Rules, regulations; procedure for 36 months following enactment.
  
  
• 54
  Short title.
  
  
• 55
  Appointment of State monitor in certain school districts; duties.
  
  
• 59
  Rules.
  
  
• 60
  Additional powers of Commissioner of Education relative to performance of compliance audit report.
  
  
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• Chapter 7B

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Deductions, forwarding of sums to appropriate departments; disposition.
  
  
• 4
  Use of funds; authorization for appropriations.
  
  
• 5
  Rules, regulations to ensure thorough and efficient education for children in State facilities.
  
  
• 6
  Teaching staff members and administrators; salary schedules
  
  
• 7
  Request for administrative review concerning pupil in State facility.
  
  
• 8
  Office of Education in Department of Corrections; establishment; director; appointment; salary; powers; duties
  
  
• 9
  Office of Education in Department of Children and Families.
  
  
• 10
  Garden State school district; allocations and transfers
  
  
• 11
  Garden State school district; continuation of actions or proceedings; reference to mean department of corrections, human services or education; rights and privileges of teaching staff members in state facilities
  
  
• 12
  Determination of district of residence.
  
  
• 12.1
  Homeless child, determination of district of residence; tuition costs, transportation
  
  
• 13
  Annual report by commissioner to Legislature.
  
  
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• Chapter 7C

• 1
  Commissioner of education to develop a program of standards and guidelines
  
  
• 2
  Establishment of standards for graduation from secondary schools
  
  
• 3
  Remedial instruction
  
  
• 4
  State-endorsed diploma
  
  
• 4.1
  "Operation Recognition."
  
  
• 5
  Board of education to provide policy on graduation to students and parents
  
  
• 5.1
  Graduation, yearbook costs for pupils with financial hardship
  
  
• 5.2
  Special education students, certain circumstances, participation in graduation ceremony permitted.
  
  
• 6
  Graduation proficiency test
  
  
• 6.1
  Development of test
  
  
• 6.2
  Assessment of progress; remediation
  
  
• 7
  School administrators report on students awarded or denied diplomas
  
  
• 8
  Adult high school programs; diplomas
  
  
• 9
  Evaluation of state and local programs by Commissioner of Education
  
  
• 10
  Annual report
  
  
• 11
  Status report
  
  
• 12
  Education programs, certain, in county juvenile detention centers, validity in public school districts.
  
  
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• Chapter 7D

• 28.5
  New budget increase for supplemental State aid
  
  
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• Chapter 7E

• 1
  Findings, declarations on school report card programs
  
  
• 2
  School Report Card Program
  
  
• 3
  Report card information.
  
  
• 4
  Statewide, district averages included
  
  
• 5
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 7F

• 4.1
  Findings, declarations relative to core curriculum content standards and cross-content workplace readiness standards.
  
  
• 4.2
  Adoption of core curriculum content standards for technology.
  
  
• 4.3
  Information relative to organ donation given to students in grades 9 through 12.
  
  
• 5
  Notification of districts of aid payable; budget submissions.
  
  
• 5c
  Adjustments to school budget calendar, notification of nontenured personnel.
  
  
• 5.2
  Sale, lease-back of textbooks; funds classification.
  
  
• 5.3
  Additional supporting documents for budget submissions relative to certain school employees.
  
  
• 6
  Approval of budget by commissioner.
  
  
• 7
  Undesignated general fund balances, use, limits.
  
  
• 7.1
  Increase in certain fund balance by school district.
  
  
• 8
  Payments to school district by State Treasurer, dates.
  
  
• 9
  Receipt of State aid by school district; conditions.
  
  
• 24
  Submission of budget for educational programs in State facilities.
  
  
• 32
  Adjustment of State aid calculations in regional districts.
  
  
• 33
  Annual filing of district report with commissioner.
  
  
• 34
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 37
  Definitions relative to property tax levy cap concerning school districts.
  
  
• 38
  School district budget increase limited.
  
  
• 39
  Proposal submission required to increase adjusted tax levy, certain circumstances.
  
  
• 41
  Supplementation of accounts, establishment of reserve accounts by board of education or board of school estimate.
  
  
• 42
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 43
  Short title.
  
  
• 44
  Findings, declarations relative to school funding reforms.
  
  
• 45
  Definitions relative to school funding reform.
  
  
• 46
  Review, update of core curriculum content standards; Educational Adequacy Report, development of T & E standards.
  
  
• 47
  Total stabilized aid per district, limit on increase.
  
  
• 48
  Calculation of equalization aid.
  
  
• 49
  Determination of base per pupil amount; grade level weights.
  
  
• 50
  Calculation of weighted enrollment for each school district.
  
  
• 51
  Calculation of adequacy budget.
  
  
• 52
  Determination of equalization aid.
  
  
• 53
  Calculation of equalization aid.
  
  
• 54
  Access to full-day preschool; calculation of preschool education aid.
  
  
• 55
  Calculation of special education categorical aid.
  
  
• 56
  Calculation of security categorical aid.
  
  
• 57
  Calculation of State aid for transportation.
  
  
• 58
  Adjustment aid; educational adequacy aid.
  
  
• 60
  Conditions for disbursement of funds.
  
  
• 61
  Percentage of district's district aid for 2008-09.
  
  
• 62
  Calculation of aid for choice student in choice district, resident enrollment.
  
  
• 63
  Inclusion of facilities projects in SDA district budget.
  
  
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• Chapter 7G

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to construction, financing of public school facilities.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to construction, financing of public school facilities.
  
  
• 4
  Long-range facilities plan; facilities efficiency standards; time lines.
  
  
• 5
  Undertaking and financing of school facilities in certain districts.
  
  
• 5.1
  No construction of school within 1,000 feet of an existing entry, exit ramp of a highway; exceptions.
  
  
• 6
  Applicability of C.18A:7G-5 to demonstration projects; exceptions.
  
  
• 7
  Approval of preliminary eligible costs.
  
  
• 8
  Calculation of number of unhoused students.
  
  
• 9
  Distribution of State debt service aid.
  
  
• 10
  Issuance of school bonds, certificates of participation, determination of aid.
  
  
• 11
  Approval of local share of project.
  
  
• 12
  Submission of project to commissioner for approval of local share.
  
  
• 13
  Responsibilities of financing authority, development authority.
  
  
• 13.1
  Audits conducted of certain projects.
  
  
• 14
  Powers of financing authority; powers of development authority.
  
  
• 14.1
  Priority for projects of certain county vocational school districts.
  
  
• 15
  Election by district to receive one-time grant for State share.
  
  
• 15.1
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 16
  Additional powers, duties of financing authority.
  
  
• 17
  Annual payment to financing authority by State.
  
  
• 18
  Financing authority to enter into contracts for State payments.
  
  
• 19
  Loans to local units.
  
  
• 20
  Acquisition of school facilities by local unit.
  
  
• 21
  Payment to financing, development authority to cover deficiency.
  
  
• 22
  Powers of financing and development authorities relative to acceptance and use of funds.
  
  
• 23
  Prevailing wage rates on construction contracts.
  
  
• 24
  Biannual report on school facilities construction program.
  
  
• 24.1
  Information submitted by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority.
  
  
• 25
  Appropriation of unexpended balance.
  
  
• 26
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 27
  Development or financing authority property exempt from levy, sale.
  
  
• 28
  Severability.
  
  
• 29
  Liberal construction.
  
  
• 30
  Annual appropriation from tobacco settlement.
  
  
• 31
  Establishment of capital reserve account.
  
  
• 32
  "County Vocational School District Facilities Rehabilitation Fund."
  
  
• 33
  Process for prequalification of contractors.
  
  
• 34
  Prequalification process, submission requirements.
  
  
• 35
  Validity of contractor's prequalification classification.
  
  
• 36
  Mandatory uniform performance evaluation of contractors.
  
  
• 37
  Submission of sworn contractor certification; requirements.
  
  
• 38
  Program to provide additional funding for apprenticeship programs.
  
  
• 40
  Prequalified contractors exempt from other prequalifying process.
  
  
• 41
  Procedure for obtaining prequalified status; short-form application.
  
  
• 41.1
  Definitions relative to construction of school facilities projects; competition for contracts.
  
  
• 42
  Registration of apprentices.
  
  
• 43
  Office of Fiscal Integrity in School Construction.
  
  
• 44
  Requirement for "wrap-up insurance coverage."
  
  
• 45
  Conveyance of certain school buildings and land to New Jersey Schools Development Authority; conditions.
  
  
• 46
  Acquisition of land in SDA district; submission of land inventory.
  
  
• 47
  Approval of site plan in SDA district; procedure.
  
  
• 48
  Projects in certain districts with prior approval; construction, financing under prior law.
  
  
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• Chapter 8

• 1
  Municipalities as separate school districts; exceptions
  
  
• 2
  Certain new municipalities as type II districts
  
  
• 3
  First board of education; first elected board
  
  
• 3.1
  Assumption of indebtedness for money or property upon annexation
  
  
• 3.2
  Repayment of indebtedness paid by original district notwithstanding its assumption
  
  
• 3.3
  Apportionment of school tax on annexation; action by commissioner
  
  
• 4
  Single school district in certain divided municipalities
  
  
• 5
  Application for investigation of advisability of separate school districts in divided municipalities
  
  
• 6
  Report of county superintendent
  
  
• 7
  Amount of indebtedness to be assumed by proposed new district
  
  
• 8
  Calculation of amount of indebtedness to be assumed
  
  
• 9
  Petition by municipality for permission to submit question of separate school district
  
  
• 10
  Answer to petition by other municipalities and board of education
  
  
• 11
  Contents of answer to petition
  
  
• 12
  Consideration of and hearing upon petition and answers by board of review
  
  
• 13
  Grant or denial of petition by board of review
  
  
• 14
  Submission of question at special election
  
  
• 15
  Notices, advertisements and conduct of election; certification of results
  
  
• 16
  Effective date of creation of new district after adoption of question
  
  
• 17
  Name of new and remaining districts
  
  
• 17.1
  Board may adopt new title for district
  
  
• 18
  Board of new district
  
  
• 19
  Date of constitution of first boards of education of new and remaining districts
  
  
• 20
  Powers, duties of first boards of education of new, remaining districts
  
  
• 21
  Boards of education of new and remaining districts with elected members; powers, etc.
  
  
• 22
  Title to school grounds, buildings and equipment; assumption and payment of indebtedness
  
  
• 23
  Books, documents and records of original district
  
  
• 24
  Division of assets and liabilities of original district
  
  
• 25
  Application of chapter
  
  
• 26
  Name of consolidated district board
  
  
• 27
  Adoption of different name for board
  
  
• 28
  Powers, duties and succession to property and obligations by board
  
  
• 29
  Apportionment of membership of board
  
  
• 30
  Apportionment of members of boards in unapportioned districts
  
  
• 31
  Number and annual election of members of boards; terms
  
  
• 32
  Organization of board
  
  
• 33
  Treasurer of school moneys.
  
  
• 34
  Principals, teachers and employees of constituent districts; tenure, etc.
  
  
• 35
  Supervision of consolidated districts
  
  
• 36
  Appropriations authorized by majority of votes cast
  
  
• 37
  Apportionment; collection and payment of appropriations
  
  
• 38
  Certification of apportionment to county boards of taxation
  
  
• 39
  Continuation of certain consolidated school districts saved
  
  
• 40
  Continuation as liens of certain bonds issued, saved
  
  
• 41
  Repealers as to consolidated school districts saved
  
  
• 42
  Composition of regional school districts
  
  
• 43
  "Non-operating district" defined.
  
  
• 44
  Elimination of non-operating district through merger.
  
  
• 45
  Apportioning of annual or special appropriations.
  
  
• 46
  Calculation of State aid.
  
  
• 47
  Board of education of newly-formed district; membership.
  
  
• 48
  Eligibility of nonpublic school students for transportation.
  
  
• 49
  Final audit of non-operating district's accounts.
  
  
• 50
  Governing of new district.
  
  
• 51
  Construction of act.
  
  
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• Chapter 9

• 1
  Classification of school districts
  
  
• 2
  Districts included in type I districts
  
  
• 3
  Districts included in type II districts
  
  
• 4
  Type I districts; reclassification; resolution or petition for submission; frequency.
  
  
• 5
  Type I districts; submission of reclassification question; frequency.
  
  
• 6
  Type II districts; reclassification; resolution or petition; submission; frequency.
  
  
• 7
  Vote for adoption of question
  
  
• 8
  Type I districts; effective date of change
  
  
• 9
  Type II districts; effective date of change
  
  
• 10
  Electing additional board members
  
  
• 11
  Type II districts; terms of additional board members
  
  
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• Chapter 10

• 1
  Conduct of districts
  
  
• 2
  Name
  
  
• 3
  Annual organization
  
  
• 4
  Secretary to give notice of meeting
  
  
• 5
  Organization meeting as business meeting
  
  
• 6
  Board meetings public; frequency; hours of commencement; adjournment, etc., for lack of quorum
  
  
• 7
  Semiannual meetings of boards in county
  
  
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• Chapter 11

• 1
  General mandatory powers and duties
  
  
• 2
  Power to sue and be sued; reports; census of school children
  
  
• 3
  Voluntary associations regulating conduct of student activities; membership; rules and regulations; appeals
  
  
• 3.1
  Definitions relative to public school district participation in certain voluntary associations which oversee sports activities.
  
  
• 3.2
  Findings, declarations relative to adapted athletic programs.
  
  
• 3.3
  Interscholastic adapted athletic programs.
  
  
• 4
  Minutes of meetings of associations overseeing interscholastic sports programs; report
  
  
• 5
  Effective date of amendments to charter, constitution, bylaws, rules or regulations of association; disapproval of amendments
  
  
• 6
  Liability of association, conference, employee
  
  
• 7
  Findings, declarations relative to school dress codes
  
  
• 8
  Adoption of dress code policy for schools permitted
  
  
• 9
  Prohibition of gang-related apparel.
  
  
• 10
  Board of Education may receive property for awarding scholarships.
  
  
• 11
  Public notice required for alteration of contract terms of certain employees.
  
  
• 12
  Definitions relative to travel; travel policy; procedures; compliance.
  
  
• 13
  Rules, regulations to effectuate the purposes of C.18A:55-3 et al.
  
  
• 14
  Findings, declarations relative to summer school tuition.
  
  
• 15
  Tuition charge for certain summer courses; terms defined.
  
  
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• Chapter 12

• 1
  Qualifications
  
  
• 1.1
  Ineligibility for appointment to paid office or position filled by board
  
  
• 2
  Inconsistent interests or office prohibited
  
  
• 2.1
  Oaths
  
  
• 2.2
  False affirmation, disqualification, fourth degree crime.
  
  
• 3
  Cessation of membership
  
  
• 4
  Compensation of members
  
  
• 5
  Application of subarticle
  
  
• 6
  Boards; number of members
  
  
• 7
  Boards; appointments; vacancies
  
  
• 8
  When appointed; commencement of terms
  
  
• 9
  Terms of members of boards
  
  
• 10
  Application of subarticle
  
  
• 11
  Election and number of board members; terms
  
  
• 11.1
  New district may elect three, five, seven or nine members
  
  
• 12
  Increase or reduction in membership; resolution; submission of question
  
  
• 13
  Membership increase
  
  
• 14
  Reduction of membership; reduced number of members
  
  
• 15
  Filling vacancies
  
  
• 16
  Application of subarticle
  
  
• 17
  Appointments; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 18
  Resolution or petition for election of members; submission
  
  
• 19
  5-year terms
  
  
• 19.1
  Decrease of term; voter's decision
  
  
• 19.2
  Approval; succession
  
  
• 20
  Indemnity of members of boards of education against cost of defense.
  
  
• 21
  Short title
  
  
• 22
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 23
  Definitions
  
  
• 23.1
  Applicability of "School Ethics Act" to charter school administrators, trustees.
  
  
• 24
  Conflicts of interest
  
  
• 24.1
  Code of Ethics for School Board Members.
  
  
• 25
  Disclosure statements of employment, contracts or business with schools
  
  
• 26
  Financial disclosure statement
  
  
• 27
  School Ethics Commission
  
  
• 28
  Staff appointments; duties; powers
  
  
• 29
  Complaint procedures.
  
  
• 29.1
  Appeal of determination of School Ethics Commission.
  
  
• 30
  Imposition of sanctions
  
  
• 31
  Advisory opinions
  
  
• 32
  Jurisdiction preempted on pending matters
  
  
• 33
  Training program; requirements.
  
  
• 34
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 13

• 1
  Application of chapter; government of regional districts
  
  
• 2
  Types of regional districts
  
  
• 3
  Constituent municipalities as constituent districts
  
  
• 4
  Supervision by county superintendent
  
  
• 5
  Conduct of regional district elections, votes required
  
  
• 6
  Body corporate and corporate title
  
  
• 7
  Regional board members
  
  
• 8
  Boards of education of regional districts; membership; apportionment
  
  
• 9
  Reapportionment of membership
  
  
• 9.1
  Special election of members of board after Federal decennial census; resolution
  
  
• 9.2
  Special election
  
  
• 10
  Annual elections
  
  
• 11
  Vacancies in membership of board; filling
  
  
• 12
  Election of officers
  
  
• 13
  Appointment of secretary.
  
  
• 14
  Treasurer of school moneys; appointment; term; bond.
  
  
• 15
  Acquisition of lands without districts
  
  
• 16
  Special police services; contracts with municipalities
  
  
• 17
  Submission of budget; other questions to voters; adherence to procedures
  
  
• 19
  Procedure following school board rejection
  
  
• 20
  Determination, certification of amount by commissioner
  
  
• 21
  Inclusion of amounts certified in tax
  
  
• 23
  Apportionment of appropriations.
  
  
• 23.3
  Modification of apportionment of appropriations
  
  
• 24
  Appropriations; certification; apportionment; assessment and collection among constituent districts
  
  
• 26
  Authorization; issuance; maturities, sales and lien of bonds
  
  
• 27
  Newly created regional districts; issuance of temporary bonds or notes for current expenses; submission to voters, etc.
  
  
• 28
  Authorization of bonds upon formation of regional district
  
  
• 29
  Issuance of bonds of constituent district by all purpose regional district
  
  
• 30
  Issuance of bonds for acquisition of lands to include buildings, equipment, etc.
  
  
• 31
  Authority to purchase and sell property of constituent district
  
  
• 32
  Application of proceeds of sale of property
  
  
• 33
  Additional purposes; referendum
  
  
• 34
  Creation of regional school district, apportionment of appropriations
  
  
• 34.2
  Impact assessment
  
  
• 35
  Certification and determination of the result of referendum to create regional district
  
  
• 36
  Apportionment of membership of board of newly created regional district
  
  
• 37
  First board of education; appointment
  
  
• 38
  Allocation of terms for first elective board
  
  
• 39
  Election of first members to board
  
  
• 40
  General powers and duties of board of newly created regional districts
  
  
• 41
  Taking charge and control of educational facilities of schools in newly created regional districts
  
  
• 42
  Pension and tenure rights; certain teachers transferred to regional districts; preserved
  
  
• 43
  Enlargement of regional districts; referendum
  
  
• 44
  Certification of results of election for enlargement of regional district
  
  
• 45
  Corporate existence and name; assumption of indebtedness
  
  
• 46
  Enlargement of regional districts; new board members; reapportionment
  
  
• 47
  Enlarged regional districts; educational facilities; powers of board
  
  
• 48
  Dissolution of local districts; original boards to function until taking over of schools
  
  
• 49
  Principals, teachers and employees transferred
  
  
• 50
  Transfers; funds; personal property, books, etc., obligations of indebtedness.
  
  
• 51
  Investigation as to advisability of withdrawal, dissolution; application; procedures
  
  
• 52
  Report; feasibility study.
  
  
• 53
  Calculation of amount of indebtedness to be assumed
  
  
• 54
  Petition for permission to submit to voters for approval of withdrawal, dissolution; proof of service
  
  
• 55
  Answer; filing; contents
  
  
• 56
  Submission of petition and answers to board of review; findings and determination of board
  
  
• 57
  Fixing date of election
  
  
• 58
  Statement of indebtedness to be assumed in notices and advertisements; conduct of election; certification of results
  
  
• 59
  Effective date of withdrawal, dissolution; votes for adoption
  
  
• 60
  Continuance in office of board members until withdrawal, dissolution; reapportionment of vacancies
  
  
• 61
  Taking title to and control of grounds, buildings and furnishings by districts; assumption of indebtedness
  
  
• 61.1
  Withdrawal from certain limited purpose regional school district
  
  
• 61.2
  "Equity interest" defined; calculation
  
  
• 62
  Division of assets and liabilities in event of withdrawal, dissolution
  
  
• 63
  Dissolution of limited purpose regional school district; withdrawal of local districts; separate local school district
  
  
• 64
  Positions, rights and benefits of regional, constituent district employees continued
  
  
• 65
  Inapplicability of act to rights of bondholders
  
  
• 66
  Investigation of advisability of withdrawal
  
  
• 67
  Report on assets, operating expenses
  
  
• 68
  Amount indebtedness bears to replacement cost
  
  
• 69
  Petition
  
  
• 70
  Answer to petition
  
  
• 71
  Answers, petition to board of review; granting, denial
  
  
• 72
  Special school election
  
  
• 73
  Amount, effect of indebtedness to be stated
  
  
• 74
  Withdrawal of municipality
  
  
• 75
  Board of education
  
  
• 76
  First board of education
  
  
• 77
  Title to school grounds, etc.; assumption of indebtedness
  
  
• 78
  Division of assets, liabilities
  
  
• 79
  Dissolution of all purpose regional district
  
  
• 80
  Employees continued; benefits preserved
  
  
• 81
  Bondholders unaffected
  
  
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• Chapter 15

• 1
  President and vice president; election or failure to elect
  
  
• 2
  Removal of president or vice president; vacancies
  
  
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• Chapter 16

• 1
  Officers and employees in general
  
  
• 1.1
  May appoint temporary officers and employees
  
  
• 1.1a
  Filling of vacant teaching position; time limit.
  
  
• 1.1b
  Time limit for substitute teacher working in area authorized by credentials.
  
  
• 1.1c
  Limit on time for substitute teacher working in area not authorized by credentials.
  
  
• 1.1d
  Limit of time for substitute teacher holding standard instructional certificate.
  
  
• 1.2
  Delegation of powers of business manager in district having no business manager
  
  
• 1.3
  Dismissal of nontenured, certificated employee for cause, notice to State board.
  
  
• 1.4
  Removal from list.
  
  
• 1.5
  Employee rights unaffected.
  
  
• 2
  Physical examinations; drug testing; requirements
  
  
• 3
  Character of examinations
  
  
• 4
  Sick leave; dismissal
  
  
• 5
  Records of examinations
  
  
• 6
  Indemnity of officers and employees against action, proceeding; exceptions.
  
  
• 6.1
  Indemnity of officers and employees in certain criminal, quasi-criminal actions.
  
  
• 7
  Salaries in first-class cities; payment
  
  
• 8
  Salary deductions for government bonds
  
  
• 9
  Responsibility of board
  
  
• 11
  Compensation of de facto officer or employee
  
  
• 12
  Definitions relative to group insurance.
  
  
• 13
  Entering into group life, hospitalization, health and accident insurance contracts
  
  
• 13.1
  Provision of group insurance, certain, by board of education for employees, dependents.
  
  
• 14
  Exclusions from eligibility
  
  
• 15
  Limitations, exclusions to avoid duplication of benefits
  
  
• 16
  Termination of coverage
  
  
• 17
  Premiums; payment by board of education.
  
  
• 18
  Coverage after retirement
  
  
• 19
  Payment for coverage
  
  
• 19.1
  Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by board of education.
  
  
• 20
  Multiple coverage; summary of cost of each coverage to be furnished to board
  
  
• 21
  Copy of insurance contract to be filed with State Employees Health Benefits Commission
  
  
• 22
  Validation of contracts executed prior to act
  
  
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• Chapter 17

• 1
  Removal, etc., of secretaries, assistant secretaries, school business administrators and business managers during terms of office
  
  
• 2
  Tenure of secretaries, assistant secretaries, school business administrators, business managers and secretarial and clerical employees
  
  
• 3
  Tenure of janitorial employees
  
  
• 4
  Reduction in number of janitorial employees
  
  
• 5
  Appointment of a secretary of board of education; terms; compensation; vacancy
  
  
• 6
  Bond of secretary.
  
  
• 7
  Notices, minutes, special meetings
  
  
• 8
  Duties of secretary as general accountant of board.
  
  
• 9
  Monthly reconciliation of bank account statements; report by secretary.
  
  
• 9.1
  Board secretary to receive, hold moneys in certain districts.
  
  
• 9.2
  Board secretary to keep records in certain districts.
  
  
• 10
  Secretary; annual report
  
  
• 11
  Secretary; taking oaths
  
  
• 12
  Secretary; annual financial report to commissioner
  
  
• 12.1
  Secretary; retirement on pension; amount
  
  
• 12.2
  Secretary; pension funds
  
  
• 13
  Assistant and acting secretaries; appointment, powers and duties
  
  
• 14
  Clerks in secretary's office
  
  
• 14.1
  Appointment of school business administrator; duties; subcontracting; tenure acquisition.
  
  
• 14.2
  Qualifications
  
  
• 14.3
  Secretary or business manager appointed school administrator; tenure
  
  
• 14.4
  Compliance with requirements for income tax on compensation of administrators.
  
  
• 15
  Appointment of superintendents; terms; apportionment of expense
  
  
• 15.1
  Required provision of superintendent's employment contract.
  
  
• 16
  Appointment and removal of assistant superintendents
  
  
• 17
  Certificate required
  
  
• 18
  Full time required of superintendents; when
  
  
• 19
  Salaries
  
  
• 20
  Superintendent; general powers and duties
  
  
• 20.1
  Reappointment of superintendent.
  
  
• 20.2
  Dismissal of superintendent
  
  
• 20.2a
  Required actions relative to early termination of superintendent's employment contract.
  
  
• 20.3
  Evaluation of superintendent's performance
  
  
• 20.4
  Tenure rights not affected
  
  
• 20.5
  Appointment of administrative principal
  
  
• 21
  Annual report to commissioner
  
  
• 22
  Assistant superintendent; duties
  
  
• 23
  Suspension of assistant superintendent
  
  
• 24
  Clerks in superintendent's office
  
  
• 24.1
  Sharing of superintendent, school business administrator; procedure
  
  
• 24.2
  Contract for sharing superintendent, school business administrator
  
  
• 24.3
  Appointment of shared superintendent, school business administrator; terms
  
  
• 24.4
  Grounds for dismissal of shared superintendent, school business administrator
  
  
• 24.5
  Position of shared superintendent, business administrator not tenurable
  
  
• 24.6
  Determination of initial terms, conditions of employment contract
  
  
• 24.7
  Individual evaluation of shared superintendent, school business administrator
  
  
• 24.8
  Mediation of contract disputes
  
  
• 24.9
  Law supersedes "Interlocal Services Act".
  
  
• 25
  Appointment; salary; removal
  
  
• 26
  Bond of business manager
  
  
• 27
  Attendance upon meetings of the board
  
  
• 28
  Duties of business manager
  
  
• 29
  Appointment of clerks
  
  
• 30
  Business assistants; appointments, etc.
  
  
• 31
  Treasurer of school moneys.
  
  
• 32
  Bond of treasurer
  
  
• 33
  Compensation
  
  
• 34
  Receipt and disposition of moneys.
  
  
• 35
  Records of receipts and payments
  
  
• 36
  Accounting; monthly and annual reports
  
  
• 41
  Rules and regulations governing janitorial employees
  
  
• 42
  Preamble; purpose of article
  
  
• 43
  Employment of law enforcement officers
  
  
• 43.1
  Training course required for service as safe schools resource officer, liaison to law enforcement.
  
  
• 45
  Rules and regulations to be established by commissioner
  
  
• 46
  Reporting of certain acts by school employee; report; public hearing.
  
  
• 47
  Discharge of, or discrimination against, school employee who files report
  
  
• 48
  Annual report to Legislature.
  
  
• 49
  Definitions relative to public school facilities
  
  
• 50
  Conditions of employing building and grounds supervisor
  
  
• 51
  Applicant to provide certification documentation
  
  
• 52
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 17A

• 1
  Districts in cities of first class over 325,000; unit control organizational structure; executive superintendent; appointment; term; compensation
  
  
• 2
  Executive superintendent; qualifications
  
  
• 3
  Executive superintendent; duties and powers
  
  
• 4
  Abolishment of certain positions; performance of duties and powers by executive superintendent
  
  
• 5
  Officers and employees, professional and nonprofessional; employment, transfer and removal
  
  
• 6
  Delegation of powers and duties
  
  
• 7
  Board of education; retention of powers and responsibilities
  
  
• 8
  Tenured person in abolished position; continuance of employment; duties
  
  
• 9
  Auditor general; appointment; duties
  
  
• 10
  Auditor general; reports; quarters; costs of office
  
  
• 11
  Comprehensive report by commissioner
  
  
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• Chapter 18A

• 1
  Short title; citation
  
  
• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 3
  Bid threshold.
  
  
• 3.1
  Private driver education schools
  
  
• 3.2
  Group legal insurance.
  
  
• 3.4
  Employment payment for retirees
  
  
• 4
  Contract awarded by board of education resolution; disqualification conditions
  
  
• 4.1
  Use of competitive contracting by boards of education; purposes.
  
  
• 4.2
  Five-year contract term limit; exceptions.
  
  
• 4.3
  Competitive contracting initiated by board of education resolution; process administration.
  
  
• 4.4
  Request for proposals; documentation; provisions.
  
  
• 4.5
  Competitive contracting proposal solicitation.
  
  
• 4.6
  Implementation of energy savings improvement program by board of education; definitions.
  
  
• 5
  Exceptions to requirement for advertising.
  
  
• 6
  Standards for purchase of fresh milk; penalties; rules and regulations
  
  
• 7
  Emergency contracts.
  
  
• 8
  Contracts not to be divided.
  
  
• 8.1
  Rules.
  
  
• 9
  Periodic solicitation of bids.
  
  
• 11
  Joint purchases by districts, municipalities, counties; authority.
  
  
• 12
  Contents of agreement.
  
  
• 13
  Purchases and contracts subject to law and rules and regulations.
  
  
• 14
  Controversies or disputes; determination; appeal.
  
  
• 14.1
  Electronic data processing defined
  
  
• 14.2
  Contract or lease for electronic data processing for another school district; combination of records and information
  
  
• 14.3
  Contract or lease; contents
  
  
• 14.4
  Party to contract as agent
  
  
• 15
  Specifications generally.
  
  
• 15.1
  Payment from bequest, legacy or gift; conditions.
  
  
• 16
  Preparation and approval of plans and specifications for public schoolhouses
  
  
• 16.1
  Regulation, policy adoption, restriction
  
  
• 17
  Facilities for handicapped persons
  
  
• 17.1
  Commissioner of Education authorized to withhold State aid
  
  
• 18
  Preparation of separate plans, specifications for certain construction work, goods and services; bidding; awarding of contracts.
  
  
• 19
  Number of working days specified
  
  
• 20
  American goods and products to be used where possible.
  
  
• 21
  Advertisement for bids; bids; general requirements; notice of revisions.
  
  
• 22
  Rejection of bids.
  
  
• 23
  Certificate of bidder showing ability to perform contract
  
  
• 24
  Security to accompany bid; amount.
  
  
• 25
  Guarantee certificate.
  
  
• 26
  Classification of bidders as requisite to bidding
  
  
• 27
  Regulations for qualifications of prospective bidders.
  
  
• 27.1
  Prequalification of certain persons performing school construction management services.
  
  
• 28
  Application for classification; fee
  
  
• 29
  Classification by classes; notice to applicants
  
  
• 30
  Appeal from determination as to classification; hearings; change
  
  
• 31
  Change in classification as affecting bids; review and reconsideration of classification
  
  
• 32
  Bidders not submitting statements within one year ineligible to bid; affidavit of no change in status to accompany bid; reports as to performance, etc.
  
  
• 33
  Penalties for false statements
  
  
• 36
  Time for making awards, deposits returned.
  
  
• 37
  Award of purchases, contracts or agreements.
  
  
• 40
  Form and execution of contracts and bonds.
  
  
• 40.1
  Partial payments.
  
  
• 40.2
  Withholding, deposit of negotiable bearer bonds, notes
  
  
• 40.3
  Withholding of partial payments.
  
  
• 41
  Liquidated damages; void provisions as to contractor's remedies
  
  
• 42
  Multiyear contracts.
  
  
• 43
  Supervision of school building repairs
  
  
• 44
  Inspection, condemnation and rejection of work and materials.
  
  
• 45
  Manner and method of sale.
  
  
• 46
  No action for damages for action by officials
  
  
• 46.1
  Limitation on withholding of State funds from school districts for certain violations of public school contracts law.
  
  
• 47
  Indemnity agreement with the United States, etc.
  
  
• 48
  Contracts, etc.; validated and confirmed
  
  
• 49
  Approval required for school building
  
  
• 49.1
  Transportation of pupils to and from schools
  
  
• 49.2
  Rules.
  
  
• 49.3
  Contract for taking yearbook pictures, use of other photographers' photos permitted.
  
  
• 50
  Statutes repealed
  
  
• 51
  Definitions
  
  
• 52
  Set-aside programs
  
  
• 53
  Attainment of goals
  
  
• 54
  "Public School Contracts Law" applicable
  
  
• 55
  Designation of contracts
  
  
• 56
  Withdrawal of designation
  
  
• 57
  Annual report
  
  
• 58
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 59
  False information; penalties
  
  
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• Chapter 18B

• 1
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2
  Insurance authorized.
  
  
• 3
  School board insurance group
  
  
• 4
  Bylaws of the group; trustees; powers
  
  
• 5
  Trustees; number and qualifications
  
  
• 6
  Trustees; compensation
  
  
• 7
  Review of bylaws; investigations by the Commissioner of Insurance
  
  
• 7.1
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 8
  Joint insurance fund permitted
  
  
• 9
  Minimum contract terms
  
  
• 10
  Current expense item
  
  
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• Chapter 19

• 1
  Expenditures of funds on warrant only; requisites.
  
  
• 2
  Requirements for payment of claims; audit of claims in general.
  
  
• 3
  Verification of claims, demands.
  
  
• 4
  Audit of claims; warrants for payments.
  
  
• 4.1
  Account or demand; audit; approval
  
  
• 9
  Compensation of teachers, etc., payrolls.
  
  
• 10
  Payroll bank accounts; checks for compensation.
  
  
• 11
  Signature of payroll checks by deputy
  
  
• 12
  Interest payable on certain warrants not immediately paid.
  
  
• 13
  Petty cash funds
  
  
• 14
  Funds derived from pupil activities
  
  
• 15
  Listing of payments
  
  
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• Chapter 20

• 1
  Title in board of education
  
  
• 2
  Purchase and sale of property in general
  
  
• 2.1
  Transfer of title of painting or work of art to municipality; public display
  
  
• 2.2
  Use of school district surplus funds for joint acquisition of land for recreation, conservation purposes.
  
  
• 3
  Acquisition of outstanding interest in real property
  
  
• 4
  Acceptance and use of gifts
  
  
• 4.1
  Type II districts; acquisition of property without authorization of voters
  
  
• 4.2
  Powers of boards concerning real property.
  
  
• 4.3
  Construction, alteration or repair work upon premises to be leased to board of education; public work
  
  
• 4.4
  Contract provision for payment of prevailing wage rate; necessity
  
  
• 4.5
  Contractor's or subcontractor's failure to pay prevailing wage; determination and effect
  
  
• 5
  Disposition of property and title of purchaser.
  
  
• 6
  Public sale; advertisement; exception
  
  
• 7
  Sale at fixed minimum prices; rejection of bids
  
  
• 8
  Exchange of lands.
  
  
• 8.1
  Transfer of land for vocational school purposes.
  
  
• 8.2
  Lease of school lands.
  
  
• 9
  Conveyance of certain school property for public, civic purposes for nominal consideration.
  
  
• 9.1
  Conveyance of certain sewer lines to a municipality
  
  
• 9.2
  Sale of school property to nonprofit private school for the handicapped.
  
  
• 10
  Lands conveyed on condition
  
  
• 11
  Property devised in trust
  
  
• 12
  Proceedings to sell; when authorized
  
  
• 13
  Sale of real estate charged with private bequest
  
  
• 14
  Sale; when ordered
  
  
• 15
  Conveyance; title of purchaser
  
  
• 16
  Investment of proceeds under direction of superior court
  
  
• 17
  Equipping and establishing playgrounds, etc., funds
  
  
• 18
  Transfer by municipality to board of education
  
  
• 19
  Funds for maintenance of playgrounds and recreation places
  
  
• 20
  Control and regulation of playgrounds and recreation places
  
  
• 21
  Supervisors and other employees
  
  
• 22
  School districts joining with municipality or county in equipment and operation
  
  
• 23
  Local improvement assessments; payment of
  
  
• 24
  Funds; how raised
  
  
• 25
  Insurance of property
  
  
• 26
  Board of education of city district may insure in municipal fund
  
  
• 27
  Each building and its contents insured separately
  
  
• 28
  Fixing and payment of premiums
  
  
• 29
  Investment of premiums
  
  
• 30
  Appropriations to municipal fund
  
  
• 31
  Adjustment and payment of losses
  
  
• 32
  Commissioners may insure buildings and property in insurance companies
  
  
• 33
  Insurance money; use for reconstruction or repair
  
  
• 34
  Schoolhouse, rooms; permitted usage
  
  
• 34.1
  Rules, regulations relative to child care services, programs
  
  
• 36
  Commissioner may order alteration or abandonment of buildings
  
  
• 37
  Purchase of certain types of securities; definitions
  
  
• 38
  Record of receipt; report; filing; transmittal of securities to depository
  
  
• 39
  Securities not to be canceled; sale; resolution
  
  
• 40
  Testing for radon in public school building
  
  
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• Chapter 21

• 1
  Capital projects; description
  
  
• 2
  Authorization; establishment of accounts
  
  
• 3
  Earnings credited to capital reserve accounts.
  
  
• 4
  Use of capital reserve accounts
  
  
• 5
  Maintenance of capital reserve accounts
  
  
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• Chapter 22

• 1
  Number of members; appointments; vacancies
  
  
• 2
  Secretary
  
  
• 3
  Application of subarticle
  
  
• 4
  Membership; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 5
  Majority of all members
  
  
• 6
  Secretary
  
  
• 7
  Budgets; preparation
  
  
• 8
  Contents of budget; format.
  
  
• 8a
  "User-friendly" plain language budget summary forms for school districts; information; submission; availability.
  
  
• 8b
  Required promulgation of forms, procedures.
  
  
• 8c
  Rules, regulations to effectuate certain budgeting, fiscal procedures.
  
  
• 8.1
  Transfer of funds, conditions.
  
  
• 8.2
  Certain transfers not allowed
  
  
• 9
  Categories of expenditures; fixing
  
  
• 10
  Fixing date, etc., for public hearing
  
  
• 11
  Notice of public hearing
  
  
• 12
  Contents of notice
  
  
• 13
  Public hearing; objections; heard, etc.
  
  
• 14
  Board of school estimate of type I district to determine appropriation amount
  
  
• 15
  Appropriations, how made
  
  
• 16
  Resumption of school year appropriations
  
  
• 17
  Tax ordinance; assessment, levy and collection of appropriations; notice of intent to appeal amount of appropriation
  
  
• 18
  Capital projects; appropriations; estimation.
  
  
• 19
  Determination of local share amount.
  
  
• 20
  Capital projects; appropriations; how raised
  
  
• 21
  Additional appropriations; purposes; estimation
  
  
• 22
  Additional appropriations; fixing and certifying
  
  
• 23
  Additional appropriations; raising.
  
  
• 24
  Charter limitations on tax rate, etc., inapplicable
  
  
• 25
  Borrowing against appropriation on notes
  
  
• 26
  Board of school estimate of type II district to determine appropriation amount.
  
  
• 27
  Type II districts with boards of school estimate; estimate by board of education; certification of estimate.
  
  
• 28
  Public hearing by board of school estimate; notice.
  
  
• 29
  Public hearing, public participation.
  
  
• 30
  Determination of amount to be raised locally.
  
  
• 31
  Determination of amounts by board of school estimate
  
  
• 32
  Appropriation determination for certain type II districts
  
  
• 33
  Submission of budget and authorization of tax
  
  
• 34
  Appropriations; how assessed, levied and raised
  
  
• 35
  Resumption of school year appropriations
  
  
• 37
  Determination by municipalities
  
  
• 38
  Failure to certify; commissioner to act; amount included in tax levy.
  
  
• 39
  Type II districts without board of school estimate; submission of capital projects.
  
  
• 41
  Submission of question to voters
  
  
• 42
  Borrowing upon notes in anticipation of taxes
  
  
• 43
  Year in which amount certified is to be raised
  
  
• 44
  Payment of amounts raised to custodian; use.
  
  
• 44.1
  Borrowing by Type II district for current expenses and repairs; payment
  
  
• 44.2
  State school aid payments not made until following school budget year; borrowing.
  
  
• 45
  Moneys transferred from municipality to district; application thereof
  
  
• 46
  Amounts to be used in reduction of taxes; when required
  
  
• 47
  Reduction of local taxes by sums received
  
  
• 48
  Balance credited to general fund
  
  
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• Chapter 23

• 1
  Audit, when and how made.
  
  
• 2
  Scope of audit
  
  
• 2.1
  Annual audit to assure income tax compliance on reporting compensation.
  
  
• 3
  Filing; summary of recommendations; publication
  
  
• 4
  Preparation and distribution of synopsis or summary
  
  
• 5
  Meeting of board; discussion of report
  
  
• 6
  Annual audit by commissioner on failure of board to make
  
  
• 7
  Report signed by auditor, not to employ nonlicensed auditors
  
  
• 8
  Audit made by licensed public school accountant; fee
  
  
• 9
  Declaration of accountant
  
  
• 10
  Cancellation of license; review
  
  
• 11
  Audit contrary to law; penalty
  
  
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• Chapter 24

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Borrowing on tuition due from another district
  
  
• 3
  Borrowing in anticipation of issuance of bonds
  
  
• 3.1
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 4
  Payment of principal of temporary bonds from proceeds of permanent bonds
  
  
• 4.1
  Borrowing funds for transportation of pupils to and from school saved
  
  
• 5
  Purposes and maturities for which bonds may be issued
  
  
• 6
  Bonds payable in installments
  
  
• 7
  Change of maturities; application to local finance board
  
  
• 8
  Change of maturities; approval or disapproval by local finance board
  
  
• 9
  Issuance of bonds in accordance with maturities approved by local finance board
  
  
• 9.1
  Inclusion of redemption provisions in temporary loan notes or bonds and school bonds
  
  
• 10
  School bonds, when deemed to be authorized
  
  
• 11
  Type I districts; authorization of bonds; appropriations and borrowings; procedure to be followed
  
  
• 11.1
  Newark; school bonds; authorization
  
  
• 11.2
  Bond authorization process continued
  
  
• 12
  Type II districts; authorization of bonds
  
  
• 13
  Combining issues of bonds
  
  
• 13.1
  Attorneys; compensation; services on issuance of bonds
  
  
• 16
  Supplemental debt statements; necessity for and contents.
  
  
• 17
  Supplemental debt statement; preparation with respect to various municipalities; filing
  
  
• 18
  Presumption of filing and correctness of statements
  
  
• 19
  School district bonds
  
  
• 20
  Authorization of bonds in excess of limits prescribed in section 18A:24-19; exception of type I districts
  
  
• 21
  Manner of authorization of bonds in excess of certain limitations
  
  
• 22
  Form of ordinance, proposition for confirmation of ordinance or proposal for issuance of bonds under sections 18A:24-20 and 18A:24-21
  
  
• 23
  Authorization of bonds in excess of limitations prescribed by section 18A:24-19
  
  
• 24
  Form of ordinance, proposition for confirmation of ordinance or proposal for issuance of bonds under section 18A:24-23
  
  
• 25
  Submission to commissioner and local finance board; limiting conditions
  
  
• 26
  Approval or disapproval by commissioner
  
  
• 27
  Approval or disapproval by local finance board
  
  
• 27.1
  Authorization to commissioner to certify required grade levels of instruction
  
  
• 28
  Charter limitations on indebtedness inapplicable
  
  
• 28.1
  Certain bonds, etc., issued to June 22, 1964 saved
  
  
• 29
  Issuance of bonds; ordinance, submission to voters
  
  
• 30
  Transmission of certified copy of bond proposal
  
  
• 31
  Form; type I districts
  
  
• 32
  Form and execution; type II districts
  
  
• 33
  Coupon and registered bonds; conversion, etc.
  
  
• 34
  Conversion or reconversion of unmatured bonds; lost, defaced or destroyed bonds; reissuance
  
  
• 35
  Type I districts
  
  
• 36
  Public sale of bonds.
  
  
• 37
  Notice of sale of bonds.
  
  
• 38
  Contents of notice when proposals are the same
  
  
• 39
  Special provisions for two or more issues.
  
  
• 40
  Cash premium not to exceed $1,000.00
  
  
• 41
  Deposit by bidders.
  
  
• 42
  Sealed bids, proposals opened publicly.
  
  
• 43
  Rejection of proposals
  
  
• 44
  Sale or delivery in installments
  
  
• 45
  Private sale if no bids at public sale
  
  
• 46
  Private sale to public agencies
  
  
• 47
  Payment to custodian; application
  
  
• 48
  Application of proceeds to new purpose; in districts having boards of school estimate; certification by boards of education
  
  
• 49
  Application of proceeds to new purpose in type I district; determination by board of school estimate
  
  
• 50
  New purpose; determination by board of school estimate in type II districts
  
  
• 51
  New purpose; submission to voters in type II districts having no boards of school estimate
  
  
• 52
  Approval of submission by commissioner
  
  
• 53
  Approval by voters
  
  
• 54
  Transfer of remaining unapplied balance
  
  
• 55
  Contracts made before issuance of bonds
  
  
• 56
  Lien of bonds of type II district
  
  
• 57
  Payment of interest and principal from taxes
  
  
• 58
  Borrowing to pay principal and interest
  
  
• 59
  Disposition of funds for payment of principal and interest on obligations.
  
  
• 60
  Cancellation and disposition of paid obligations
  
  
• 61
  Renewal or refunding of obligations prohibited; exceptions
  
  
• 61.1
  Funding or refunding bonds at or prior to maturity
  
  
• 61.2
  Purposes for which refunding bonds may be authorized; exclusions from net school debt.
  
  
• 61.3
  Refunding bond ordinance; manner of sale and issuance
  
  
• 61.4
  Supplemental debt statement, adoption of refunding bond ordinance; provisions.
  
  
• 61.5
  Certified copy of refunding bond ordinance; filing.
  
  
• 61.6
  Powers and duties of local finance board
  
  
• 61.7
  Consent by board; considerations; statement of reasons for refusal
  
  
• 61.8
  Title; dates; interest; denomination; payment; redemption
  
  
• 61.9
  Sale or exchange of refunding bonds
  
  
• 61.10
  Sinking fund or reserve fund moneys; payment or retirement of refunded bonds or deposit in trust
  
  
• 61.11
  Refunding bonds for refunding bonds due over five year period; investments
  
  
• 61.12
  Powers under this Act and validity of refunding bonds not affected by laws or proceedings
  
  
• 62
  Authorization of issuance of certain refunding bonds saved
  
  
• 63
  Bonds authorized prior to change in method of government of school district
  
  
• 64
  Issuance of bonds authorized prior to effective date of this title
  
  
• 65
  Expiration date for contesting validity of proceeding, election
  
  
• 66
  Authorization
  
  
• 67
  Application for authorization; grant of authorization; certificate; publication of notice of certificate; conclusiveness of validity of bonds
  
  
• 68
  Purpose of act
  
  
• 69
  Contracts with financial institutions as agents; terms of advance subscription
  
  
• 70
  Bond resolution; provisions
  
  
• 71
  Investment of proceeds; disposition of excess borrowed over authorizations; reserve for payment of bonds
  
  
• 72
  Maturity date
  
  
• 73
  Annual installment to retire bonds; calculation; school budget item; sinking fund; disposition of excess
  
  
• 74
  Temporary borrowings to meet redemptions
  
  
• 75
  Municipal ordinance for guaranty; authorization
  
  
• 76
  Modification or revocation of right or interest of bondholder
  
  
• 77
  Grounds for grant of authorization
  
  
• 78
  Application to issue of other bonds
  
  
• 79
  Net debt of board of education; calculation; net debt of municipality
  
  
• 80
  Exemption from taxation
  
  
• 81
  Payroll deductions for purchase of bonds
  
  
• 82
  Legal investment for fiduciaries or other representative
  
  
• 83
  Bonds as gift to minor or for purchase for beneficiary
  
  
• 84
  Construction of act; severability; validity of bonds
  
  
• 85
  Short title
  
  
• 86
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 87
  Definitions.
  
  
• 88
  Qualified bonds; issuance; resolution by local board of education or municipality; application to commissioner; resolution of approval by state board; endorsement of proposal or ordinance
  
  
• 89
  Endorsement of consent of local finance board; conditions
  
  
• 90
  Revision of maturity schedule approved by local finance board; application; approval; endorsement
  
  
• 91
  Recitals; method of authorization and issue; maturity; provisions for protection of bondholders
  
  
• 92
  Bond anticipation notes
  
  
• 93
  Certification to state treasurer of debt service and paying agent; withholding state school aid to pay bonds; guarantee to bondholders
  
  
• 94
  Annual budget of school district or municipality; inclusion of debt service on qualified bonds
  
  
• 95
  Application to projects commenced prior to effective date of act
  
  
• 96
  Severability
  
  
• 97
  Issuance in absence of compliance with provisions as to approval for qualification upon adoption of funding ordinances or resolutions; refunding bonds; standards in investigation by commissioner
  
  
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• Chapter 25

• 1
  Transfer of teaching staff members
  
  
• 2
  Authority over pupils
  
  
• 3
  Teaching, etc., on holidays not required
  
  
• 4
  School register; keeping
  
  
• 5
  Annual report; filing and penalty for failure to file
  
  
• 6
  Suspension of assistant superintendents, principals and teachers
  
  
• 7
  Meeting which could adversely affect employment; right to notice and representation
  
  
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• Chapter 26

• 1
  Citizenship requirement for teachers, exceptions
  
  
• 1.1
  Residence requirements prohibited
  
  
• 2
  Certificates required; exception
  
  
• 2a
  Definitions relative to employment of novice teachers; registration with DOE.
  
  
• 2.1
  Certification for director of athletics
  
  
• 2.2
  Current director of athletics, continuance of employment
  
  
• 2.3
  Rules, regulations relative to certification of swimming teachers in public schools.
  
  
• 2.4
  Certification required for appointment as school athletic trainer; exceptions
  
  
• 2.5
  Rules relative to athletic trainer licensure
  
  
• 2.6
  Instructional certificate; technology education endorsement; industrial arts endorsement
  
  
• 2.7
  Rules
  
  
• 2.8
  Instruction in autism, developmental disabilities awareness, teaching methods, required for N.J. instructional certificate.
  
  
• 2.9
  Recommendations for autism, developmental disabilities awareness instruction, teaching methods.
  
  
• 2.10
  Regulations.
  
  
• 3
  City school district examiners
  
  
• 4
  Qualifications of city district examiners
  
  
• 5
  Certificates granted by city district examiners
  
  
• 6
  Certificates required for employment of teaching staff members in districts having city district examiners
  
  
• 7
  Certificate fee
  
  
• 8.1
  Issuance of teacher's certificate to noncitizen
  
  
• 8.2
  "School leader" defined; training as part of professional development.
  
  
• 9
  Oath of allegiance and office; executed, etc., prerequisite to issuance of certificate
  
  
• 10
  Suspension of certificate for wrongful cessation of performance of duties; "approved private school for the disabled" defined.
  
  
• 11
  Interstate agreement on qualification of educational personnel; enactment
  
  
• 12
  Declaration of policy; purpose of agreement; findings
  
  
• 13
  Definitions
  
  
• 14
  Contracts for acceptance of personnel; provisions; term; annual report
  
  
• 15
  Educational preparation programs
  
  
• 16
  Multilateral contracts; co-operation of States
  
  
• 17
  Evaluation of progress; recommendations
  
  
• 18
  Other arrangements or practices
  
  
• 19
  Effective date; withdrawal
  
  
• 20
  Liberal construction; severability of provisions
  
  
• 21
  Designated state official
  
  
• 22
  Copies of contracts; filing; publication
  
  
• 23
  Short title
  
  
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• Chapter 27

• 1
  Appointment of teaching staff members; vote required
  
  
• 2
  Employment without certificate prohibited
  
  
• 2.1
  Employment without certification; utilization of institution not chartered as institution of higher education
  
  
• 2.2
  Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions
  
  
• 2.3
  Authorization for employment of teachers from foreign countries, requirements for certification
  
  
• 3
  Employment for school year
  
  
• 3.1
  Evaluation of nontenured teaching staff
  
  
• 3.2
  Teaching staff member; notice of termination; statement of reasons; request; written answer
  
  
• 3.3
  Rules
  
  
• 3.4
  Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees and administrative officers of county colleges
  
  
• 4
  Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder
  
  
• 4a
  Definitions relative to employment of novice teachers; benefits of employment.
  
  
• 4.1
  Board of Education, procedure for certain personnel actions; recommendation of chief school administrator
  
  
• 5
  Written contracts of employment required
  
  
• 6
  Contents of contracts
  
  
• 7
  Contract forms
  
  
• 8
  Filing of contracts
  
  
• 9
  Teaching after notice of termination of contract
  
  
• 10
  Written offer or notice to nontenure teachers
  
  
• 10.1
  Findings, declarations relative to teaching paraprofessionals.
  
  
• 10.2
  Contract, written notice relative to employment of paraprofessional.
  
  
• 10.3
  Dismissal, reduction in compensation; conditions.
  
  
• 10.4
  Student teaching performed in district of employment.
  
  
• 11
  Failure to give timely notice of termination as offer of employment for next succeeding year
  
  
• 12
  Notice of acceptance; deadline
  
  
• 13
  Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees of county colleges
  
  
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• Chapter 28

• 1
  Definition of "position"
  
  
• 2
  Civil service employees not affected
  
  
• 3
  No tenure for noncitizens
  
  
• 4
  Requirements for certain school personnel to acquire tenure, exceptions
  
  
• 5
  Requirements for tenure
  
  
• 6
  Tenure upon transfer or promotion
  
  
• 6.1
  Tenure upon discontinuance of school
  
  
• 7
  Certain tenure of service and tenure of service rights saved
  
  
• 8
  Notice of intention to resign required
  
  
• 9
  Reduction of force; power to reduce and reasons for reduction
  
  
• 10
  Reasons for dismissals of persons under tenure on account of reduction
  
  
• 11
  Seniority; board to determine; notice and advisory opinion
  
  
• 11.1
  Credit for military service
  
  
• 12
  Reemployment in order of seniority
  
  
• 13
  Establishment of standards of seniority by commissioner
  
  
• 14
  Teaching staff members not certified; not protected; exception
  
  
• 15
  Effect of change of government of district on tenure
  
  
• 16
  Operation of certain schools by State agencies; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of staff members
  
  
• 17
  Operation of certain schools by local school districts; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of teaching staff members
  
  
• 18
  Compliance with certain notice requirements
  
  
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• Chapter 29

• 1
  Uncertified teacher denied salary
  
  
• 2
  Equality of compensation for male and female teachers
  
  
• 3
  Summer payment plans; continuance of plan to raise funds
  
  
• 4
  Withholding salary for failure to perform duties.
  
  
• 4.1
  Salary policy schedules
  
  
• 4.2
  Payment of school nurse according to teachers' salary guide
  
  
• 4.3
  Teaching staff members with full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities; salary schedule
  
  
• 5
  $18,500 minimum salary
  
  
• 5.1
  Short title
  
  
• 5.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 5.3
  Mandatory minimum
  
  
• 5.4
  Extracurricular activities, summer employment excluded
  
  
• 5.5
  No automatic salary increases
  
  
• 5.6
  Determination of teacher base salary.
  
  
• 9
  Agreement as to initial salaries
  
  
• 11
  Credit for military services
  
  
• 13
  Increase of salaries or increments
  
  
• 14
  Withholding increments; causes; notice of appeals
  
  
• 15
  Salary schedules in force
  
  
• 16
  Emergency certificates; day-by-day basis substitute
  
  
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• Chapter 29A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Teacher recognition selection panel
  
  
• 4
  Selection of outstanding teachers
  
  
• 5
  Convocation; awards
  
  
• 6
  Review, recommendations
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 29B

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to recognition of educational services professionals.
  
  
• 3
  "Educational services professional" defined.
  
  
• 4
  Educational services professional recognition selection panel.
  
  
• 5
  Nominations for Governor's Annual Educational Services Professionals Recognition Award.
  
  
• 6
  Convocation on "Excellence in Educational Services."
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 30

• 1
  Definition of sick leave
  
  
• 2
  Sick leave allowable
  
  
• 2.1
  Sick leave payment for service connected disability; satisfactory service
  
  
• 3
  Accumulated sick leave
  
  
• 3.1
  Accumulated sick leave rights preserved
  
  
• 3.2
  Credited with unused sick leave
  
  
• 3.3
  Certificate issued showing unused sick leave
  
  
• 3.4
  Accumulation of sick leave credited; use; accumulation; leave irrevocable
  
  
• 3.5
  Payment for accumulated sick leave by board of education.
  
  
• 3.6
  Cap on compensation for unused sick leave from board of education.
  
  
• 4
  Physician's certificate required for sick leave
  
  
• 5
  Commissioner to enforce chapter
  
  
• 6
  Prolonged absence beyond sick leave period
  
  
• 7
  Power of boards of education to pay salaries
  
  
• 8
  Athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by state
  
  
• 9
  Payment for accumulated vacation leave by board of education.
  
  
• 9.1
  Use of accrued vacation leave by board of education employee.
  
  
• 10
  Establishment of sick leave bank for employees of board of education.
  
  
• 11
  Administration of sick leave bank.
  
  
• 12
  Certain policies unaffected.
  
  
• 13
  Construction of act.
  
  
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• Chapter 31

• 1
  Teachers' institutes and meetings, when held, etc.
  
  
• 2
  Attendance at conventions of New Jersey Education Association
  
  
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• Chapter 32

• 1
  Appropriation for establishment and maintenance
  
  
• 2
  Committee to select books and manage library
  
  
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• Chapter 33

• 1
  District to furnish suitable facilities; adoption of courses of study
  
  
• 1.1
  Substandard facility; approval; inspection; abandonment
  
  
• 1.2
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 2
  Penalty for failure to provide proper facilities.
  
  
• 2.1
  Closing high school; contracting with another district; referendum
  
  
• 3
  Food service bidding exemption
  
  
• 3.1
  Establishment of prepaid school lunch program.
  
  
• 4
  School lunch; availability to all children
  
  
• 5
  Exemptions
  
  
• 6
  Display of poster illustrating choke prevention techniques
  
  
• 7
  Posting of drinking water test reports by public schools.
  
  
• 8
  Posting of drinking water test reports by nonpublic schools.
  
  
• 9
  Findings, declarations relative to school breakfast programs
  
  
• 10
  Establishment of School Breakfast Program in certain schools
  
  
• 11
  Implementation of school breakfast program by district
  
  
• 12
  One-year waiver permitted under certain circumstances
  
  
• 13
  Construction of act
  
  
• 14
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 15
  Findings, declarations relative to food, beverages sold to certain school pupils.
  
  
• 16
  Regulation of items sold, served, given away on school property.
  
  
• 17
  Applicability to certain nonpublic schools.
  
  
• 18
  Rules, regulations; compliance monitoring.
  
  
• 19
  Nonpreemption of more stringent policies.
  
  
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• Chapter 34

• 1
  Textbooks; selection; furnished free with supplies; appropriations
  
  
• 2
  Care and keeping of textbooks and accounting
  
  
• 3
  Statewide textbook bank, creation; database
  
  
• 4
  Guidelines on useful life of certain textbooks
  
  
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• Chapter 35

• 1
  2-year course of study in history
  
  
• 2
  Contents of course of study
  
  
• 2.1
  Civics curriculum guidelines
  
  
• 3
  Course in civics, geography and history of New Jersey
  
  
• 4.1
  Course of study in principles of humanity
  
  
• 4.2
  Career development program
  
  
• 4.3
  Sexual assault prevention education program
  
  
• 4.4
  Advisory council
  
  
• 4.5
  Establishment of program; voluntary participation
  
  
• 4.6
  Title of act
  
  
• 4.7
  Parent's statement of conflict with conscience
  
  
• 4.8
  Medical treatment or examination; objection of parent or guardian
  
  
• 4.9
  Pupil promotion, remediation policies, procedures
  
  
• 4.10
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 4.11
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 4.12
  Curriculum guidelines for agricultural science education programs
  
  
• 4.13
  Evaluation of agricultural science courses, programs
  
  
• 4.14
  Agricultural science proficiencies included in science core courses
  
  
• 4.15
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 4.16
  Instruction in chess; guidelines
  
  
• 4.17
  Notification to students of risks of using computer services for illegal purposes; guidelines.
  
  
• 4.18
  Credit for world language course not offered by public school
  
  
• 4.19
  Short title.
  
  
• 4.20
  Sex education programs to stress abstinence.
  
  
• 4.21
  Abstinence from sexual activity stressed in curriculum.
  
  
• 4.22
  Avoidance of IV drug use stressed.
  
  
• 4.23
  Domestic violence, child abuse, instruction on those problems
  
  
• 4.24
  Definitions relative to alternative education projects.
  
  
• 4.25
  Refusal to participate in certain school activities related to animal dissection, etc.
  
  
• 4.26
  Instruction in gang violence prevention; required for elementary school students.
  
  
• 5
  Maintenance of physical training courses; features
  
  
• 5.1
  Lyme Disease curriculum guidelines
  
  
• 5.2
  Availability of guidelines
  
  
• 5.3
  Guidelines for, training of teachers instructing infected students
  
  
• 5.4
  Instruction on breast self-examination required
  
  
• 6
  Supervision of instruction
  
  
• 7
  Course required
  
  
• 8
  Time devoted to course
  
  
• 9
  Qualifications of teachers; instruction of college pupils
  
  
• 10
  Military training course; when required; preparation
  
  
• 11
  Military training; referendum
  
  
• 12
  Result of election; establishment of course
  
  
• 13
  Expenses of maintaining military training
  
  
• 14
  Instructors in military training; qualifications; salary
  
  
• 15
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 16
  Definitions
  
  
• 17
  Identification and classification of children of limited English-speaking ability
  
  
• 18
  Programs in bilingual education; establishment; number of pupils; waiver
  
  
• 19
  Period of continuance of participation by pupil
  
  
• 19.1
  Transfer of bilingual pupil to English-only program
  
  
• 19.2
  Appeal of placement decision
  
  
• 19.3
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 20
  Participation in courses in which verbalization unessential to understanding of subject matter; location of and children in bilingual programs
  
  
• 21
  Joint establishment by school districts
  
  
• 22
  Notification of parents; involvement in programs
  
  
• 22.1
  Removal of pupil from bilingual education program
  
  
• 23
  Implementation of provisions
  
  
• 24
  State Advisory Committee on Bilingual Education; establishment; membership
  
  
• 25
  Financial support to institutions of higher education
  
  
• 26
  Developmental activities
  
  
• 27
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 28
  Instruction on Holocaust, genocides required in elementary, secondary school curriculum
  
  
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• Chapter 36

• 1
  School year
  
  
• 2
  Time when schools are open; determination
  
  
• 3
  Display of and salute to flag; pledge of allegiance
  
  
• 4
  Period of silence
  
  
• 5
  "Special Education Week" designated
  
  
• 5.1
  "School Violence Awareness Week"; designated.
  
  
• 6
  Observance of flag day
  
  
• 7
  Designation of Arbor Day
  
  
• 10
  Designation of Commodore Barry Day
  
  
• 11
  Observance of Commodore Barry Day
  
  
• 12
  Exercises on Commodore Barry Day
  
  
• 13
  Patriotic exercises preceding holidays.
  
  
• 13.1
  Observation of certain holidays by school district.
  
  
• 14
  Religious holidays; absence of pupils on; effect
  
  
• 15
  Absence because of religious holidays as excused absence
  
  
• 16
  Rules regarding religious holidays
  
  
• 17
  Credit of seniors in active military and naval service, etc.
  
  
• 18
  Books containing organic laws at graduation
  
  
• 19
  Pupil records; creation, maintenance and retention, security and access; regulations; nonliability
  
  
• 19a
  Student records.
  
  
• 19.1
  Military recruitment in public schools
  
  
• 19.2
  School locker inspection
  
  
• 20
  Discrimination; prohibition
  
  
• 21
  Field trips; costs to be borne by parents or guardians, exceptions, financial hardship
  
  
• 22
  "Field trip" defined
  
  
• 23
  No student prohibited from attending field trip
  
  
• 24
  Missing children; legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 25
  Early detection of missing and abused children; policies of school districts
  
  
• 25.1
  Certified copy of birth certificate required for enrollment in school, records
  
  
• 25.2
  Investigation, reporting of certain pupil absences, transfers.
  
  
• 25.3
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 26
  Compliance with act
  
  
• 27
  Voting information.
  
  
• 28
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 29
  Fingerprinting of students
  
  
• 30
  Assistance of school officials; authorization
  
  
• 31
  Fingerprint card
  
  
• 32
  Fine for permitting cigarette machines on school property
  
  
• 33
  Pupils serving as district board of election members, excused absence
  
  
• 34
  School surveys, certain, parental consent required before administration
  
  
• 35
  Disclosure of certain student information on Internet prohibited without parental consent.
  
  
• 36
  Pupil information, certain, classroom materials; rules.
  
  
• 37
  "Student-athlete" defined, rules for maintenance of amateur status; violations, penalties.
  
  
• 38
  Classroom placement of twins, higher multiples, selection by parent, guardian.
  
  
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• Chapter 36A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to establishment of charter schools
  
  
• 3
  Charter school program established
  
  
• 4
  Establishment of charter school
  
  
• 5
  Application for charter school
  
  
• 6
  Powers of charter school
  
  
• 7
  Student admissions to charter school
  
  
• 8
  Enrollment preference
  
  
• 9
  Withdrawal, expulsion from charter school
  
  
• 10
  Location of charter school
  
  
• 11
  Operation of charter school.
  
  
• 12
  Per pupil payments to charter schools.
  
  
• 13
  Transportation for students
  
  
• 14
  Authority of board of trustees; employees
  
  
• 15
  Complaints to board of trustees
  
  
• 16
  Annual assessment, review of charter schools, independent study, report, recommendations.
  
  
• 17
  Granting, renewal of charter
  
  
• 17.1
  Commissioner's actions relative to possible loss, not granting of charter.
  
  
• 18
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 36B

• 14
  Short title.
  
  
• 15
  Definitions relative to public school choice.
  
  
• 16
  Interdistrict public school choice program.
  
  
• 17
  Application by district for choice program.
  
  
• 18
  Evaluation of district's application.
  
  
• 19
  Current choice districts unaffected.
  
  
• 20
  Applications by student to choice district.
  
  
• 21
  Enrollment restrictions.
  
  
• 22
  Provision of transportation, aid in-lieu-of transportation.
  
  
• 23
  Parent information center.
  
  
• 24
  Annual report.
  
  
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• Chapter 37

• 1
  Submission of pupils to authority
  
  
• 2
  Causes for suspension, expulsion of pupils.
  
  
• 2.1
  Suspension, expulsion of pupil for assault, appeal; report
  
  
• 2.2
  Offense by pupil involving assault, removal from school's regular education program
  
  
• 2.3
  Responsibility for removal, report
  
  
• 2.4
  Hearing
  
  
• 2.5
  Determination of pupil's preparedness to return
  
  
• 3
  Liability of parents or guardian of minor for damage to property
  
  
• 4
  Suspension of pupils by teacher or principal
  
  
• 5
  Continuation of suspension; reinstatement or expulsion
  
  
• 6
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 6.1
  Strip, body cavity searches of pupil prohibited.
  
  
• 7
  Short title
  
  
• 8
  Offense by pupil involving firearm, removal from school's regular education program
  
  
• 9
  Responsibility for removal, report
  
  
• 10
  Hearing
  
  
• 11
  Determination of pupil's preparedness to return
  
  
• 12
  Nonapplicability of act
  
  
• 13
  Findings, declarations relative to adoption of harassment and bullying prevention policies.
  
  
• 13.1
  Findings, declarations relative to school bullying.
  
  
• 13.2
  Short title.
  
  
• 14
  Definitions relative to adoption of harassment and bullying prevention policies
  
  
• 15
  Adoption of policy concerning harassment, intimidation or bullying by each school district.
  
  
• 15.1
  "Electronic communication" included in school districts' harassment and bullying prevention policy.
  
  
• 15.2
  Actions required relative to bullying policy.
  
  
• 15.3
  Policy to include certain incidents occurring off school grounds.
  
  
• 16
  Reprisal, retaliation, false accusation prohibited.
  
  
• 17
  Establishment of bullying prevention programs or approaches.
  
  
• 18
  Other remedies unaffected.
  
  
• 19
  Application by school district for reimbursement.
  
  
• 20
  Appointment of school anti-bullying specialists, coordinator.
  
  
• 21
  School safety teams.
  
  
• 22
  Program required for teaching certification.
  
  
• 23
  Program required for administrative and supervisory certification.
  
  
• 24
  Development of guidance document.
  
  
• 25
  Establishment of formal protocol for investigating a complaint.
  
  
• 26
  Inservice workshops, training programs.
  
  
• 27
  Development of online tutorial, test.
  
  
• 28
  "Bullying Prevention Fund."
  
  
• 29
  "Week of Respect"; designated.
  
  
• 30
  Construction of act.
  
  
• 31
  Compliance by nonpublic schools encouraged.
  
  
• 32
  Inapplicability to certain situations.
  
  
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• Chapter 38

• 1
  Attendance at school free of charge.
  
  
• 2
  Free attendance at school by nonresidents placed in district under court order
  
  
• 3
  Admission for nonresident of school district; parent on active duty
  
  
• 4
  Free attendance to persons over age
  
  
• 5
  Admission of pupils under age
  
  
• 5.1
  No child to be excluded from school because of race, etc.
  
  
• 6
  Time of admission of pupils; first school year
  
  
• 7
  Pupils receiving free education subject to provisions of chapter
  
  
• 7.7
  Finding, declaration
  
  
• 7.8
  Designated district
  
  
• 7.9
  Apportionment of State aid, taxes.
  
  
• 7.10
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 7.11
  Definition
  
  
• 7.12
  Multi-district federal enclave
  
  
• 7.13
  Designation of district for pupils residing in multi-district federal enclave.
  
  
• 7.14
  Boundaries, eligibility unaltered
  
  
• 8
  Duty to receive pupils from other districts
  
  
• 8.1
  Representation of board of education of sending district; matters covered
  
  
• 8.2
  Representation from sending school district to board of receiving district
  
  
• 8.3
  Nonapplicability of act
  
  
• 8.4
  Board of Education representation of sixth class county school district; certain.
  
  
• 9
  Attendance in adjoining district because of remoteness from school
  
  
• 10
  Attendance outside of state
  
  
• 11
  Designation of high school of another district for attendance by pupils
  
  
• 12
  Allocation and apportionment of pupils among two or more high schools
  
  
• 13
  Change in designation, allocation
  
  
• 13.1
  5-year minimum
  
  
• 14
  Appeal from determination of commissioner
  
  
• 15
  Attendance at special high school courses of study in another district
  
  
• 16
  Attendance at evening high school in another district
  
  
• 17
  Attendance outside district for instruction beyond twelfth grade
  
  
• 18
  High school education in another district; tuition
  
  
• 19
  Tuition of pupils attending schools in another district.
  
  
• 20
  Additional school facilities; agreement as to tuition
  
  
• 21
  Termination of agreement concerning tuition as to pupils
  
  
• 21.1
  Termination of sending-receiving relationship.
  
  
• 22
  Hearing on application for termination of agreement
  
  
• 23
  Pupils not excluded for nonpayment of tuition; withdrawal of pupils
  
  
• 24
  Attendance of pupils at demonstration schools
  
  
• 25
  Attendance required of children between six and 16; exceptions
  
  
• 26
  Days when attendance required; exceptions
  
  
• 27
  Truancy and juvenile delinquency defined
  
  
• 28
  Truants; return to parents or school
  
  
• 29
  Warning and arrest of vagrants or habitual truants
  
  
• 30
  Assistance of sheriffs, police officers, etc.
  
  
• 31
  Failure to comply with provisions of article; fine
  
  
• 32
  District and county vocational school attendance officers
  
  
• 33
  Tenure of attendance officers in city districts
  
  
• 34
  Attendance officers in counties other than counties of first class; duties; terms; salaries
  
  
• 35
  Salaries and expenses of county attendance officers
  
  
• 36
  Employment certificates to part-time pupils; revocation
  
  
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• Chapter 39

• 1
  Transportation of pupils remote from school.
  
  
• 1a
  Adjustment of non-public school transportation costs.
  
  
• 1b
  Furnishing of district information
  
  
• 1.1
  Transportation of other pupils by board.
  
  
• 1.2
  Provision of transportation for certain pupils; contracts; charges, method of collection.
  
  
• 1.3
  Contract for transportation of certain pupils; costs.
  
  
• 1.4
  Determination of financial hardship
  
  
• 1.5
  Adoption of policy regarding transportation of students who walk along hazardous routes.
  
  
• 1.6
  Transportation of nonpublic school students, remote, certain.
  
  
• 1.7
  Purchase of transportation by nonpublic school pupils; conditions.
  
  
• 1.8
  Payment by parents for transportation of certain pupils.
  
  
• 1.9
  Payment not required based on financial hardship.
  
  
• 2
  Methods of providing transportation
  
  
• 2.1
  Interdistrict transportation bidding procedure
  
  
• 2.2
  Determination of cost efficiencies by combining public, nonpublic school bus routes.
  
  
• 3
  Pupil transportation contracts.
  
  
• 3.1
  Consultation for transportation of nonpublic school pupils.
  
  
• 3.2
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 4
  Form of bid; deposit; forfeiture or return of deposit
  
  
• 5
  Opening of bids; rejection, etc.
  
  
• 6
  Liability insurance, etc., to be furnished
  
  
• 6.1
  Liability insurance; rates
  
  
• 10
  Expenditures by contractor in compliance with law or rules, after contract made
  
  
• 11
  Joint transportation authorized
  
  
• 11.1
  List of agencies providing cooperative transportation services; provision of transportation for certain pupils.
  
  
• 11.2
  Bidding requirements for certain pupil transportation contracts.
  
  
• 11.3
  Disqualification of bidder; "prior negative experience" defined.
  
  
• 11.4
  Continuation of prior agreement in violation of act.
  
  
• 12
  Agreement for joint transportation
  
  
• 13
  Joint transportation; laws and rules governing
  
  
• 14
  Joint transportation; expenses; payment
  
  
• 15
  State aid for joint transportation.
  
  
• 16
  Disputes; determination; appeal
  
  
• 17
  Names, certain information relative to bus drivers to be filed by secretary of board of education.
  
  
• 18
  Information relative to bus drivers furnished by contractor.
  
  
• 19.1
  Bus drivers required to submit certain information to commissioner; notice of pending charges.
  
  
• 20
  Compliance required for assigning bus driver; violations; fine.
  
  
• 20.1
  Transportation to and from related school activities in private vehicle with capacity of eight or less; authorization of qualified school personnel, state employees or parents
  
  
• 21
  Rules governing pupil transportation by state board
  
  
• 22
  Permission to use school buses for transporting senior citizens, handicapped citizens, children and adults in recreation or other programs
  
  
• 22.1
  School bus used to transport Developmental Disabilities client; permitted
  
  
• 23
  No fee registration continued
  
  
• 24
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 25
  Board of public utility commissioners; regulation or jurisdiction of school buses used under this act
  
  
• 26
  Short title
  
  
• 27
  Bus driver required to be on bus when pupil present, exceptions
  
  
• 28
  Inspection of school bus for pupils by driver at end of transportation route.
  
  
• 29
  Violation, suspension, revocation of school bus endorsement.
  
  
• 30
  Permanent revocation for gross negligence.
  
  
• 31
  Contract for sale of advertising space on school buses, use of revenue.
  
  
• 32
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 33
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 40

• 1
  Employment of medical inspectors, optometrists and nurses; salaries; terms; rules
  
  
• 2
  Appointment of county medical inspector
  
  
• 3
  Lectures to teachers
  
  
• 3.1
  Appointment and salary, school nurses, etc.
  
  
• 3.2
  Findings, declarations relative to school nursing
  
  
• 3.3
  Employment of nursing, non-nursing personnel
  
  
• 3.4
  Employment of person to assist school nurse by providing secretarial, clerical duties
  
  
• 3.5
  Issuance of county substitute certificate, emergency certificates
  
  
• 3.6
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 4
  Health records; examinations for physical defects, hearing
  
  
• 4.3
  Biennial examination for scoliosis.
  
  
• 4.4
  Exemption
  
  
• 4.5
  Immunity from action of any kind due to provisions of act
  
  
• 6
  In general
  
  
• 7
  Exclusion of pupils who are ill
  
  
• 8
  Exclusion of pupils whose presence is detrimental to health and cleanliness
  
  
• 9
  Failure of parent to remove cause for exclusion; penalty
  
  
• 10
  Exclusion of teachers and pupils exposed to disease
  
  
• 11
  Exclusion of pupils having communicable tuberculosis
  
  
• 12
  Closing schools during epidemic
  
  
• 12.1
  Protective eye devices required for teachers, pupils and visitors in certain cases
  
  
• 12.2
  Rules prescribing kinds, types and quality of devices
  
  
• 12.3
  Self-administration of medication by pupil permitted.
  
  
• 12.4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 12.5
  Development of policy for emergency administration of epinephrine via pre-filled auto-injector mechanism to pupil.
  
  
• 12.6
  Policy for administration of epinephrine to pupil.
  
  
• 12.6a
  Guidelines for schools for management of food allergies, administration of epinephrine.
  
  
• 12.6b
  Implementation of established guidelines.
  
  
• 12.6c
  Training protocols for volunteer designees to administer epinephrine.
  
  
• 12.6d
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 12.7
  Nebulizer required in schools.
  
  
• 12.8
  Regulations for use of nebulizer in schools.
  
  
• 12.9
  Annual asthma education opportunities.
  
  
• 12.10
  Reimbursement to school.
  
  
• 12.11
  Findings, declarations relative to the care of students with diabetes.
  
  
• 12.12
  Definitions relative to the care of students with diabetes.
  
  
• 12.13
  Development of health care plans for students with diabetes.
  
  
• 12.14
  Authorized employees for administration of glucagon.
  
  
• 12.15
  Management, care of diabetes by student permitted; authorization.
  
  
• 12.16
  Notification to school bus driver.
  
  
• 12.17
  Posting of reference sheet.
  
  
• 12.18
  Release for sharing of certain medical information.
  
  
• 12.19
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 12.20
  Possession of syringes authorized.
  
  
• 12.21
  School choice not restricted.
  
  
• 16
  Tuberculosis infection; determination of presence
  
  
• 17
  Equipment, materials and services for tuberculosis test
  
  
• 18
  Exclusion of pupils failing to comply with rules and orders
  
  
• 19
  Records and reports of tuberculosis testing; disposition; inspection
  
  
• 20
  Immunization at public expense
  
  
• 21.1
  Hepatitis B vaccination required for public, private school students in grades nine through twelve
  
  
• 21.2
  Distribution of fact sheet on meningitis.
  
  
• 23
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 24
  Definitions
  
  
• 25
  Provision of nursing services to pupils in nonpublic schools
  
  
• 26
  Provision of additional medical services to nonpublic school pupils
  
  
• 27
  Instructional services not included
  
  
• 28
  Provision of nursing services through collaboration contracts
  
  
• 29
  Nonpublic school may decline nursing services
  
  
• 30
  Pupils of nonpublic schools not compelled to receive services
  
  
• 31
  Determination of support limit for school year
  
  
• 32
  "Cancer Awareness Week" designated
  
  
• 33
  School program development
  
  
• 34
  Regulations adopted by Commissioner of Education relative to children's health care coverage.
  
  
• 35
  Findings, declarations relative to comprehensive eye examinations for certain students.
  
  
• 36
  "Comprehensive eye examination", defined.
  
  
• 37
  Three-year comprehensive eye examination pilot program for second grade students.
  
  
• 38
  Collection of data on pilot program from school districts.
  
  
• 39
  "Comprehensive Eye Examination Fund," use.
  
  
• 40
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 41
  Sudden cardiac death, pamphlet; development, distribution to school districts, parents of athletes.
  
  
• 41.1
  Findings, declarations relative to head injuries of student athletes.
  
  
• 41.2
  Interscholastic athletic head injury safety training program.
  
  
• 41.3
  Written policy for school district concerning prevention, treatment of sports-related head injuries.
  
  
• 41.4
  Removal of student athlete from competition, practice; return.
  
  
• 41.5
  Immunity from liability.
  
  
• 42
  Educational fact sheet about HPV.
  
  
• 43
  Information available to certain public school students about "New Jersey Safe Haven Infant Protection Act."
  
  
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• Chapter 40A

• 1
  Instructional programs on drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, tobacco and controlled dangerous substances; curriculum guidelines
  
  
• 2
  Curriculum guidelines; annual review and updating; minimum requirements
  
  
• 3
  Initial inservice training programs; curriculum; availability
  
  
• 4
  Preservice training
  
  
• 5
  Loaning of educational materials
  
  
• 6
  Evaluation
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 7.1
  Confidentiality of certain information provided by pupil; exceptions.
  
  
• 7.2
  Violations, penalties
  
  
• 8
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 9
  Definitions
  
  
• 10
  Referral program in schools
  
  
• 11
  Policies for evaluations, referral, discipline
  
  
• 12
  Reporting of pupils under influence; examination; report; return home; evaluation of possible need for treatment; referral for treatment.
  
  
• 13
  Immunity for personnel.
  
  
• 14
  Civil immunity for reporting.
  
  
• 15
  Inservice training program
  
  
• 16
  Guidelines, materials for program
  
  
• 17
  Outreach program
  
  
• 18
  Employment of student assistance coordinators in certain school districts.
  
  
• 19
  Pilot programs
  
  
• 20
  Annual report
  
  
• 21
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 22
  Findings, declarations relative to substance abuse testing policies in public school districts.
  
  
• 23
  Adoption of policy for random testing of certain students.
  
  
• 24
  Public hearing prior to adoption of drug testing policy.
  
  
• 25
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 41

• 1
  Fire, school security drills.
  
  
• 2
  Fire and smoke doors closed
  
  
• 3
  Violations; misdemeanors
  
  
• 4
  Posting copies of chapter
  
  
• 5
  Notification
  
  
• 6
  "School security drill" defined.
  
  
• 7
  Provision of training on school safety, security.
  
  
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• Chapter 42

• 1
  Safety patrol by pupils
  
  
• 2
  School orchestra not to compete with civilian musicians; exceptions
  
  
• 3
  Collection and deposit of savings of pupils
  
  
• 4
  Distribution of literature as to candidacy, bond issues, or other public question to be submitted at election; prohibited
  
  
• 5
  Certain student organizations declared harmful
  
  
• 6
  Organizations forbidden in high schools; rules; exceptions
  
  
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• Chapter 43

• 1
  Accident insurance for pupils authorized
  
  
• 2
  Payment by pupils of proportionate share of premiums
  
  
• 3
  No liability imposed on board of education
  
  
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• Chapter 43A

• 1
  Children's bureau
  
  
• 2
  Director
  
  
• 3
  Staffing and assignment of personnel
  
  
• 4
  Function
  
  
• 5
  Services that may be provided or administered.
  
  
• 6
  Cooperation by other services and civil authorities
  
  
• 7
  Cooperation by county and municipal government
  
  
• 8
  Employee to retain rights
  
  
• 9
  Extension of service to other districts; contract
  
  
• 10
  Empowers previously formed bureaus
  
  
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• Chapter 44

• 1
  Establishment of preschool
  
  
• 2
  Establishment of kindergarten
  
  
• 3
  Nursery school and kindergarten school teachers; special certificates
  
  
• 4
  Expenses; how paid.
  
  
• 6
  Division of Early Childhood Education.
  
  
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• Chapter 45

• 1
  Establishment of secondary schools and junior high schools
  
  
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• Chapter 46

• 1.1
  Burden of proof, production on school district relative to special education due process hearings.
  
  
• 2
  Special educational services; appointment of professional personnel; advisory council; membership; no compensation.
  
  
• 2.1
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 2.2
  Coordinator of deaf education; appointment
  
  
• 2.3
  Duties
  
  
• 3
  County departments of child study; duty; membership; qualification; designating chairman
  
  
• 3.1
  Regional consultants for hearing impaired; appointment; duties
  
  
• 4
  Terms; salaries; supervisor's expense; state aid
  
  
• 5
  Functions of child study teams
  
  
• 5.1
  Basic child study team services; provision by boards of education and state operated programs
  
  
• 5.2
  Participation by parent or guardian
  
  
• 6
  Handicapped children and children who require and are benefited by special education programs and services; identification
  
  
• 6.1
  Providers of programs and services for 3 to 5 year olds
  
  
• 7
  Reports of handicapped children
  
  
• 7.1
  Laws, rules and regulations; distribution to parents of children classified as handicapped
  
  
• 7.2
  DOE to disseminate information on adult services to parents of special education recipients.
  
  
• 7.3
  Designation of disability services resource in high school for parents.
  
  
• 8
  Classification of disabled, handicapped children; report to parent or guardian.
  
  
• 9
  Classification of children having an intellectual disability.
  
  
• 10
  Classification according to ability; scope of educational service
  
  
• 11
  Psychological and other examinations
  
  
• 12
  Approval of clinics
  
  
• 13
  Types of facilities and programs.
  
  
• 13.1
  Disabled students, certain, participation in interscholastic athletic programs.
  
  
• 14
  Enumeration of facilities and programs.
  
  
• 15
  Facilities and programs; approval by commissioner; special classes for handicapped children; review; improvement
  
  
• 18.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 18.3
  Notice to parents.
  
  
• 18.4
  Recommendation for adult educational services.
  
  
• 18.5
  Annual report.
  
  
• 18.6
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 19
  Additional reports
  
  
• 19.1
  Legislative findings and determination
  
  
• 19.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 19.3
  Provision of facilities and programs pursuant to chapter 46; application only to public school pupils; exception
  
  
• 19.4
  Provision for speech language specialist
  
  
• 19.5
  Services to students in nonpublic schools.
  
  
• 19.6
  Transportation to location or maintenance of vehicular classrooms to obtain services; payment of cost
  
  
• 19.7
  Contracting for examination, classification, speech correction services.
  
  
• 19.8
  Estimated cost of services; inclusion in budget; State aid.
  
  
• 19.9
  Severability
  
  
• 19.10
  Certain state funds excluded from minimum funding requirement calculation under IDEA
  
  
• 20
  Receiving pupils from outside district; establishment of facilities
  
  
• 21
  Tuition for handicapped
  
  
• 22
  Withdrawal of pupils by sending districts
  
  
• 23
  Transportation of pupils; special classes; handicapped children; State aid.
  
  
• 24
  Agreements for joint facilities, etc.; approval by commissioner
  
  
• 29
  County special services school district; finding of need; hearing; establishment; name
  
  
• 30
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 31
  Powers, duties of special services school district board of education.
  
  
• 32
  Approval of program and courses of study
  
  
• 33
  Priority of types of courses of study
  
  
• 34
  School year
  
  
• 35
  Board of education; composition; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 36
  Qualifications of board members
  
  
• 37
  Organization
  
  
• 38
  Designation and powers of board of education
  
  
• 39
  Board of school estimate
  
  
• 40
  Estimate of general fund expenses
  
  
• 41
  Appropriation for current expenses
  
  
• 42
  Bonds, appropriation for land or buildings
  
  
• 43
  Rights and privileges of teachers, principals and employees
  
  
• 45
  Advisory committee
  
  
• 46
  Treasurer of board of education
  
  
• 47
  Establishment of one board of education for county special services, vocational school district.
  
  
• 48
  Existing boards dissolved.
  
  
• 49
  Annual organization.
  
  
• 50
  Certain school districts remain independent.
  
  
• 51
  Employees transferred to consolidated school board.
  
  
• 52
  Maintenance of collective bargaining unit, representatives.
  
  
• 53
  Reference to consolidated board.
  
  
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• Chapter 46A

• 1
  Legislative findings and determination
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Nonpublic schools; receipt of auxiliary services by pupils in school in district
  
  
• 4
  Eligibility for auxiliary services
  
  
• 5
  Provision of auxiliary services.
  
  
• 6
  Transportation to location or maintenance of vehicular classrooms to obtain services; payment of cost
  
  
• 7
  Contract with certain agencies for provision of auxiliary services.
  
  
• 8
  Limitation on expenditures for administration of act and rental of facilities
  
  
• 9
  Apportionment of State aid; calculation.
  
  
• 10
  Annual report; contents
  
  
• 12
  Notification to districts
  
  
• 13
  Payment of state aid
  
  
• 14
  Expenditures less than state aid; refunds; additional aid; request
  
  
• 15
  Expenditures in excess of state aid
  
  
• 16
  Insufficient appropriations; apportionment of appropriations
  
  
• 17
  Severability
  
  
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• Chapter 47

• 1
  Establishment; purposes
  
  
• 2
  Location of school outside of district
  
  
• 4
  Pupils to be admitted; court order
  
  
• 6
  Character of training
  
  
• 7
  Rules; courses of study
  
  
• 8
  Contribution by parents toward the support of delinquents
  
  
• 9
  Use of moneys available for general fund expenses
  
  
• 10
  Funds for building and equipment
  
  
• 11
  Annual report to state board
  
  
• 12
  Reports by superintendent
  
  
• 13
  Construction of chapter
  
  
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• Chapter 48

• 1
  Establishment; number and duration of sessions; state aid
  
  
• 2
  Expenses; how paid
  
  
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• Chapter 49

• 3
  State aid.
  
  
• 5
  Custody of moneys.
  
  
• 1
  Establishment; courses of study
  
  
• 2
  Rules; teachers
  
  
• 4
  Apportionment of appropriations
  
  
• 6
  Report to commissioner
  
  
• 7
  Appointment of persons to assist state board
  
  
• 8
  Payment of expenses
  
  
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• Chapter 50

• 1
  Maintenance of program
  
  
• 2
  Tuition
  
  
• 3
  Apportionment of federal funds and state moneys for adult education
  
  
• 4
  Donation and tuition fees; disposition
  
  
• 5
  Custodian of moneys; accounting and disbursement.
  
  
• 6
  Surplus of moneys; disposition
  
  
• 7
  Districts employing supervisors of adult education; apportionment of funds for
  
  
• 8
  Joint adult education programs; agreement, etc.
  
  
• 9
  Supervisors of adult education; designation of employer
  
  
• 10
  Rules and regulations by state board
  
  
• 11
  Appropriations; estimating and budgeting
  
  
• 12
  High school programs of education for adults; application for funds
  
  
• 13
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 14
  Apportionment of funds; determination of amounts; deduction for excess payment
  
  
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• Chapter 50A

• 1
  Provision of State-issued high school diploma.
  
  
• 2
  Rules, regulations relative to State-issued high school diploma.
  
  
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• Chapter 51

• 1
  County educational audiovisual aids centers authorized
  
  
• 2
  County educational audiovisual aids commission
  
  
• 3
  Appointed members of commission
  
  
• 4
  Election of members of commission; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 5
  Organization of commission; officers; rules and bonds
  
  
• 6
  Powers and duties of commission
  
  
• 7
  Assessment for maintenance of audiovisual aids center
  
  
• 8
  Budget procedure
  
  
• 9
  Statement to be forwarded to commissioner; state aid to audiovisual aid centers
  
  
• 10
  Unexpended funds; disposition
  
  
• 11
  Single county educational audiovisual aids center in county
  
  
• 12
  Withdrawal of districts from, and dissolution of, audiovisual aids center
  
  
• 13
  Contracting for television educational services
  
  
• 14
  Participation in noncommercial educational television stations
  
  
• 15
  Calculation of resident enrollment
  
  
• 16
  Approval of program or contract by commissioner requisite
  
  
• 17
  Termination of participation
  
  
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• Chapter 52

• 1
  Furnishing by boards of education
  
  
• 2
  Books and other equipment provided
  
  
• 3
  Admission free; number and frequency of lectures
  
  
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• Chapter 53

• 1
  Maintenance of museum facilities by boards of education
  
  
• 2
  Facilities maintained
  
  
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• Chapter 54

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Investigation and approval of establishment by commissioner
  
  
• 3
  Day, part-time and evening classes
  
  
• 4
  Discontinuance of vocational schools
  
  
• 5
  Establishment by district or regional boards of education
  
  
• 6
  Approval of location, management and course of study
  
  
• 7
  Receiving pupils from other districts
  
  
• 8
  Raising of moneys by district for buildings and maintenance
  
  
• 9
  State aid for schools other than day schools.
  
  
• 10
  Apportionment of sums appropriated
  
  
• 10.1
  Private vocational schools; contracts to provide vocational education courses; qualifications
  
  
• 10.2
  Rules for qualifications for eligibility to enter contracts
  
  
• 10.3
  Inspection of records
  
  
• 10.4
  Contracts; terms; approval
  
  
• 11
  County vocational school not to include certain cities
  
  
• 11.1
  County vocational school districts, when to include cities
  
  
• 11.2
  County vocational school districts, assumption, etc., of city vocational education system
  
  
• 11.3
  Transfer of teaching staff members and employees to new district
  
  
• 12
  Establishment by board of chosen freeholders on recommendation of state board
  
  
• 12.1
  Establishment of one board of education.
  
  
• 12.2
  Reference to consolidated board.
  
  
• 13
  Establishment by election on request of voters
  
  
• 14
  Establishment in second-class counties by board of chosen freeholders
  
  
• 16
  Boards of education of county vocational schools.
  
  
• 16.8
  Counties of third class of 110,000 to 125,000; board of education; members; appointment
  
  
• 16.9
  Third class counties of 70,000 to 105,000; board members; term of office
  
  
• 16.11
  Third class counties of 80,000 to 105,000; board members
  
  
• 16.12
  Third class counties of 70,000 to 105,000; board members; successors; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 16.14
  Appointment of additional board members, county vocational schools, certain.
  
  
• 17
  Qualifications of board members
  
  
• 18
  Organization of boards of education
  
  
• 19
  Board body corporate; name
  
  
• 20
  Powers of board
  
  
• 20.1
  Enrollment of pupils in county vocational schools, funding
  
  
• 21
  Rules for organization and management of county vocational schools
  
  
• 22
  Teachers, principals, superintendents, assistant superintendents; directors and assistant directors; rights and privileges
  
  
• 23.1
  Receiving pupils from other counties; county vocational school districts with post secondary vocational-technical education
  
  
• 23.2
  Application for issuance of certificate of residence; grant or denial; appeal; hearing; determination
  
  
• 23.3
  Certificate of residence; filing; duration
  
  
• 23.4
  Payments by county of residence for each student
  
  
• 23.5
  List of nonresident students, courses and programs; notice to department of education
  
  
• 24
  Approval of courses of study
  
  
• 25
  School year
  
  
• 26
  Contracts; payment of bills
  
  
• 27
  Boards of school estimate
  
  
• 28
  Estimate by board of education of general fund expenses
  
  
• 29
  Fixing, determining amounts necessary to be raised
  
  
• 29.1
  Certification of amounts to be raised
  
  
• 29.2
  Appropriation and raising of amounts required
  
  
• 29.3
  County vocational school districts including cities, annual or special appropriations, apportionment
  
  
• 29.4
  County tax levy adjusted for establishment of county vocational school
  
  
• 30
  Contracts for supplies, and construction, alteration and repair of buildings; municipal permits
  
  
• 31
  Raising of moneys for lands or buildings; bond issues
  
  
• 33
  Establishment of emergency vocational schools; commissions; cost per pupil
  
  
• 34
  Commissioners; terms; reports; vacancies; residence
  
  
• 35
  Duty of commission
  
  
• 36
  Appropriations for schools
  
  
• 37
  Municipalities in counties of first class under 700,000; exemption from tax for county vocational school district
  
  
• 38
  Establishment of New Jersey Council of County Vocational Schools
  
  
• 39
  Membership of the council
  
  
• 40
  Responsibilities of council
  
  
• 41
  Powers, duties of council
  
  
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• Chapter 54A

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 3
  Legislature's findings
  
  
• 4
  Definitions
  
  
• 5
  Governor's Council on Neighborhood Education Centers created; membership; officers
  
  
• 6
  Authority of council
  
  
• 7
  Commissioner's additional powers
  
  
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• Chapter 54B

• 1
  Enrichment program defined
  
  
• 2
  Tuition; rules and regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 54C

• 1
  Counties of fifth class; marine academy of science and technology; establishment; purposes
  
  
• 2
  Powers of board of education of school district
  
  
• 2.1
  Contractual relationship between Marine Academy of Science and Technology and New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium
  
  
• 4
  Marine Academy of Science and Technology, transfer of assets, payment of costs
  
  
• 6
  Admission policies of Marine Academy of Science and Technology
  
  
• 7
  Transportation for pupils
  
  
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• Chapter 54D

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Duties of commissioners
  
  
• 4
  Annual reports
  
  
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• Chapter 54E

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Business advisory board; creation, membership
  
  
• 3
  "Adopt a School Programs"
  
  
• 4
  Effectiveness rating, provision; curriculum changes, recommendations
  
  
• 5
  Contributions, effect on State aid
  
  
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• Chapter 54F

• 1
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 2
  At-Risk Youth Employment Internship Program, established
  
  
• 3
  Selection of school districts for pilot program
  
  
• 4
  Student, employer remuneration; work study funds
  
  
• 5
  Plan to track effectiveness of program; recommendation
  
  
• 6
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 54G

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations relative to arts based curriculum pilot program
  
  
• 3
  "Arts Create Excellent Schools (ACES) Pilot Program"
  
  
• 4
  Request for proposals for development of ACES schools
  
  
• 5
  Selection of schools to participate in program
  
  
• 6
  Evaluation component included within ACES program
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 55

• 1
  Appropriations as prerequisite to payments from treasury
  
  
• 2
  Withholding of funds from district.
  
  
• 3
  School districts, conditions for receipt of State aid; efficiency standards.
  
  
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• Chapter 56

• 1
  "Trustees for support of public schools" ; how constituted
  
  
• 2
  Secretary of board; records
  
  
• 3
  Statement of fund by state treasurer to board
  
  
• 4
  Account to legislature of management of fund
  
  
• 5
  State lands under water and revenue from sales thereof; restriction on revenue
  
  
• 6
  Leases of lands under water; principal or income
  
  
• 7
  Deducting expenses of administering lands under water
  
  
• 8
  Investments
  
  
• 9
  Changing municipal bonds owned by trustees from coupon to registered
  
  
• 10
  Stamp of ownership on coupon bonds
  
  
• 11
  Investment in bonds secured by mortgages
  
  
• 12
  Mortgage foreclosure proceedings
  
  
• 13
  Purchase of lands by board on foreclosure
  
  
• 14
  Sale of real estate held or acquired
  
  
• 15
  Income of funds; use of; payment of premiums on bonds
  
  
• 16
  Certification of anticipated default; purchase of bonds, payment of interest by trustees; State aid treatment.
  
  
• 17
  Short title
  
  
• 18
  Legislative finding and declaration
  
  
• 19
  School bond reserve accounts; establishment; composition; funding of accounts.
  
  
• 20
  School bond legend.
  
  
• 21
  Schools facilities financing reserve
  
  
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• Chapter 57

• 1
  Payment of income for support of schools
  
  
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• Chapter 58

• 7.1
  School lunch program
  
  
• 7.1a
  Nonprofit nonpublic school defined
  
  
• 7.2
  School lunch program; additional state aid
  
  
• 11
  Emergency aid
  
  
• 11.1
  Loss of tuition to district due to establishment of regional district; state aid for one year
  
  
• 11.2
  Rules and regulations
  
  
• 19
  Certain repealers saved
  
  
• 33.2
  Application for additional state building aid; investigation
  
  
• 33.3
  Additional state school building aid; maximum amount
  
  
• 33.4
  Approval of additional aid and proposal authorizing bonds by state treasurer and local finance board; bonds entitled to benefits of this act
  
  
• 33.5
  Inclusion in annual budget; payment of debt service on bonds
  
  
• 33.6
  Short title
  
  
• 33.7
  Additional aid for payment of debt service on bonds and notes; limitations
  
  
• 33.8
  Resolution of need; application by board of education; investigation; report
  
  
• 33.9
  Resolution by state board of education; submission of ordinance or proposal authorizing issuance of bonds; endorsement
  
  
• 33.10
  Approval by local finance board; endorsement
  
  
• 33.11
  Change in maturity schedule for bonds; resolution; approval; endorsement
  
  
• 33.12
  Deduction of bonds from school debt and gross debt of municipality
  
  
• 33.13
  Issuance of bonds; contents; limitation on maturity
  
  
• 33.14
  Temporary notes or loan bonds; issuance
  
  
• 33.15
  Certification of annual debt service; conclusiveness of entitlement to benefits of act
  
  
• 33.16
  Entitlement of school district to aid under act; additional aid
  
  
• 33.17
  Authorization for commissioner of education, state board of education and local finance board to consider application for aid; annual review
  
  
• 33.18
  Payment of moneys on behalf of school districts to paying agent
  
  
• 33.19
  Annual payments to school districts and municipalities; use
  
  
• 33.20
  Investment or deposit of proceeds; disposition of income
  
  
• 33.21
  Designation of paying agent
  
  
• 33.22
  Short title
  
  
• 33.23
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 33.24
  Renovation, replacement or new construction of facilities and capital projects for secondary level vocational facilities for handicapped; additional aid for payment of debt service on bonds and notes; limitations
  
  
• 33.25
  Resolution of need; application by board of education; investigation; report
  
  
• 33.26
  Resolution by state board of education; submission of ordinance or proposal authorizing issuance of bonds by local board; endorsement
  
  
• 33.27
  Additional aid if proration or approval of less than full entitlement
  
  
• 33.28
  Submission to local finance board; endorsement of consent or disapproval
  
  
• 33.29
  Change in maturity schedule for bonds; resolution; approval; endorsement
  
  
• 33.30
  Deduction of bonds from school debt and gross debt of county or municipality
  
  
• 33.31
  Issuance of bonds; contents; limitation on maturity
  
  
• 33.32
  Temporary notes or loan bonds; issuance
  
  
• 33.33
  Certification of annual debt service; conclusiveness of entitlement to benefits of act
  
  
• 33.34
  Entitlement of school district to aid under act; additional aid
  
  
• 33.35
  Authorization for commissioner of education, state board of education and local finance board to consider application for additional aid; annual review
  
  
• 33.36
  Payment on behalf of school districts to paying agent; use
  
  
• 33.37
  Annual payments to school districts and municipalities; use
  
  
• 33.38
  Investment or deposit of proceeds; disposition of income
  
  
• 33.39
  Regulations; determination of compliance by district
  
  
• 33.40
  Designation of paying agent
  
  
• 33.41
  Entitlement of $25,000.00 or less; plan for expenditure
  
  
• 34
  Funds appropriated, etc., for cost of state aid to local districts for vocational education; expenditure
  
  
• 35
  Additional state aid to vocational education
  
  
• 36
  State appropriation for construction of area vocational school facilities
  
  
• 37
  Allocation and distribution of federal and state funds
  
  
• 37.1
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 37.2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 37.3
  Purchase and loan of textbooks
  
  
• 37.4
  Textbooks loaned to students in nonpublic schools; free rental; length of use of designated textbook
  
  
• 37.5
  Appropriation of aid
  
  
• 37.6
  Expenditure of aid for textbooks.
  
  
• 37.6a
  Increase in amount of state aid; determination of state average budgeted textbook expenditures
  
  
• 37.7
  State aid to school districts
  
  
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• Chapter 59

• 1
  Apportionment and distribution of federal funds; exceptions
  
  
• 2
  Federal funds as trust funds; distribution
  
  
• 3
  Custody of federal funds; disbursement
  
  
• 4
  Act of congress accepted
  
  
• 5
  State board empowered to act
  
  
• 6
  Custodian of funds
  
  
• 7
  State appropriation for training of teachers of vocational subjects
  
  
• 8
  State appropriation for salaries of teachers of agricultural subjects
  
  
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• Chapter 60

• 1
  Requirements for tenure.
  
  
• 1.1
  Findings, declarations.
  
  
• 1.2
  Tenure after 3 years' service.
  
  
• 2
  Dismissal and reduction in salary
  
  
• 3
  Reduction in staff.
  
  
• 5
  Indemnity of employees in certain criminal actions
  
  
• 6
  Short title
  
  
• 7
  Definitions
  
  
• 8
  Tenure in academic rank; conditions
  
  
• 9
  Tenure by exceptional action after 2 years service
  
  
• 10
  Establishment of procedure for career development
  
  
• 11
  Inapplicability of act to faculty member with tenure prior to second day of 1973-74 school year
  
  
• 12
  Nontenured faculty member prior to end of 1973-74 school year; election of program for tenure; notice
  
  
• 13
  Faculty members beginning employment after 1973-74 school year; application of act
  
  
• 14
  Professional staff without faculty rank; contracts
  
  
• 15
  Application of act to full-time faculty members
  
  
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• Chapter 61

• 1
  Purpose; name; free tuition
  
  
• 2
  Supervision by commissioner
  
  
• 2.1
  Advisory board
  
  
• 3
  Persons admitted
  
  
• 4
  Application for admission
  
  
• 5
  Expense of maintaining pupil
  
  
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• Chapter 61A

• 1
  Declaration of policy
  
  
• 2
  Purpose of school
  
  
• 4
  Employment of coordinators, professional staff.
  
  
• 6
  Commissioner supervision; powers, duties.
  
  
• 7
  Contracts by commissioner.
  
  
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• Chapter 61B

• 1
  Transfer of state school district for institutions from department of institutions and agencies to department of education
  
  
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• Chapter 61C

• 3
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 4
  College credit
  
  
• 5
  Enrollment
  
  
• 6
  Contents of program
  
  
• 7
  Course limitations
  
  
• 8
  Course credit acceptance
  
  
• 9
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 61D

• 1
  Immunization record
  
  
• 2
  Exemption
  
  
• 3
  Conflict with religious beliefs
  
  
• 4
  Contraindication
  
  
• 5
  Liability not imposed
  
  
• 6
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 7
  Meningococcal vaccinations, dissemination of information about meningitis to college students.
  
  
• 8
  Findings, declarations relative to hepatitis B vaccinations
  
  
• 9
  Hepatitis B vaccination required for certain students at institutions of higher education
  
  
• 10
  Exemption from vaccination.
  
  
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• Chapter 61E

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  "Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights"; development; content
  
  
• 3
  Implementation of bill of rights
  
  
• 4
  Distribution to students
  
  
• 5
  Reports of suspected offenses
  
  
• 6
  Immunity
  
  
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• Chapter 62

• 1
  Public institutions of higher education
  
  
• 1.1
  Voter registration at public institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 2
  Disbursements to denominational schools prohibited
  
  
• 3
  Enrollment of senior citizens in tuition-free courses in State institutions of higher education
  
  
• 4
  Residency requirement
  
  
• 4.1
  Resident tuition for military personnel
  
  
• 4.2
  Options for student at public institution of higher education unable to complete course due to military service
  
  
• 4.3
  Student at public institution of higher education, re-enrollment right, refund of fees if called to active duty for certain military operations.
  
  
• 5
  Violence and hazing; monitor of incidence; uniform record-keeping system
  
  
• 6
  Report by employee; filing; forwarding of report and action taken to state department of higher education
  
  
• 7
  Annual report
  
  
• 15
  Health insurance coverage required for full-time students at institutions of higher education
  
  
• 15.1
  Meningococcal vaccination required for certain students residing in college dorms.
  
  
• 15.2
  Exemption from vaccination.
  
  
• 16
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 17
  Establishment of literacy tutoring program
  
  
• 18
  Joint sponsorship of literacy tutoring program
  
  
• 19
  Substitution of elective course
  
  
• 20
  Completion of required number of credit hours
  
  
• 21
  Review of guidelines, procedures.
  
  
• 22
  Student tuition, fees, certain; collection method, "optional fee" defined
  
  
• 23
  "Initial Active Duty Training" defined.
  
  
• 24
  Tuition benefits for members of New Jersey National Guard; State payment.
  
  
• 24.1
  Nonresident tuition rate for NJ National Guard members prohibited.
  
  
• 25
  Eligibility of child, surviving spouse of certain members of New Jersey National Guard for tuition benefits.
  
  
• 25.1
  Nonresident tuition for certain survivors of members of NJ National Guard prohibited.
  
  
• 26
  Notice of availability of grants, scholarships.
  
  
• 27
  Other fees payable.
  
  
• 28
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 29
  Short title.
  
  
• 30
  Findings, declarations relative to higher education finance.
  
  
• 31
  Definitions relative to higher education finance.
  
  
• 32
  "Higher Education Incentive Endowment Fund"
  
  
• 33
  State matching funds for endowment contributions to four-year public institutions
  
  
• 34
  State matching funds for endowment contributions to two-year public institutions
  
  
• 35
  State matching funds for endowment contributions to four-year independent institutions
  
  
• 36
  "Higher Education Incentive Grant Fund"
  
  
• 37
  State matching funds for donations to four-year public institutions
  
  
• 38
  State matching funds for donations to two-year public institutions
  
  
• 39
  State matching funds for donations to four-year independent institutions
  
  
• 40
  Ineligibility for receipt of State matching funds; use of matching funds
  
  
• 41
  Documents included with application for State matching funds; information required
  
  
• 42
  Funds administered separately
  
  
• 43
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 44
  Reasonable substitution of certain courses for certain disabled college students.
  
  
• 45
  Provision of organ donation information at institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 46
  Transfer of academic credits from county colleges.
  
  
• 47
  Adoption of policies, procedures regarding certain transfers.
  
  
• 48
  Independent institutions may enter into agreement.
  
  
• 49
  Annual report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 50
  Cooperation considered relative to annual appropriation.
  
  
• 51
  Construction of act as to standards and procedures for admission.
  
  
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• Chapter 63

• 1
  Establishment of summer school and extension courses; curricula
  
  
• 2
  Tuition and incidental fees
  
  
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• Chapter 64

• 1
  Decentralization of authority
  
  
• 2
  Control and management
  
  
• 3
  Board of trustees.
  
  
• 3.1
  Student representatives
  
  
• 4
  Meeting and organization
  
  
• 5
  Expenses; no compensation
  
  
• 6
  Powers, duties of boards.
  
  
• 6.1
  Contracts; warranty; violation
  
  
• 6.2
  Payments in violation of act; misdemeanor
  
  
• 6.3
  Payment or gift by person dealing with State college prohibited; misdemeanor
  
  
• 7
  Additional powers and duties
  
  
• 8
  President; powers and duties
  
  
• 9
  Existing state colleges continued
  
  
• 10
  Maintenance of demonstration schools
  
  
• 11
  Conduct of extension courses, fees, etc.
  
  
• 12
  Rights of counties as to number of pupils
  
  
• 13
  Tuition fees
  
  
• 13.1
  Definitions.
  
  
• 13.2
  Tuition-free job training courses
  
  
• 13.3
  Eligibility for continued participation
  
  
• 13.4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 14
  Supplies; school fees
  
  
• 17
  Work for students
  
  
• 18
  Retention of revenue
  
  
• 18.1
  Monthly installments
  
  
• 18.2
  Investment procedure.
  
  
• 18.3
  Authorized investments
  
  
• 18.4
  State Treasurer as custodian
  
  
• 18.5
  Bank deposits made by State colleges, security
  
  
• 19
  Repairs to buildings and furniture
  
  
• 20
  Employment of professors, etc., continued; tenure rights, etc., preserved
  
  
• 21
  Future professors, etc., to have similar tenure rights, etc.
  
  
• 21.1
  Negotiation authority unaffected
  
  
• 21.2
  Professional positions
  
  
• 21.3
  Jurisdiction removed
  
  
• 21.4
  Employer-Employee Relations Act unaffected
  
  
• 21.5
  Tenure, pension rights
  
  
• 21.6
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 21.7
  Use of Kelsey building by Thomas A. Edison State College
  
  
• 26
  Short title
  
  
• 27
  Definitions
  
  
• 28
  Number of organizations
  
  
• 29
  Functions and operations
  
  
• 30
  Powers
  
  
• 31
  Board of directors; composition; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 32
  Board of directors; conflict of interest; expenses
  
  
• 33
  Board as public body; provisions governing
  
  
• 34
  Bank accounts, purchases
  
  
• 35
  Legal counsel
  
  
• 36
  Acceptance of gifts
  
  
• 37
  Annual budget; approval
  
  
• 38
  Officers and employees; civil service
  
  
• 39
  Colleges; leasing or renting of facilities
  
  
• 40
  Commercial services on college campuses; self support; surplus funds
  
  
• 41
  Expenses; liability in tort or contract
  
  
• 42
  Financial standards
  
  
• 43
  Certified public accountant
  
  
• 44
  College student government association; compliance with act
  
  
• 45
  New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities.
  
  
• 46
  Membership of association.
  
  
• 47
  Officers; rules
  
  
• 48
  Powers, responsibilities of association.
  
  
• 49
  Executive director; duties, compensation.
  
  
• 50
  Purposes of association.
  
  
• 51
  Dues from member institutions.
  
  
• 52
  Short title
  
  
• 53
  Definitions.
  
  
• 54
  Bid threshold.
  
  
• 55
  Public bidding required.
  
  
• 56
  Exceptions.
  
  
• 57
  Emergency procedures.
  
  
• 58
  Contract subdivision prohibited
  
  
• 59
  Annual solicitation
  
  
• 60
  State college purchases through State agency; procedure.
  
  
• 61
  Joint action authorized
  
  
• 62
  Contents of agreements
  
  
• 63
  Subject to laws
  
  
• 64
  Specification
  
  
• 65
  Advertisement for bids; notice of revisions.
  
  
• 66
  Conformance to specifications
  
  
• 67
  Guaranty.
  
  
• 68
  Provision of surety company bond, other security.
  
  
• 69
  Time limit, return of bid guaranty.
  
  
• 70
  Awards to responsible bidder whose bid is most advantageous.
  
  
• 73
  Liquidated damages
  
  
• 74
  Building construction
  
  
• 75
  Plans, specifications
  
  
• 76.1
  Advertisements by contracting agent for bids; award of contracts.
  
  
• 77
  Deduction for costs of completion.
  
  
• 78
  Sale of surplus personal property.
  
  
• 79
  Multi-year contracts.
  
  
• 81
  Immunity
  
  
• 82
  Indemnification agreement.
  
  
• 83
  Validation
  
  
• 84
  Consultation with employee representatives
  
  
• 85
  State, county college may enter into certain contracts with a private entity.
  
  
• 86
  Definitions relative to State college risk management groups, joint liability funds.
  
  
• 87
  State college authorized to insure, contract, provide for certain insurable interests.
  
  
• 88
  Formation of, membership in, State college risk management group.
  
  
• 89
  Bylaws of State college risk management group.
  
  
• 90
  Board of trustees of State college risk management group.
  
  
• 91
  Bylaws required for functioning; annual report.
  
  
• 92
  Appropriation, payment of funds for premiums.
  
  
• 93
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
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• Chapter 64A

• 1
  Definitions
  
  
• 2
  Petition to establish a college
  
  
• 3
  Upon approval, establishment of college by resolution; publication; public hearing; referendum petition
  
  
• 4
  Referendum; how conducted
  
  
• 5
  Upon approval, establishment of college in several counties
  
  
• 6
  Upon unfavorable vote, limitations on resubmission
  
  
• 8
  Boards of trustees; apportionment of membership where established in more than one county.
  
  
• 9
  Qualifications of appointed members of boards, terms of office, etc.; filling vacancies; no compensation of members
  
  
• 10
  County college board officers
  
  
• 11
  Boards of trustees bodies corporate; designation, custody and responsibility for property and management and control of college; annual report
  
  
• 12
  General powers of board.
  
  
• 13
  Teaching staff, employees and administrative officers other than president; rights and privileges.
  
  
• 13.1
  County college employee permitted to waive health care coverage.
  
  
• 13.1a
  Premiums paid by county college employees.
  
  
• 13.2
  County college board of trustees, notices of certain layoffs; required.
  
  
• 14
  Selling, giving or leasing property to boards
  
  
• 15
  Boards of school estimate
  
  
• 16
  Appointments to boards of school estimate; filling vacancies; secretary; powers
  
  
• 17
  Method of fixing amounts necessary for operation and capital outlay expenses of college; certification; apportionment between participating counties
  
  
• 18
  Appropriation of amounts to be raised by boards of chosen freeholders and raising by taxation
  
  
• 19
  Issuance of bonds
  
  
• 20
  Emergency appropriation for college purposes
  
  
• 21
  First year's estimates of expenses, etc.; preparation, delivery
  
  
• 22
  Annual budget requests for State support of colleges
  
  
• 22.1
  County college capital project aid.
  
  
• 22.2
  Action by State Treasurer.
  
  
• 22.3
  Issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 22.4
  Deduction from gross debt.
  
  
• 22.5
  Issuance of temporary notes.
  
  
• 22.6
  Debt service certification; appropriation, payment of funds.
  
  
• 22.6a
  Designation of paying agent; payments of state aid
  
  
• 22.7
  Investments of proceeds; disposition of earnings.
  
  
• 22.8
  Bonds or notes not debt or liability of state
  
  
• 23
  Acceptance of students residing in other counties; required certificates; charges to home counties
  
  
• 23.1
  Job training course
  
  
• 23.2
  County college courses
  
  
• 23.3
  Eligibility for continued participation in program
  
  
• 23.4
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 24
  Joinder in operation of county colleges by other counties
  
  
• 25
  Referenda for other purposes permitted
  
  
• 25.1
  Short title; citation
  
  
• 25.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 25.3
  Purchases, contracts and agreements not requiring advertising.
  
  
• 25.4
  Contracts and agreements requiring advertising
  
  
• 25.5
  Exceptions to requirement for advertising.
  
  
• 25.6
  Emergency purchases and contracts.
  
  
• 25.7
  Contracts not to be divided
  
  
• 25.8
  Periodic solicitation of bids
  
  
• 25.9
  County college purchases through State agency; procedure.
  
  
• 25.10
  Joint purchases by county colleges, municipalities or counties; authority.
  
  
• 25.11
  Contents of agreement
  
  
• 25.13
  Specifications generally
  
  
• 25.14
  Advertisements for bids; bids; general requirements; notice of revisions.
  
  
• 25.15
  Bids to conform to specifications; rejection of bids
  
  
• 25.16
  Guaranty to accompany bids; amount
  
  
• 25.17
  Performance, guaranty and certificate
  
  
• 25.18
  Time for making awards; deposits returned
  
  
• 25.19
  Award of purchases, contracts or agreements
  
  
• 25.20
  Award of contracts when bids are equal
  
  
• 25.22
  Liquidated damages
  
  
• 25.23
  Application of article and subdivision
  
  
• 25.24
  Plans and specifications, drawn or supervised by appropriate officer
  
  
• 25.25
  Cost over threshold level; separate plans and specifications; bids; advertisement; award of contract; payment to subcontractor.
  
  
• 25.26
  Specifications
  
  
• 25.27
  Authorization; resolution; method.
  
  
• 25.28
  Duration of certain contracts.
  
  
• 25.30
  No action for damages for action by officials
  
  
• 25.31
  Indemnity agreement with the United States, etc.
  
  
• 25.32
  Contracts, etc.; validated and confirmed
  
  
• 25.33
  Definitions
  
  
• 25.34
  Insurance authorized
  
  
• 25.35
  County college insurance group
  
  
• 25.36
  Bylaws of the group; trustees; powers
  
  
• 25.37
  Trustees; number and qualifications
  
  
• 25.38
  Trustees; compensation
  
  
• 25.39
  Review of bylaws; investigations by the Commissioner of Insurance
  
  
• 25.40
  Insurance fund participation authorized
  
  
• 25.41
  Contract requirements
  
  
• 25.42
  Appropriation of funds
  
  
• 26
  Council of County Colleges established
  
  
• 27
  Membership; alternates; compensation
  
  
• 28
  Annual organization meeting
  
  
• 28.1
  Officers; rules
  
  
• 28.2
  Perpetual succession; powers, responsibilities
  
  
• 28.3
  Executive director
  
  
• 28.4
  Improvement of county college education
  
  
• 28.5
  Expenses; assessment for dues
  
  
• 29
  Purpose of council.
  
  
• 30
  Community college agency; establishment
  
  
• 31
  Definition
  
  
• 32
  Community college commission; membership; vacancies; compensation
  
  
• 33
  Additional members; establishment by more than one county
  
  
• 34
  Body corporate; name
  
  
• 35
  Powers, duties and responsibilities
  
  
• 36
  Annual report
  
  
• 37
  Eligibility for State and federal support
  
  
• 38
  Law applicable to faculty and staff
  
  
• 50
  Referendum unnecessary
  
  
• 51
  Conduct of college
  
  
• 52
  Board of governors; powers and duties
  
  
• 53
  Board of trustees; powers and duties
  
  
• 54
  Board of governors; members; terms; reimbursement for expenses
  
  
• 55
  Membership of board of trustees.
  
  
• 56
  Governing body; allocation of powers between boards of trustees and governors
  
  
• 57
  Authority of board of trustees
  
  
• 58
  Board of governors; authority and responsibility
  
  
• 59
  Utilization of privately donated properties and funds
  
  
• 60
  Joint session of boards
  
  
• 61
  Annual report
  
  
• 62
  Board of trustees; laws conferring powers and duties
  
  
• 63
  County coordinating agencies; abolishment
  
  
• 64
  Post-secondary institute; part of county college
  
  
• 65
  Post-secondary institute; general supervision
  
  
• 66
  Assets purchased for post-secondary institute; transfer to county college
  
  
• 67
  Transfers; compliance with laws
  
  
• 68
  Debt owed to state; satisfaction upon transfer
  
  
• 69
  Initial appointment; boards of governors and trustees
  
  
• 70
  Current governing bodies; continuance
  
  
• 71
  Employees; rights; tenure
  
  
• 72
  Employee benefit programs
  
  
• 73
  Administrative officers and teaching personnel; rights and benefits
  
  
• 74
  Vested rights and privileges; effect of act
  
  
• 75
  Status of or authorization to take action by officer; effect of act
  
  
• 76
  Powers of Governor
  
  
• 77
  Vested rights inuring to benefit of college
  
  
• 78
  Adoption of act; resolution
  
  
• 79
  Findings, declarations relative to award of county college credit to certain firefighters.
  
  
• 80
  Conditions for receipt of county college credit for course at fire academy.
  
  
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• Chapter 64E

• 12
  Short title
  
  
• 13
  Definitions relative to New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
  
• 14
  New Jersey Institute of Technology established
  
  
• 15
  Declaration of public policy
  
  
• 16
  Board of trustees continued
  
  
• 17
  Membership of board of trustees; organization.
  
  
• 18
  Authority, responsibilities of board trustees
  
  
• 19
  Additional powers, duties of board of trustees
  
  
• 20
  Appointment of president
  
  
• 21
  Immunity of trustees, officers
  
  
• 22
  Board to advise Governor, Legislature
  
  
• 23
  University deemed employer
  
  
• 24
  Construction of act
  
  
• 25
  Official acts preserved
  
  
• 26
  Establishment of university; effect on appropriations, employees, etc.
  
  
• 27
  Actions, proceedings not affected
  
  
• 28
  References mean New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
  
• 29
  Board of trustees continued
  
  
• 30
  Credit of State not pledged
  
  
• 31
  Liberal construction
  
  
• 32
  University allocated to Department of State
  
  
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• Chapter 64G

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings
  
  
• 3
  "University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey" established
  
  
• 3.1
  Self-government and conduct free of partisanship
  
  
• 3.3
  Transfer of appropriations, grants, gifts, other moneys and property, employees, personal property of college to university; continuance of orders, rules or regulations
  
  
• 3.4
  Civil and criminal actions unaffected; matters and proceedings continued
  
  
• 3.5
  Reference to college of medicine and dentistry to mean and refer to university
  
  
• 3.6
  Powers of Chairman of Commission on Higher Education
  
  
• 3.8
  Short title
  
  
• 3.9
  Awarding of degrees
  
  
• 3.10
  Contract claims, suits governed by "New Jersey Contractual Liability Act"
  
  
• 4
  Board of trustees, membership, organization, committees.
  
  
• 4.1
  Continuation of board of trustees
  
  
• 5
  Reimbursement of board members for expenses
  
  
• 6
  Powers and duties of board.
  
  
• 6.1
  Board of directors of University Hospital; appointment; organization; powers.
  
  
• 6.2
  Maintenance of Internet website for board of trustees; public access, postings.
  
  
• 7
  Additional powers
  
  
• 8
  Investment of funds; finance committee of board
  
  
• 9
  Authorized investments
  
  
• 10
  Depositories and custodians
  
  
• 11
  President of university; powers and duties
  
  
• 12
  Employee retirement rights
  
  
• 14
  Personal liability of trustees and officers
  
  
• 15
  Debts and liabilities; pledge of credit
  
  
• 16
  Acquisition of university site by municipality; sale to university; municipal bond ordinance; gross debt reduction
  
  
• 17
  Sale of municipal hospital to university
  
  
• 18
  Retirement rights of former municipal hospital employees
  
  
• 19
  Municipal hospital pension obligations; budget request; payment
  
  
• 20
  Payment of retirement, death or other benefits to former municipal hospital employees
  
  
• 20.1
  Former municipal hospital employees; continuance of health benefits
  
  
• 21
  Continuance as university employees
  
  
• 22
  Transfer of appropriations and other moneys
  
  
• 23
  Transfer of employees
  
  
• 24
  Transfer of files, records, etc.
  
  
• 25
  Effect of former orders, rules, regulations
  
  
• 26
  Effect upon pending actions or proceedings
  
  
• 27
  Reports, certifications, etc.; filing
  
  
• 28
  Reference in law, rule, document, etc., to former college
  
  
• 29
  Rights of state in former medical school; transfer
  
  
• 30
  Acquisition of interest in Rutgers Medical School facilities; transfers to University of Medicine and Dentistry
  
  
• 31
  Repealer
  
  
• 35
  "Physician-Dentist Fellowship and Education Program to Provide Health Care to Persons with Developmental Disabilities."
  
  
• 36
  Establishment of consortium to advise director.
  
  
• 37
  Purpose of program.
  
  
• 38
  Qualifications for fellowship applicants.
  
  
• 39
  Appointment of director.
  
  
• 40
  Annual report to legislative committees.
  
  
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• Chapter 64H

• 1
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 2
  Advisory graduate medical education council; establishment; purpose and functions
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Council membership; appointment; terms; vacancies; advisory committees; executive director and employees; compensation.
  
  
• 5
  Powers and duties of Commission on Higher Education
  
  
• 6
  Standards for qualification for participation by private nonprofit and public hospitals
  
  
• 7
  Standards for expenditure of funds
  
  
• 8
  Rules
  
  
• 9
  "Advisory Committee on Alternatively Accredited Medical School Clinical Clerkships"
  
  
• 10
  Duties of committee
  
  
• 11
  Existing clinical clerkship programs continued
  
  
• 12
  Regulations relative to medical schools located outside the U.S.
  
  
• 13
  Review of applications, conditions for approval
  
  
• 14
  Procedures when clinical clerkship student rejected by teaching hospital
  
  
• 15
  Regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 64I

• 1
  Land and buildings for use in perpetuity; subject to direction of board of trustees of Montclair State College
  
  
• 2
  Expenditure of funds from appropriations
  
  
• 3
  Funds for maintenance of school
  
  
• 4
  Stokes state forest reserve; responsibility of division of parks, forestry and recreation
  
  
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• Chapter 64J

• 1
  Hazardous, toxic substance management center
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  Center at New Jersey Institute of Technology
  
  
• 4
  Director
  
  
• 5
  Procedures
  
  
• 6
  Annual budget requests
  
  
• 7
  Functions of center
  
  
• 8
  Food technology center establishment
  
  
• 9
  Definitions
  
  
• 10
  Center at Cook College
  
  
• 11
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 12
  Duties of director
  
  
• 13
  Annual budget request
  
  
• 14
  Functions of center
  
  
• 15
  Biotechnology center establishment
  
  
• 16
  Definitions
  
  
• 17
  Joint governance
  
  
• 18
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 19
  Duties of director
  
  
• 20
  Annual budget request
  
  
• 21
  Functions of center
  
  
• 22
  Industrial ceramics center establishment
  
  
• 23
  Definitions
  
  
• 24
  Center at Rutgers
  
  
• 25
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 26
  Duties of director
  
  
• 27
  Annual budget request
  
  
• 28
  Functions of center
  
  
• 29
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 30
  Definitions
  
  
• 31
  Biomolecular research center
  
  
• 32
  Peer review panel
  
  
• 33
  Certification of need; designation of location
  
  
• 34
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 35
  Annual budget request
  
  
• 36
  Functions of center
  
  
• 37
  Existing programs continued
  
  
• 38
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 39
  Definitions
  
  
• 40
  Polymer processing, surface modification center
  
  
• 41
  Subject to commission certification
  
  
• 42
  Appointment of director
  
  
• 43
  Duties of director
  
  
• 44
  Annual budget request
  
  
• 45
  Functions of center
  
  
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• Chapter 64K

• 1
  Northwest New Jersey Regional Women's Center
  
  
• 2
  Use of funds
  
  
• 3
  Report to Governor, Legislature
  
  
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• Chapter 64L

• 1
  Coastal Protection Technical Assistance Service established
  
  
• 2
  Appointment, compensation of director
  
  
• 3
  Powers of director
  
  
• 4
  Duties of staff of service
  
  
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• Chapter 65

• 1
  Short Title
  
  
• 2
  The term "the corporation" defined; trusts imposed
  
  
• 3
  "The state university" or "the university" defined and described
  
  
• 4
  Vested rights, grants, charter privileges, etc., not affected; exceptions
  
  
• 5
  Officers or outstanding commitments not affected
  
  
• 6
  Tenure, civil service and retirement rights
  
  
• 8
  State's credit not pledged
  
  
• 9
  Chapter liberally construed
  
  
• 9.1
  Certain repealers saved
  
  
• 10
  Name
  
  
• 11
  Corporate seal
  
  
• 12
  Board of governors continued, powers, etc.
  
  
• 13
  Board of trustees continued, powers, etc.
  
  
• 14
  Board of governors, membership, classification, terms, succession
  
  
• 15
  Board of trustees, members, classification, terms, etc.
  
  
• 16
  Governors and trustees, beginning and ending of terms, vacancies
  
  
• 17
  Restriction on receiving certain remuneration by members of boards
  
  
• 18
  Oaths
  
  
• 19
  Procedure for removal of governor or trustee
  
  
• 20
  No compensation; expenses paid
  
  
• 21
  No personal liability
  
  
• 22
  Quorums
  
  
• 23
  Chairman of each board to be elected
  
  
• 24
  Government, control, administration, etc., of corporation and the university
  
  
• 25
  Authority and responsibility of board of governors
  
  
• 26
  Board of trustees; control of properties, funds, trusts, investments, etc.; committee memberships
  
  
• 27
  Public policy of State
  
  
• 28
  Boards' powers, rights, etc., incident to their responsibilities
  
  
• 29
  Joint sessions of boards
  
  
• 30
  Each board to appoint and regulate duties, functions, etc., of committees
  
  
• 31
  President of corporation; powers; term; filling vacancy
  
  
• 32
  Annual report; contents; filing
  
  
• 33
  Gifts, grants, legacies, endowments, etc.; to vest in and inure to the benefit of the corporation
  
  
• 33.1
  Care, custody and control of State property
  
  
• 33.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 33.3
  Notice of intent
  
  
• 33.4
  Public hearing
  
  
• 33.5
  Subject to local requirements
  
  
• 34
  Visitorial powers of supervision and control
  
  
• 35
  Board of governors, Commission on Higher Education, Presidents' Council; recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature
  
  
• 36
  State college for benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts continued
  
  
• 37
  Payments, in lieu of interest, on proceeds of public land scrip
  
  
• 38
  Moneys devoted to courses in agriculture and mechanic arts
  
  
• 39
  Free scholarships; number; qualifications and terms
  
  
• 40
  Annual reports of board of governors
  
  
• 41
  Payment for agricultural college; application; courses of instruction
  
  
• 42
  Maintenance of courses
  
  
• 43
  Subjects of instruction
  
  
• 44
  Buildings, apparatus and machinery
  
  
• 45
  Instructors
  
  
• 46
  Board of managers of agricultural experiment station; number; appointment; terms; vacancies
  
  
• 47
  Appointed members in office, retained
  
  
• 48
  Members, no compensation except for expenses
  
  
• 49
  Board of managers, functions, powers and duties
  
  
• 50
  Appropriations
  
  
• 51
  Designation of the corporation to receive federal appropriations
  
  
• 52
  Authority of corporation to receive federal appropriations and conduct the work
  
  
• 53
  Supplemental appropriations by counties or municipalities
  
  
• 54
  School of ceramics continued
  
  
• 55
  Ceramic research station
  
  
• 55.1
  Legislative findings
  
  
• 55.2
  Establishment and maintenance
  
  
• 56
  Graduate school of social work continued
  
  
• 57
  Courses of instruction
  
  
• 58
  Advisory committee for school of social work
  
  
• 59
  Programs of research
  
  
• 60
  Reciprocal use of university and state colleges buildings
  
  
• 61
  Care, custody and control of buildings jointly used
  
  
• 62
  Laws affecting students
  
  
• 63
  Institute of management and labor relations continued
  
  
• 64
  Purpose
  
  
• 65
  Advisory council
  
  
• 66
  Programs of research
  
  
• 67
  Programs of instruction
  
  
• 72.1
  Chronic drunkenness offender problems; conduct of study
  
  
• 72.2
  Assistance of federal funds and private grants
  
  
• 73
  Membership in public employees' retirement system of New Jersey
  
  
• 86
  Fisheries Information and Development Center.
  
  
• 88
  Construction of act relative to DEP.
  
  
• 89
  Findings, declarations relative to New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing
  
  
• 90
  New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing; establishment, goals.
  
  
• 91
  Membership of board.
  
  
• 92
  Duties of board.
  
  
• 92.1
  Annual appropriation.
  
  
• 93
  Interim responsibility
  
  
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• Chapter 65A

• 1
  Implementation of energy savings improvement program by public institution of higher education; definitions.
  
  
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• Chapter 66

• 2
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2.1
  Teachers; membership in Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund
  
  
• 2.2
  Veteran status determined for retirement allowance.
  
  
• 3
  Teachers' pension and annuity fund continued
  
  
• 4
  Membership.
  
  
• 4.1
  Appeal for person denied membership in TPAF.
  
  
• 4.2
  Inapplicability of certain statutes relative to certain transferred service credit.
  
  
• 5
  Classes of members
  
  
• 5.1
  Increase in TPAF retirement allowance.
  
  
• 6
  New members placed in class B
  
  
• 6.1
  Membership required as condition of employment; delayed filing; contribution; payment.
  
  
• 7
  Cessation of membership
  
  
• 8
  Continuance of membership.
  
  
• 8.1
  Discontinuance from teaching service through voluntary service in Peace Corps; continuance of membership; conditions
  
  
• 9
  Resumption of discontinued membership
  
  
• 10
  Nonmembers may join
  
  
• 11
  Teachers in military service may enroll
  
  
• 13
  Prior service credit.
  
  
• 14
  Credit for temporary service
  
  
• 14.1
  Credit for military service
  
  
• 14.2
  Retirement system credit to member on leave of absence
  
  
• 15
  Service credit for retirement.
  
  
• 15.1
  Transfer or purchase of credit for service in other systems.
  
  
• 16
  Creation of funds.
  
  
• 17
  Expenses paid by state; reimbursement
  
  
• 18
  Contingent reserve fund.
  
  
• 18.1
  Payment of pension adjsutment benefits.
  
  
• 19
  Annuity savings fund.
  
  
• 19.1
  TPAF members, eligibility based on one position.
  
  
• 20
  Excess contributions returned
  
  
• 21
  Retirement reserve fund
  
  
• 22
  Pension fund
  
  
• 24
  Interest fund
  
  
• 25
  Interest allowed on funds.
  
  
• 26
  Death benefit fund
  
  
• 27
  Special reserve fund
  
  
• 29
  Members' contribution rate.
  
  
• 29.1
  Shortage in reserves or contributions; non-liability or deduction for retirement allowance
  
  
• 30
  Employee's consent to deductions
  
  
• 31
  System to certify contributions
  
  
• 32
  Employer's duties
  
  
• 32.1
  Periodic benefits payable under Workers' Compensation Law; salary deductions paid by employer; retirement benefits application
  
  
• 33
  State contributions
  
  
• 34
  Withdrawals
  
  
• 35
  Loans, interest rates, administrative fees.
  
  
• 35.1
  Repayment of loans after retirement of members of TPAF.
  
  
• 36
  Vesting of TPAF members.
  
  
• 37
  Early retirement.
  
  
• 38
  Death benefits; contribution not required when leave is due to illness
  
  
• 38.1
  Limitation on death benefits
  
  
• 39
  Teachers' disability retirement.
  
  
• 39.1
  Disability insurance for certain TPAF members; "Teachers Group Disability Insurance Premium Fund."
  
  
• 39.2
  Inapplicability relative to certain transferred service credit.
  
  
• 40
  Medical examination; reemployment; subsequent retirement
  
  
• 41
  Ordinary disability allowances.
  
  
• 41.1
  Increase in retirement allowance for retiree, beneficiary under N.J.S.18A:66-41 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.
  
  
• 42
  Accidental disability allowances.
  
  
• 42.1
  Increase in retirement allowance under N.J.S.18A:66-42 or N.J.S.18A:66-47.
  
  
• 42.2
  Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits under N.J.S.18A:66-41 and N.J.S.18A:66-42 for active members.
  
  
• 43
  Retirement for service age limits.
  
  
• 44
  Service retirement allowances.
  
  
• 45
  Thirty-five year present-entrant allowances
  
  
• 46
  Accidental death benefits.
  
  
• 47
  Teachers' retirement allowance options
  
  
• 47.1
  Spouse's benefit elimination by teacher
  
  
• 47.2
  Election of death benefit or retirement allowance
  
  
• 47.3
  Applicability of N.J.S.18A:66-47
  
  
• 48
  Monthly payments; payment upon death of retirant
  
  
• 49
  Benefits of TRF retirants
  
  
• 51
  Allowances exempt from taxes; assignment of group insurance policy rights and benefits
  
  
• 52
  Veterans not covered under R.S. 43:4-1.3
  
  
• 53
  Additional death benefit coverage
  
  
• 53.1
  Beneficiary of member or retirant; designation; change; payments; options
  
  
• 53.2
  Reemployment of retirant; reenrollment; subsequent retirement.
  
  
• 53.3
  Limitation on additional death benefit coverage
  
  
• 54
  Deductions from retirement allowance for TPAF members.
  
  
• 55
  Powers and privileges of a public corporation
  
  
• 56
  Board of trustees; duties, appointment or election, terms, vacancies, oaths, voting, expenses.
  
  
• 56.1
  Board of trustees, terms staggered
  
  
• 57
  Officers, actuary, legal adviser, secretary
  
  
• 58
  Actuary's report
  
  
• 58.1
  Annuity values; determination without reference to sex
  
  
• 59
  Annual reports
  
  
• 60
  No interest in fund by trustees or employees
  
  
• 61
  Trustees to control funds, investment council member
  
  
• 62
  Treasurer custodian of funds
  
  
• 63
  Correction of errors by trustees
  
  
• 64
  False statements to defraud, misdemeanors
  
  
• 65
  Agreement on social security
  
  
• 66
  State, employer share of social security obligations
  
  
• 68
  Effect of abolition of social security offset
  
  
• 69
  Limitations on death benefits or other benefits
  
  
• 70
  Veterans' free membership in fund
  
  
• 70.1
  Permission for member to cancel purchase of credit
  
  
• 71
  Retirement allowance for veterans.
  
  
• 71.1
  Veterans' retirement allowance
  
  
• 71.2
  Increase in retirement allowance under subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:66-71 and N.J.S.18A:66-47.
  
  
• 71.3
  Payment of normal contribution for increased benefits under subsection a. of N.J.S.18A:66-71.
  
  
• 73
  Adoption of social security act, etc., continued
  
  
• 74
  Authorization to purchase group life insurance
  
  
• 75
  Requirements for insurance company to qualify
  
  
• 76
  Discretion in purchase of coverage
  
  
• 77
  Premiums paid from special funds
  
  
• 78
  Additional death benefits; contributions; adjustment
  
  
• 79
  Policy to include conversion privilege; proof of insurability after conversion
  
  
• 80
  Payment of benefits
  
  
• 81
  Arrangements for payment of benefits
  
  
• 82
  Policyholder credited in form of reduced premiums
  
  
• 83
  Investment in and acquisition of real property
  
  
• 84
  Limit on investment
  
  
• 85
  Carried as an asset of the fund
  
  
• 86
  Terms of rental or lease; transfer of land to fund
  
  
• 87
  Purchase provisions during occupancy
  
  
• 88
  Rental or lease arrangements; trustees to execute and deliver, etc.
  
  
• 89
  Selection of site, and acquisition of land
  
  
• 90
  Federal funds; state to be reimbursed; ascertainment of amount
  
  
• 91
  Repealer of sections 24 through 110 of chapter 13 of Title 18 of the Revised Statutes, with amendments and supplements, but continuing the teachers' pension and annuity fund, saved
  
  
• 92
  Social security offset repealer saved
  
  
• 93
  Liabilities created by certain statutes, apportionment and payment saved
  
  
• 94
  Existing pension funds continued
  
  
• 95
  Employees may organize pension fund
  
  
• 96
  Forming corporation to provide and obtain fund
  
  
• 97
  Board of trustees, membership, terms, vacancies.
  
  
• 98
  Trustees to elect officers; compensation, reimbursement.
  
  
• 100
  Annual report by trustees to boards of education
  
  
• 101
  Eligibility as members of fund
  
  
• 102
  Certain veterans not members of system to become members
  
  
• 103
  Withdrawal of contributions by veteran members; service credits required; liquidation of certain service credits
  
  
• 104
  Definition of "veteran"
  
  
• 105
  Membership in fund on or subsequent to March 25, 1935; conditions
  
  
• 106
  Credit purchase for employment in other governmental units in this or other states; certain leaves of absence.
  
  
• 107
  Contributions to pension fund.
  
  
• 108
  Salary deductions; death benefits
  
  
• 109
  Disbursements; deposits and investments.
  
  
• 109.1
  Loans from retirement system.
  
  
• 110
  Manner of payment of pensions; options.
  
  
• 110.2
  Increase in certain retirement benefits.
  
  
• 111
  Option to retire after referendum; amount of pension
  
  
• 113
  Deferred retirement allowance.
  
  
• 113.1
  Early retirement.
  
  
• 114
  Public employee veterans, retirement benefits, certain.
  
  
• 114.1
  Veteran retirees, allowance increased.
  
  
• 115
  Payment of pensions in semimonthly installments
  
  
• 116
  Exemptions
  
  
• 117
  Contributory death benefits
  
  
• 118
  Purchase of group life insurance policies for death benefits
  
  
• 119
  Qualifications of life insurance companies to issue group insurance policies
  
  
• 120
  Payment of premiums for group life insurance
  
  
• 121
  Provision of conversion privileges in group life insurance policies
  
  
• 122
  Benefits under group life insurance policies; to whom paid
  
  
• 123
  Options as to payment of death benefits
  
  
• 124
  Leave of absence for illness deemed to be service
  
  
• 125
  Perjury to obtain pension
  
  
• 126
  Retention of moneys bars member
  
  
• 126.1
  Definitions
  
  
• 126.2
  Increase in pension
  
  
• 126.3
  Ratio of increase
  
  
• 126.4
  Appropriations to pay increase
  
  
• 126.5
  Waiver; withdrawal
  
  
• 126.6
  Adjustment of retirement allowances
  
  
• 126.7
  Blanket increase in original or minimum pensions; adjustment of payments under this act
  
  
• 126.8
  Director of division of pensions; rules and regulations; reports
  
  
• 126.9
  Definitions
  
  
• 126.10
  Social security; coverage; referendum
  
  
• 126.11
  Application of L.1956, c. 169 upon extension of social security coverage to members of pension fund
  
  
• 126.12
  Effect of termination of pension fund on article
  
  
• 127
  Employees of board of education, agreement to reduce salary for purchase of annuity.
  
  
• 128
  Reduction of salary for obtaining certain benefits.
  
  
• 129
  Agreements validated, confirmed.
  
  
• 167
  Repeals
  
  
• 168
  Repeal subject to certain provisos
  
  
• 169
  Definitions.
  
  
• 170
  Alternate benefit program
  
  
• 170.1
  Commissioner of education; enrollment
  
  
• 170.2
  Employee subsequently deemed eligible for enrollment pursuant to L.1984, c. 200 to continue participation from date of original enrollment
  
  
• 170.3
  Continuation in alternate benefit program
  
  
• 170.4
  Former employee of auxiliary organization may participate in alternate benefit program.
  
  
• 171
  Ineligibility for participation in alternate benefit program; enrollment in public employees' retirement system
  
  
• 172
  Allocation of contributions; mobility of pension credit
  
  
• 172.1
  Pension Provider Selection Board
  
  
• 173
  Transfer of certain accumulated deductions to alternate benefit program; transfer of pension reserves; determination of amount of pension; employee's option; limitation
  
  
• 173.1
  Present or former members of police and firemen's retirement system; transfer of contributions
  
  
• 174
  Reduction from compensation of participants; payments of employer contributions.
  
  
• 175
  Termination of membership or participation
  
  
• 176
  Group life insurance and disability benefits; noncontributory; coverage.
  
  
• 177
  Purchase of group life insurance and disability benefit coverage; alternate benefit group insurance premium fund
  
  
• 178
  Life insurance companies eligible to sell life and accidental death insurance
  
  
• 179
  Conversion privilege upon termination of employment or death
  
  
• 180
  Designation of payee for death benefits
  
  
• 181
  Payment of death benefits
  
  
• 182
  Evidence of insurability
  
  
• 183
  Designation of beneficiary; form; payment.
  
  
• 184
  Disability benefits; payment; total disability; exceptions
  
  
• 185
  Amount of disability benefits
  
  
• 186
  Credit by insurer; savings on commissions
  
  
• 187
  Certain employer obligations prohibited
  
  
• 188
  Cash surrender option; policy loans; conditions for annuity repurchase; affect on past and future contributions
  
  
• 189
  Vesting of contributions; qualification under federal tax law
  
  
• 190
  Authority to enter into agreements for annuity purchases; method of payment; limitations.
  
  
• 191
  Prohibited payments; authorized payments
  
  
• 192
  Rules and regulations; operation of programs
  
  
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• Chapter 67

• 1
  Title or name of educational institutions; exceptions
  
  
• 2
  Approval of collegiate name
  
  
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• Chapter 68

• 1
  Right of colleges to give diplomas and confer degrees
  
  
• 1.1
  Voter registration at private colleges, universities.
  
  
• 2
  Right of seminaries or schools of theology to confer degrees
  
  
• 3
  Filing copy of certificate of incorporation and obtaining license, payments to consultants.
  
  
• 4
  Revocation of license
  
  
• 5
  Restraint of corporations operating without license
  
  
• 6
  Submission and approval as prerequisite to conferring of degrees
  
  
• 7
  Withdrawal of approval; record of approvals and revocations
  
  
• 8
  Conferring degree during revocation
  
  
• 9
  Penalties; recovery
  
  
• 10
  Failure to pay penalty
  
  
• 11
  Disposition of moneys recovered
  
  
• 11.1
  Short title
  
  
• 11.2
  Definitions
  
  
• 11.3
  Educational loans from institutional funds; authorization
  
  
• 11.4
  Interest; computation
  
  
• 11.5
  Repayment
  
  
• 11.6
  Credit life or health insurance
  
  
• 11.7
  Regulations
  
  
• 12
  Requirement of license
  
  
• 13
  Application for license; fee
  
  
• 14
  Granting license
  
  
• 15
  Statement in license of system of treatment taught
  
  
• 16
  Term and revocation of license
  
  
• 17
  Schools for midwifery, podiatric medicine excepted.
  
  
• 18
  Penalty for violation of article
  
  
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• Chapter 71

• 28
  Short title.
  
  
• 29
  Liberal construction.
  
  
• 30
  Definitions.
  
  
• 31
  "New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund."
  
  
• 32
  Membership.
  
  
• 33
  Board's additional duties.
  
  
• 34
  Awarding of "opportunity grants."
  
  
• 35
  Prerequisites necessary for awarding grant.
  
  
• 36
  Financial resources of applicant; rules and regulations.
  
  
• 37
  Period of assistance.
  
  
• 38
  No discrimination; number; amount.
  
  
• 39
  Remedial and supplementary education for grantees.
  
  
• 40.1
  Short title
  
  
• 40.2
  C. Clyde Ferguson Law Scholarships; created
  
  
• 40.3
  Scholarships awarded annually
  
  
• 40.4
  Requirements for scholarship recipients
  
  
• 40.5
  Amount of scholarship
  
  
• 40.6
  Renewal of scholarship
  
  
• 40.7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 78.1
  Tuition-free enrollment in postsecondary program for certain volunteers, family members.
  
  
• 78.2
  Eligibility for tuition credit.
  
  
• 78.3
  Verification of service; transcript records.
  
  
• 78.4
  Issuance of letter of eligibility.
  
  
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• Chapter 71A

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Terms defined.
  
  
• 3
  Higher Education Student Assistance Authority created.
  
  
• 4
  Board of the authority.
  
  
• 5
  Executive director.
  
  
• 6
  Organization of the board.
  
  
• 7
  Limitation of liability, conflict of interest, compensation.
  
  
• 8
  General powers of the authority.
  
  
• 9
  Further powers of the authority.
  
  
• 10
  Contracts, purchases, records, travel.
  
  
• 11
  Certain pension, benefits, and employment classification provisions applicable to employees of the authority.
  
  
• 12
  Limitations on issue of bond anticipation notes and other obligations.
  
  
• 13
  Bonds, bond anticipation notes, other obligations: general provisions.
  
  
• 14
  Bond resolutions.
  
  
• 15
  Personal liability on bonds, notes and other obligations.
  
  
• 16
  Purchase by authority of bonds, notes and other obligations.
  
  
• 17
  Security for bonds.
  
  
• 18
  Liability for payment of bonds.
  
  
• 19
  Rights of bondholders.
  
  
• 20
  Refunding bonds.
  
  
• 21
  Bonds as legal investments.
  
  
• 22
  Pledge of state; exemption from taxation; taxable bond option.
  
  
• 23
  Higher Education Student Assistance Fund.
  
  
• 24
  Loan Reserve Fund.
  
  
• 25
  Capital Reserve Fund; use; investment.
  
  
• 26
  Dissolution.
  
  
• 27
  Effect of partial invalidity; severability.
  
  
• 28
  Transfer of functions, powers and duties of office of student assistance.
  
  
• 29
  Transfer of Functions, powers and duties of student assistance board.
  
  
• 30
  Transfer of functions, powers and duties of higher education assistance authority.
  
  
• 31
  Abolishment of executive director of student assistance programs.
  
  
• 32
  Construction of law.
  
  
• 33
  Higher Education Student Assistance Authority to be responsible for implementation.
  
  
• 34
  Limitation on powers of authority; bond holders protected.
  
  
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• Chapter 71B

• 1
  Eligible institution defined.
  
  
• 2
  Student eligibility.
  
  
• 3
  Discrimination forbidden.
  
  
• 4
  Academic year defined.
  
  
• 5
  Notification of authority in the case of withdrawal or change in status.
  
  
• 6
  Verification of compliance with military selective service act.
  
  
• 7
  Rules and regulations.
  
  
• 8
  Compliance with terms and conditions of financial aid.
  
  
• 9
  False information; penalty.
  
  
• 10
  Collection of overpayments and ineligible payments of financial aid.
  
  
• 11
  Scholarships created.
  
  
• 12
  Administration by the authority.
  
  
• 13
  Criteria, methodology and guidelines; revisions.
  
  
• 14
  Award of scholarships.
  
  
• 15
  Renewal of scholarships.
  
  
• 16
  Amount of scholarship; payments.
  
  
• 17
  Limitation.
  
  
• 18
  Grants created; use.
  
  
• 19
  Administration of provisions.
  
  
• 20
  Eligibility, prerequisite.
  
  
• 20.1
  Tuition aid grant eligibility for children of persons transferred to a military installation in New Jersey.
  
  
• 21
  Amount of grant; reduction of award.
  
  
• 22
  Construction of article.
  
  
• 23
  Scholarships for undergraduate education; eligibility.
  
  
• 23.1
  Short title.
  
  
• 23.2
  Definitions relative to "New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Program Act."
  
  
• 23.3
  New Jersey World Trade Center Scholarship Fund.
  
  
• 23.4
  Board of Trustees; membership; duties; responsibilities.
  
  
• 23.5
  Awarding of scholarships.
  
  
• 23.6
  Conditions for awarding of scholarship.
  
  
• 23.7
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 24
  Appropriation of funds.
  
  
• 24.1
  Short title
  
  
• 24.2
  Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Scholarships Program
  
  
• 24.3
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 24.4
  Annual appropriation
  
  
• 25
  Scholarship program established.
  
  
• 26
  Scholarship eligibility.
  
  
• 27
  Scholarship conditions.
  
  
• 28
  Definitions.
  
  
• 29
  Issue of bonds.
  
  
• 30
  Participation by institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 31
  Dollar Amount not to be considered in determining eligibility for monetary assistance.
  
  
• 32
  Report on results of sale.
  
  
• 33
  Duties of the State Treasurer.
  
  
• 34
  Assessment of effectiveness of program.
  
  
• 35
  Legislative findings and declarations.
  
  
• 36
  Definitions.
  
  
• 37
  New Jersey Better Educational Savings Trust created.
  
  
• 38
  Administration of the program; powers of the authority.
  
  
• 39
  Immunity.
  
  
• 40
  Selection of investment manager.
  
  
• 41
  Operation of program; fees.
  
  
• 41.1
  Exemption from claims of creditors for NJBEST accounts.
  
  
• 42
  NJBEST scholarship; conditions.
  
  
• 43
  Determination of dollar amount of account.
  
  
• 44
  Assurance of availability of principal.
  
  
• 45
  Construction.
  
  
• 46
  Federal income tax consequences.
  
  
• 47
  Contracts with accredited schools of veterinary medicine.
  
  
• 48
  Contracts with consent of advisory committee; members.
  
  
• 49
  Organization of committee; expenses.
  
  
• 50
  Definitions.
  
  
• 51
  Application for State support; form of application; certificate of accreditation by New Jersey Board of Nursing.
  
  
• 52
  Operational support by State; limitation.
  
  
• 53
  Short title
  
  
• 54
  Findings, declarations about crime victims
  
  
• 55
  Definitions regarding scholarship
  
  
• 56
  "Tony Pompelio Commemorative Scholarship Fund"
  
  
• 57
  Board duties
  
  
• 58
  Awarding scholarships
  
  
• 59
  Qualifications of applicant
  
  
• 60
  Recipients paid by State Treasurer
  
  
• 61
  Eligibility restrictions
  
  
• 62
  Nondiscrimination in awards
  
  
• 63
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 81
  Short title.
  
  
• 82
  Findings relative to NJ STARS Program.
  
  
• 83
  Definitions relative to NJ STARS Program.
  
  
• 84
  NJ STARS Program.
  
  
• 85
  NJ STARS scholarships; eligibility.
  
  
• 85.1
  College placement test to determine eligibility for program.
  
  
• 85.2
  Option for fewer credits for recipient, eligibility for NJ STARS II scholarship.
  
  
• 85.3
  Application of college credits earned in high school.
  
  
• 85.4
  Current recipients unaffected; exceptions.
  
  
• 85.5
  Provision of information to students relative to eligibility for NJ STARS.
  
  
• 86
  Report to Legislature, Governor on NJSTARS Program; guidelines rules, regulations.
  
  
• 86.1
  Short title.
  
  
• 86.2
  Definitions relative to NJ STARS II Program.
  
  
• 86.3
  NJ STARS II Program created.
  
  
• 86.4
  Eligibility for NJ STARS II; scholarship amounts.
  
  
• 86.4a
  Eligibility of certain NJ STARS II recipients.
  
  
• 86.5
  Transfer of academic credits.
  
  
• 86.6
  Report to Governor, Legislature; authority regulations.
  
  
• 86.7
  Construction of act relative to application, admissions procedures.
  
  
• 87
  Short title.
  
  
• 88
  Findings, declarations relative to social services student loan redemption.
  
  
• 89
  Definitions relative to social sciences student loan redemption.
  
  
• 90
  Social Services Student Loan Redemption Program.
  
  
• 91
  Eligibility for participation in program.
  
  
• 92
  Application for loan redemption.
  
  
• 93
  Nullification of redemption contract.
  
  
• 94
  Loan forgiveness awards.
  
  
• 95
  Annual report.
  
  
• 96
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 97
  Filling of direct care professional position with persons having degrees.
  
  
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• Chapter 71C

• 1
  Administration by the authority.
  
  
• 2
  Application; grounds for approval.
  
  
• 3
  Approval and granting of federal loan.
  
  
• 4
  Federal loan evidenced by note; interest rate; method of payment; security.
  
  
• 5
  Extension and refinancing of federal loans.
  
  
• 6
  Purchase of notes.
  
  
• 7
  Falsely securing federal loan a misdemeanor; penalty.
  
  
• 8
  Repayment Compromises, modifications and other determinations made by authority.
  
  
• 9
  Contracts, promissory notes, made by minor, valid and binding.
  
  
• 10
  Deduction of overdue student loan payments from wages of employees of the state, institution of higher education and public authorities.
  
  
• 11
  Regulations.
  
  
• 12
  Deduction of overdue student loan payments from wages of county and municipal employees.
  
  
• 13
  Guidelines for payment of arrearages.
  
  
• 14
  Deduction of overdue student loan payments from wages of certain boards or authorities.
  
  
• 15
  Guidelines for payment of arrearages.
  
  
• 16
  Deduction of overdue student loan payments from wages of employees of the private sector.
  
  
• 17
  Lien not treated as wage execution.
  
  
• 18
  Exchange of information with other State departments and agencies.
  
  
• 19
  Professional or occupational misconduct.
  
  
• 20
  Deductions of overdue payments from State lottery winnings.
  
  
• 21
  College loans to assist state students loan program.
  
  
• 22
  College loans to assist State Students Loan Fund.
  
  
• 23
  Eligible borrower.
  
  
• 24
  Eligible institution.
  
  
• 25
  Maximum loan amounts.
  
  
• 26
  Accrual of interest; payment.
  
  
• 27
  Student eligibility.
  
  
• 28
  Limitations on program; fees.
  
  
• 29
  Applicability of information exchange, collection procedures, repayment determinations and other federal provisions.
  
  
• 30
  Act not to affect higher education student assistance fund.
  
  
• 31
  Falsely securing State loan; crime.
  
  
• 32
  Definitions.
  
  
• 33
  Primary care practitioner loan redemption program established.
  
  
• 34
  Eligibility for participation in program.
  
  
• 35
  Ranking of State designated underserved areas.
  
  
• 36
  Entry into program; agreements.
  
  
• 36.1
  Performance standards for program participants.
  
  
• 37
  Redemption limits; service.
  
  
• 37.1
  Reimbursement payments for tax liability of participant.
  
  
• 38
  Probationary period.
  
  
• 39
  Matching of participants with areas.
  
  
• 40
  Selection of participants; priority.
  
  
• 41
  Nullification of agreement.
  
  
• 42
  Death or permanent disability of participant.
  
  
• 43
  Conviction of crime; gross negligence; breach of performance standards; failure to repay; penalties.
  
  
• 43.1
  False, misleading information, fourth degree crime.
  
  
• 44
  National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program participants ineligible.
  
  
• 46
  Recruitment.
  
  
• 46.1
  Availability of information.
  
  
• 47
  Federal funds.
  
  
• 48
  Rules and regulations.
  
  
• 49
  OB/GYN student loan expense reimbursement program.
  
  
• 50
  Short title.
  
  
• 51
  Findings, declarations relative to the Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
  
  
• 52
  Definitions relative to the Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program.
  
  
• 53
  Nursing Faculty Loan Redemption Program established.
  
  
• 54
  Eligibility for participation in program.
  
  
• 55
  Application to authority for loan redemption.
  
  
• 56
  Annual report on the program.
  
  
• 57
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 58
  Dedication of appropriated funds.
  
  
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• Chapter 72A

• 1
  Preamble, purpose of chapter
  
  
• 2
  Short title
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  "New Jersey educational facilities authority."
  
  
• 5
  Authority's powers.
  
  
• 5.1
  Prevailing wage rate for workers employed on projects with New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority involvement.
  
  
• 5.2
  Exercise of rights, powers or duties.
  
  
• 5.3
  Prevailing wage rules, regulations, adoption by New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority.
  
  
• 5.4
  Inapplicability of C.18A:72A-5.1 through C.18A:72A-5.3.
  
  
• 6
  Expenses of authority
  
  
• 7
  Issuance of notes authorized
  
  
• 8
  Issuance of negotiable bonds for corporate purpose.
  
  
• 9
  Bonds secured by trust agreement
  
  
• 10
  Bonds not liability of state or political subdivision
  
  
• 11
  Further powers of authority
  
  
• 11.1
  Refinancing outstanding mortgages of private lenders.
  
  
• 12
  Moneys of authority; trust funds
  
  
• 12.1
  Investment or reinvestment of funds
  
  
• 12.2
  Short title.
  
  
• 12.3
  Findings, declarations relative to county college capital projects fund.
  
  
• 12.4
  County college capital projects fund, established.
  
  
• 12.5
  Loan agreement to issue bonds, notes.
  
  
• 12.6
  "Dormitory Safety Trust Fund."
  
  
• 12.7
  Establishment of program to provide loans.
  
  
• 12.8
  Issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 13
  Bondholders; enforcement of rights
  
  
• 14
  Refunding bonds; additional purposes
  
  
• 15
  Bonds as legal investments
  
  
• 16
  Chapter complete authority for issuance of bonds
  
  
• 17
  Power to mortgage
  
  
• 18
  Exemptions from taxes; bonds; property
  
  
• 19
  Restriction on alteration of powers
  
  
• 20
  Authority not subject to 18A:62-2
  
  
• 21
  Annual report and audit
  
  
• 22
  Contracts of property; conflicts of interest
  
  
• 23
  Comptroller of treasury; powers of examination
  
  
• 24
  Visitorial powers; Governor
  
  
• 25
  Services of state departments or agencies
  
  
• 26
  Powers and duties of treasurer; institutions under State jurisdiction
  
  
• 27
  Additional powers of boards of governors, trustees.
  
  
• 27.1
  Powers and duties, revenue producing facilities
  
  
• 27.2
  Powers of board of trustees
  
  
• 27.3
  Submission of proposed projects to the Legislature.
  
  
• 28
  Approval of plans, specifications and locations
  
  
• 29
  Lands, assets titled in name of State.
  
  
• 30
  Additional powers; private colleges
  
  
• 31
  Construction loans; terms
  
  
• 32
  Power of private colleges to mortgage
  
  
• 33
  Moneys; separate account
  
  
• 34
  Authority; construction, operation and management
  
  
• 35
  Private colleges; pledges
  
  
• 36
  Construction of chapter
  
  
• 37
  No liability or pledge of credit of state
  
  
• 38
  Powers supplemental and not derogatory
  
  
• 39
  Inconsistent laws inapplicable
  
  
• 40
  Short title
  
  
• 41
  Findings, declarations.
  
  
• 42
  Higher education equipment leasing fund; issuance of bonds.
  
  
• 43
  Allocation of moneys.
  
  
• 44
  Lease agreements to finance acquisition of higher education equipment
  
  
• 45
  Approval for lease agreements.
  
  
• 46
  Amount retained by State to satisfy deficiency
  
  
• 47
  Annual report.
  
  
• 48
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 49
  Short title
  
  
• 50
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 51
  "Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund"
  
  
• 52
  Use of trust fund
  
  
• 53
  Allocation of initial grants.
  
  
• 54
  Application for grant.
  
  
• 55
  List of selection criteria.
  
  
• 56
  "Higher Education Facilities Trust Fund Board."
  
  
• 57
  Issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 58
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 59
  Short title.
  
  
• 60
  Findings, declarations relative to higher education technology infrastructure.
  
  
• 61
  "Higher Education Technology Infrastructure Fund."
  
  
• 62
  Use of technology fund.
  
  
• 63
  Grant conditions, allocations.
  
  
• 64
  Application for grant, conditions.
  
  
• 65
  Issuance of bonds, notes.
  
  
• 66
  Agreements between authority and institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 67
  Approval for entry into agreements.
  
  
• 68
  Financing of matching amounts.
  
  
• 69
  Criteria for approval, specific information in grant application.
  
  
• 70
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 71
  Report to Governor, Legislature.
  
  
• 72
  Short title.
  
  
• 73
  Findings, declarations relative to facilities improvements at institutions of higher education.
  
  
• 74
  "Higher Education Capital Improvement Fund."
  
  
• 75
  Use of capital improvement fund.
  
  
• 76
  Allocation of fund.
  
  
• 77
  Application for grant.
  
  
• 78
  Issuance of bonds, notes, other obligations.
  
  
• 79
  Retention of amount to ensure repayment.
  
  
• 80
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 81
  Short title.
  
  
• 82
  Definitions relative to higher education partnership agreements.
  
  
• 83
  Higher education partnership agreements.
  
  
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• Chapter 72B

• 15
  Short title
  
  
• 16
  Legislative findings and determinations
  
  
• 17
  Definitions
  
  
• 18
  Payment to institutions; formula; distribution of funds
  
  
• 19
  Maintenance of funds; audit of records
  
  
• 20
  Suspension and recovery of funds
  
  
• 21
  Inapplicability of prohibition on disbursements to denominational schools
  
  
• 22
  Rules and policies
  
  
• 23
  Severability
  
  
• 24
  Reduction of distributions if funds insufficient
  
  
• 25
  "School" defined
  
  
• 26
  Contract for acceptance of New Jersey residents
  
  
• 27
  Eligibility
  
  
• 28
  Review of admissions procedures, records
  
  
• 29
  Financial assistance
  
  
• 30
  $11,000 per year per student
  
  
• 31
  Conditions
  
  
• 32
  Resident training program
  
  
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• Chapter 72C

• 1
  Creation; location
  
  
• 2
  Selection of scholars; tenure
  
  
• 3
  Use of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 72E

• 1
  Richard J. Hughes Chair for Constitutional and Public Law Service, creation
  
  
• 2
  Selection of scholar
  
  
• 3
  Support necessary for research conducted by holder of chair
  
  
• 4
  Inapplicability of prohibition of disbursements to denominational schools
  
  
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• Chapter 72F

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions relative to minority faculty advancement.
  
  
• 4
  Minority Faculty Advancement Program.
  
  
• 5
  Application procedure.
  
  
• 6
  Loan redemption.
  
  
• 7
  Faculty service requirements.
  
  
• 8
  Nullification of contract.
  
  
• 9
  Nullification of service obligation.
  
  
• 10
  Periodic evaluation.
  
  
• 11
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 13
  Funds budgeted for "Minority Faculty Advancement Program Act."
  
  
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• Chapter 72G

• 1
  Durant Chair
  
  
• 2
  Selection of scholar
  
  
• 3
  Use of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 72H

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 3
  Definitions
  
  
• 4
  Higher Education Services for Visually Impaired, Auditorily and Learning Disabled Students Program
  
  
• 5
  Documentation required
  
  
• 6
  Duties of commission
  
  
• 7
  Advisory board
  
  
• 8
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 9
  Use of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 72I

• 1
  Wallenberg professorship
  
  
• 2
  Selection by Rutgers
  
  
• 3
  Use of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 72J

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Martin Luther King Physician-Dentist Scholarships
  
  
• 3
  Annual scholarships
  
  
• 4
  Requirements
  
  
• 5
  Amount of scholarship
  
  
• 6
  Renewal
  
  
• 7
  Rules, regulations
  
  
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• Chapter 72K

• 1
  Chair in Women's Studies
  
  
• 2
  Selection of scholar
  
  
• 3
  Use of funds
  
  
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• Chapter 72L

• 1
  Millicent Fenwick Research Professorship in Education and Public Issues
  
  
• 2
  Monmouth College to select professor
  
  
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• Chapter 72M

• 1
  Definitions.
  
  
• 2
  Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program.
  
  
• 3
  Procedures to select fellows in the program, advisor duties.
  
  
• 4
  Stipends.
  
  
• 5
  Evaluation of program.
  
  
• 6
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 7
  Use of Minority Faculty Advancement Program funding.
  
  
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• Chapter 72N

• 1
  Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership.
  
  
• 2
  Selection of scholar, practitioner to fill chair.
  
  
• 3
  Utilization of funds appropriated.
  
  
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• Chapter 72O

• 1
  Henry John Raimondo Chair in Urban Public Policy Research.
  
  
• 2
  Selection, responsibilities of person appointed to chair.
  
  
• 3
  Utilization of funds appropriated.
  
  
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• Chapter 73

• 20
  State museum under control of New Jersey State Museum.
  
  
• 20.2
  Findings, declarations
  
  
• 20.3
  New Jersey State Museum to collect Medals of Honor and related memorabilia
  
  
• 21
  Preamble, purpose of article
  
  
• 22
  Membership of New Jersey Historical Commission
  
  
• 22.1
  Findings, declarations relative to support of activities in New Jersey history
  
  
• 22.2
  Definitions relative to support of activities in New Jersey history
  
  
• 22.3
  Establishment of programs
  
  
• 22.4
  Establishment of fund, uses
  
  
• 23
  Expenses of members; no compensation; vacancies
  
  
• 24
  Organization
  
  
• 25
  Advisory capacity to public and private agencies
  
  
• 25.1
  Legislative findings and declarations
  
  
• 25.2
  New Jersey Afro-American history program; establishment; purpose
  
  
• 25.3
  Activities
  
  
• 25.4
  Program director and other employees
  
  
• 25.5
  Findings, declarations, determinations relative to recognition of historical, cultural sites with roadside markers.
  
  
• 25.6
  Program to identify, propose sites of historical, cultural significance.
  
  
• 25.7
  Application process; vendors; registry; notification program.
  
  
• 25.8
  Duties, authority of commission.
  
  
• 26
  Responsibility for administration of State Library.
  
  
• 27
  State Library personnel.
  
  
• 32
  State Librarian, qualifications.
  
  
• 33
  Position of State Librarian established, duties.
  
  
• 33.1
  Annual report.
  
  
• 34
  Appointment of staff, compensation.
  
  
• 35
  Duties of State Library.
  
  
• 35a
  Short title
  
  
• 35b
  Findings, declarations concerning a Statewide library network.
  
  
• 35c
  Definitions relative to the library network.
  
  
• 35d
  Additional duties concerning the network.
  
  
• 35e
  Cooperative services
  
  
• 35f
  State funding restriction.
  
  
• 35g
  Budget estimates.
  
  
• 35g1
  Funding of library network.
  
  
• 35h
  Payments.
  
  
• 35i
  Rules, regulations.
  
  
• 35j
  Appropriations.
  
  
• 35.1
  Purchases without advertisement for bids.
  
  
• 36
  Publications from custodian of State House
  
  
• 37
  Informative materials accessible to legislature
  
  
• 38
  Hours of operation of State Library.
  
  
• 38.1
  Certain buildings to remain State property, use of property.
  
  
• 39
  Application, acceptance of grants, funds.
  
  
• 40
  Designation of agency to carry out purpose of law.
  
  
• 41
  Custody, use of federal funds.
  
  
• 42.1
  Rules for administration of State Library.
  
  
• 43
  Legislative joint committee; review of library and programs; recommendations
  
  
• 43.1
  "Library," "library record" defined
  
  
• 43.2
  Confidentiality; exceptions
  
  
• 43.3
  Rules, regulations
  
  
• 43.4
  Disbursement of funds appropriated for State Library to Thomas Edison State College.
  
  
• 44
  Short title
  
  
• 45
  Legislative findings and determinations
  
  
• 46
  Encouragement of development of public and nonprofit museums
  
  
• 47
  Agreements for cooperation and assistance by department and division
  
  
• 48
  State museum defined
  
  
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• Chapter 74

• 1
  Short title
  
  
• 2
  Definitions
  
  
• 3
  State aid to libraries
  
  
• 3.1
  Counties with libraries, apportionment of per capita aid
  
  
• 3.2
  Distribution of State aid.
  
  
• 3.3
  Distribution of funds for audiovisual services.
  
  
• 3.4
  Services for institutionalized persons.
  
  
• 4.1
  Provision of optical scanners.
  
  
• 6
  Emergency aid; incentive grant.
  
  
• 7
  Determination of appropriation.
  
  
• 8
  Payment of State aid; date, method.
  
  
• 9
  Application of benefits to library services
  
  
• 10
  Compliance with regulations, standards.
  
  
• 11
  Annual reports
  
  
• 12
  Enforcement of law and regulations.
  
  
• 13
  Appropriations, allocation.
  
  
• 14
  Short title
  
  
• 15
  Public policy
  
  
• 16
  Definitions relative to library construction.
  
  
• 17
  Administration of act.
  
  
• 18
  Participation in grants.
  
  
• 19
  Reimbursement for project costs.
  
  
• 20
  Project costs eligible for grants.
  
  
• 21
  Projects to be accessible, usable by handicapped persons.
  
  
• 22
  Credit to State for unused facilities, equipment, land.
  
  
• 23
  Costs of administration and supervision of act; limitation
  
  
• 24
  Definitions relative to public library project grant program
  
  
• 25
  "Public Library Project Fund."
  
  
• 26
  Public Library Construction Advisory Board.
  
  
• 27
  Project costs eligible for grants.
  
  
• 28
  Issuance of bonds, notes, other obligations; cap.
  
  
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• Chapter 75

• 1
  Compact; preamble
  
  
• 2
  Article I. Purpose and policy
  
  
• 3
  Article II. State defined
  
  
• 4
  Article III. The commission
  
  
• 5
  Article IV. Powers
  
  
• 6
  Article V. Cooperation with federal government
  
  
• 7
  Article VI. Committees
  
  
• 8
  Article VII. Finance
  
  
• 9
  Article VIII. Eligible parties; entry into and withdrawal
  
  
• 10
  Article IX. Construction and severability
  
  
• 11
  New Jersey members; appointment; compensation, etc.
  
  
• 12
  Bylaws and amendments filed
  
  
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• Chapter 75A

• 1
  Short title.
  
  
• 2
  Purpose.
  
  
• 3
  Definitions.
  
  
• 4
  Applicability.
  
  
• 5
  Educational records and enrollment.
  
  
• 6
  Placement and attendance.
  
  
• 7
  Eligibility.
  
  
• 8
  Graduation.
  
  
• 9
  State coordination.
  
  
• 10
  Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
  
  
• 11
  Powers and duties of the interstate commission.
  
  
• 12
  Organization and operation of the interstate commission.
  
  
• 13
  Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission.
  
  
• 14
  Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution.
  
  
• 15
  Financing of the interstate commission.
  
  
• 16
  Member states, effective date, and amendment.
  
  
• 17
  Withdrawal and dissolution.
  
  
• 18
  Severability and construction.
  
  
• 19
  Binding effect of compact and other laws.
  
  
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• Chapter 76

• 1
  Construction
  
  
• 2
  Provisions severable
  
  
• 3
  Repealers
  
  
• 4
  Effective date