Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:38-8.1

  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Employee: includes the holder of any position or employment. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Employment: includes employment in a position. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Teaching staff member: means a member of the professional staff of any district or regional board of education, or any board of education of a county vocational school, holding office, position or employment of such character that the qualifications, for such office, position or employment, require him to hold a valid and effective standard, provisional or emergency certificate, appropriate to his office, position or employment, issued by the State Board of Examiners and includes a school nurse and a school athletic trainer. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
1. In addition to the members of the board of education of a Type I and Type II school district provided by law, in a school district which is receiving pupils from another district or districts pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8, there shall be an additional member as provided pursuant to section 2 of this act to represent the board of education of each sending district. Any additional member shall be a member of the board of education of a sending district designated annually by the board of that district and shall be eligible to vote on the following matters before the receiving district board of education:

a. Tuition to be charged the sending district by the receiving district and the bill lists or contracts for the purchase, operation or maintenance of facilities, equipment and instructional materials to be used in the education of the pupils of the sending district;

b. New capital construction to be utilized by sending district pupils;

c. Appointment, transfer or removal of teaching staff members providing services to pupils of the sending district, including any teaching staff member who is a member of the receiving district’s central administrative staff;

d. Addition or deletion of curricular and extracurricular programs involving pupils of the sending district;

e. Any matter directly involving the sending district pupils or programs and services utilized by those pupils;

f. Approval of the annual receiving district budget;

g. Any collectively negotiated agreement involving employees who provide services utilized by sending district pupils;

h. Any individual employee contracts not covered by a collectively negotiated agreement, if those employees provide or oversee programs or services utilized by sending district pupils; and

i. Any matter concerning governance of the receiving district board of education including, but not limited to, the selection of the board president or vice-president, approval of board bylaws, and the employment of professionals or consultants such as attorneys, architects, engineers, or others who provide services to the receiving district board of education.

L.1995, c.8, s.1; amended 1996, c.103; 2017, c.140.

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