New Jersey Statutes 18A:7A-47. Board of Education
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:7A-47
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State board: means the State Board of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
Six months following the district being placed under full State intervention, the commissioner shall determine whether or not the board members he has appointed shall become voting members of the advisory board of education. If the commissioner determines that the board members he has appointed shall become voting members, the school district shall have 30 days to appeal the commissioner’s determination to the State Board of Education.
b. The State district superintendent may meet with the board as frequently as necessary for the effective operation of the school district. The meetings of the board shall be convened and scheduled at the direction of the State district superintendent, and the State district superintendent shall determine the agenda. At the meetings, the State district superintendent shall report to the board on all actions taken and on pending actions in a timely fashion, and provide an opportunity for a full discussion by the board and by the public of those actions. Meetings shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the “Open Public Meetings Act,” P.L.1975, c.231 (C. 10:4-6 et seq.). On a regular basis, but no less than twice each year, the board of education shall report in writing directly to the State district superintendent concerning its assessment of the progress of the district. Copies of the report shall be forwarded to the commissioner and the State board. The State district superintendent shall make such clerical and other resources available as are necessary for the effective operation of the board of education.
c. The commissioner, in consultation with the New Jersey School Boards Association, shall provide the members of the board of education with appropriate in-service training in school matters.
L.1987,c.399,s.14; amended 1995, c.179, s.4; 2005, c.235, s.26; 2007, c.16, s.17.