Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:43-66.72

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • territory: extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
If so provided in the plan of consolidation approved by the voters of the participating municipalities pursuant to this act, from and after the date of consolidation the school districts of the consolidated municipalities shall be a single school district which shall be administered pursuant to the provisions of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, subject to the following provisions:

a. If the school districts of the participating municipalities are all classified as either a type I or type II district, such classification shall be retained;

b. If the school districts of the participating municipalities are classified as both type I and type II districts, the classification of the single school districts within the consolidated municipality shall be specified in the plan of consolidation;

c. If all of the participating municipalities are members of the same regional school district, the consolidated municipality shall continue as a member of such regional school district; provided, however, that the consolidation commission may recommend that the governing body of the consolidated municipality shall, by resolution, apply forthwith to the county superintendent of schools to make an investigation as to the advisability of constituting the consolidated municipality as a single school district; and,

d. If one or more of the participating municipalities is a member of a regional school district and the other participating municipalities are not, the school districts existing at the time of consolidation shall retain their territory and jurisdiction; provided, however, that the consolidation commission may recommend that the governing body of the consolidated municipality shall, by resolution, apply forthwith to the county superintendent of schools to make an investigation as to the advisability of constituting the consolidated municipality as a single school district, or of enlarging such regional district so as to include all the territory of the consolidated municipality.

L.1977, c. 435, s. 38, eff. March 1, 1978.

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