New Jersey § 18a:13-46
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:13-46, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:13-46.
a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of
a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts
determined to enlarge the regional district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal
to calculate and apportion the membership of the enlarged board of education according
to the number of each constituent districts' inhabitants, except that each constituent
district shall have at least one member. The calculation and method of apportionment chosen pursuant to the provisions of
this subsection need not be approved by the commissioner or his representative. If the commissioner or his representative determines that it is advisable to enlarge
the regional district to include the local district or districts therein, and the
question of whether or not the proposal to enlarge the regional district is submitted
to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-43 , and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-44 , then all members of the board of education of the enlarged regional district shall
be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership
of the board of education adopted pursuant to this subsection at the next annual school
election after the election to enlarge the regional district. b. For an enlarged regional district with a board of education apportioned pursuant
to this section, the board of education of the new constituent district of the enlarged
regional district shall, not later than 30 days after the election for the enlargement
thereof, appoint one member of the enlarged board of education of the regional district
from among the members of the board of education of the new constituent district,
and the member so appointed shall serve until the first Monday succeeding the first
annual April school election of the enlarged regional district. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November,
the member so appointed shall serve until the first week in January next succeeding
the first annual November school election of the enlarged district.
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