New Jersey § 18a:17-24

§ 18a:17-24.

Any boards obtaining the approval of the Commissioner of Education may contract with

one another for the sharing of a superintendent or school business administrator. The contract shall be in writing and shall address the responsibilities of each

district under the sharing relationship, including the apportionment of costs. The agreement shall be made contingent upon the districts' mutual agreement on a

candidate to fill the shared position and shall be conterminous with the superintendent's

or business administrator's employment contract. A candidate for the position of superintendent shall hold the standard certificate

of school administrator and a candidate for the position of school business administrator

shall hold the standard certificate of school business administrator. a. The school districts shall together agree on how the initial costs of sharing a

superintendent or business administrator shall be apportioned, which apportionment

shall be expressed as a percentage for each district, and shall include the cost of

salaries and benefits. b. At least one year prior to the expiration of the first or any subsequent contract

between school boards sharing a superintendent or business administrator, a board

wishing to terminate the contract shall notify, in writing, the other board or boards

and the superintendent or business administrator, that it wishes to terminate the

contract. c. Should a board give a notice of termination, the contract between the boards shall

be terminated at the expiration of that term and the superintendent or business administrator

shall not be reappointed by the joint boards at the end of the current term. However, the termination shall not preclude a board from reemploying the superintendent

or business administrator on an individual basis. d. Upon the expiration of a contract between school boards sharing a superintendent

or business administrator, the boards shall submit a report to the county superintendent

or superintendents, which shall include an evaluation of the sharing relationship

and the feasibility of voluntarily forming a regional district.