New Jersey § 18a:22-26

§ 18a:22-26.

a. At or after the public hearing but not later than April 8, the board of education of a Type II district having a board of school estimate in which the annual school election is in April, shall fix and determine by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership

the amount of money necessary to be appropriated for the use of the public schools

in the district for the ensuing school year, exclusive of the amount which shall be

apportioned to it by the commissioner for the year pursuant to the provisions of section

5 of P.L.1996, c. 138 ( C.18A:7F-5 ) . By that same date, the board of school estimate shall fix and determine by a recorded

roll call majority vote of its full membership the amount of any additional funds

pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c. 138 ( C.18A:7F-5 ) and shall make a certificate of that amount signed by at least a majority of all

members of the board, which shall be delivered to the board of education. The secretary of the board of education shall certify the amount so fixed and determined

by the board of education and the board of school estimate and shall deliver a copy

of the certificate to the county board of taxation on or before April 15 in each year and a duplicate

of the certificate shall be delivered to the board or governing body of each of the

municipalities within the territorial limits of the district having the power to make

appropriations of money raised by taxation in the municipalities or political subdivisions

and to the executive county superintendent of schools and the amount shall be assessed,

levied, and raised under the procedure and in the manner provided by law for the levying

and raising of special school taxes in other type II districts and shall be paid to

the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of the district

for such purposes. b. At or after the public hearing on the budget but not later than May 14, the board

of education of each Type II district having a board of school estimate in which the

annual school election is in November shall fix and determine by a recorded roll call

majority vote of its full membership the amount of money necessary to be raised for

the use of the public schools in the district, exclusive of the amount which shall

be apportioned to it by the commissioner for the year pursuant to the provisions of

section 5 of P.L.1996, c. 138 ( C.18A:7F-5 ). By that same date, the board of school estimate shall fix and determine by a recorded

roll call majority vote of its full membership the amount of any additional funds

pursuant to paragraph (9) of subsection d. of section 5 of P.L.1996, c. 138 ( C.18A:7F-5 ) and shall make a certificate of that amount signed by at least a majority of all

members of the board, which shall be delivered to the board of education. The secretary of the board of education shall certify the amount so fixed and determined

by the board of education and the board of school estimate and shall deliver a copy

of the certificate to the county board of taxation of the county on or before May

19 in each year and a duplicate of the certificate shall be delivered to the board

or governing body of each of the municipalities within the territorial limits of the

districts having the power to make appropriations of money raised by taxation in the

municipalities or political subdivisions and to the executive county superintendent

of schools and the amount shall be assessed, levied, and raised under the procedure

and in the manner provided by law for the levying and raising of special school taxes

in other Type II districts and shall be paid to the board secretary or treasurer of

school moneys, as appropriate, of the district for these purposes. .