New Jersey § 18a:22-39

§ 18a:22-39.

Whenever the undertaking of any capital project or projects to be paid for from the

proceeds of an issue or issue of bonds is submitted to the voters of a type II district

at an annual or special school election for their approval or disapproval, the board

shall frame and adopt by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership

the question or questions to be submitted so that each project is submitted in a separate

question, or all or any number of them are submitted in one question, which shall

state the project or projects so submitted and the amounts to be raised for each of

the projects so separately submitted or for each or for all of the projects so jointly

submitted, as the case may be, but any proposal for the purchase of land shall be

sufficient to authorize the taking and condemning of such land. If the project is to be constructed by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority or a redevelopment entity or by the district with a grant pursuant

to section 15 of P.L.2000, c. 72 ( C.18A:7G-15 ), the referendum shall, when framed as a single question, request approval for the

local share and shall disclose the final eligible costs of the project as approved

by the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2000, c. 72 ( C.18A:7G-5 ) and in the case of a demonstration project pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of P.L.2000, c. 72 ( C.18A:7G-5 and C.18A:7G-6 ), and, if applicable, the amount of any costs of the project which are in addition

to the final eligible costs. If the school facilities project is not to be constructed by the New Jersey Schools Development Authority or a redevelopment entity or by the district with a grant pursuant

to section 15 of P.L.2000, c. 72 ( C.18A:7G-15 ), the referendum shall, when framed as a single question, request approval for the

total costs of the project, shall disclose State debt service aid for the project

and, if applicable, the amount of any costs of the project which are in addition to

the final eligible costs of the project. When a project is framed in more than one question, a summary shall be included

in the explanatory statement which accompanies the questions that includes the total

costs of the project, total State debt service aid, and, if applicable, the amount

of the costs of the project which are in addition to the final eligible costs of the

project, and any individual question containing costs in addition to the final eligible

costs shall include the amount of those additional costs. The statement of additional costs in any ballot question and in any explanatory statement

that accompanies a ballot question shall describe the additional costs as follows:

“This project includes $(insert amount) for school facility construction elements

in addition to the facilities efficiency standards developed by the Commissioner of

Education.”