New Jersey § 18a:38-8
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 18a:38-8, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18a:38-8.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.1995, c. 8 ( C.18A:38-8.2 ) or any other law or regulation to the contrary, a school district which is located
in a county of the sixth class according to the latest federal decennial census, which
has an October 1998 resident enrollment greater than 2,400 pupils but less than 2,600
pupils, and which sends its pupils in grades 9 through 12 to a school district in
the same county pursuant to N.J.S.18A:38-8 shall have representation on the board of education of the receiving district as
follows: a. (1) If the pupils of the sending district comprise less than 10% of the total enrollment
of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending district
shall have no representation on the receiving district board of education; (2) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 10% but not more than
29% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving
district, the sending district shall have one representative on the receiving district
board of education; (3) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 30% but not more than
39% of the total enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving
district, the sending district shall have two representatives on the receiving district
board of education; and (4) If the pupils of the sending district comprise at least 40% or more of the total
enrollment of the pupils in grades 9 through 12 of the receiving district, the sending
district shall have three representatives on the receiving district board of education. b. The calculation of the percentages required under this section shall be based on
the number of pupils reported as of the last school day prior to October 16 of the
prebudget year. c. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be designated
by the sending district board at a meeting of the board which is closest in time to
the annual organizational meeting of the receiving district board of education. d. The representatives of a sending district board of education appointed to a receiving
district board of education pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the members
of the board of education of a Type I or Type II school district provided pursuant
to chapter 12 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. The representatives of the sending district board of education shall be eligible
to vote on those matters authorized pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c. 8 ( C.18A:38-8.1 ).
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