New Jersey § 18a:54-20
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§ 18a:54-20.
a. The board of education of each school district or regional school district in any
county in which there is a county vocational school district shall send to any of
the schools of the county vocational school district each pupil who resides in the
school district or regional school district and who has applied for admission to and
has been accepted for attendance at any of the schools of the county vocational school
district. The board of education shall pay tuition for each of these pupils to the county
vocational school district pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the board of education of a school
district or regional school district maintaining a vocational school or schools pursuant
to article 2 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. b. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive pupils
from districts without the county so far as their facilities may permit. c. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive such
funds as may be appropriated by the county pursuant to N.J.S. 18A:54-29.2 and shall be entitled to collect and receive from the sending districts in which
each pupil attending the vocational school resides, for the tuition of that pupil, except for a post-secondary vocational education pupil, a sum not to exceed the actual cost per pupil as determined for each vocational program
classification, according to rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by
the State board. Whenever funds have been appropriated by the county, the county vocational school
district may charge a fee in addition to tuition for any pupils who are not residents
of the county. The fee shall not exceed the amount of the county's per pupil appropriation to the
county vocational school district. d. The tuition and nonresident fee, if any, shall be established not later than January
15 in advance of the school year by the board of education. The tuition for each program category shall be at the same rate per pupil for each
sending district whether within or without the county, and 10% of the tuition amount
and nonresident fee, if any, shall be paid on the first of each month from September
to June by or on behalf of the board of education of each sending district. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.62 ).
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