New Jersey § 18a:8-47
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§ 18a:8-47.
a. If the district with which the non-operating district is merged is a Type II district
without a board of school estimate, except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
the new district established pursuant to section 2 of this act 1 shall have a board of education with the same number of members as the board of education
of the district with which the non-operating district has been merged. The members of the board of education of the district with which the non-operating
district has been merged shall continue in office as members of the first board of
education of the new district until the expiration of the respective terms for which
they were elected. In any year in which the term of a member of the board of education of the new district
expires, his successor shall be elected at-large by the voters of the new district. The executive county superintendent shall, not later than 30 days after the merger
of the districts, appoint one member of the board of education of the former non-operating
district to the board of the new district, who shall serve until the first Monday
succeeding the first annual school election in which a member of the board of education
of the new district is elected at-large; except that if the former non-operating
district had representation on the board of education of the district with which it
has been merged pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c. 8 ( C.18A:38-8.2 ), then that representative shall be the person appointed by the executive county
superintendent. The member appointed by the executive county superintendent shall be a voting member
of the board. b. If the district with which the non-operating district is merged is a Type I district,
the new district shall have a board of education with the same number of members as
the board of education of the district with which the non-operating district has been
merged plus one additional member. The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality in which the former
non-operating district is located shall appoint the one additional member. c. If the district with which the non-operating district is merged is a regional district,
the former non-operating district shall be treated as a constituent district of the
regional district and the membership of the board of education of the new district
shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 13 of Title 18A of the New Jersey
Statutes. 1
L.2009, c. 78 (N.J.S.A. § 18A:8-44).
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