N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:23A-9.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 6A:23A-9.6 - Appeal of executive county superintendent budget reductions

(a) Any formal budgetary action of the executive county superintendent may be appealed directly to the Commissioner, who shall render a decision within 15 days of the receipt of the appeal. If the Commissioner fails to issue a decision within 15 days of the receipt of an appeal, the budgetary action of the executive county superintendent shall be deemed approved.

(b) The procedure for appealing a budget reduction(s) made by the executive county superintendent for administrative inefficiency or excess non-instructional costs shall be as follows:

1. A district board of education for which the general fund tax levy proposed in the base budget has been reduced, or a separate proposal(s) has been reduced or rejected, shall submit, within five business days of the written notice of said action, to the Commissioner the following information:

i. The complete line-item budget as originally submitted to the executive county superintendent and all supporting documentation and narrative explanations, including any copies of additional spending proposals;

ii. An electronic schedule in Microsoft Excel with a list of the line items reduced by the executive county superintendent showing in separate columns:

(1) Budget line number;

(2) Account description;

(3) Account number;

(4) Actual audited expenditure of prior year budget;

(5) Expenditure as of February 1 of the prebudget year (current year);

(6) Originally proposed expenditure for the budget year;

(7) Amount of executive county superintendent reduction; and

(8) Proposed expenditure after executive county superintendent reduction;

iii. A copy of the executive county superintendent's written explanation for each line-item reduction;

iv. The school district's written itemized argument(s) for the restoration of all or part of each line-item reduction accompanied by available supporting documentation;

v. The numbers of professional administrative and professional non-instructional staff by line-item account during the current school year and projected staff for the ensuing school year, together with the reason(s) for any increase or decrease;

vi. The numbers of nonprofessional administrative and nonprofessional non-instructional staff by line-item account during the current school year and projected staff for the ensuing school year, together with the reason(s) for any increase or decrease;

vii. Pupil enrollment by grade for the school district as of the preceding June 30, the last school day prior to the preceding October 16, and as projected for October of the ensuing school year;

viii. Salaries or salary schedules for all administrative and non-instructional staff by job title; and

ix. The number of schools and classrooms in each school.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:23A-9.6

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 1038(a), effective 5/1/2017

Amended by 56 N.J.R. 2141(a), effective 11/4/2024