N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:28-3.2

Current through Register Vol. 57, No. 1, January 6, 2025

Section 6A:28-3.2 - Duties of district boards of education and charter school or renaissance school project boards of trustees

(a) To comply with the filing requirement for returning school officials, each board secretary, and charter or renaissance school project designee, shall create a list of school officials, on or before February 1 of each year. The list of school officials shall include the name, telephone number, and email address of each returning school official, by office and position, who is required to file disclosure statements.

(b) If a new school official is elected or appointed before April 1, the board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, shall do the following:

1. Add the new school official to the February list of school officials;

2. Ensure that the school official receives instructions on how to complete the disclosure statements; and

3. Ensure that the school official files the disclosure statements within 30 days of being sworn in.

(c) If a new school official is elected or appointed on or after April 1, the board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, shall do the following:

1. Add the new school official to the June list of school officials;

2. Ensure that the school official receives instructions on how to complete the disclosure statements; and

3. Ensure that the school official files the disclosure statements within 30 days of being sworn in.

(d) On or before April 30 for school officials who are on the February list of school officials, and on or before November 15 for school officials who are on the June list of school officials, the board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, shall review the disclosure statements to ensure that all filings are complete, and all questions have been answered. Once the board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, completes this review, the disclosure statements will be submitted to the executive county superintendent for final review and approval.

(e) Annually, within 10 calendar days of April 30, the board secretary or the charter school or renaissance school project designee shall provide to the executive county superintendent a written list of school officials who failed to file disclosure statements.

(f) The board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, shall review the disclosure statements to identify conflicts of interest. To the extent a website is maintained, the board secretary, or the charter school or renaissance school project designee, shall post a link on the school district's, charter school's, or renaissance school project's website to each school official's most recently filed disclosure statement as it appears on the Commission's website. The link shall be posted on the same webpage as the contact information for each school official or on a stand-alone webpage for all school officials.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:28-3.2

Amended by R.1999 d.342, effective 10/4/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 1662(a), 31 N.J.R. 2917(a).
In ( l), updated references.
Amended by R.2000 d.139, effective 4/3/2000.
See: 31 N.J.R. 4166(a), 32 N.J.R. 1189(a).
Rewrote the section.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 6A:28-1.5(b) through 6A:28-1.5(h) and amended by R.2004 d.378, effective 10/4/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 2285(a), 36 N.J.R. 4453(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2009 d.163, effective 5/18/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 26(a), 41 N.J.R. 699(a), 41 N.J.R. 2095(a).
Inserted "executive" throughout; in (a), substituted "or" for "and" following "secretary", inserted "written" and substituted "file with" for "cause to be developed and transmitted to"; in (b) through (e), substituted "file with" for "inform"; in (b) through (d), inserted "a written list"; in (c) and (d), substituted "names of the newly appointed" for "appointment of new"; in (e), substituted "a written list" for "of the appointment" and "newly appointed" for "new"; added new (f); recodified former (f) and (g) as (g) and (h); in (g), substituted "or" for "and" preceding "charter school", "statements" for "forms" and "statement" for "form to assure that both required forms have been filed and that all questions have been answered or indicated as not being applicable"; added (g)1; and in (h), substituted "Annually, within 10 calendar days of April 30, the" for "The" at the beginning, and inserted "a written list of" and ", home addresses and positions".

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 359(b), effective 3/6/2023