N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:32-11.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 12, June 17, 2024

Section 6A:32-11.1 - Application and data for investigation of advisability of withdrawal or dissolution

(a) The district board of education of any school district constituting part of a limited-purpose regional school district, the governing body of a limited-purpose regional school district, or the governing body of any municipality constituting part of an allpurpose regional school district may apply to the executive county superintendent to investigate the advisability of withdrawal of constituent school district or municipality from the regional school district.

(b) A majority of the boards of education of the school districts that constitute a limited-purpose regional school district and a majority of the governing bodies of the municipalities that constitute the constituent school districts of a limited-purpose regional school district may apply, by separate resolutions, to the executive county superintendent to investigate the advisability of the dissolution of the regional district.

(c) The resolutions requesting that the executive county superintendent make such an investigation shall be adopted by a recorded roll call vote of the majority of the full membership.

(d) The resolution request(s) submitted to the executive county superintendent shall include the following information:

1. A general description of the regional school district and of the withdrawing constituent school district, including, but not limited to, the type of educational system, number of schools, grade levels served, community population, and geographical characteristics;

2. Enrollment data, including, but not limited to, the number of students enrolled as reported by grade on the Annual Application for State School Aid and estimated projected enrollments, by grade level, for the succeeding five school years for both the withdrawing school district or municipality and the remaining regional school district, based on growth factors using average percentages for the last three school years;

3. The racial composition of the withdrawing school district's or municipality's student population enrolled in the regional school district, and the effect of such withdrawal upon the racial composition of the remaining student population of the regional school district;

4. Two appraisals of each school site that is part of the regional school district prepared by qualified appraisers.

i. If two or more constituent school districts or municipalities request such a study, the selection of the appraisers and the cost of the required appraisals shall be made jointly and shared; and

5. The proposed educational plan for the students from the withdrawing school district or municipality presently enrolled in the school(s) of the regional school district.

(e) Within 21 days following adoption of the resolution, the adopting body shall confer with the remaining constituent school districts and/or the governing bodies of the constituent municipalities, the regional district board of education, and the executive county superintendent to review the procedure required for withdrawal from a regional school district. The executive county superintendent may call the conference at the request of a constituent school district or municipality prior to its adoption of the resolution.

N.J. Admin. Code § 6A:32-11.1

Amended by R.2013 d.141, effective 12/16/2013.
See: 45 N.J.R. 419(a), 45 N.J.R. 2590(a).
Section was "Application and data for investigation of advisability of withdrawal". Rewrote the section.

Amended, 54 N.J.R. 1276(a), effective 7/5/2022