Any pupil may with the consent of the board of education of the district in which he resides and of the commissioner be admitted to any demonstration school maintained in connection with any State college. The board of education of the district and the board of trustees of the State college shall determine the amount to be paid for the education of the pupil, and the board of education of the district shall pay the amount so determined to the treasurer of the college out of any money available for the current expenses of the district. Pupils attending such demonstration schools for whom tuition is paid by the sending district shall be counted in the determination of State aid for the school district in the same manner as pupils attending schools in any school district other than the sending district.
N.J.S. § 18A:38-24