19. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:13-8 or any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, the board of education of a regional district and the board or boards of education of one or more local districts determined to enlarge the regional district may by resolution frame and adopt a proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the enlarged board of education according to the number of each constituent districts’ inhabitants, except that each constituent district shall have at least one member. The calculation and method of apportionment chosen pursuant to the provisions of this subsection need not be approved by the commissioner or his representative. If the commissioner or his representative determines that it is advisable to enlarge the regional district to include the local district or districts therein, and the question of whether or not the proposal to enlarge the regional district is submitted to the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-43, and the proposal is adopted by the voters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:13-44, then all members of the board of education of the enlarged regional district shall be elected in accordance with the proposal to calculate and apportion the membership of the board of education adopted pursuant to this subsection at the next annual school election after the election to enlarge the regional district.

b. For an enlarged regional district with a board of education apportioned pursuant to this section, the board of education of the new constituent district of the enlarged regional district shall, not later than 30 days after the election for the enlargement thereof, appoint one member of the enlarged board of education of the regional district from among the members of the board of education of the new constituent district, and the member so appointed shall serve until the first Monday succeeding the first annual April school election of the enlarged regional district. In the case of a regional district in which the annual school election is in November, the member so appointed shall serve until the first week in January next succeeding the first annual November school election of the enlarged district.

L.2021, c.402, s.19.