New Jersey Statutes 18A:22-37. Determination by municipalities
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:22-37
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
- District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
a. General fund expenses of schools; or
b. Appropriations to capital reserve account.
Within 15 days after the governing body of the municipality or of each of the municipalities included in the district shall make the certification to the county board of taxation, the board of education shall notify the governing body or bodies if it intends to appeal to the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C. 18A:7F-5) the amount which the body or bodies determined to be necessary to be appropriated for each item appearing in the proposed school budget.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, whenever the Commissioner of Education changes the annual school election date pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1995, c.278 (C. 19:60-1), the commissioner shall change the deadline set forth in this section by which date the governing body of the municipality or of each of the municipalities included in the district is required to determine the amount necessary to be appropriated for each item appearing in the budget, and certify to the county board of taxation the totals of the amount so determined. The commissioner in changing the deadline shall ensure that the number of calendar days from the changed date of the annual school election to the deadline is no less than the number of calendar days from the third Tuesday of April to May 19 of that calendar year.
amended 2013, c.173, s.2.