Whenever, pursuant to this chapter, the commission shall function in a municipality having a school district coterminous therewith which is governed by the provisions of chapter 7 of the title Education (s. 18:7-1 et seq.), the commission may from time to time prepare and certify to the board of education of such school district, in the manner and mode of procedure provided in this chapter, resolutions providing for the funding or refunding of notes or bonds or other indebtedness of such school district, and the interest thereon, which the commission shall have found after public hearing to be outstanding and unpaid and to be due or to become due. The commission may include in the amount of indebtedness to be funded or refunded the expense of issuing and selling notes or bonds hereunder, including the estimated cost of printing, advertising, attorney’s fees, execution, certification, exchange and delivery.