Sponsored by:
Senator DAWN MARIE ADDIEGO
District 8 (Atlantic, Burlington and Camden)
Senator STEPHEN M. SWEENEY
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Singleton
SYNOPSIS
Permits school district of residence to provide aid in-lieu-of transportation to pupil attending Marine Academy of Science and Technology provided certain conditions are met.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee on October 18, 2018, with amendments.
An Act concerning 1[county vocational school district]1 transportation 1to the Marine Academy of Science and Technology1 and amending 1[P.L.1990, c.52 and]1 P.L.1983, c.341.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1[1. Section 71 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:54-20.1) is amended to read as follows:
71. a. The board of education of each school district or regional school district in any county in which there is a county vocational school district shall send to any of the schools of the county vocational school district each pupil who resides in the school district or regional school district and who has applied for admission to and has been accepted for attendance at any of the schools of the county vocational school district. The board of education shall pay tuition for each of these pupils to the county vocational school district pursuant to subsection c. of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the board of education of a school district or regional school district maintaining a vocational school or schools pursuant to article 2 of chapter 54 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
b. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive pupils from districts without the county so far as their facilities may permit.
c. The board of education of a county vocational school district shall receive such funds as may be appropriated by the county pursuant to N.J.S.18A:54-29.2 and shall be entitled to collect and receive from the sending districts in which each pupil attending the vocational school resides, for the tuition of that pupil, except for a post-secondary vocational education pupil, a sum not to exceed the actual cost per pupil as determined for each vocational program classification, according to rules prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the State board. Whenever funds have been appropriated by the county, the county vocational school district may charge a fee in addition to tuition for any pupils who are not residents of the county. The fee shall not exceed the amount of the county's per pupil appropriation to the county vocational school district.
d. The tuition and nonresident fee, if any, shall be established not later than January 15 in advance of the school year by the board of education. The tuition for each program category shall be at the same rate per pupil for each sending district whether within or without the county, and 10% of the tuition amount and nonresident fee, if any, shall be paid on the first of each month from September to June by or on behalf of the board of education of each sending district.
e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1991, c.62).
f. The school district of residence of a pupil who attends a county vocational school district located within the same county as the resident district shall provide transportation to the pupil pursuant to N.J.S.18A:39-1. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:39-1 or any other section of law to the contrary, in the case of a pupil who attends a county vocational school district which is not located in the same county as the resident school district, the school district of residence shall provide transportation to a pupil who lives remote from the county vocational school of attendance, provided that the per pupil cost of the transportation does not exceed the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a). If the per pupil cost of the transportation exceeds that amount, then the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the pupil shall be eligible to receive the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a).
(cf: P.L.1991, c.62, s.24)]1
1[2.] 1.1 Section 6 of P.L.1983, c.341 (C.18A:54C-7) is amended to read as follows:
6. Transportation for pupils attending the Marine Academy of Science and Technology shall be provided by the district in which the pupil resides 1[pursuant to subsection f. of section 71 of P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:54-20.1)] ; except that in the case of a pupil whose school district of residence in not located in the county in which the academy is located and the pupil resides more than 40 miles from the academy, then the parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of the pupil shall be eligible to receive the amount determined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1981, c.57 (C.18A:39-1a)1.
(cf: P.L.1983, c.341, s.6)
1[3.] 2.1 This act shall take effect on July 1 of the first full school year following the date of enactment.