New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES
Subchapter 2 - EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Section 6A:23A-2.2 - School district regionalization and consolidation of services advisory committee

(a) Each executive county superintendent shall create a School District Regionalization and Consolidation of Services Advisory Committee (advisory committee) for the purpose of providing advice and consultation to the executive county superintendent on the issue of regionalization of school districts or consolidation of school district services. The Advisory Committee shall consist of representation from each school district in the county and shall meet on a monthly basis. At least quarterly, county representatives from the New Jersey Leadership for Educational Excellence (LEE) Group will be invited by the executive county superintendent to attend and participate in the advisory committee meetings. The LEE Group is composed of the New Jersey Education Association, the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the New Jersey School Boards Association, New Jersey Association of School Business Officials, the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, and the New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers. The executive county superintendent may designate the county superintendent roundtable as the advisory committee, if appropriate. If the roundtable is used, attendance by the above organizations shall include only the portion of the roundtable meeting dedicated to the issue of regionalization and consolidation of services.

(b) The executive county superintendent may create one or more advisory subcommittees that address issues by subject matter, by region, or by some other method. Subcommittee members may be local taxpayers or residents, district board of education members, employees, school district parents, local government officials, representatives of State or local education associations, or others, as deemed appropriate by the executive county superintendent. The membership shall reflect the diversity of the county to the extent possible.

(c) The executive county superintendent, in his or her discretion, shall determine the working structure of the advisory subcommittees as he or she deems most effective and efficient.

(d) The executive county superintendent shall coordinate the work of the advisory subcommittees and shall report on the progress of that work to the advisory committee at its monthly meetings.

(e) The executive county superintendent shall report on the progress of the advisory committee and advisory subcommittees' work at the regularly scheduled executive county superintendent roundtables, where appropriate.

(f) The executive county superintendent may take, where necessary, appropriate action to engage consultants to perform the work and studies required by this chapter, including assisting school districts in submission of applications for funds under the SHARE program pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:65-30.

(g) The executive county superintendent shall encourage the advisory subcommittees to solicit input, to the extent possible, from current school employee representatives regarding regionalization and consolidation of services proposals.