New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES
Subchapter 7 - SCHOOL DISTRICT TRAVEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Section 6A:23A-7.3 - Maximum travel budget
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:23A-7.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Annually in the prebudget year, each district board of education shall establish by resolution a maximum travel expenditure amount for the budget year, which the school district shall not exceed. The resolution shall also include the maximum amount established for the prebudget year and the amount spent to date.
1. The maximum school district travel
expenditure amount shall include all travel supported by local and State
funds.
2. A district board of
education may exclude travel expenditures supported by Federal funds from the
maximum travel expenditure amount. If Federal funds are excluded from the
established maximum amount, the district board of education shall include in
the resolution the total amount of travel supported by Federal funds from the
prior year, prebudget year, and projected for the budget year.
3. Exclusion of Federal funds from the annual
maximum travel budget shall not exempt such travel from the requirements
applicable to State and local funds.
(b) A district board of education may authorize in its travel policy an annual maximum amount per employee for regular business travel only for which district board of education approval is not required.
1. The annual maximum shall not
exceed $ 1,500 and shall be subject to the approval requirements in
18A:19-1.
2. Regular school district business travel as
defined in
N.J.A.C.
6A:23A-1.2 shall include attendance at
regularly scheduled in-State county meetings and Department-sponsored or
association-sponsored events provided free of charge. It also shall include
regularly scheduled in-State professional development activities for which the
registration fee does not exceed $ 150.00 per employee or district board of
education member.
3. Regular school
district business travel as authorized in the district board of education's
travel policy shall require approval of the superintendent prior to obligating
the school district to pay related expenses and prior to attendance at the
travel event.
i. The superintendent shall
designate an alternate approval authority to approve travel requests in his or
her absence when necessary to obtain timely district board of education
approval.
ii. The superintendent
shall establish in writing the internal levels of approval required prior to
his or her approval of the travel event, as applicable.
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