New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 23A - FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY, EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETING PROCEDURES
Subchapter 9 - EXECUTIVE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT BUDGET REVIEW PROCEDURES
Section 6A:23A-9.2 - Executive county superintendent budget review and approval; administrative and non-instructional expenses
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 6A:23A-9.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Prior to advertisement by the district board of education, the executive county superintendent shall:
1. Review all budgets
of the school districts within the county, pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
18A:7F-5, and may disapprove, pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
18A:7-8.l and 8.x, a portion of a school
district's proposed budget if the school district has not implemented all
potential efficiencies in its administrative operations or if the budget
includes excessive non-instructional expenses. In making this determination,
the executive county superintendent will consider, but need not be limited to,
a school district's failure to meet efficiency standards or failure to
implement efficient business practices established, pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
6A:23A-9.3. The school district shall deduct
the disapproved amounts from the budget prior to publication, and shall not
transfer funds back into any general ledger appropriation account that has been
reduced pursuant to the review.
i. Budget
reallocations may be calculated using the presumptive efficient spending levels
as defined in
N.J.A.C.
6A:23A-1.2; and
2. Review and approve separate proposals to
be submitted to the voters for additional funds, pursuant to
N.J.S.A.
18A:7F-5 or 39, as applicable, provided the
school district:
i. Provides written
documentation it has made efforts to enter into shared arrangements with other
school districts, municipalities, counties, and other units of local government
for the provision of administrative, business, purchasing, public and nonpublic
transportation, and other required school district services;
ii. Certifies and provides written
documentation it participates in on-going shared arrangements; or
iii. Certifies and provides written
documentation that entering such shared arrangements would not result in cost
savings or would result in additional expenses for the school
district.
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