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-9.4 - Commissioner's authority to direct expenditures to achieve T&E
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) If a district board of education submits a budget with a general fund tax levy and equalization aid set at less than its adequacy budget, the Commissioner may direct, when deemed necessary to ensure implementation of the thoroughness and efficiency standards, additional expenditures, in specific accounts and for specific purposes, up to the school district's adequacy budget.
(b) If a district board of education submits a budget with a general fund tax levy and equalization aid set at less than its adequacy budget and the school district fails to meet the New Jersey Student Learning Standards in that school year, the Commissioner shall direct the district board of education to increase expenditures to meet at least the adequacy budget within the next two budget years in a manner that addresses the cause(s) of the failure.
(c) In all cases, including instances in which a school district submits a budget with a general fund tax levy and equalization aid above its adequacy budget, the Commissioner may direct budgetary reallocations and programmatic adjustments, or take other measures, as deemed necessary to ensure implementation of the required thoroughness and efficiency standards.
(d) The Commissioner may approve a budget with an increase in its adjusted tax levy by more than the allowable amount authorized pursuant to 18A:7F-38, up to the amount required to support the directed increases in expenditure accounts in (a) and (b) above.