New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 6A - EDUCATION
Chapter 27 - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION
Subchapter 9 - CONTRACTING FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
Section 6A:27-9.16 - Joint transportation agreements
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Two or more district boards of education may provide jointly for the transportation of students to and from any school(s) within or outside the school districts or county(ies).
(b) Whenever the executive county superintendent determines that transportation of students could be more economically accomplished by joint transportation, he or she may order the joint transportation, assign the administration to one district board of education as the host, and prorate the cost to the joining district board(s) of education.
(c) The district board of education providing the transportation, either by district-owned or contracted vehicle, shall be referred to as the host.
(d) The host district board of education shall initiate the joint agreement and shall ensure that transportation contracts meet the requirements for approval by the executive county superintendent.
(e) The host district board of education shall send the joint transportation agreement form prescribed by the Commissioner to the host school district's executive county superintendent for approval within 60 days of the agreement.
(f) Certified copies of the minutes approving the agreement for each district board of education involved in the joint agreement shall accompany the agreement submitted by the host district board of education to the executive county superintendent.