Sponsored by:
Senator PAUL A. SARLO
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Permits BOE to admit nonresident student for participation in school sport or other extracurricular activity.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Education Committee on January 12, 2023, with amendments.
An Act concerning public school tuition and amending N.J.S.18A:38-3.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. N.J.S.18A:38-3 is amended to read as follows:
18A:38-3. a. Any person not resident in a school district, if eligible except for residence, may be admitted to the schools of the district with the consent of the board of education upon [such] terms, and with [or without] 1or without1 payment of tuition 1[equal to the actual cost per pupil]1, as the board may prescribe.
b. Any person not resident in a school district, if eligible except for residence, and if that person previously was a resident of the district, shall be admitted to the schools of the district without payment of tuition if that person's parent or guardian is a member of the New Jersey National Guard or a member of the reserve component of the armed forces of the United States and has been ordered into active military service in any of the armed forces of the United States in time of war or national emergency, resulting in the relocation of the student out of the district. A school district admitting a student pursuant to this subsection shall not be obligated for transportation costs.
c. 1[A school district under partial or full State intervention pursuant to P.L.2007, c.16 (18A:7A-3 et seq.) shall not admit a student who does not reside in the school district to the schools of the district.
d. The provisions of subsections a. and c. of this section shall not apply, regardless of residence, to the enrolled children of teaching staff members of the school district or county vocational school district who are permitted, by contract or local district policy, to enroll their children in the educational program of the school district or county vocational school district without payment of tuition] Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, a board of education shall not admit any person that does not reside in a school district for the purposes of participation in a school sport or other extracurricular activity without the consent of the board of education and with payment of tuition equal to the actual cost per pupil1.
(cf: P.L.1994, c.169, s.2)
2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following enactment.