18A:13-47 - Enlarged regional districts;  educational facilities; powers of  board

18A:13-47.  Enlarged regional districts;  educational facilities; powers of  board
    The regional board of education of an enlarged regional district shall not take charge and control of the educational facilities, being provided for pupils in the classes or grades included in the regional district before its enlargement, in the local districts to be added thereto, until such time, not earlier than July 1 of the calendar year following that in which the election to enlarge the regional district is held, as the commissioner shall certify to the board of education of the regional district before its enlargement, and the  board of education of each new constituent district, that suitable facilities  and accommodations have been made available for the instruction of pupils in  the enlarged regional district and until then the pupils in the regional  district and in the new constituent districts shall continue under the charge  and control of the board of education of the regional district existing prior  to its enlargement and the board or boards of education of said new constituent district or districts, respectively.  The time for taking charge and control of  such facilities may be accelerated or postponed by agreement of the board of  education of the regional district existing prior to its enlargement and of the  board or boards of education of the new constituent district or districts with  the approval of the commissioner. Upon taking charge and control of the  educational facilities of the enlarged regional district the board of education  of the enlarged regional district shall have full authority and control with  respect thereto and in the meantime said board of the enlarged regional  district may exercise any other powers and perform any other duties with  respect to the enlarged regional district which the first board of education of  a newly formed regional district may exercise and perform, as provided in  section 18A:13-40.
 
L.1967, c.271.