18A:22-37 - Determination by municipalities
18A:22-37. Determination by municipalities
18A:22-37. If the voters reject any of the items submitted at the annual school election, the board of education shall deliver the proposed school budget pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) to the governing body of the municipality, or of each of the municipalities included in the district within two days thereafter. The governing body of the municipality, or of each of the municipalities, included in the district shall, after consultation with the board, and by May 19, determine the amount which, in the judgment of the body or bodies, is necessary to be appropriated for each item appearing in the budget, pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) and certify to the county board of taxation the totals of the amount so determined to be necessary for each of the following:
a. General fund expenses of schools; or
b. Appropriations to capital reserve account.
Within 15 days after the governing body of the municipality or of each of the municipalities included in the district shall make the certification to the county board of taxation, the board of education shall notify the governing body or bodies if it intends to appeal to the commissioner pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1996, c.138 (C.18A:7F-5) the amount which the body or bodies determined to be necessary to be appropriated for each item appearing in the proposed school budget.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1968, c.295, s.7; 1969, c.250, s.2; 1973, c.265, s.4; 1978, c.136, s.13; 1983, c.119, s.2; 1992, c.159, s.16; 1993, c.83, s.10; 1995, c.94, s.2; 1996, c.138, s.59.