[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Town of West New York 1-18-2018 by Ord. No. 34/17.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Drug-free zones — See Ch. 27.
Code of ethics — See Ch. 36.
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 10, Board of Education, adopted 6-15-2011 by Ord. No. 5/11.
WHEREAS, Chapter 10 of the Code of the Town of West New York ("Town") regulates the composition and manner in which a resident can become a member of the Board of Education ("Board"); and
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2013, the Town received information that on the November 5, 2013, general election, the citizens of the Town passed a public question by a majority vote, causing the Board to reclassify itself from a Type I appointed board to a Type II elected board; and
WHEREAS, beginning on January 1, 2014, the Board was reorganized from a Type I appointed board to a Type II elected board, consisting of nine elected members; and
WHEREAS, the governing body wishes to clarify that the Board of Education is an elected board pursuant to the provisions outlined in N.J.S.A. 18A:12-11:
[Amended 9-4-2019 by Ord. No. 13/19]
The members of the Board of Education of the Town of West New York shall consist of nine members who are elected on the third Tuesday in April pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:60-1.1.
Board members are elected for a three-year term in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:12-11.