[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Little Falls 2-22-2016 by Ord.
No. 1247.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit and penalize: any
parent or other person enrolling a student in the Township of Little
Falls School District, or any parent or other person enrolling a student
in the Passaic Valley Regional High School claiming that his or her
child is a resident of Little Falls, seeking free of charge education
when such student is ineligible for free of charge education.
It shall be unlawful for any person who is 18 years old and
older, to:
A.
Knowingly register or enroll a student in the Township of Little
Falls School District, or Passaic Valley Regional High School District,
seeking free of charge education or maintain the enrollment of a student
receiving free of charge education when the student is ineligible
for free of charge education pursuant to N.J.S.A. Title 18A; or
B.
Knowingly assist, aid or permit a student to register or enroll in
the Township of Little Falls School District or Passaic Valley Regional
High School District seeking free of charge education when the student
is ineligible to attend free of charge pursuant to N.J.S.A. Title
18A; or
C.
Knowingly permit his or her name, address or other residence designating
documentation to be utilized in the registration or enrollment of
any student seeking free of charge education in the Township of Little
Falls School District or Passaic Valley Regional High School District
when the student is ineligible to attend free of charge pursuant to
N.J.S.A. Title 18A; or
D.
Not notify or inform the Township of Little Falls School District
or Passaic Valley Regional High School District when a student is
no longer a resident in the household of that person who had previously
knowingly permitted his or her name, address or other residence designating
documentation to be utilized in the registration or enrollment of
the student in the Township of Little Falls School District or Passaic
Valley Regional High School District.
Upon the request of the Township of Little Falls School District
or Passaic Valley Regional High School District, the parent or guardian
of a student registered in the Township of Little Falls School District
or the Passaic Valley Regional High School District shall be required
to complete documentation intended to determine the student's
eligibility to attend school in the Township of Little Falls School
District or the Passaic Valley Regional High School District free
of charge in accordance with N.J.S.A. Title 18A. All residents hosting
other families, with a student enrolled in the Township of Little
Falls School District or the Passaic Valley Regional High School District
in their residence, must register with the Township of Little Falls
School District or the Passaic Valley Regional High School District
and must notify the Township of Little Falls School District or Passaic
Valley Regional High School District when such other families no longer
reside with the resident.
B.
The chapter shall also apply to a parent or guardian who improperly
claims his or child is a resident of the Township of Little Falls,
when the child is not such a resident, and sends his or her child
to the Passaic Valley Regional High School. As such, all provisions
of this chapter will apply to such improper conduct, including, but
not limited to, the penalty provisions of this chapter.
Any person violating the provisions of §§ 188-1, 188-2 and 188-3 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of up to $2,000 and to the maximum lawful extent make restitution to the Township of Little Falls Board of Education or Passaic Valley High School Board of Education, respectively. In determining the amount of restitution, the Municipal Court of the Township of Little Falls, Passaic County, shall include amounts incurred by the Township of Little Falls Board of Education or Passaic Valley High School Board of Education, including but not limited to tuition costs, investigation expenses and attorneys' fees.
Restitution ordered by the Municipal Court of the Township of
Little Falls, Passaic County, shall be paid to the Township of Little
Falls Board of Education or the Passaic Valley High School Board of
Education within 30 days of such an order being final and not subject
to further appeal. Unpaid restitution and fines may, upon the petition
of the Township of Little Falls Board of Education or the Passaic
Valley High School Board of Education to the Municipal Court of the
Township of Little Falls, be converted into liens against the properties
of the offending parties.
