It shall be unlawful for any parent or guardian
to assist, aid, abet, allow, permit, suffer or encourage a minor to
illegally register or enroll in the Township of Ewing school system
where the minor is ineligible to attend as a result of the minor's
nonresident status.
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly
permit his or her name, address or other residence-designating documentation
to be utilized in the registration or enrollment of any nonresident
student in the Township of Ewing school system unless previous approval
has been granted by the Superintendent of the Township of Ewing School
System or his or her designee. Any person violating this section shall,
upon conviction thereof, be assessed the resident tuition for the
student prorated to the time of the student's ineligible attendance
in the school district. Tuition shall be computed on a basis of 1/180
of the total annual per-pupil cost to Ewing Township School District
multiplied by the number of days of ineligible attendance.
There shall be a presumption that a violation
of this chapter occurred upon a finding by the Department of Education
or other appropriate authority that the student at issue was illegally
enrolled in the school system of the Township of Ewing utilizing the
address of the resident, regardless of whether the finding names the
resident who has unlawfully permitted his/her property's address to
be used to facilitate the illegal enrollment or attendance by the
student at issue.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000. The Court may also order restitution as set forth in §
290-2 above. Nonpayment of any penalty or restitution order imposed by the Municipal Court pursuant to this section shall result in the imposition of a municipal lien against the property utilized to facilitate the illegal enrollment or attendance by the student at issue.
Upon the effective date of this chapter, the
Township Clerk's Office is hereby instructed to immediately forward
a certified copy of this chapter to the Township of Ewing Police Chief
and Municipal Judge.