18A:13-41.Ā  Taking charge and control of educational facilities of schools in newly created regional districts
A regional board of education of a newly created regional district shall take charge and control of the educational facilities of the constituent districts in the classes or grades for which the same is formed when the commissioner shall certify to the boards of education of each of the constituent districts that suitable facilities and accommodations have been made available for the instruction of the pupils in said regional district, butĀ  it shall not take charge and control of such educational facilities earlierĀ  than July 1 of the calendar year next ensuing the date of the special election,Ā  except by agreement between the regional board and the boards of education ofĀ  the constituent districts, approved by the commissioner.Ā  Until theĀ  commissioner shall so certify, the charge and control of the educational facilities of the constituent districts in the classes and grades for which theĀ  regional district was formed shall continue to be in the respective boards ofĀ  education of the constituent districts.
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L.1967, c.271