Legislature's findings
N.J. Stat. § 18A:54A-3
in effect3. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for new programs and institutions capable of reaching and motivating the high-school dropout; that the experience gained by the creation of neighborhood education centers in other States indicates that those centers may be a partial answer to the problem of the high-school dropout; that the Commissioners of Education and Community Affairs should be authorized to establish such neighborhood education centers; and that the expenditure of public funds for those purposes is in the public interest. L.1968,c.182, s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.68.
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