COLANTONI v. LONG HILL BD. OF ED.


748 A.2d 630 (2000)

329 N.J. Super. 545

Loretta COLANTONI, Petitioner-Respondent, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the TOWNSHIP OF LONG HILL, MORRIS COUNTY, Respondent-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Kohn, Morristown, for respondent-appellant Long Hill Township Board of Education (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attorneys; James S. Rothschild, Jr., of counsel; Mr. Kohn, on the brief).

Terri A. Cutrera, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent New Jersey State Board of Education (John J. Farmer, Attorney General, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Cutrera, on the brief).

Louis P. Bucceri, Clifton, for petitioner-respondent Loretta Colantoni (Bucceri & Pincus, attorneys; Mr. Bucceri, of counsel; Linda Ganz Ott, on the brief).

Morris-Union Jointure Commission Board of Education submitted an amicus curiae brief (Martin R. Pachman, Freehold, attorney; Robin T. McMahon, Freehold, on the brief).

Before Judges BAIME, BROCHIN and WECKER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, P.J.A.D.

Our statutes authorize two or more boards of education to establish a jointure commission for the purpose of educating handicapped pupils. N.J.S.A. 18A:46-25 to -28. The novel question presented by this appeal is whether a jointure commission may contract with a participating board of education to provide guidance services to non-handicapped students. We find...

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