{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-54a-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 18A:54A-3","heading":"Legislature's findings","body":"3.     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.\nL.1968,c.182, s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.68.","path":["TITLE 18A EDUCATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"daa5b6a4880763e10b7d4123742da7e2f0dc63a0cd6c446041283dc76b26ed5a","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-54a-2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-18a-54a-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}