18A:28-11 - Seniority;  board to determine;  notice and advisory opinion

18A:28-11.  Seniority;  board to determine;  notice and advisory opinion
    In the case of any such reduction the board of education shall determine the  seniority of the persons affected according to such standards and shall notify  each such person as to his seniority status, and the board may request the  commissioner for an advisory opinion with respect to the applicability of the  standards to particular situations, which request shall be referred to a panel  consisting of the county superintendent of the county, the secretary of the  state board of examiners and an assistant commissioner of education designated  by the commissioner and an advisory opinion shall be furnished by said panel.   No determination of such panel shall be binding upon the board of education or  any other party in interest or upon the commissioner or the state board if any  controversy or dispute arises as a result of such determination and an appeal  is taken therefrom pursuant to the provisions of this title.
 
L.1967, c.271.