Board of Education of the Borough of Englewood Cliffs v. Board of Education of the City of Englewood

We affirm the judgment below, including the order requiring a regionalization study, substantially for the reasons set forth in Judge Long’s comprehensive opinion reported at 257 N.J.Super. 413, 608 A.2d 914 (1992). We are satisfied that such a study is authorized under the broad powers vested in the State Board of Education. As the Appellate Division noted, “[I]t is hard for us to imagine any reasonable person challenging the power of the Board to ‘study’ an issue committed to its overall authority.” Id. at 482, 608 A.2d 914.

In reaching that conclusion we find it unnecessary to consider…