N.J. Stat. Ann. § 18A:28-18

3. For the academic year following any transfer of operational control under section 1 or section 2 of P.L.1973, c.267 (C.18A:28-16 and 18A:28-17), both the local school board and the Educational Services Commission, Jointure Commission, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education, or the board of trustees of a State college, as the case may be, shall comply with the notice requirements of P.L.1971, c.436 (C.18A:27-10 et seq.), to the same extent as if each had been the employer of all teaching staff members of the school in question during the academic year preceding the transfer of operational control.