14. a. A minimum of 33 percent of the members of the board of trustees of a charter school shall maintain their principal residence or primary place of employment in the district or region in which the charter school is located, provided that at least one member of the board of trustees shall maintain their principal residence in the district or region in which the charter school is located.
b. A member of the board of trustees of a charter school shall maintain the member’s principal residence in the State.
c. A person who holds membership on the board of trustees of a charter school on the effective date of P.L.2025, c.277 (C.18A:36A-2.1 et al.), but does not maintain principal residence or a primary place of employment in accordance with the provisions of subsections a. and b. of this section on that effective date, shall not be subject to the residency requirements of this section while the person continues to hold membership on the board without a break in service of greater than seven days.