... submits that N.J.S.A. 51:1-54 and N.J.S.A. 51:1-61 provided the state superintendent with the authority to adopt N ... direct control. [ N.J.S.A. 51:1-54]. Similarly, N.J.S.A. 51:1-61 provides in relevant part that: [t]he State superintendent may ... with the provisions of Title 51 of the Revised Statutes. [ N.J.S.A. 51:1-61(a), (h).] The Commission does not dispute that the state ...