Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:16-1.1c Filling of vacancy, absent teaching position. 2. A vacant teaching position, or the position of a teacher who is absent for an extended time period, shall not be filled in any school year by one or more individuals employed as substitute teachers and holding a certifi…

18A:16-1.1d Limit of time for substitute teacher holding standard instructional certificate. 3. A vacant teaching position shall not be filled in any school year by one or more individuals employed as substitute teachers and holding a standard instructional certificate issued by …

18A:16-1.2. Delegation of powers of business manager in district having no business manager Any board of a district, which has no business manager, may delegate, to any appropriate officer employed by the board, the powers vested in a business manager by section 18A:17-28 and tho…

18A:16-1.3 Dismissal of nontenured, certificated employee for cause, notice to State board. 1. A board of education shall notify the State Board of Examiners whenever a non-tenured, certificated employee is dismissed prior to the end of any school year for just cause as a result …

18A:16-1.4 Removal from list. 2. Upon application to the State Board of Examiners, a person's name shall be removed from the list provided that his name has been on the list for at least three years. L.1999,c.301,s.2.

18A:16-1.5 Employee rights unaffected. 3. Nothing herein shall limit the rights of employees to pursue any remedy permitted by law. L.1999,c.301,s.3.

18A:16-11. Compensation of de facto officer or employee A person who holds de facto any office, position or employment in a school district and who performs the duties thereof shall be entitled to the emoluments and compensation appropriate thereto for the time the same is so hel…

18A:16-12 Definitions relative to group insurance. 1. As used in this act: a. "Dependents" means an employee's spouse and the employee's unmarried children, including stepchildren, legally adopted children, and, at the option of the local board of education and the carrier, child…

18A:16-13. Entering into group life, hospitalization, health and accident insurance contracts 2. Any local board of education may directly or indirectly through a trust fund or otherwise enter into contracts of group life, accidental death and dismemberment, hospitalization, medi…

18A:16-13.1 Provision of group insurance, certain, by board of education for employees, dependents. 9. A board of education may provide contributory or non-contributory group health insurance or group term life insurance, or both, for employees or their dependents, or both, throu…

18A:16-13.2 Applicability to local boards of education, certain employers; enrollment period. 5. This section shall apply to local boards of education and employers, as specified in subsection k. of this section, who do not participate in the School Employees' Health Benefits Pro…

18A:16-13.3 Use of actual savings realized by school district. 6. a. Actual savings realized by a school district as a result of the implementation of the provisions of P.L.2020, c.44 (C.52:14-17.46.13 et al.) shall be used solely and exclusively by the school district for the pu…

18A:16-14. Exclusions from eligibility The contract shall exclude from eligibility: a. Employees and dependents, active or retired, who are otherwise eligible for coverage but who, although they meet the age eligibility requirement of the Federal Medicare Program, are not covered…

18A:16-15. Limitations, exclusions to avoid duplication of benefits Any contract or contracts permitted under this act shall contain limitations, exclusions or exceptions so as to avoid duplication of benefits or services otherwise available pursuant to accidental death and disme…

18A:16-16. Termination of coverage The coverage of any employee, and of his dependents, if any, shall cease upon the discontinuance of his employment or upon cessation of active full-time employment in the classes eligible for coverage subject to such provision as may be made in …

18A:16-17 Premiums; payment by board of education. 6. a. Any local board of education entering into a contract pursuant to this act is authorized to pay part or all of the premiums or charges for such contracts and may appropriate out of its general funds any money necessary to p…

18A:16-17.1 Contributions by employees of a local board of education toward cost of health care benefits coverage. 41. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, public employees, as specified herein, of a local board of education shall contribute, throug…

18A:16-17.2 Negotiations for benefits as if full premium share included in prior contract. 78. A public employer and employees who are in negotiations for the next collective negotiations agreement to be executed after the employees in that unit have reached full implementation o…

18A:16-18. Coverage after retirement The continuance of coverage after retirement of any employee shall be provided at such rates and under the conditions as shall be prescribed in the contract subject, however, to the requirements set forth in section 8 of P.L. 1979, c. 391 (C. …

18A:16-19. Payment for coverage a. Except as otherwise prescribed by P.L. 1979, c. 391 (C. 18A:16-12 et seq.), retired employees shall be required to pay for the entire cost of coverage for themselves and their dependents at rates which are deemed adequate to cover the benefits, …

18A:16-19.1 Establishment of cafeteria plan for health benefits by board of education. 44. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary, a board of education, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, may establish as an employer a cafeteria plan for its employe…

18A:16-2. Physical examinations; drug testing; requirements 18A:16-2. a. Every board of education may require its employees and shall require any candidate for employment who has received a conditional offer of employment to undergo a physical examination. The board may require i…

18A:16-20. Multiple coverage; summary of cost of each coverage to be furnished to board In the event an insurance company issues a group insurance policy to a local board of education which includes two or more of the coverages authorized under this act, such insurance company sh…

18A:16-21. Copy of insurance contract to be filed with State Employees Health Benefits Commission It shall be the duty of the local board of education, entering into a contract pursuant to the provisions of this act, to file a copy thereof with the State Employees Health Benefits…

18A:16-22. Validation of contracts executed prior to act a. Contracts executed between a local board of education and an authorized insurer prior to the effective date of this act are hereby confirmed and validated until the contract anniversary next following the first anniversa…

18A:16-3. Character of examinations Any such examination may be made by a physician or institution designated by the board, in which case the cost thereof and of all laboratory tests and fluoroscopic or X-ray procedures shall be borne by the board or, at the option of the employe…

18A:16-4. Sick leave; dismissal If the result of any such examination indicates mental abnormality or communicable disease, the employee shall be ineligible for further service until proof of recovery, satisfactory to the board, is furnished, but if the employee is under contract…

18A:16-5. Records of examinations All records and reports relating to any such examination shall be the property of the board and shall be filed with its medical inspector as confidential information but shall be open for inspection by officers of the state department of health a…

18A:16-6 Indemnity of officers and employees against action, proceeding; exceptions. 18A:16-6. Whenever any civil or administrative action or other legal proceeding has been or shall be brought against any person holding any office, position or employment under the jurisdiction o…

18A:16-6.1 Indemnity of officers and employees in certain criminal, quasi-criminal actions. 18A:16-6.1. Should any criminal or quasi-criminal action be instituted against any such person for any such act or omission and should such proceeding be dismissed or result in a final dis…

18A:16-7. Salaries in first-class cities; payment The salaries of all persons, other than teachers and instructors, employed in any school district, which comprises a city of the first class, shall be paid as other city employees are paid. L.1967, c.271.

18A:16-8. Salary deductions for government bonds Salary deductions for government bonds. Whenever one or more of the persons employed by a board of education shall agree, in writing, to participate in any plan for the purchase of bonds of the United States government the board ma…

18A:16-9. Responsibility of board No board of education shall be under any liability or responsibility in connection with any such plan except to show that the payments have been made for the purposes aforesaid and that any bonds purchased through such deductions are delivered to…