Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:17-12.1. Secretary; retirement on pension; amount The board of education of any school district may by resolution provide for the retirement on pension of a secretary of the board of education who has served in such office for 30 or more years on a part-time basis and 10 or m…

18A:17-12.2. Secretary; pension funds Funds for any pension granted by the board of education pursuant to this act shall be provided in the same manner as other expenses for the maintenance of the board of education. L.1968, c. 148, s. 2, eff. July 12, 1968.

18A:17-13. Assistant and acting secretaries; appointment, powers and duties The board may, by a recorded roll call majority vote of its full membership appoint an assistant secretary who may be chosen from among its members and may fix his term of employment and compensation. An …

18A:17-14. Clerks in secretary's office In type I districts, the secretary may appoint clerks in his office to such number and at such salaries as shall be determined by the board and remove them, subject to the provisions of this title and of any other law. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-14.1 Appointment of school business administrator; duties; subcontracting; tenure acquisition. 18A:17-14.1. A board or the boards of two or more districts may, under rules and regulations prescribed by the State board, appoint a school business administrator by a majority …

18A:17-14.2. Qualifications The appointee shall be a suitable person who holds an appropriate certificate as prescribed by the state board. He shall be considered a member of the professional staff of the district. No person shall act as school business administrator or perform t…

18A:17-14.3. Secretary or business manager appointed school administrator; tenure Any person who has acquired, or shall hereafter acquire tenure as a secretary or business manager under any board, and who shall be appointed a school business administrator shall have tenure as a s…

18A:17-14.4 Compliance with requirements for income tax on compensation of administrators. 8. A school business administrator, or any other person designated by the board of education, shall certify to the Department of the Treasury that all documentation prepared for income tax …

18A:17-15. Appointment of superintendents; terms; apportionment of expense 18A:17-15. The board of education of a Type I district and of any Type II district, now having or hereafter authorized to have a superintendent of schools, may, by contract appoint, for a term of not less …

18A:17-15.1 Required provision of superintendent's employment contract. 7. An employment contract entered into between a board of education and a superintendent of schools shall include a provision that explicitly states that in the event that the certificate of the superintenden…

18A:17-16. Appointment and removal of assistant superintendents The board or boards of education of any school district or school districts having a superintendent of schools may, upon nomination of the superintendent, by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership,…

18A:17-17. Certificate required No person shall be appointed, or act as, or perform the duties of, superintendent or assistant superintendent of schools, unless he holds an appropriate certificate as prescribed by the state board. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-18. Full time required of superintendents; when The superintendent of schools shall, when so required by the board or boards of education of the district or districts employing him, devote himself exclusively to the duties of his office. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-19. Salaries The board or boards of education employing a superintendent or assistant superintendent of schools shall fix the salaries of the superintendent and assistant superintendent of schools and the salary of a superintendent shall not be reduced during his term of o…

18A:17-19.1 Bonus in employment contract of superintendent prohibited under certain circumstances. 1. a. A board of education shall not include within the employment contract of a superintendent of schools a provision that offers a bonus for reducing the number of students who ar…

18A:17-19.2 DOE not to regulate maximum salary of superintendent. 2. The Department of Education shall not regulate the maximum salary amount a board of education may provide to a superintendent of schools pursuant to an employment contract. L.2019, c.169, s.2.

18A:17-2. Tenure of secretaries, assistant secretaries, school business administrators, business managers and secretarial and clerical employees a. Any secretary, assistant secretary, school business administrator or business manager of a board of education of any school district…

18A:17-20. Superintendent; general powers and duties 18A:17-20. a. Any superintendent of schools, who has acquired tenure in the position of superintendent as of the effective date of P.L.1991, c.267 (C.18A:17-20.1 et al.), shall have general supervision over the schools of the d…

18A:17-20.1 Reappointment of superintendent. 4. At the conclusion of the term of the initial contract or of any subsequent contract as hereinafter provided, the superintendent shall be deemed reappointed for another contracted term of the same duration as the previous contract un…

18A:17-20.2. Dismissal of superintendent 5. shall not be dismissed or reduced in compensation except for inefficiency, incapacity, or conduct unbecoming a superintendent or other just cause and then only in the manner prescribed by subarticle B of article 2 of chapter 6 of Title …

18A:17-20.2a Required actions relative to early termination of superintendent's employment contract. 6. a. Prior to a board of education entering an agreement for an early termination of an employment contract entered into with its superintendent of schools pursuant to the provis…

18A:17-20.3. Evaluation of superintendent's performance 6. a. Every local board of education having a superintendent shall evaluate the performance of the superintendent at least once a year. Each evaluation shall be in writing, a copy shall be provided to the superintendent and …

18A:17-20.4. Tenure rights not affected 8. Nothing in this section or in this act shall affect any tenure rights which shall have already accrued to any superintendent prior to the effective date of this amendatory and supplementary act. A superintendent of schools promoted from …

18A:17-20.5. Appointment of administrative principal 9. In any district not having a superintendent of schools, the board of education shall appoint an administrative principal for the district. In a district having two or more schools the board shall appoint the principal of one…

18A:17-21. Annual report to commissioner Each superintendent of schools shall render to the commissioner and to the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the district a report of such matters relating to the schools, under his supervision as shall be required …

18A:17-22. Assistant superintendent; duties Each assistant superintendent of schools shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the superintendent of schools with the approval of the board or boards of education employing such superintendent. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-23. Suspension of assistant superintendent Any assistant superintendent of schools may be suspended by the superintendent of schools in the manner provided by section 18A:25-6. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-24. Clerks in superintendent's office The superintendent of schools may appoint, and subject to the provisions of article 1 of this chapter may remove, clerks in his office but the number and salaries of such clerks shall be determined by the board or boards employing him.…

18A:17-24.1. Sharing of superintendent, school business administrator; procedure 4. The boards of education of two or more school districts may share a superintendent or a school business administrator, or both. A shared superintendent or business administrator shall be subject t…

18A:17-24.2. Contract for sharing superintendent, school business administrator 5. Any boards obtaining the approval of the Commissioner of Education may contract with one another for the sharing of a superintendent or school business administrator. The contract shall be in writi…

18A:17-24.3. Appointment of shared superintendent, school business administrator; terms 6. The boards of education may, by contract, appoint a shared superintendent or school business administrator for a term of not less than three nor more than five years and expiring July 1, by…

18A:17-24.4. Grounds for dismissal of shared superintendent, school business administrator 7. During the term of any employment contract with the board, a shared superintendent or school business administrator shall not be dismissed or reduced in compensation except for inefficie…

18A:17-24.5. Position of shared superintendent, business administrator not tenurable 8. The position of shared superintendent or shared business administrator shall not be a tenurable position. If two or more boards of education appoint an individual from within one of the school…

18A:17-24.6. Determination of initial terms, conditions of employment contract 9. The initial terms and conditions of the employment contract between the boards and the superintendent or school business administrator shall be determined by the boards and the superintendent or bus…

18A:17-24.7. Individual evaluation of shared superintendent, school business administrator 10. Each district shall ensure that the shared superintendent or school business administrator is evaluated individually in that district, in accordance with statute and regulation. L.1996,…

18A:17-24.8. Mediation of contract disputes 11. The county superintendent or superintendents if the districts are in different counties shall serve as a mediator for any disputes arising over the interpretation of the contract between the boards of education sharing a superintend…

18A:17-24.9. Law supersedes "Interlocal Services Act". 12. The provisions of P.L.1996, c.111 (C.18A:17-24.1 et al.) shall govern the sharing of a superintendent or school business administrator by two or more boards of education and shall not be deemed inconsistent with the provi…

18A:17-25. Appointment; salary; removal A business manager may be appointed in any type I school district, and subject to the provisions of article 1 of this chapter, may be removed from such office, by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board of edu…

18A:17-26. Bond of business manager The business manager shall, before entering upon the duties of office, give bond to the board for the faithful discharge of his duties in such principal sum, not less than $2,000.00 and with such surety as the board shall direct, but the annual…

18A:17-27. Attendance upon meetings of the board The business manager shall have a seat on the board and the right to speak on all matters relating to his department but he shall not have the right to vote. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-28. Duties of business manager The business manager shall: a. Have charge and care of the public school buildings and other property belonging to the district and the repair and maintenance thereof, and in the case of repairs not exceeding the sum of $1,000.00, he, when so…

18A:17-29. Appointment of clerks The business manager may appoint and remove clerks in his office to the number and at such salaries as shall be determined by the board of education. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-3. Tenure of janitorial employees Every public school janitor of a school district shall, unless he is appointed for a fixed term, hold his office, position or employment under tenure during good behavior and efficiency and shall not be dismissed or suspended or reduced in…

18A:17-30. Business assistants; appointments, etc. The board of education in every type II school district which has a board of school estimate may employ and dismiss a business assistant, fix his duties, compensation and term of employment. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-31 Treasurer of school moneys. 18A:17-31. The board may appoint any suitable person except a member or employee of the board, with a term of office fixed by the board as the treasurer of school moneys. Any municipal officer acting or designated as treasurer of school money…

18A:17-32. Bond of treasurer If the treasurer is an officer of the municipality constituting the district, and the bond given by him for the faithful performance of his duties as such municipal officer covers and secures the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer of scho…