Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

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…

18A:17-1. Removal, etc., of secretaries, assistant secretaries, school business administrators and business managers during terms of office No secretary, assistant secretary, school business administrator or business manager of a board of education of any school district shall, d…

18A:17-10. Secretary; annual report The secretary shall, at the close of each fiscal year, present to the board a detailed report of its financial transactions during such year and file such copies thereof with the county superintendent as shall be required by the commissioner an…

18A:17-11. Secretary; taking oaths The secretary may, without charge, administer oaths, in relation to the school matters of the district in which he is employed. L.1967, c.271.

18A:17-12. Secretary; annual financial report to commissioner The secretary shall, on or before August 1 of each year, report to the commissioner the amount of interest bearing school debt, if any, of the municipality or the district then remaining unpaid, together with the rate …

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…