Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:26-7. Certificate fee A fee of such sum as shall be fixed by the state board, but not less than $5.00, shall be paid for the issuance of each certificate. L.1967, c.271

18A:26-8.1. Issuance of teacher's certificate to noncitizen 18A:26-8.1. a. The State Board of Examiners may, with the approval of the commissioner, issue a teacher's certificate to teach in the public schools to any citizen of any other country who has declared his intention of b…

18A:26-8.2 "School leader" defined; training as part of professional development. 13. a. As used in this section, "school leader" means a school district staff member who holds a position that requires the possession of a chief school administrator, principal, or supervisor endor…

18A:26-9. Oath of allegiance and office; executed, etc., prerequisite to issuance of certificate No certificate to teach or supervise in any of the public schools of this state, and no renewal of any such certificate, shall be issued to any applicant unless such applicant shall h…

18A:27-1. Appointment of teaching staff members; vote required No teaching staff member shall be appointed, except by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board of education appointing him. L.1967, c.271.

18A:27-10. Written offer or notice to nontenure teachers 1. On or before May 15 in each year, each nontenured teaching staff member continuously employed by a board of education since the preceding September 30 shall receive either a. A written offer of a contract for employment …

18A:27-10.1 Findings, declarations relative to teaching paraprofessionals. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that as school districts that receive federal funding under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. s.6301 et seq.) come under greater…

18A:27-10.2 Contract, written notice relative to employment of paraprofessional. 2. a. As used in this section, "paraprofessional" means an individual who is employed in a school district as a school aide or classroom aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision …

18A:27-10.3 Dismissal, reduction in compensation; conditions. 3. a. As used in this section, "paraprofessional" means an individual who is employed in a school district as a school aide or classroom aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision of pupil activities…

18A:27-10.4 Student teaching performed in district of employment. 4. a. As used in this section, "paraprofessional" means an individual who is employed in a school district as a school aide or classroom aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision of pupil activi…

18A:27-11. Failure to give timely notice of termination as offer of employment for next succeeding year Should any board of education fail to give to any nontenure teaching staff member either an offer of contract for employment for the next succeeding year or a notice that such …

18A:27-12. Notice of acceptance; deadline If the teaching staff member desires to accept such employment he shall notify the board of education of such acceptance, in writing, on or before June 1 in which event such employment shall continue as provided for herein. In the absence…

18A:27-13. Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees of county colleges Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:64A-13 the provisions of this act shall not apply to teaching staff employees of county colleges. L.1971, c. 436, s. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1972.

18A:27-2. Employment without certificate prohibited Any contract or engagement of any teaching staff member, shall cease and determine whenever the employing board of education shall ascertain by written notice received from the county or city superintendent of schools, or in any…

18A:27-2.1. Employment without certification; utilization of institution not chartered as institution of higher education A local board of education or county board of vocational education may, upon approval by the State Board of Education, employ as an instructor or administrato…

18A:27-2.2. Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions 3. a. A board of education may employ a teacher from a foreign country who is enrolled with an approved international agency which operates a teacher placement program in a subject area in which th…

18A:27-2.3. Authorization for employment of teachers from foreign countries, requirements for certification 4. a. A teacher from a foreign country shall be authorized to teach in the United States under an international teacher placement program or a teacher exchange program as a…

18A:27-3. Employment for school year Teaching staff members may be employed and their salaries fixed and determined, under contracts, by a board of education for the period from July 1 of the year in which such board shall organize to the succeeding June 30, notwithstanding that …

18A:27-3.1. Evaluation of nontenured teaching staff 1. Every board of education in this State shall cause each nontenure teaching staff member employed by it to be observed and evaluated in the performance of her or his duties at least three times during each school year but not …

18A:27-3.2. Teaching staff member; notice of termination; statement of reasons; request; written answer Any teaching staff member receiving notice that a teaching contract for the succeeding school year will not be offered may, within 15 days thereafter, request in writing a stat…

18A:27-3.3. Rules The provisions of this act shall be carried out pursuant to rules established by the State Board of Education. L.1975, c. 132, s. 3.

18A:27-3.4. Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees and administrative officers of county colleges Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:64A-13, the provisions of the act hereby supplemented shall be inapplicable to teaching staff employees and administrative of…

18A:27-3.5 Teaching positions of current school year, data submission deadline. 1. a. A school district shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Education, no later than October 15, information on teaching positions in the current school year, including the number of vacant t…

18A:27-3.6 Public school teacher retention rates, data submission deadline. 2. a. A school district shall annually submit to the Commissioner of Education, no later than September 1, information on public school teacher retention that includes: (1) the number of teachers who left…

18A:27-3.7 Teacher workforce projections report. 3. a. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the Executive Leadership Council of the New Jersey Education to Earnings Data System shall issue a report on teacher workforce projections for the State for the following t…

18A:27-4. Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder Each board of education may make rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this title, governing the employment, terms and tenure of employment, promotion and di…

18A:27-4.1. Board of Education, procedure for certain personnel actions; recommendation of chief school administrator 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a. A board of education shall appoint, transfer or remove a certificated or non-…

18A:27-4a Definitions relative to employment of novice teachers; benefits of employment. 2. a. As used in this section: "Certificate of eligibility" means a certificate with lifetime validity issued by the State Board of Examiners to candidates who meet degree, academic, and appl…

18A:27-5. Written contracts of employment required Every contract between a board of education which has not made rules governing such employment and any teaching staff member shall be in writing, in triplicate, signed by the president and secretary of the board of education and …

18A:27-6. Contents of contracts Each such contract shall specify: 1. The date when the person shall begin such employment; 2. The kind and grade of certificate held by him and the date upon which the certificate will expire; 3. The salary at which he is employed, which shall be p…

18A:27-7. Contract forms The commissioner shall prepare and distribute blank forms for such contracts. L.1967, c.271.

18A:27-8. Filing of contracts One copy of each such contract so entered into shall be filed with the board, one copy with the person employed thereunder and one copy with the superintendent of schools if there be one, otherwise with the county superintendent. L.1967, c.271.

18A:27-9. Teaching after notice of termination of contract If the employment of a teaching staff member is terminated on notice, pursuant to a contract entered into with the board of education, it shall be optional with the board whether or not the member shall continue to perfor…

18A:28-1. Definition of "position" As used in this chapter the word "position" includes any office, position or employment. L.1967, c.271.

18A:28-10. Reasons for dismissals of persons under tenure on account of reduction Dismissals resulting from any such reduction shall not be made by reason of residence, age, sex, marriage, race, religion or political affiliation but shall be made on the basis of seniority accordi…

18A:28-11. Seniority; board to determine; notice and advisory opinion In the case of any such reduction the board of education shall determine the seniority of the persons affected according to such standards and shall notify each such person as to his seniority status, and the b…

18A:28-11.1. Credit for military service 1. In computing length of service for seniority purposes, every teaching staff member who, after July 1, 1940, has served or hereafter shall serve, in the active military or naval service of the United States or of this State, including ac…

18A:28-12. Reemployment in order of seniority 18A:28-12. If any teaching staff member shall be dismissed as a result of such reduction, such person shall be and remain upon a preferred eligible list in the order of seniority for reemployment whenever a vacancy occurs in a positio…

18A:28-13. Establishment of standards of seniority by commissioner The commissioner in establishing such standards shall classify insofar as practicable the fields or categories of administrative, supervisory, teaching or other educational services and the fields or categories of…

18A:28-14. Teaching staff members not certified; not protected; exception The services of any teaching staff member who is not the holder of an appropriate certificate, in full force and effect, issued by the state board of examiners under rules and regulations prescribed by the …

18A:28-15. Effect of change of government of district on tenure No teaching staff member in the public schools shall be in any manner affected, in relation to his tenure of service or tenure of service rights, heretofore obtained or hereafter to be obtained, under this or any oth…

18A:28-16. Operation of certain schools by State agencies; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of staff members 1. Whenever an Educational Services Commission, a Jointure Commission, the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of any State co…

18A:28-17. Operation of certain schools by local school districts; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of teaching staff members 2. Whenever the local board of education of any school district in this State shall undertake the operation of any school previously operated by an Educ…

18A:28-18. Compliance with certain notice requirements 3. For the academic year following any transfer of operational control under section 1 or section 2 of P.L.1973, c.267 (C.18A:28-16 and 18A:28-17), both the local school board and the Educational Services Commission, Jointure…

18A:28-2. Civil service employees not affected No person, who is in the classified service of the civil service of the state pursuant to Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, shall be affected by any provisions of this chapter. L.1967, c.271.

18A:28-3. No tenure for noncitizens No teaching staff member shall acquire tenure unless he is, or until he shall become, a citizen of the United States. L.1967, c.271.