Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:28-6.1. Tenure upon discontinuance of school Whenever, heretofore or hereafter, any board of education in any school district in this state shall discontinue any high school, junior high school, elementary school or any one or more of the grades from kindergarten through grad…

18A:28-7 1957, c. 181, s. 4 (C. 18:14-64.1d) 4. Section 18:14-64.1 of the Revised Statutes is repealed, provided that the repeal of the said act shall not in any manner affect any tenure of service or tenure of service rights to which any person was entitled thereunder on the eff…

18A:28-8. Notice of intention to resign required Any teaching staff member, under tenure of service, desiring to relinquish his position shall give the employing board of education at least 60 days written notice of his intention, unless the board shall approve of a release on sh…

18A:28-9. Reduction of force; power to reduce and reasons for reduction Nothing in this title or any other law relating to tenure of service shall be held to limit the right of any board of education to reduce the number of teaching staff members, employed in the district wheneve…

18A:29-1. Uncertified teacher denied salary No teaching staff member shall be entitled to any salary unless he is the holder of an appropriate certificate. L.1967, c.271.

18A:29-11. Credit for military services Every 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 active service in the women's army corps, the women's reserve of the naval r…

18A:29-13. Increase of salaries or increments Boards of education shall have the power to increase for any member or classification of members included in any schedule, the initial salary or the amount of any increment or the number of increments. L.1967, c.271.

18A:29-14. Withholding increments; causes; notice of appeals Any board of education may withhold, for inefficiency or other good cause, the employment increment, or the adjustment increment, or both, of any member in any year by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full memb…

18A:29-15. Salary schedules in force Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with or discontinue any salary schedule now in force; provided, such schedule shall meet the requirements of this article, nor to prevent the adoption of any salary schedule whi…

18A:29-16. Emergency certificates; day-by-day basis substitute The provisions of this subarticle B shall not apply to any person whose appropriate certificate, valid for his office, position, or employment is an emergency certificate and to any person employed as a substitute on …

18A:29-2. Equality of compensation for male and female teachers Female teaching staff members in the public schools shall be paid compensation equal to that paid to male members holding similar positions and employments and having similar training and terms of service. L.1967, c.…

18A:29-3. Summer payment plans; continuance of plan to raise funds Whenever persons employed for an academic year by a board of education shall indicate in writing their desire to participate in a summer payment plan, and such board of education approves such participation, then,…

18A:29-4 Withholding salary for failure to perform duties. 18A:29-4. The commissioner shall direct the board secretary or treasurer of school moneys, as appropriate, of any district to withhold the salary of any teaching staff member of the district who shall neglect or refuse to…

18A:29-4.1 Salary policy schedules. 18A:29-4.1. A board of education of any district may adopt a one, two, three, four, or five year salary policy, including salary schedules for all full-time teaching staff members which shall not be less than those required by law. The policy a…

18A:29-4.2. Payment of school nurse according to teachers' salary guide Any teaching staff member employed as a school nurse and holding a standard school nurse certificate shall be paid according to the provisions of the teachers' salary guide in effect in that school district i…

18A:29-4.3. Teaching staff members with full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities; salary schedule The board of education of every school district employing one or more teaching staff members having full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities shall ado…

18A:29-5. $18,500 minimum salary The minimum salary of a full-time teaching staff member in any school district or educational services commission who is certified by the local board of education or the board of directors of the educational services commission as performing his d…

18A:29-5.1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Teacher Quality Employment Act." L. 1985, c. 321, s. 1, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 1985.

18A:29-5.2. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Attracting and retaining the most able individuals to the profession of teaching is critical to the future welfare of our State and our citizens. b. The starting salary levels for new teachers have fal…

18A:29-5.3. Mandatory minimum No salary schedule adopted by any board of education or any educational services commission shall provide for salaries lower than as prescribed by this amendatory and supplementary act. L. 1985, c. 321, s. 4, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 19…

18A:29-5.4. Extracurricular activities, summer employment excluded The minimum salary established in N.J.S. 18A:29-5 shall not include any amounts paid to a member for duties which are not part of the member's regular contractual responsibilities, such as remuneration for coachin…

18A:29-5.5. No automatic salary increases Teachers receiving more than the minimum salary set forth in this amendatory and supplementary act shall not receive automatic salary increases pursuant to any existing collective negotiations agreement with a salary guide indexed to comp…

18A:29-5.6 Determination of teacher base salary. 7. a. The actual salary paid to each teacher under each district's or educational services commission's 1984-85 approved salary guide shall be considered a base salary for purposes of this act. b. In addition to all other funds to …

18A:29-9. Agreement as to initial salaries Whenever a person shall hereafter accept office, position or employment as a member in any school district of this state, his initial place on the salary schedule shall be at such point as may be agreed upon by the member and the employi…

18A:29A-1. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Governor's Annual Teacher Recognition Act." L. 1985, c. 322, s. 1.

18A:29A-2. Findings, declarations The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The success of the public school system in this State is based upon the quality and dedication of our teaching staff members. b. Providing for local and Statewide recognition of outstanding teaching wil…

18A:29A-3. Teacher recognition selection panel In order to provide Statewide awards and recognition of the excellence of current members of the teaching profession, each school district may annually establish a teacher recognition selection panel composed of members of the teachi…

18A:29A-4. Selection of outstanding teachers The teacher recognition selection panel may nominate to the local board of education one nonadministrative teaching staff member from each school in the district having 10 or more teachers who, because of their knowledge, commitment, a…

18A:29A-5. Convocation; awards Annually, the Governor shall sponsor a convocation on "Excellence in Teaching" at which time each teaching staff member who has been selected by a local school district shall be awarded a certificate of commendation. At this convocation, each teache…

18A:29A-6. Review, recommendations Five years following the implementation of this act, the Commissioner of Education shall review the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching to assess and determine its effectiveness in promoting excellence in teaching. On completion of …

18A:29A-7. Rules, regulations The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations which are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L. 1985, c. 322, s. 8.

18A:29B-1 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Governor's Annual Educational Services Professionals Recognition Act." L.2003,c.216,s.1.

18A:29B-2 Findings, declarations relative to recognition of educational services professionals. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. the public school system in this State is made more successful by the work of educational services professionals; b. educational services…

18A:29B-3 "Educational services professional" defined. 3. As used in this act, "educational services professional" means a person who holds an educational services certificate issued by the State Board of Examiners and who is employed in a position that requires the certificate. …

18A:29B-4 Educational services professional recognition selection panel. 4. In order to provide Statewide awards and recognition of the excellence of current educational services professionals, each school district may annually establish an educational services professional recog…

18A:29B-5 Nominations for Governor's Annual Educational Services Professionals Recognition Award. 5. The educational services professional recognition selection panel may nominate to the local board of education one educational services professional from each school in the distri…

18A:29B-6 Convocation on "Excellence in Educational Services." 6. Annually, the Governor shall sponsor a convocation on "Excellence in Educational Services" at which time each educational services professional who has been selected by a local school district shall be awarded a ce…

18A:29B-7 Rules, regulations. 7. The State Board of Education shall, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations which are necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2003,c.216,s.7.

18A:30-1. Sick leave, definitions. 18A:30-1. a. Sick leave is defined as the absence from an employee's post of duty, for any of the following reasons: (1) the employee is personally ill or injured; (2) for diagnosis, care, or treatment of, or recovery from, an employee's mental …

18A:30-10 Establishment of sick leave bank for employees of board of education. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a sick leave bank may be established for employees of a board of education if both the board and the majority representative or majority …

18A:30-11 Administration of sick leave bank. 2. The sick leave bank shall be administered by a committee which shall be comprised of three members selected by the board of education and three members selected by the majority representative or majority representatives of those emp…

18A:30-12 Certain policies unaffected. 3. No provision of this act, or regulation promulgated to implement or enforce this act, shall be deemed to justify a board of education in reducing or making less favorable to employees any sick leave, disability pay or other benefits provi…

18A:30-13 Construction of act. 4. No provision of this act shall be construed as limiting the authority of a board of education to provide an employee with additional days of salary pursuant to N.J.S.18A:30-6 after all sick leave available to the employee, including days provided…

18A:30-2. Sick leave allowable All persons holding any office, position, or employment in all local school districts, regional school districts or county vocational schools of the state who are steadily employed by the board of education or who are protected by tenure in their of…

18A:30-2.1 Sick leave payment for service connected disability; satisfactory service 18A:30-2.1. a. Whenever any employee, entitled to sick leave under this chapter, is absent from his post of duty as a result of a personal injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the c…

18A:30-2.2 Leave of absence for school employee for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow. 2. An employee holding any office, position, or employment in local school district, regional school district, or county vocational school of the State who is steadily employed by the boar…