Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:4-20. Annual report to legislature The state board shall report annually to the legislature in regard to all matters committed to its care. L.1967, c.271.

18A:4-21. Appointment; term; qualifications; salary 18A:4-21. The Commissioner of Education shall be appointed by the Governor, without regard to residence within or without the State, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor duri…

18A:4-22. Chief officer of the department The commissioner shall be: (a) The chief executive and administrative officer of the department having general charge and supervision of the work of the department; (b) The official agent of the state board for all purposes; (c) The budge…

18A:4-23. Supervision of schools; enforcement of rules The commissioner shall have supervision of all schools of the state receiving support or aid from state appropriations, except institutions of higher education, and he shall enforce all rules prescribed by the state board. L.…

18A:4-24. Determining efficiency of schools; report to state board The commissioner shall pursuant to rules and regulations of the State board, inquire into and ascertain the thoroughness and efficiency of operation of any of the schools of the public school system of the State a…

18A:4-25. Prescribing minimum courses of study for public schools; approval of courses of study The commissioner may, with the approval of the state board, prescribe minimum courses of study for the public schools and require boards of education to submit to him for approval or d…

18A:4-26. Acceptance of grants and donations Subject to approval by the governor and the state board, the commissioner may accept on behalf of the state and administer for the state any grant, conveyance, devise, bequest, or donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, f…

18A:4-27. Notice and hearing Prior to the acceptance of any grant, conveyance, devise, bequest, or donation mentioned in section 18A:4-26, due notice and hearing, if requested, shall be granted by the commissioner and the state board to any municipality or municipalities which ma…

18A:4-28. Materials for guidance of teachers The commissioner may prepare, publish and distribute from time to time handbooks, materials or circulars for the guidance of teachers in the public schools. L.1967, c.271.

18A:4-29. Instruction of county superintendents and superintendents of schools; meetings The commissioner shall from time to time instruct the county superintendents and superintendents of schools as to the performance of their duties, the conduct of the schools and the construct…

18A:4-3. Membership qualifications 18A:4-3. The State Board of Education shall consist of 13 members who shall be citizens of the State who have resided therein for not less than five years immediately preceding their appointment, not less than three of whom shall be women and no…

18A:4-30. Annual report of comparative financial statistics of school districts The commissioner shall compile and cause to be published for general distribution, and may make a reasonable charge therefor to cover the cost of printing thereof, and annual report of comparative fin…

18A:4-31. Right to administer oaths, take affidavits and examine witnesses; false swearing The commissioner and each of his assistants may administer oaths, take affidavits without charge, and examine witnesses under oath in any part of the state and upon any matter pertaining to…

18A:4-32. Assistant commissioners; appointment; compensation The commissioner, subject to the approval of the State board, shall appoint not more than seven assistant commissioners of education, and fix their compensation, and he shall from time to time designate one of them to a…

18A:4-33. Deputy commissioner The commissioner shall designate an assistant commissioner as deputy commissioner with full power to act in his place and stead during any absence or inability of the commissioner and at such other times as the commissioner may designate. The commiss…

18A:4-34 Duties of assistant commissioner. 18A:4-34. Each assistant commissioner shall perform such duties in the public school system of the State as may from time to time be assigned to him by the commissioner, which shall include, but need not be limited to, any one or more of…

18A:4-35 Directors, inspectors, and assistants. 18A:4-35. The commissioner may assign an assistant commissioner or, subject to approval of the State board, may appoint and fix the compensation of directors, inspectors, and assistants to act as secretary of the State board of exam…

18A:4-35.1 State School Nurse Consultant. 1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a State School Nurse Consultant. The State School Nurse Consultant shall be a New Jersey certified school nurse who holds a master's degree and has demonstrated higher-level leadership wit…

18A:4-35.2 Annual report to Governor, Legislature. 2. The State School Nurse Consultant shall report annually to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1). The report shall include a summary of the activities of the State School …

18A:4-35.3 State School Counselor Liaison, report to Governor, Legislature. 6. a. The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a State School Counselor Liaison. The State School Counselor Liaison shall hold a New Jersey standard educational services certificate with a director of …

18A:4-36. Helping teachers, salaries and expense allowance A helping teacher to aid and direct the teachers in the schools of two or more districts may be appointed by the commissioner whenever he deems it advisable so to do, at a salary, and with an allowance for necessary expen…

18A:4-37. Payment of salaries and expenses The salary of each helping teacher shall be paid as other state salaries are paid. The director of the division of budget and accounting shall, on order of the commissioner, draw his warrant for such salary on the state treasurer and all…

18A:4-38. Employment of clerks and other employees; compensation The commissioner may appoint such clerks and other employees for the department as he may deem necessary and fix their compensation subject to the provisions of Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, exce…

18A:4-39. Record of official acts; seal; copies of papers The commissioner shall keep a record and preserve copies of all his official acts, orders and decisions. He shall adopt an official seal, and copies of any of his acts, orders and decisions, and of any papers deposited or …

18A:4-4. Appointment of members; terms; vacancies The members of the state board shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for terms of six years commencing on July 1, except as otherwise provided by section 18A:4-5. Each member shall c…

18A:4-40. Monthly, annual and other reports to state board The commissioner shall report to the state board such information as it may prescribe once each month and at such other times as the state board may designate, and he shall report to the state board annually at its Decemb…

18A:4-41. Waiving of certain requirements 9. The commissioner or the Director of the Division of Local Government Services, in the Department of Community Affairs, as appropriate, is authorized, for those school districts issuing bonds pursuant to this 1993 amendatory and supplem…

18A:4-42 Findings, declarations relative to Italian heritage and cultural and educational programs. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. For the past several decades Hollywood and the communications media have continuously portrayed Italians and Americans of Italian her…

18A:4-43 New Jersey Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs. 2. a. The New Jersey Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Cultural and Educational Programs is created and established in the Executive Branch of the …

18A:4-44 Responsibilities, duties of commission. 3. The commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a. To provide, based upon the collective knowledge and experience of its members, assistance and advice to the public and nonpublic schools of this State with …

18A:4-45 Assistance to commission. 4. a. The commission is authorized to call upon any department, office, division or agency of the State, or of any county, municipality or school district of the State, to supply such data, program reports and other information, personnel and as…

18A:4-46 Duties of commission relative to Institute of Italian and Italian American Heritage Studies. 5. a. The commission shall create, establish and oversee the Institute of Italian and Italian American Heritage Studies as an entity whose purpose is to assist the commission in …

18A:4-47 Findings, declarations relative to Latino and Hispanic heritage cultural and educational programs. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. New Jersey is home to a significant number of people of Latino and Hispanic descent, representing 19% of the State's total po…

18A:4-48 Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage. 2. a. The Commission on Latino and Hispanic Heritage is created and established in the Executive Branch of the State Government. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Section IV, paragraph 1 of the New…

18A:4-49 Responsibilities, duties of commission. 3. The commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a. To provide, based upon the collective knowledge and experience of its members, assistance and advice to the public and nonpublic schools of this State with …

18A:4-5. Continuation of present state board; appointment of successors The members of the state board in office on the effective date of this title shall continue in office until the expiration of the respective terms for which they were appointed and all future appointments, ex…

18A:4-50 Authority of commission. 4. a. The commission is authorized to call upon any department, office, division, or agency of the State, or of any county, municipality, or school district of the State, to supply such data, program reports and other information, personnel, and …

18A:4-51 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The 2010 United States Census estimated that there were approximately 17.3 million Asian Americans residing in the United States, or roughly 5.6 percent of the nation's population, with the largest su…

18A:4-52 Commission on Asian American Heritage established; membership criteria, terms. 2. a. The Commission on Asian American Heritage is created and established in the Executive Branch of the State Government. For the purposes of complying with the provisions of Article V, Sect…

18A:4-53 Commission responsibilities, duties. 3. The commission shall have the following responsibilities and duties: a. To provide, based upon the collective knowledge and experience of its members, assistance and advice to the public and nonpublic schools of this State with res…

18A:4-54 Commission authority, data access. 4. a. The commission is authorized to call upon any department, office, division, or agency of the State, or of any county, municipality, or school district of the State, to supply such data, program reports and other information, perso…

18A:4-6. Expenses of members; no compensation The members of the state board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be paid their necessary expenses in performing their duties. L.1967, c.271.

18A:4-7. Meetings The state board shall hold public meetings at least once in each month at such times as its rules may prescribe and at such other times and such places within the state as in its judgment may be necessary, but no meeting shall commence later than eight P.M. L.19…

18A:4-8. Organization of board; officers; vacancies The state board shall organize at its first regular meeting following June 30 of each year by the election of a president and a vice president from its own number who shall serve for one year and until their respective successor…

18A:4-9. Secretary of state board The commissioner shall be the secretary of the state board, but with the approval of the state board he may designate one of the clerks in the department to perform such of the duties of the secretary and such other services for the state board a…

18A:4A-1. Findings, declarations 1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. During the period from 1933 to 1945, six million Jews and millions of other Europeans were murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of a carefully orchestrated program of cultural, social and poli…