Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:58-37.12 Support limit. 5. a. The support limit for the 2016-2017 school year shall be $75. For each school year thereafter the commissioner shall determine the support limit by multiplying the support limit for the previous school year times the sum of 1.0 plus the average a…

18A:58-37.13 Immunity from civil liability. 6. A school district and a nonpublic school and their employees shall be immune from civil liability in the provision of security services, equipment, or technology pursuant to the provisions of this act, except for actions that constit…

18A:58-37.14 Rules. 7. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the provisions of this act in a manner that comports with the provisions of the State and federal Constit…

18A:58-37.2 Definitions. 2. As used in this act: a. "Commissioner" means the State Commissioner of Education. b. "Nonpublic school" means an elementary or secondary school within the State, other than a public school, offering education for grades kindergarten through 12, or any …

18A:58-37.3. Purchase and loan of textbooks a. The board of education in each school district in the State in which a nonpublic school is located shall have the power and duty to purchase and to loan textbooks upon individual request, to all students attending school in such dist…

18A:58-37.4. Textbooks loaned to students in nonpublic schools; free rental; length of use of designated textbook a. Textbooks which are loaned to students enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 of any nonpublic school shall be textbooks which are used in any public elementar…

18A:58-37.5. Appropriation of aid The commissioner shall, upon request of the local board and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the State Board of Education distribute to each school district an amount equal to the cost of textbooks purchased and loaned by the school distr…

18A:58-37.6 Expenditure of aid for textbooks. 6. State aid provided pursuant to P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) may be expended for the purchase and loan of textbooks for public school pupils in an amount which shall not exceed the State average budgeted textbook expense for…

18A:58-37.6a. Increase in amount of state aid; determination of state average budgeted textbook expenditures a. Beginning in the school year 1981-82 and in each subsequent year, the amount of State aid per pupil pursuant to this act shall increase by the percentage increase in th…

18A:58-37.7. State aid to school districts The sums payable as State aid to school districts pursuant to this act shall be paid in full no later than July 31. The State Treasurer shall make such payment to each board of education upon a certificate of the commissioner and warrant…

18A:58-37.8 Short title. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Secure Schools for All Children Act." L.2016, c.49, s.1.

18A:58-37.9 Definitions relative to security aid for nonpublic school students. 2. As used in this act: "Nonpublic school" means an elementary or secondary school within the State, other than a public school, offering education for grades kindergarten through 12, or any combinati…

18A:58-7.1. School lunch program Each school district or nonprofit nonpublic school participating in the National School Lunch Program shall be reimbursed for each Type A lunch as defined within an approved contract with the Department of Education at a rate not to exceed the max…

18A:58-7.1a. Nonprofit nonpublic school defined As used in this act "nonprofit nonpublic school" means an elementary or secondary school in this State, other than a public school, organized and operated not for profit, offering education for grades kindergarten through 12, or any…

18A:58-7.2. School lunch program; additional state aid Each school district or nonprofit nonpublic school participating in the special assistance phase of the National School Lunch Program as defined within an approved contract with the Department of Education shall be paid an ad…

18A:59-1. Apportionment and distribution of federal funds; exceptions 18A:59-1. Whenever moneys are made available for school purposes by any act of congress, except the act of congress referred to in Article 2 of this chapter, or any agency of the federal government, or made ava…

18A:59-2. Federal funds as trust funds; distribution 18A:59-2. All moneys mentioned in N.J.S.18A:59-1 shall be considered trust funds and shall be distributed by the commissioner or by the Commission on Higher Education, as the case may be, in conformity with said plans. L.1967, …

18A:59-3. Custody of federal funds; disbursement The state treasurer is hereby appointed custodian of all moneys made available to the state of New Jersey under the provisions of section 18A:59-1. He shall receive and provide for the proper custody thereof. He shall disburse such…

18A:59-4. Act of congress accepted The provisions of the act of congress, approved February 23, 1917, entitled "An act to provide for the promotion of vocational education; to provide for cooperation with the states in the promotion of such education in agriculture and the trades…

18A:59-5. State board empowered to act The state board is hereby designated as the state board for the purposes of said act of congress, and shall cooperate, as in the act provided, with the federal board for vocational education in the administration of the provisions thereof. T…

18A:59-6. Custodian of funds The state treasurer is hereby appointed custodian of all money paid to the state from appropriations under said act of congress. He shall receive and provide for the proper custody thereof. He shall disburse such money upon the warrant of the director…

18A:59-7. State appropriation for training of teachers of vocational subjects To secure for the state the maximum appropriation under such act of congress for the training of teachers of vocational subjects as therein provided there shall be appropriated each year from any money …

18A:59-8. State appropriation for salaries of teachers of agricultural subjects To secure for the state the advantages under such act of congress for the supervision of agricultural subjects as therein provided, there shall be appropriated each year, from any money in the state t…

18A:60-1 Requirements for tenure. 18A:60-1. The services of all professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, supervisors, registrars, teachers, and other persons employed in a teaching capacity, who are or shall hereafter be employed by the commissioner in…

18A:60-1.1 Findings, declarations. 1. The Legislature hereby finds that it is in the best interests of the State of New Jersey to provide job security during good behavior and efficiency for the teachers and other certified professional educators employed in State institutions wi…

18A:60-1.2 Tenure after 3 years' service. 3. Any teacher or other certified individual serving in a teaching capacity in a State institution within the Department of Corrections, the Department of Children and Families, or the Department of Human Services as of July 1, 1986, who …

18A:60-10. Establishment of procedure for career development 5. It shall be the responsibility of the board of trustees and the president of each State and county college, in conjunction with their faculty to establish a formal procedure for the career development of all members …

18A:60-11. Inapplicability of act to faculty member with tenure prior to second day of 1973-74 school year The provisions of section 3 of this act shall not apply to any faculty member who shall have acquired tenure prior to the second day of the 1973-74 school year. L.1973, c. 1…

18A:60-12. Nontenured faculty member prior to end of 1973-74 school year; election of program for tenure; notice Any nontenured faculty member presently employed by a State or county college or who begins employment in the 1973-74 school year may elect to be included under the pr…

18A:60-13. Faculty members beginning employment after 1973-74 school year; application of act The provisions of section 3 of this act shall apply to all faculty members beginning their employment after the 1973-74 school year. L.1973, c. 163, s. 8, eff. July 1, 1973.

18A:60-14. Professional staff without faculty rank; contracts Members of the professional staff not holding faculty rank may be appointed by a board of trustees for 1-year terms; provided, however, that after employment in a college for 5 consecutive academic years or for the equ…

18A:60-15. Application of act to full-time faculty members This act shall apply to full-time faculty members employed in any State or county college notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:60-1, 18A:64-21 and 18A:64A-13. L.1973, c. 163, s. 10, eff. July 1, 1973.

18A:60-16 Tenure for faculty members at State college. 2. .a. Faculty members at a State college shall be under tenure in their academic rank, but not in any administrative position, during good behavior, efficiency and satisfactory professional performance, as evidenced by forma…

18A:60-17 Tenure for previously-employed faculty members. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of P.L.2013, c.235 (C.18A:60-16), to the contrary, in the case of a faculty member who is employed at a State college prior to the effective date of P.L.2013, c.235 (C.18A:60-…

18A:60-2. Dismissal and reduction in salary No such professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, supervisor, registrar, teacher, or other person employed in a teaching capacity, so under tenure, shall be dismissed or subjected to a reduction in salary except f…

18A:60-3 Reduction in staff. 18A:60-3. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be held to limit the right of the commissioner, in the case of any educational institution conducted under his jurisdiction, supervision or control; or the Commissioner of Corrections, the Commissioner…

18A:60-5. Indemnity of employees in certain criminal actions Should any criminal action be instituted against any such employee for any such act or omission and should such proceeding be dismissed or result in a final disposition in favor of such employee, the state shall reimbur…

18A:60-6. Short title This act shall be known and may be cited as "The State and County College Tenure Act." L.1973, c. 163, s. 1, eff. July 1, 1973.

18A:60-7. Definitions 2. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meaning: a. "Academic rank" means instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor. b. "Faculty member" means any full-time member of the teaching staff appoin…

18A:60-8 Tenure in academic rank; conditions. 3. Faculty members at a county college shall be under tenure in their academic rank, but not in any administrative position, during good behavior, efficiency and satisfactory professional performance, as evidenced by formal evaluation…

18A:60-9. Tenure by exceptional action after 2 years service Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of this act a board of trustees may, as an exceptional action and upon the recorded two-thirds majority roll call vote of all its members and upon the recommendation of the pr…

18A:61-1. Purpose; name; free tuition A school shall be maintained for the purpose of training and educating deaf children. The name and title of the school shall be the "Marie H. Katzenbach school for the deaf." Tuition therein shall be free. L.1967, c.271.

18A:61-2. Supervision by commissioner The commissioner, subject to the approval of the State board, shall: a. Have the control and care of the buildings and grounds owned and used by the State for the school for the deaf; b. Appoint and remove a superintendent, teachers and other…

18A:61-2.1. Advisory board The State Board of Education with the approval of the Governor shall appoint biannually an advisory board to the Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf which shall consist of not less than seven nor more than 15 members representative of professional a…

18A:61-3. Persons admitted Deaf persons of suitable age and capacity for instruction, who are legal residents of this state and not over 21 years of age, shall be entitled to the privileges of the school for the time, not exceeding 14 years, the state board shall determine, unles…

18A:61-4. Application for admission 18A:61-4. Application for admission shall be made to the State board by a parent, guardian or friend of a proposed pupil in the manner directed by the board. The board shall require that the application be accompanied by a certificate from a ju…