Title 18A, Title 18A: EDUCATION

18A:6-132 County vocational District Partnership Grant Program. 1. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and administer a four-year County Vocational School District Partnership Grant Program. The purpose of the program shall be to award grants to county vocational school d…

18A:6-133 Awarding of grants. 2. a. The commissioner shall award grants, within the limit of available State appropriations, to selected county vocational school districts to be used to support the development and implementation of a career and technical education program in an e…

18A:6-134 Report to Governor, Legislature. 3. The commissioner shall submit a report to the Governor, and the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), four years after the establishment of the County Vocational School District Partnership Grant Program…

18A:6-135 Development, establishment of Response to Intervention framework. 1. a. The Commissioner of Education shall develop and establish an initiative to support and encourage the use of a Response to Intervention framework by school districts to promote the achievement of all…

18A:6-136 Definitions relative to a teaching pilot program; recruitment; report. 1. a. As used in this section: "Underperforming school" means any public school that meets the criteria of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2): (1) among all students in that school to whom a State assess…

18A:6-137 Definitions. 1. As used in sections 2 through 5 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138 through C.18A:6-141): "Eligible teacher" means an individual who is employed as a teacher in a public school and who meets one of the following criteria: (1) holds a valid and effective prov…

18A:6-138 Grant program for certain STEM teachers established. 2. a. There is established in the Department of Education a grant program in which an eligible teacher employed by a school district may receive additional remuneration, pursuant to the provisions of section 3 of P.L.…

18A:6-139 Application for participation. 3. a. A nonpublic school that wishes to participate in the grant program established under section 2 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138) shall submit an application to the Commissioner of Education in a manner and on such forms as determined …

18A:6-139.1 Eligible retired teacher, county college faculty member, grants, remuneration to teach STEM classes, nonpublic schools. 4. a. The Commissioner of Education may award a grant consistent with the provisions of this section for the purposes of allowing an eligible retire…

18A:6-14 Suspension upon certification of charge; compensation; reinstatement. 18A:6-14. Upon certification of any charge to the commissioner, the board may suspend the person against whom such charge is made, with or without pay, but, if the determination of the charge by the ar…

18A:6-140 Report. 4. At the conclusion of each school year, a nonpublic school participating in the grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138) shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Education containing information on the school's imple…

18A:6-141 Continuation of grant program. 5. The grant program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2019, c.256 (C.18A:6-138) shall remain operational for at least four years and shall continue thereafter until such time as the Commissioner of Education determines that the pro…

18A:6-142 Definitions. 1. As used in this act: "Foundational literacy instruction" means an evidence-based reading instruction practice that addresses the acquisition of language, phonological and phonemic awareness, phonics and spelling, fluency, vocabulary, oral language, and c…

18A:6-143 "Working Group on Student Literacy" established. 2. a. There is established in the Department of Education a Working Group on Student Literacy. The purpose of the working group shall be to provide recommendations to the department regarding the implementation of evidenc…

18A:6-144 Working Group on Student Literacy duties, recommendations. 3. a. It shall be the duty of the working group to examine and make recommendations to the Department of Education regarding the implementation of evidence-based literacy strategies, appropriate and reliable ins…

18A:6-145 Develop, publish guidance, literacy. 4. a. The Department of Education shall, after consideration of the recommendations provided by the working group pursuant to section 3 of this act, develop and publish guidance for use by school districts beginning with the 2025-202…

18A:6-146 Universal literacy screening. 5. a. A school district shall, at least twice annually, conduct a literacy screening of each student enrolled in kindergarten through grade three to determine a student's reading proficiency using an acceptable and reliable instrument for a…

18A:6-147 Written notification, student results, universal literacy screening. 6. a. A school district shall provide written notification to a parent or guardian of a student's results of the universal literacy screening within 30 days of the close of the initial screening period…

18A:6-148 Online resource center established. 7. The department shall establish an online resource center to aid school districts in the selection of evidence-based, high-quality literacy instructional materials, including data analysis tools, as part of the school district's imp…

18A:6-149 Professional development program established, literacy instruction, Department of Education. 8. a. The Department of Education shall establish a professional development program regarding evidence-based foundational literacy instruction, which shall be available to all …

18A:6-150 Professional development program, literacy, teaching staff. 9. a. A school district shall use the professional development program established pursuant to section 8 of this act or any other evidence-based literacy instructional material that complies with the requiremen…

18A:6-16 Proceedings before commissioner; written response; determination. 18A:6-16. Upon receipt of such a charge and certification, or of a charge lawfully made to the commissioner, the commissioner or the person appointed to act in the commissioner's behalf in the proceedings …

18A:6-17. Board of education a party; conduct of hearing In such hearing the board of education shall be a party and the hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations, adopted by the commissioner and approved by the state board. L.1967, c.271.

18A:6-17.1 Panel of arbitrators; training. 22. a. The Commissioner of Education shall maintain a panel of 50 permanent arbitrators to hear matters pursuant to N.J.S.18A:6-16. Of the 50 arbitrators, 16 arbitrators shall be designated by the New Jersey Education Association, six ar…

18A:6-17.2 Considerations for arbitrator in rendering decision. 23. a. In the event that the matter before the arbitrator pursuant to section 22 of this act is employee inefficiency pursuant to section 25 of this act, in rendering a decision the arbitrator shall only consider whe…

18A:6-17.3 Evaluation process, determination of charges. 25. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.18A:6-11 or any other section of law to the contrary, in the case of a teacher, principal, assistant principal, and vice-principal: (1) the superintendent shall promptly file w…

18A:6-17.4 Commissioner's authority. 26. The commissioner shall have the authority to extend the timelines in the tenure charge process upon a showing of exceptional circumstances. L.2012, c.26, s.26.

18A:6-17.5 Determination of certain tenure charge. 18. Any tenure charge transmitted to the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to N.J.S.18A:6-16 prior to the effective date of P.L.2012, c.26 (C.18A:6-117 et al.) shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of subartic…

18A:6-18. Dismissal, reduction and compensation of persons under tenure in schools and institutions of higher education 18A:6-18. No professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, supervisor, registrar, teacher or other persons employed in a teaching capacity, i…

18A:6-18.1. Charge against suspended person not determined within 180 days; payment of salary If any tenured professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, supervisor, registrar, teacher or other person employed in a teaching capacity or any other tenured office…

18A:6-19. Administering of oaths 18A:6-19. Any member of any board of education, governing board or of any other board or any person, lawfully authorized to hold a hearing, may administer oaths to witnesses in such hearing, in any dispute or controversy under the school laws or t…

18A:6-2. Instruction in accident and fire prevention Regular courses of instruction in accident prevention and fire prevention shall be given in every public and private school in this state, which instruction shall be adapted to the understanding of the several grades and classe…

18A:6-20. Right to testify; counsel; witnesses; compulsory process 18A:6-20. Any party to any dispute or controversy or charged therein, may be represented by counsel at any hearing held in or concerning the same and shall have the right to testify, and produce witnesses to testi…

18A:6-21. Proceedings against recalcitrant witnesses 18A:6-21. If a person subpoenaed to attend at any such hearing fails to obey the command of the subpoena, without reasonable cause, or if a person in attendance at any such hearing refuses without lawful cause to be examined or…

18A:6-22. Order to testify, etc. Upon return of the order, the judge shall examine the person under oath and if he shall determine, after giving such person an opportunity to be heard, that he refused without legal cause to comply with such subpoena, he may order such person to c…

18A:6-23. Witness fees and privileges Every witness shall be entitled to be paid for attendance, or attendance and travel, at any hearing, by the party on whose behalf he is subpoenaed, at the rates prescribed by law for attendance in the courts of this state in a civil action, b…

18A:6-24. Hearings before commissioner; presentation of facts Testimony as to the facts involved in any controversy or dispute in which the commissioner has jurisdiction shall, if so required by the commissioner, be presented by the parties in the form of written statements verif…

18A:6-25. Decisions in controversies and disputes The determination of any controversy or dispute shall be made within 60 days after the close of the hearing and shall be in the form of a written decision which shall contain findings of facts upon which the determination is based…

18A:6-3. Courses in Constitution of United States 18A:6-3. Regular courses of instruction in the Constitution of the United States shall be given in all public schools and in all private schools, attendance at which is a sufficient compliance with the compulsory educational requi…

18A:6-30. Compensation for persons illegally dismissed or suspended Any person holding office, position or employment in the public school system of the state, who shall be illegally dismissed or suspended therefrom, shall be entitled to compensation for the period covered by the…

18A:6-30.1. Teacher wrongfully dismissed; payment for services When the dismissal of any teaching staff member before the expiration of his contract with the board of education shall be decided, upon appeal, to have been without good cause, he shall be entitled to compensation fo…

18A:6-31. Tenure and civil service rights saved Nothing contained in this title shall be construed to affect the tenure or civil service rights of any person presently existing, or hereafter obtained, under this or any other law. L.1967, c.271.

18A:6-31.1. Tenure to continue Whenever any district is divided into two or more districts those persons having tenure, in office, position or employment in such district, shall continue to have tenure in the district which comprises the territory in which they were serving at th…

18A:6-31.2. Tenure, seniority and pension rights continued The tenure, seniority and pension rights of all persons, who had office, position or employment in the original district at the time of said division and who are employed in either district after such division shall conti…

18A:6-31.3. "New school district" defined 1. As used in this act, "new school district" means a local school district, regional school district, a county vocational school district, a jointure commission, a county special services school district, or an educational services commi…

18A:6-31.4. Terms, conditions of employment 2. Whenever a new school district is created, the terms and conditions of employment, whether established through a collective bargaining agreement or past practice, of the largest constituent school district which is affected, replaced…