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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:28-16 - Operation of certain schools by State agencies; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of staff members

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 college, or any officer, board or commission under his, its or their authority shall undertake the operation of any school previously operated by a school district in this State, all accumulated sick leave, tenure and pension rights of all teaching staff members in said school shall be recognized and preserved by the agency assuming operational control of the school, and any periods of prior employment in such school district shall count toward the acquisition of tenure to the same extent as if all of such employment had been under the Educational Services Commission, Jointure Commission, the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education, or the board of trustees of any State college, as the case may be.
L.1973,c.267,s.1; amended 1994,c.48,s.60.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:28-17 - Operation of certain schools by local school districts; sick leave; tenure, pension rights of teaching staff members

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 Educational Services Commission, a Jointure Commission, the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education, the board of trustees of any State college, or any officer, board or commission under his, its or their authority, all accumulated sick leave, tenure and pension rights of all teaching staff members in said school, shall be recognized and preserved by the board assuming operational control of the school, and any periods of prior employment, by said Educational Services Commission, Jointure Commission, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education or board of trustees of any State college, or any officer, board or commission under his, its or their authority, shall count toward the acquisition of tenure to the same extent as if all of such employment had been in such school district.
L.1973,c.267,s.2; amended 1994,c.48,s.61.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:28-18 - Compliance with certain notice requirements

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 Commission, Commissioner of Education, State Board of Education, or the board of trustees of a State college, as the case may be, shall comply with the notice requirements of P.L.1971, c.436 (C.18A:27-10 et seq.), to the same extent as if each had been the employer of all teaching staff members of the school in question during the academic year preceding the transfer of operational control.
L.1973,c.267,s.3; amended 1994,c.48,s.62.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-3 - Summer payment plans; continuance of plan to raise funds

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, and thereupon, the proper disbursing officer of the board of education, under such rules as may be promulgated by the commissioner with the approval of the State board, is hereby empowered and directed to deduct and withhold an amount equal to 10% of each semimonthly or monthly salary installment, from the payments of the salaries made to such employees as shall participate in such plan and the accumulated deductions for any academic year shall be paid to the employee or his estate under such rules as may be established by the board of education in one of the following ways: (1) at the end of the academic year; (2) in one or more installments after the end of the academic year but prior to September 1; (3) upon death or termination of employment if earlier. Such deductions may be deposited by the board of education in an interest bearing account in any financial institution having its principal office in the State of New Jersey.
Any board of education which had in effect, prior to January 1, 1980, any payment plan which permitted funds to be raised in the next fiscal year is hereby authorized to continue to raise funds in this manner.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1970, c. 238, s. 1, eff. Oct. 28, 1970; L.1979, c. 495, s. 1, eff. Feb. 28, 1980.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-4 - Withholding salary for failure to perform duties.

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 perform any duty imposed upon him by law or by the rules of the State board until the receipt of notice from the commissioner that such teacher has performed the duty.
amended 2010, c.39, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-4.1 - Salary policy schedules.

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 and schedules shall be binding upon the adopting board and upon all future boards in the same district for a period of one, two, three, four, or five years from the effective date of the policy but shall not prohibit the payment of salaries higher than those required by the policy or schedules nor the subsequent adoption of policies or schedules providing for higher salaries, increments or adjustments.
Every school budget adopted, certified or approved by the board, the voters of the district, the board of school estimate, the governing body of the municipality or municipalities, or the commissioner, as the case may be, shall contain such amounts as may be necessary to fully implement the policy and schedules for that budget year.
amended 1987, c.123; 2013, c.199.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-4.2 - Payment of school nurse according to teachers' salary guide

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 including the full use of the same experience steps and training levels that apply to teachers.
L.1972, c. 64, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-4.3 - Teaching staff members with full-time supervisory or administrative responsibilities; salary schedule

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 adopt salary schedules for each school year that begins after the effective date of this act for all such members, except that for a superintendent of schools the board may adopt a salary schedule. Such salary schedules shall be subject to the provisions of N.J.S. 18A:29-4.1. Nothing contained in this section of the act shall authorize a board to pay an amount of salary less than the amount such member would be entitled to under any other law. The schedules adopted pursuant to this section shall be filed with the Commissioner of Education within 30 days after the adoption of each such schedule and the adoption of each subsequent revision of each schedule.
L.1973, c. 364, s. 1, eff. Jan. 7, 1974.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5 - $18,500 minimum salary

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 duties in an acceptable manner for the previous academic year pursuant to N.J.A. C. 6:3-1.19 and 6:3-1.21 and who is not employed as a substitute on a day-to-day basis shall be $18,500.00 for an academic year and a proportionate amount for less than an academic year.
For the purpose of this amendatory and supplementary act, "full-time" means the number of days of employment in each week and the period of time in each day required by regulations of the State board to qualify a person as a full-time teaching staff member.
In addition this minimum salary shall apply to all new full-time teaching staff members hired for the 1985-86 academic year and thereafter.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L. 1985, c. 321, s. 3, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 1985; L. 1986, c. 9, s. 1, eff. March 28, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.1 - Short title

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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.2 - Findings, declarations

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 fallen significantly behind the starting salaries paid to other recent college graduates.
c. A competitive starting teacher salary is an additional means of attracting and retaining outstanding individuals in the teaching profession.
L. 1985, c. 321, s. 2, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.3 - Mandatory minimum

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, 1985. Amended by L. 1986, c. 9, s. 2, eff. March 28, 1986.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.4 - Extracurricular activities, summer employment excluded

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 coaching and other extracurricular activities, and summer employment.
L. 1985, c. 321, s. 5, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.5 - No automatic salary increases

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 compute salaries on the basis of a ratio established between the minimum salary and all other ranges, increments, or increases.
L. 1985, c. 321, s. 6, eff. Sept. 9, 1985, operative Sept. 9, 1985.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-5.6 - Determination of teacher base salary.

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 which the local district or educational services commission is entitled under the provisions of P.L.2007, c.260 (C.18A:7F-43 et al.) and other pertinent statutes, each board of education or board of directors of an educational services commission shall receive from the State during the 1985-86 academic year and for two years thereafter an amount equal to the sum of the amounts by which the actual salary prescribed for each current full-time teaching staff member under the salary schedule adopted by the local board of education or board of directors for the 1984-85 academic year in the manner prescribed by law is less than $18,500.00, provided that the teaching staff member has been certified by the local board of education or board of directors as performing his duties in an acceptable manner for the 1984-85 school year pursuant to N.J.A.C.6:3-1.19 and 6:3-1.21. Each local board of education or board of directors shall receive from the State on behalf of the newly employed full-time teaching staff members for the 1985-86 academic year and for two years thereafter an amount equal to the sum of the amounts by which the actual salary prescribed for each newly employed full-time teaching staff member under the salary schedule adopted by the local board of education or board of directors for the 1984-85 academic year is less than $18,500.00. All adjustments for teachers who are hired or who leave employment during the school year and who make less than $18,500.00 shall be made in the school year following the year in which they were hired or left employment.
c. For the 1988-89 academic year and thereafter, this act shall be funded in accordance with the recommendations of the State and Local Expenditure and Revenue Policy Commission created pursuant to P.L.1984, c.213. If the commission's recommendations for funding this program are not enacted into law, this act shall be funded in accordance with subsection d. of this section and sections 9 and 10 of P.L.1985, c.321 (C.18A:29-5.8 and C.18A:29-5.9).
d. For the purpose of funding this act in the 1988-89 academic year as determined pursuant to this section, each teacher's salary based on the 1984-85 salary guide shall be increased by the product of the base salary multiplied by 21%.
e. In each subsequent year the product of the base salary times 7% shall be cumulatively added to each teacher's salary as calculated in subsection d. of this section in determining the aid payable. In any year subsequent to the 1987-88 academic year in which the base salary plus the cumulative increases under this section exceed $18,500.00, aid will no longer be payable.
L.1985, c.321, s.7; amended 1986, c.9, s.3; 1990, c.52, s.48; 1996, c.138, s.62; 2007, c.260, s.56.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-9 - Agreement as to initial salaries

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 employing board of education.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-11 - Credit for military services

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 reserve, or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with the army or navy, in time of war or an emergency, or for or during any period of training, or pursuant to or in connection with the operation of any system of selective service, shall be entitled to receive equivalent years of employment credit for such service as if he had been employed for the same period of time in some publicly owned and operated college, school or institution of learning in this or any other state or territory of the United States, except that the period of such service shall not be credited toward more than four employment or adjustment increments.
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to reduce the number of employment or adjustment increments to which any member may be entitled under the terms of any law, or regulation, or action of any employing board or officer, of this state, relating to leaves of absence.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-13 - Increase of salaries or increments

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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-14 - Withholding increments; causes; notice of appeals

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 membership of the board of education. It shall be the duty of the board of education, within 10 days, to give written notice of such action, together with the reasons therefor, to the member concerned. The member may appeal from such action to the commissioner under rules prescribed by him. The commissioner shall consider such appeal and shall either affirm the action of the board of education or direct that the increment or increments be paid. The commissioner may designate an assistant commissioner of education to act for him in his place and with his powers on such appeals. It shall not be mandatory upon the board of education to pay any such denied increment in any future year as an adjustment increment.
L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 295, s. 13, eff. Sept. 9, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-15 - Salary schedules in force

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 which shall meet its minimum requirements, nor to prevent the payment of extra compensation for additional service, nor to prevent the payment of any bonus pursuant to law, but no bonus payment may be made in lieu of an employment or adjustment increment.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29-16 - Emergency certificates; day-by-day basis substitute

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 a day-by-day basis.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-2 - Findings, declarations

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 will demonstrate our appreciation of excellence and encourage others to strive for the same.
c. Giving the teaching profession the stature and recognition it deserves will help attract and retain the most able individuals in the profession of teaching, a process which is critical to the future well-being of the State and its citizens.
d. In teaching, as in other professions, practitioners should be acknowledged for outstanding performance.
e. The purpose of this act is to provide for Statewide awards and recognition of the excellence of current members of the teaching profession.
L. 1985, c. 322, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-3 - Teacher recognition selection panel

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 teaching staff, administrative staff, parents and other citizens for the purpose of selecting recipients for the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching.
This panel shall be composed of up to nine members as follows:
a. three members to be selected by the local board of education;
b. three members to be selected by the local bargaining unit which represents the classroom teachers of the district. Should that bargaining unit choose not to appoint members to the panel, then the board of education shall appoint up to three additional members;
c. three additional members selected jointly by the members selected under subsections a. and b. of this section.
Should the members selected pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section fail to agree on the selection of the three additional members, then the additional members shall be selected by the local mayor from among the district's parent organization.
L. 1985, c. 322, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-4 - Selection of outstanding teachers

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, and creativity, have made an extraordinary contribution during the previous school year to the quality of education in that district. Schools having fewer than 10 teachers may consolidate with other schools for the purpose of participating in this program, provided that the combined number of teachers is 10 or more. In selecting teaching staff members for the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Teaching, the panel may solicit nominations from teaching staff, administrative staff, parents, students, and community members.
Teaching staff members who are selected for the Governor's Annual Teacher Recognition Award shall have distinguished themselves through exceptional contributions in the following areas:
a. use of effective instructional techniques and methods;
b. establishment of productive classroom climate and rapport with pupils; and
c. development of feelings of self-worth and the love of learning in pupils.
The selection panel shall consider evidence of these contributions in making its decisions. Teachers selected for this award shall have received exemplary local district evaluation reports. School districts may also consider other evidence of outstanding teaching performance.
Teachers selected for the Governor's Award shall also have other acceptable personnel records which are devoid of recent sanctions or deficiencies.
The local board of education may certify to the commissioner the name of one teaching staff member from each school or combination of schools in the district having 10 or more teachers as a recipient of the Governor's Award. The local board may not certify the names of any teaching staff members who were not nominated by the teacher recognition selection paneL. The State shall provide funds in an amount equal to $1,000.00 for each teacher selected pursuant to this act. These funds shall be forwarded in the teacher's name to the district for an educational purpose designated by the teacher. Districts that do not comply with all the provisions of this act shall not be included in the Governor's Award program.
Award recipients shall not be eligible for renomination for two years following their selection.
L. 1985, c. 322, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-5 - Convocation; awards

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 teacher so selected shall be awarded a proportion of the funds provided pursuant to this act.
L. 1985, c. 322, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-6 - Review, recommendations

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 the review, recommendations shall be made to the Governor and the Legislature concerning the continuation of the program and any proposed changes or modifications.
L. 1985, c. 322, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29A-7 - Rules, regulations

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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-2 - Findings, declarations relative to recognition of educational services professionals.

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 professionals provide important services outside of the classroom environment that improve students' academic opportunities, workforce preparedness, and overall quality of life;
c. providing for local and Statewide recognition of outstanding educational services professionals will demonstrate our appreciation of their contributions and encourage others to strive for the same; and
d. the purpose of this act is to provide for Statewide awards and recognition of the excellence of current school district employees employed in a position requiring an educational services certificate.
L.2003,c.216,s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-3 - "Educational services professional" defined.

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.
L.2003,c.216,s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-4 - Educational services professional recognition selection panel.

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 recognition selection panel composed of members of the teaching staff, administrative staff, parents and other citizens for the purpose of selecting recipients for the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals.
The panel shall be composed of up to nine members as follows:
a. three members to be selected by the local board of education;
b. three members to be selected by the local bargaining unit which represents the educational services professionals of the district. Should that bargaining unit choose not to appoint members to the panel, the board of education shall appoint up to three additional members; and
c. three additional members selected jointly by the members selected under subsections a. and b. of this section.
Should the members selected pursuant to subsections a. and b. of this section fail to agree on the selection of the three additional members, the additional members shall be selected by the local mayor from among the district's parent organization.
L.2003,c.216,s.4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-5 - Nominations for Governor's Annual Educational Services Professionals Recognition Award.

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 district having 10 or more educational services professionals who, because of their knowledge, commitment, and creativity, have made an extraordinary contribution during the previous school year to the quality of education in that district. Schools having fewer than 10 educational services professionals may consolidate with other schools for the purpose of participating in this program, provided that the combined number of educational services professionals is 10 or more. In selecting educational services professionals for the Governor's Annual Award for Outstanding Educational Services Professionals, the panel may solicit nominations from teaching staff, administrative staff, parents, students, and community members.
Educational services professionals who are selected for the Governor's Annual Educational Services Professionals Recognition Award shall have distinguished themselves through exceptional contributions in the following areas:
a. interactions with students, staff, and parents while functioning as a frontline advocate for the student between home and school;
b. fostering an environment for learning and exploring creative alternatives to enable all students to achieve to their fullest potential;
c. supporting classroom instruction by addressing the educational, social, and emotional needs of all students; and
d. personal interactions with students that demonstrate professionalism while retaining respect, humor, compassion, and concern for the whole child.
The selection panel shall consider evidence of these contributions in making its decisions. Educational services professionals selected for this award shall have received exemplary local district evaluation reports. School districts may also consider other evidence of outstanding educational services performance.
Educational services professionals selected for the Governor's Award shall also have other acceptable personnel records which are devoid of recent sanctions or deficiencies.
The local board of education may certify to the commissioner the name of one educational services professional from each school or combination of schools in the district having 10 or more educational services professionals as a recipient of the Governor's Award. The local board may not certify the names of any educational services professionals who were not nominated by the educational services professionals selection panel. Districts that do not comply with all the provisions of this act shall not be included in the Governor's Award program.
Award recipients shall not be eligible for renomination for two years following their selection.
L.2003,c.216,s.5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-6 - Convocation on "Excellence in Educational Services."

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 certificate of commendation.
L.2003,c.216,s.6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:29B-7 - Rules, regulations.

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.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-2 - Sick leave allowable

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 office, position, or employment under the provisions of this or any other law, except persons in the classified service of the civil service under Title 11, Civil Service, of the Revised Statutes, shall be allowed sick leave with full pay for a minimum of 10 school days in any school year.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-2.1 - Sick leave payment for service connected disability; satisfactory service

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 course of his employment, his employer shall pay to such employee the full salary or wages for the period of such absence for up to one calendar year without having such absence charged to the annual sick leave or the accumulated sick leave provided in N.J.S.18A:30-2 and 18A:30-3. Salary or wage payments provided in this section shall be made for absence during the waiting period and during the period the employee received or was eligible to receive a temporary disability benefit under chapter 15 of Title 34, Labor and Workmen's Compensation, of the Revised Statutes. Any amount of salary or wages paid or payable to the employee pursuant to this section shall be reduced by the amount of any workmen's compensation award made for temporary disability.
b. Leave taken by an employee pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall constitute satisfactory service as provided pursuant to N.J.S.18A:29-14 and any other provision, statutory or contractual, relating to employment, adjustment or other increments and shall not constitute inefficiency or other good cause for the withholding of an employment or adjustment increment.
L.1967, c.271; amended 1997,c.112,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-2.2 - Leave of absence for school employee for purpose of donating organ, bone marrow.

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 board of education or who is protected by tenure in the office, position, or employment under the provisions of any law, except a person in the classified service of the civil service under Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges or benefits, for the purpose of donating one or more of their human organs, or a part thereof, or bone marrow to another human for human organ transplantation. The paid leave shall be up to 30 days for the donation of an organ or a part of an organ and up to five days for the donation of bone marrow, and shall be in addition to any other type of leave to which an employee may be entitled.
L.2019, c.444, s.2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3 - Accumulated sick leave

18A:30-3. Accumulated sick leave
If any such person requires in any school year less than the specified number of days of sick leave with pay allowed, all days of such minimum sick leave not utilized that year shall be accumulative to be used for additional sick leave as needed in subsequent years.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.1 - Accumulated sick leave rights preserved

18A:30-3.1. Accumulated sick leave rights preserved
The accumulative sick leave rights of the employees in any high school or junior high school or other school terminated by the creation of a regional district shall be recognized and preserved by the regional board of education whenever said former employees of the united districts shall be employed, or have been employed, by the regional board of education.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.2 - Credited with unused sick leave

18A:30-3.2. Credited with unused sick leave
Whenever a board of education employs any person who has an unused accumulation of sick leave days from another school district in New Jersey, the employing board may grant, not later than the end of the first year of employment, part or full credit therefor. The amount of any such credit shall be fixed by resolution of the board uniformly applicable to all employees and subject to the provisions of this chapter.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.3 - Certificate issued showing unused sick leave

18A:30-3.3. Certificate issued showing unused sick leave
Upon termination of employment of any employee from any school district, the board shall issue, at the request of the employee, a certificate stating such employee's unused accumulation of sick leave days as of the date of such termination. Such certificate shall be filed with the new employer within one year of the date of such new employment.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.4 - Accumulation of sick leave credited; use; accumulation; leave irrevocable

18A:30-3.4. Accumulation of sick leave credited; use; accumulation; leave irrevocable
The accumulation of sick leave days from another district, when granted in accordance with this chapter, shall be credited upon receipt of the certificate of the prior employer. The days of sick leave so credited may be used immediately or if not so used shall be accumulative for additional leave thereafter as may be needed. The number of such days when granted shall be irrevocable by the board of education of the district.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.5 - Payment for accumulated sick leave by board of education.

18A:30-3.5 Payment for accumulated sick leave by board of education.
44. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a board of education, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, shall not pay supplemental compensation to any officer or employee for accumulated unused sick leave in an amount in excess of $15,000, except that an officer or employee who:
(1) on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or upon the expiration of a collective negotiations agreement or contract of employment applicable to that officer or employee in effect on that date has accrued supplemental compensation based upon accumulated unused sick leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive for any unused leave not more than the amount so accumulated or not more than $15,000, whichever is greater; or
(2) becomes an officer or employee after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.) and has previously accrued supplemental compensation based upon accumulated unused sick leave shall, upon retirement, be eligible to receive for any unused leave not more than the amount so previously accumulated or not more than $15,000, whichever is greater.
Supplemental compensation shall be payable only at the time of retirement from a State-administered or locally-administered retirement system based on the leave credited on the date of retirement.
As used in this section, "officer or employee" means an elected official; or a person appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, or appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office; or a person appointed by an elected public official or elected governing body of the political subdivision, with the specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be established by the Department of Education, but not including a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the political subdivision, or the agency or instrumentality thereof.
L.2007, c.92, s.44.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-3.6 - Cap on compensation for unused sick leave from board of education.

18A:30-3.6 Cap on compensation for unused sick leave from board of education.
3. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a board of education, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, shall not pay supplemental compensation to any officer or employee for accumulated unused sick leave in an amount in excess of $15,000. Supplemental compensation shall be payable only at the time of retirement from a State-administered or locally-administered retirement system based on the leave credited on the date of retirement. This provision shall apply only to officers and employees who commence service with the board of education, or the agency or instrumentality thereof, on or after the effective date of P.L.2010, c.3. This section shall not be construed to affect the terms in any collective negotiations agreement with a relevant provision in force on that effective date.
L.2010, c.3, s.3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-6 - Prolonged absence beyond sick leave period

18A:30-6. Prolonged absence beyond sick leave period
When absence, under the circumstances described in section 18A:30-1 of this article, exceeds the annual sick leave and the accumulated sick leave, the board of education may pay any such person each day's salary less the pay of a substitute, if a substitute is employed or the estimated cost of the employment of a substitute if none is employed, for such length of time as may be determined by the board of education in each individual case. A day's salary is defined as 1/200 of the annual salary.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-7 - Power of boards of education to pay salaries

18A:30-7. Power of boards of education to pay salaries
Nothing in this chapter shall affect the right of the board of education to fix either by rule or by individual consideration, the payment of salary in cases of absence not constituting sick leave, or to grant sick leave over and above the minimum sick leave as defined in this chapter or allowing days to accumulate over and above those provided for in section 18A:30-2, except that no person shall be allowed to increase his total accumulation by more than 15 days in any one year.
L.1967, c.271.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-8 - Athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by state

18A:30-8. Athletic competition on world, Pan American or Olympic level; reimbursement by state
Any school district employee who qualifies as a member of the United States team for athletic competition on the world, Pan American or Olympic level, in a sport contested in either Pan American or Olympic competitions, shall be granted a leave of absence with pay and without loss of rights, privileges and benefits and without interruption of membership in any retirement system for the purpose of preparing for and engaging in the competition. The paid leave granted pursuant to this act shall be no more than 90 calendar days in 1 year or the combined days of the official training camp and competition, whichever is less.
Any school district which grants employees leaves of absence pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be reimbursed by the State, for the full amount of the actual cost of employing substitutes for said employees.
L.1978, c. 99, s. 2, eff. Aug. 14, 1978.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 18A - Education › Section 18A:30-9 - Use of accumulated vacation leave by board of education.

18A:30-9 Use of accumulated vacation leave by board of education.
46. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, an officer or employee of a board of education, or an agency or instrumentality thereof, who does not take vacation leave that accrues on or after the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or on or after the date on which the person becomes an officer or employee, in a given year because of business demands shall be granted that accrued leave only during the next succeeding year.
However, vacation leave not taken in a given year because of duties directly related to a state of emergency declared by the Governor may accumulate at the discretion of the appointing authority until, pursuant to a plan established by the officer or employee's appointing authority, the leave is used or the employee or officer is compensated for that leave, which shall not be subject to collective negotiation or collective bargaining.
A person who (1) is an officer or employee on the effective date of P.L.2007, c.92 (C.43:15C-1 et al.), or (2) becomes an officer or employee after that effective date, and has previously accrued vacation leave shall be eligible and shall be permitted to retain and use that accrued vacation leave.
As used in this section, "officer or employee" means an elected official; or a person appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, or appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor only during his or her term of office; or a person appointed by an elected public official or elected governing body of the political subdivision, with the specific consent or approval of the elected governing body of the political subdivision that is substantially similar in nature to the advice and consent of the Senate for appointments by the Governor of the State as that similarity is determined by the elected governing body and set forth in an adopted resolution, pursuant to guidelines or policy that shall be established by the Department of Education, but not including a person who is employed or appointed in the regular or normal course of employment or appointment procedures and consented to or approved in a general or routine manner appropriate for and followed by the political subdivision, or the agency or instrumentality thereof.
L.2007, c.92, s.46.