Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 18A > Chapter 29A - Governor's Annual Teacher Recognition Act

• Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Public school: means a school, under college grade, which derives its support entirely or in part from public funds. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
• State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
• Teaching staff member: means a member of the professional staff of any district or regional board of education, or any board of education of a county vocational school, holding office, position or employment of such character that the qualifications, for such office, position or employment, require him to hold a valid and effective standard, provisional or emergency certificate, appropriate to his office, position or employment, issued by the State Board of Examiners and includes a school nurse and a school athletic trainer. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1