§ 18A:27-1 Appointment of teaching staff members; vote required
§ 18A:27-2 Employment without certificate prohibited
§ 18A:27-2.1 Employment without certification; utilization of institution not chartered as institution of higher education
§ 18A:27-2.2 Employment of teachers from foreign countries under certain conditions
§ 18A:27-2.3 Authorization for employment of teachers from foreign countries, requirements for certification
§ 18A:27-3 Employment for school year
§ 18A:27-3.1 Evaluation of nontenured teaching staff
§ 18A:27-3.2 Teaching staff member; notice of termination; statement of reasons; request; written answer
§ 18A:27-3.3 Rules
§ 18A:27-3.4 Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees and administrative officers of county colleges
§ 18A:27-3.5 Teaching positions of current school year, data submission deadline
§ 18A:27-3.6 Public school teacher retention rates, data submission deadline
§ 18A:27-3.7 Teacher workforce projections report
§ 18A:27-4 Power of boards of education to make rules governing employment of teacher, etc.; employment thereunder
§ 18A:27-4.1 Board of Education, procedure for certain personnel actions; recommendation of chief school administrator
§ 18A:27-4a Definitions relative to employment of novice teachers; benefits of employment
§ 18A:27-5 Written contracts of employment required
§ 18A:27-6 Contents of contracts
§ 18A:27-7 Contract forms
§ 18A:27-8 Filing of contracts
§ 18A:27-9 Teaching after notice of termination of contract
§ 18A:27-10 Written offer or notice to nontenure teachers
§ 18A:27-10.1 Findings, declarations relative to teaching paraprofessionals
§ 18A:27-10.2 Contract, written notice relative to employment of paraprofessional
§ 18A:27-10.3 Dismissal, reduction in compensation; conditions
§ 18A:27-10.4 Student teaching performed in district of employment
§ 18A:27-11 Failure to give timely notice of termination as offer of employment for next succeeding year
§ 18A:27-12 Notice of acceptance; deadline
§ 18A:27-13 Inapplicability of act to teaching staff employees of county colleges
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 18A > Chapter 27 - Appointment of Teaching Staff Members; Vote Required

  • Academic year: means the period between the time school opens in any school district or under any board of education after the general summer vacation until the next succeeding summer vacation. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • County superintendent: means the County Superintendent of Schools. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Department: means the State Department of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • District: means a school district. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Employment: includes employment in a position. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Higher education: means that education which is provided by any or all of the public institutions of higher education as herein defined and any or all equivalent private institutions. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • 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
  • State board: means the State Board of Education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • 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