N.J. Stat. tit. 18A, ch. 25

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-1 Transfer of teaching staff members

No teaching staff member shall be transferred, except by a recorded roll call majority vote of the full membership of the board of education by which he is employed. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-2 Authority over pupils

A teacher or other person in authority over such pupil shall hold every pupil accountable for disorderly conduct in school and during recess and on the playgrounds of the school and on the way to and from school. The driver shall be in full charge of the school bus at all times and shall be responsible for order; he shall never exclude a pupil from the bus, but, if unable to manage any pupil, shall report the unmanageable pupil to the principal of the school which he attends. A pupil may be excluded from the bus for disciplinary reasons by the principal and his parents shall provide for his transportation to and from school during the period of such exclusion. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1969, c. 175, s. 1, eff. Oct. 14, 1969.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-3 Teaching, etc., on holidays not required

No teaching staff member shall be required to perform his duties on any day declared by law to be a public holiday and no deduction shall be made from such member's salary by reason of the fact that such a public holiday happens to be a school day and any term of any contract made with any such member which is in violation of this section shall be void. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-4 School register; keeping

Each teacher or person required by the board of education of any district or of any county vocational school to keep a school register shall keep the same in the manner provided therefor and his final salary installment for the school year shall not be paid to him until the superintendent, secretary, principal or other person designated by the board, has examined the register, found it to have been kept according to law and certified the same thereon. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-5 Annual report; filing and penalty for failure to file

The teacher in any school in which but one teacher is employed and the principal in every other school shall file with the superintendent of schools of the district, if there be one, otherwise with the county superintendent, at the time of the closing of the school for the summer vacation or of leaving school before the end of the school year, an annual report on blanks furnished for that purpose by the commissioner. Unless such report is filed at said time the last installment of salary due the teacher or principal for the school year shall not be paid to him until the secretary of the board of education shall have received written notice from the superintendent of the district or the county superintendent, as the case may be, that such report has been filed. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-6 Suspension of assistant superintendents, principals and teachers

The superintendent of schools may, with the approval of the president or presidents of the board or boards employing him, suspend any assistant superintendent, principal or teaching staff member, and shall report such a suspension to the board or boards forthwith. The board or boards, each by a recorded roll call majority vote of its membership, shall take such action for the restoration or removal of such person as it shall deem proper, subject to the provisions of chapter 6 ^1^ and chapter 28 of this Title. L.1967, c.271; amended by L.1968, c. 295, s. 12, eff. Sept. 9, 1968.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:25-7 Meeting which could adversely affect employment; right to notice and representation

Whenever any teaching staff member is required to appear before the board of education or any committee or member thereof concerning any matter which could adversely affect the continuation of that teaching staff member in his office, position or employment or the salary or any increments pertaining thereto, then he shall be given prior written notice of the reasons for such meeting or interview and shall be entitled to have a person of his own choosing present to advise and represent him during such meeting or interview. L.1968, c. 451, s. 1, eff. Feb. 20, 1969.

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