N.J. Stat. tit. 18A, ch. 29

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-1 Uncertified teacher denied salary

No teaching staff member shall be entitled to any salary unless he is the holder of an appropriate certificate. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 18A:29-2 Equality of compensation for male and female teachers

Female teaching staff members in the public schools shall be paid compensation equal to that paid to male members holding similar positions and employments and having similar training and terms of service. L.1967, c.271.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

N.J. Stat. § 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.

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