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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
New Jersey is one of five States with a State-wide tenure of office law.
A teacher cannot be removed nor his salary decreased after three years
of consecutive service, except on charges and after a hearing. However,
teachers from some communities assert that they have signed waivers relinquishing the right to protest such dismissal or decrease in salary. Under
a law approved in 1919, pensions are provided for in the form of annuities from the teachers' own contributions. Payment is made after the
age of 62 or following retirement, which is compulsory at 70.
The State board of education is a bipartisan body of ten, not more than
five of whom may be members of the same political party. The board approves selection of county superintendents, can withhold funds from any
local board for failure to comply with State school laws, and issues teachers' certificates, which are valid in any part of the State. Teachers cannot
be employed without certificates, and (with the exception of foreign language instructors) they are required to be citizens of the United States.
A teacher's oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States is
required under a law passed in 1935. No test case has resulted, and there
is no record of a teacher's refusing to comply with the law.
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