Bill Text: NJ A861 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires school district hiring preference for veterans for school security positions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee [A861 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A861-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblywoman CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER
District 28 (Essex)
SYNOPSIS
Requires school district hiring preference for veterans for school security positions.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning a hiring preference for veterans for school security positions and supplementing chapter 28 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A board of education shall provide a hiring preference to veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1, for school security positions, provided that in all measurable criteria, the veteran and nonveteran are equally qualified.
b. In the case of any school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes, the provisions of chapter 5 of Title 11A shall supersede the provisions of this section for those persons in the classified service of the civil service.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require a school district to provide a hiring preference to veterans for school security positions. In order to be eligible for the preference, the bill provides that when applying for employment with a school district, a veteran must be equally qualified in all measurable criteria with all other candidates for the position. The bill specifies that in the case of a school district that has adopted Title 11A, Civil Service, of the New Jersey Statutes (approximately ten school districts), the veteran preference provisions of that chapter for those persons in the classified service of the civil service will supersede the bill's provision.
