Bill Text: NJ A987 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-06-04 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [A987 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A987-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes school district hiring preference for veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning a school district hiring preference for veterans 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 may adopt a resolution providing hiring preference to veterans, as defined in N.J.S.11A:5-1, provided that in all measurable criteria, the veteran and nonveteran are equally qualified for the position.
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 provide a school district with the ability to provide a hiring preference to veterans. In order to be eligible for the preference under the bill 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.
