Bill Text: NJ S199 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes fixed dates for employment contracts of certain State college professors and other employees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S199 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-S199-Introduced.html

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SENATE, No. 199

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JIM WHELAN

District 2 (Atlantic)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Van Drew

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Establishes fixed dates for employment contracts of certain State college professors and other employees.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  

An Act concerning the employment contracts of certain State college employees and supplementing chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    Any single-semester contract made or entered into by a State college or university established pursuant to chapter 64 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes for the employment of a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, teacher, or other person in a teaching capacity for the Spring semester shall commence on January 1 and expire on May 31 of that academic year.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill provides that any single-semester contract for the employment of a professor or other person employed in a teaching capacity at a State college will commence on January 1 and expire on May 31 of the academic year.  The dates of such employment contracts are not dictated by statute or regulation and have, under current practice, been set at dates that occur later than the actual term of employment.  This bill establishes fixed dates of employment that more accurately reflect the true course of a Spring semester at a State college.  Accuracy in the dates of such employment contracts is important because, among other reasons, they dictate the onset of employee eligibility for health insurance.