N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:15-2.2

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 10A:15-2.2 - Eligibility

(a) Those individuals who meet the requirements set forth at N.J.A.C. 10A:15-1.2 shall be eligible for tenure as follows:

1. For teaching staff hired prior to August 6, 2012, after the expiration of continuous employment for three consecutive years in tenure eligible assignments with satisfactory evaluations within the scope of a specific standard certificate; and

2. For teaching staff hired on or after August 6, 2012, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 18A:6-117 and 118 and 18A:28-5, after the expiration of continuous employment for four years and one day, consecutively in tenure eligible assignments with satisfactory evaluations within the scope of a specific standard certificate.

(b) Service rendered under a provisional certification shall be applied towards tenure eligibility. Tenure may be acquired, however, only when standard certification has been issued by the New Jersey State Board of Examiners.

(c) Service rendered under an emergency certification may be applied towards tenure eligibility. However, service under an emergency certificate may be counted towards the service needed for tenure only when that service is followed by the teacher or other certified professional educator obtaining a permanent certificate in the same field as the emergency certificate.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10A:15-2.2

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 198(a), effective 1/2/2018