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of this State, or the President of the United States, as a day of fasting and prayer, or other religious observance, or as a bank holiday or holidays. All such bills, checks and notes, otherwise presentable for acceptance or payment on any of the days herein enumerated, shall be deemed to be payable and be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding any such holiday. b. Whenever any of the days herein enumerated can and shall fall on a Sunday, the Monday next following shall, for any of the purposes herein enumerated be deemed a public holiday, except as provided under Subsection D. of this section; and bills of exchange, checks and promissory notes which otherwise would be presentable for acceptance or payment on such Monday shall be deemed to be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business day next succeeding such holiday. c. In construing this section, every Saturday shall, until 12 noon, be deemed a secular or business day, except as is herein before provided in regard to bills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes, and the days herein enumerated except bank holidays and Saturdays shall be considered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and public holidays, for all purposes whatsoever as regards the transaction of business in the public offices of this State, or counties of this State, except as provided under Subsection S. of this section; but on all other days or half days, except Sunday or as otherwise provided by law, 78 – AR Handbook such offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business. d. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsections A. through C. of this section, when this subsection takes effect,1 the following day each calendar year shall not be considered a public holiday for the purposes of conducting State government business: February 12, known as Lincoln’s Birthday. All public offices of State government in this State shall be open on this day for the transaction of business. School staff & student discipline New Jersey has the most explicit law in the country prohibiting the physical punishment of children by school personnel. And, it has had it in various forms for a long time. • Corporal punishment of pupils has been prohibited in New Jersey schools by statute since 1867. • The Commissioner of Education defined corporal punishment as “any punishment causing, or intending to cause bodily pain or suffering” in 1938. • The law was still further clarified in 1967 by stipulating how and when physical force may be used to prevent actions by one pupil which may be injurious to others. The 1967 law in fact lays out in unequivocal terms: 18A:6-1 Corporal Punishment of Pupils No person employed or engaged in a school or educational institution, whether public or private, shall inflict or cause to be inflicted corporal punishment upon a pupil attending such school or institution, but any such person may, within the scope of his employment, use and apply such amounts of force as is reasonable and necessary: 1. to quell a disturbance, threatening physical injury to others; 2. to obtain possession of weapons or dangerous objects upon the person or within the control of a pupil; 3. for the purposes of self-defense; and 4. for the protection of persons/ property; and such acts, or any of them shall not be construed to constitute corporal punishment within the meaning and intent of this section. Every resolution, bylaw, rule, ordinance, or other act of authority permitting or authorizing corporal punishment to be inflicted upon a pupil attending a school or educational institution shall be void. Behavior Constituting/ Good Cause for Punishment, Suspension, or Expulsion from School Conduct which constitutes good cause for suspension or expulsion shall include but not be limited to: a. Continued and willful disobedience; b. Open defiance to the authority of any teacher or person having authority over him; c. Conduct of such character as to constitute a continuing danger to the physical well-being of other pupils; d. Physical assault upon another pupil;


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